REAL MLM TALES: Share Your MultiLevel Marketing Experiences
July 8, 2008 by Sean Kelly
Filed under Business
(Top New Franchises) Have you ever been involved with “direct sales” aka multi-level marketing (MLM)? Which one?
Amway? Avon? Cutco Knives (Vector Marketing) Equinox? Forever Living? Goji Juice? Herbalife? Juice Plus? Longaberger Baskets? Mannatech? Mary Kay? Meleleuca? National Safety Associates (NSA)? Nu Skin? Primerica? Quixtar? Shaklee? Tahitian Noni? Tupperware? USANA Health Sciences? VitaMark? Watkins Incorporated? World Financial Group?
What was your experience like? Did you make money? What was your most unforgettable experience?
Do you still sell via multilevel marketing?
Is multilevel marketing a scam or a legitimate but misunderstood marketing method?
Which is the best MLM program? Which is the worst?
WHAT DO YOU THINK? ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH MULTI-LEVEL MARKETING? SHARE A COMMENT BELOW.
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If you’re new to the MLM business the first thing on your list of “things to do” should be to start talking to people and building your down line. This is going to make you more money than simply selling the product. Talk to everyone you know and show them how excited you are to be in the company. If going out and finding people isn’t your cup of tea, you can always try a lead generation company (try GoLeadz or someone similar). These guys will go out and find quality leads of individuals interested in joining an MLM business, you then followup with them and then watch your business grow.
Hi, Multi-level marketing is a network-based marketing strategy. It is often wrongly associated with pyramiding; affiliate marketing or home-based business franchising.
I work for Vector Marketing and sell Cutco Cutlery. I really enjoy Vector and love my job.
Multi Level Marketing plans are not wrongly associated with pyramid schemes. They are basic and complicated pyramid schemes that sell products. J. Taylor points out that the best way to make money is not to sell stuff but to recruit people and ‘build’ your pyramid. Talking to everyone you know about the company makes them mad and they will avoid you like the plague. You won’t sell anything. The only guys who make money in these schemes are the people at the top of the pyramid. It is only legal because the federal government decided that if a pyramid scheme sells vitamins, then it is legal. But it does not take a rocket scientist to see that the business is still shaped like a pyramid and it is still a scheme. The products are outrageously priced to cover the cost of supporting the pyramid. You will invest 1,000s of dollars and never make any money because your money will only support the people at the top.