Having a flexible MLM business system is very important if you want to hit it big in the industry. Many network marketers fail to accept that they are running a business.
As such, they have no MLM business system in place, and simply "do things". Sadly, this is the reason why so many people don't make it in the industry.
As a wise man once said: "If you fail to plan, you plan to fail".
People promoting old school MLM opportunities will tell you that success in network marketing comes from selling a good product at a good price, and from good old fashioned hard work. Unfortunately, it's just not that simple...
Allow me to explain:
Firstly, an "old school" MLM opportunity is one that doesn't provide you with online tools for promoting and recruiting.
They say that if you keep doing the same things, you can expect the same results. In order to grow your MLM business in 2017, you may need to make some changes...
Regardless of where you are at in your MLM career, there is always room for improvement.
In some cases, those improvements can involve drastic changes, and in other cases it may simply be a case of honing your existing skills, and transferring more of those skills to your team members. 
How do you become a network marketing authority? Most people would think that it will require years and years of experience, and building a massive passive income over the space of many years. The reality, though, is quite different from that...
Whether you are viewed as a network marketing authority or not, will depend not on what you have achieved, but on how other people view you. It's all about perceptions.