How Sonja Weinlander Built a Global Network Marketing Business from Scratch

The Excellence Project with Eric Worre

Eric Worre

Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Networkmarketing, Business, Ericworre, Mlm

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, I sit down with Sonja Weinlander, a top leader in Network Marketing, to discuss her journey from a traditional career path to building a thriving global business. Sonja shares how a simple invitation changed her life, the mindset shifts she had to make, and the strategies that helped her grow a team of thousands. Whether you're new to the profession or looking to scale, this conversation is packed with insights on leadership, resilience, and success.

TimeStamps

[00:01:25] - Family influence and initial career direction- Sonja explains her traditional family background and the initial career expectations set by her family, emphasizing the contrast with her later choices.

[00:06:14] - Flexible lifestyle and the impact of network marketing- Sonja discusses how network marketing significantly changed her lifestyle, providing flexibility and the ability to balance family life.

[00:11:13] - Being a Contribution to Others- Outlines the companies values and how she can be a contribution to others.

[00:14:08]- Getting Involved in NMP- Eric and Sonja discuss the wide range of people who get involved in network marketing.

[00:15:55]- Recruiting People- Sonja talks about recruiting people online and in person to reach the maximum amount of people.

[00:17:45] - Building her team- Sonja explains how she started building her team, emphasizing the importance of passion and alignment with the company’s values.

[00:23:55]- Sonja’s Superpower- Having a passion for the company values and the business model has led Sonja to go above and beyond in network marketing by leading by example.

[00:28:25]- Having Company Event’s- Sonja talks about how COVID impacted company events but how they now have regional and global conventions.

[00:25:08]- Motivating Leaders and Dealing with Change- Sonja and Eric talk about how to motivate and encourage leaders when they are wanting to give up or move to a competitor.

[00:32:25]- Building and Rebuilding Business- Eric and Sonja discuss dealing with change and how to continuously rebuild your business.

[00:40:11]- Closing Advice- Sonja imparts her advice to people who are new to network marketing and to those who have been in network marketing.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	What did she say in order to be able to get you to just sit down and understand what she had?
0:07.0	It was actually only one word.
0:09.0	It was, okay, you can work flexible from wherever you want now.
0:14.0	And that's what I was looking for for my whole life, no, because I wanted to be successful.
0:20.0	I wanted to have a great life,
0:21.1	but I wasn't ready to pay the price of not seeing my kids
0:25.4	and being trapped into an office.
0:27.7	And when I found out, okay, this is something you can do from home,
0:31.2	from the beach, from wherever you want,
0:33.3	I was really like on fire, even though I didn't have an idea, any idea what is possible
0:39.6	to receive as a commission in this business. I have to. You were just curious, right? So,
0:47.1	so she just said, hey, I have something where you can work from home. I'd like to show it to you.
0:53.5	Hello, everybody.
0:54.5	Eric Worry here and welcome to the Excellence Project.
0:57.4	Today I have a network marketing leader from Gratz, Austria.
1:01.1	Her name is Sonia, Wynelander.
1:03.8	I think you're going to learn a lot from her kind of beginnings to what was on the inside
1:10.2	versus what she showed on the outside, how she found
1:13.2	network marketing 10 years ago, and what she did with the opportunity. I think you're going to
1:17.5	get some good value from this, the systems that she used, and how she able to build and
1:24.8	rebuild going through the ups and the downs of a network marketing career.
1:28.4	I think you're going to get value from it. Okay. So with no further ado, let's jump into my
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