{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Top To High","provider_url":"https:\/\/toptohigh.com","author_name":"tripmegamart","author_url":"https:\/\/toptohigh.com\/author\/tripmegamart\/","title":"Social Media, Is It Hurting or Helping the Network Marketing Industry?-480 - Top To High","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"09NTVwjeUX\"><a href=\"https:\/\/toptohigh.com\/social-media-is-it-hurting-or-helping-the-network-marketing-industry-480\/\">Social Media, Is It Hurting or Helping the Network Marketing Industry?-480<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/toptohigh.com\/social-media-is-it-hurting-or-helping-the-network-marketing-industry-480\/embed\/#?secret=09NTVwjeUX\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Social Media, Is It Hurting or Helping the Network Marketing Industry?-480&#8221; &#8212; Top To High\" data-secret=\"09NTVwjeUX\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"At a recent network marketing convention a slue of top business leaders were on stage talking about social media marketing and the distractions it presents to their distributor base. Their audience demographic consists mostly of middle aged to retired individuals, many of whom have been with their company for several years with little to no results. Yet, they were doing very little to nothing to change the scope of their marketing efforts. At this very same convention, the product store toted CDs and various promotional tools in bulk. Distributors flocked to the store, buying as many promotional products as they could squeeze into their suitcases, only to fly home and market to their friends and neighbors. It&#8217;s a scene that&#8217;s been repeated at every convention this company has hosted over the last ten years. Their sales have steadily declined, while many of their top leaders have gone running to other companies, companies with a very distinct and different message &#8211; social media marketing understood here. Talking to other network markers, I hear people asking the same question over and over again: Does social media really have that much of an impact on this industry? My answer to them is always [&hellip;]"}