Not Everything Is A Scam

I was reading this article in my local paper this past Sunday.  The article was about how someone was looking for a job online and came across an advertisement for a Google work-at-home business.  Apparently the ad had used the name of a very prominent newspaper in order to make it look legitimate.

It would seem that there are some unscrupulous people that are part of a growing trend on the Internet where they use fake stories and the names of respected news entities so that they seem like they are legitimate work at home opportunities.

Honestly, I don’t know why this would come as a surprise to anyone that they thought it warranted an article in my newspaper.  I mean, I get at least 3 emails a week offering me some amazing work at home opportunity where I can make a ton of money.  I don’t believe it for a second.

I really appreciate that there are people exposing these scams because I think that it’s important to know that there are people out there willing to take advantage of others in the name of making a dollar.  However, what I don’t like is when these good intentioned people go on to make a totally ridiculous statement like: “If someone asks you to pay to learn how to make money, that’s the tip-off to the rip-off”  That’s what was quoted as having been said by Bernas (I’m assuming they were with Google but it wasn’t very clear).

How ridiculous is it to think that someone is going to teach you something for free.  In the same paper that I was reading this article in there was an ad for Bartending School. The ad clearly stated that they would show you now to make money (as much at $35hr).  When you check out the website, it’s pretty clear to me that you will have to pay to learn how to become a bartender and make that money.

There was another ad for Real Estate School where you can get your license FAST.  And there is the implied reference to making a lot of money with a real estate license.  And by-the-way, you have to pay for the education.

The point is that you have to know what it is that you are looking for.  If you are looking for a JOB, why would you click on a work at home business?  Being a business owner is definitely going to cost you money, whereas, being an employee usually doesn’t.

I also believe in the saying that you get what you pay for.  If someone is going to teach me something (like: mlm sales), I want to be sure that I get what I pay for.  Learning is not free; you have to pay for it one way or another.  That being said, even some of the high priced network marketing training programs out there are very expensive and don’t really deliver on their promise of showing you how to make money from home.  Do your homework folks.  It’s a dog eat dog world out there and there are those that will take advantage of you and still sleep soundly at night.

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Amy Howard, September 29th 2009 | Tags: , , ,
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How MLM Companies Grow Their Businesses

If you have ever been frustrated with how slow your home based business is growing, you will want to pay attention to how your MLM Company is growing their business using your hard work and money.

First, I would like to say that this is not meant to bash any MLM Company.  I have been in network marketing for quite a while now and even though my first networking venture was a complete failure, I love this industry and the potential for regular everyday people to make a 6 figure income from home using the multi-level marketing platform is huge. 

One of the things that attracted me to network marketing was that I could own my own business without having to have a lot of start up capital and I also loved the idea that my MLM Company was going to provide me with all of the training that I would need to succeed.  There is only one problem.  The methods and strategies that your MLM Company trains you to use will absolutely grow their business but they may not grow yours.

Why Your Network Marketing Business Will Fail But Your MLM Company’s Business Will Grow

Your MLM Company is supposedly giving you all of the training that you need to grow your business to a level where you are making money on a part-time basis from home but their methods only work for about 2% of the people that get involved in network marketing and here’s why…

MLM Company Training Secrets Exposed

Here is a list of  some common tools, methods, and/or strategies taught by every MLM Company that I have seen and why they work for your MLM Company but don’t work for you.

  • Make a list of friends and family – In order to grow your business you will have to talk to people and who better to prospect than your friends and family.  Most people can sit down and make a list of about 100 people that they know and when they contact all 100 people and share their home based business opportunity, on average the network marketer will get 2 people to sign up.
  • Pass out free samples of your MLM Product – This method is often used to get people to at least try your MLM product.  The idea is that if you can get a prospect to try the product, they will love it and want to buy more.  The problem comes in where, one little sample of a MLM product that will need to be taken continuously for 2 or more weeks before the prospect will see any results can’t be done from one little sample.  So, the prospect takes the free sample and tries it and when they don’t see any results from taking it just one time, they decide that it just doesn’t work.  Here is where it works for the MLM Company – the sample is free to the prospect but the network marketer has to pay for them.
  • Pass out CD’s or DVD’s – This method is often used to get people to look at your business opportunity without having to apply pressure.  The marketer simply buys a bunch of CD’s or DVD’s from their MLM Company (who makes money selling them) and they just hand them out to everyone they know or come into contact with.  All the prospect has to do is plug in the video or audio to see how great the MLM Company is and how much money they can make from home.  If even 1% of the people actually look at the information, you would be lucky.
  • A replicated website from your MLM Company – Everyone wants to be able to market on the Internet these days so MLM Companies are providing their distributors with replicated websites.  The marketer has to pay for the website and it’s supposed to make your home based business explode.  I guess by magic or something because the MLM Company won’t show you how to effectively drive traffic to that website.  The reason they don’t train you on how to use the Internet to grow your MLM business is because these replicated websites are NOT a good tool to use to sell your MLM Product or the business opportunity.

Have you ever used any of the above tools in an attempt to grow your network marketing business?  Let me save you some time and money, STOP USING THEM.  With the exception of making a list of your friends and family, these methods don’t work for 95% of distributors anyway.  Even then, making a list of your friends and family only works if you haven’t pitched them on all of the other network marketing ventures that you may have joined.

The reason these methods work so well for the MLM Company is because they know for every free sample they sell to you to pass out, a certain percentage will buy the product.   They know that for every CD or DVD that they sell to you to pass out, a certain percentage will sign up as a distributor and get on auto ship.  The percentages may be small but since it’s the MLM distributor paying for the stuff that gets passed out to prospects, they have nothing to lose and their business continues to grow while your bank account gets smaller.

So, if you are part of the 2% that has used these marketing methods and you are growing a home based business, I say good for you.  Keep up the good work.  If you are like I was and spent more money on the tools than I could ever hope to make on bringing in a distributor, just know that you are not alone and please, QUIT DOING THOSE METHODS.

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Amy Howard, July 27th 2009 | Tags: , , , , , ,
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Network Marketing Training – Part 2, Should It Be Live Or Recorded

This is part 2 of a several part series about network market training.  I would tell you exactly how many parts to expect but, I haven’t decided yet.  So, be sure to stay tuned to see what’s next.

This time I want to talk about whether your network marketing training should be done live or if you should be getting your mlm training via recordings (which includes: video, podcasts, etc.).  Is there a difference between live network marketing training or recorded training; what those differences are and do they effect you and your ability to gain the skills needed to grow your home based business?

Live network marketing training.

Let’s take a look at getting your network marketing training in a live environment versus getting your training in some sort of recorded format.  What are the benefits to getting your mlm training live:

Live mlm training is interactive.  You are in an environment where there are other network marketers just like you learning how to grow a home based business.  That means that there are others that can ask the questions that you may be a little too afraid to ask or they could ask questions that you would have never thought to ask.  Either way, you get answers to your questions live and in the moment.  You don’t have to email someone for an answer, or look at FAQs and hope that your question is there with an answer and the best part about getting your network marketing training live is that if you get your answer and you don’t understand it, you can say so.

Live mlm training is just like being in a classroom.  I don’t know about you but when I am in a classroom environment, I learn a lot more and I am more focused on the task at hand, in this case learning the skills needed to grow a home based business.  With your focus only on learning the skills you need, you will grow your mlm business that much faster and because it’s live you establish a routine.  If your live network marketing training classes are held on the same day and time every week, you have no excuses to do anything but be at those classes.

Okay, so those are the biggest benefits to getting your mlm training live rather that in a recorded version.  But there are benefits to getting your mlm training in a recorded format.  Let’s look at the benefits to getting your network marketing training in a recorded format.

The biggest benefit to the recorded format for your mlm training is time.  You can get your training when it fits into yourschedule.  You don’t have to worry about rearranging your schedule just to go to class.  In some cases, you can even take your mlm training with you.  If your classes are in a mp3 format or something like that, you can actually take your network marketing classes with you.  This can come in handy if you have a long commute to and from work for example.

Another benefit to having recorded mlm training is that you get to set your own pace.  In a recorded format, if you are having any kind of trouble, you don’t fully understand something, or you are just a little slower for any number of reasons, you can push the pause button until you are ready to continue.   Of course, this could also be seen as a disadvantage because if you don’t understand something, you don’t have anyone to take you by the hand and help you through the problem.

Well that’s it for this post.  I hope you got a little something from it.  I want you to remember that for every successful person, continuous learning is must.  Knowledge is power and you have to know what you are doing if you want to have a successful home based business.  If you would like to take advantage of getting the best network marketing training I have ever seen, then give me a call.  The best part is that it is both live and recorded.

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