There are a couple of fundamental flaws in MLM which few companies have recognised or concerned themselves with. MLM needs to evolve to the next step and it seems well on the way with affiliate marketing.

I predict the next evolution will be what I would call p2p, or “peer2peer selling/marketing”.

From time to time SOT conducts advanced leadership training with a focus on Leadership Thinking and Strategic Thinking.

There are ten positions open for the next intake of SOT Leadership Training 01/07 which will start on 01/12/07 and finish on 31/12/07.

If you would like to be considered for this 2007 intake you will need to personally commit, on your honour, to do one DFQ each day or 5 DFQs a week. Less than that will not qualify you for this training.

To express your interest write to Michael here.

Simon Chen is in the thick of it and doing his famous interviews like this one with corporate blog guru, Debbie Weil.

Simon says, Debbie’s blog is here and don’t forget her book - which is here (and she even lets you download the first chapter free, which is very cool).

When Alexander Graham Bell patented his telephone more than 100 years ago, it’s fair to assume that he didn’t envision a wireless world. Nor could he have imagined the impact of the greatest innovation of the late 20 ^th century — the Internet — on how people would come to consider and use his invention. Regardless, a wave of broadband or IP-based telephony is evident, and mobile phone devices are now nearly as ubiquitous as home phones. New research by The Gallup Panel illustrates how consumers are embracing the future of phones.

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