Network Marketing....

[Wassim]

what do you think!! -- Hi, Many people thinks that Network Marketing is nothing but a scam. I can tell you network marketing is great but you must  1. plug in into a good company 2. you must have have patience 3. must be willing to learn and educate your self 4. never Give up 5. alway be positive. to me it is the least expense way to get into a Business a real Home Business and Receive all the tax benefits. 

[mike]

I hate it when a friend or acquaintance, especially someone I haven't seen for a while, calls and wants to get together -- then it turns out they just want to sell me something. And BTW I can join the multi-level marketing plan and sell to my other friends and make some money for this first guy.

Isn't using people great! 

[OldDad]

That's not "using people," Mike - it's exploiting your warm market!

Most network marketing pitches either overpriced products that are readily available at cheaper prices through normal retail channels, or bizarre, niche products that make dubious and often unverified claims.

That's the way to the American Dream - alienate your friends and family with crappy merchandise.

[Wassim]

your're right mike, a friend comes to visit you and your thinking he or she is coming to visit to spend a friendship time and turns out that they are there to sell you something you really don't want and don't need - I don't like it myself either. that is why being honest about your visit is really important - I personally don't network through friend and family exactly for that same reason i want my friend and family to know that I am there to spend time with them not because i want them to buy something from me. remeber in every business there is bad and good --our job is to filter the bad out and keep the good. Being Honest should be our primary goal weather you are in network marketing or any Business

My personal policy never network with friend or church members.

God Bless, Wassim Homsi

[Mere Nick]

I hate it when a friend or acquaintance, especially someone I haven't seen for a while, calls and wants to get together -- then it turns out they just want to sell me something. And BTW I can join the multi-level marketing plan and sell to my other friends and make some money for this first guy.

Isn't using people great! 

I'm hip to that.  And they are EXCITED!!!  Some twenty years ago my cousin was wanting us to join them in their Amway business.  They were excited over soap powder!!!  I'd rather just go down to the store and buy some and not have someone from the store showing up excited on my front porch.

[Lifesaver]

what do you think!! -- Hi, Many people thinks that Network Marketing is nothing but a scam. I can tell you network marketing is great but you must  1. plug in into a good company 2. you must have have patience 3. must be willing to learn and educate your self 4. never Give up 5. alway be positive. to me it is the least expense way to get into a Business a real Home Business and Receive all the tax benefits. 

Wassim I agree with you - network marketing is great.  Don't worry about those 'wet blanket', pessimistic, unadventerous comments  above.  Network marketing is not any different from any other business. The ones who do not join NM are just scared of getting too rich because they are not strong enough to handle real wealth.   

You know in life, they say only 5% form the most wealthy in the world.  I believe all those who at least are brave, adventerous, and courageous enough to participate in network marketing want to be among this 5%.  If they do not make it in network marketing, they will surely make it by some other means.  But one thing is certain, they want to be those that make up the 5%.  They want success and they go after it full force.  Great!

The ones who do not join network marketing programmes, matter-of-factly, form the 95% - the down and out, always accepting to be trodden upon, a grumpy dis-satisfied emloyee somewhere who is too weak and too afraid to even try to reach out for financial independence.  They would bite the dust blaming the whole world for their problems and fill up a million pages of how life has wronged them etc. etc. ...  Anyway these type of people will always be about so we have to expect them in our networking rounds.    Likewise, if you join a networking company and you do not work at, you will be one of the 95% as well.

There is nothing wrong with network marketing.  Anyone who want to be part of the 5% contact me!!!

Jesus said, I have come to give you life and life in abandunance ... so lets go for it !

Lifesaver

[cloudrider]

Hi everyone,

I can tell you two things regarding network marketing:

1. A large percentage of the so called, "opportunities" are exactly the opposite.

2. You have to research, as Wassim said. Find out who started the company. Check them     out. Be sure the product/service is something people already use on a daily basis, and that it is an "in need" product. Something everyone has to have. It does work.

Is there a place on this site where anyone can advertise their business? I don't want to do it, unless it's a place where it's permitted.

Have a great day gang!

Cloudrider

[Jimmy]

Be very, very cautious with any MLM that is based on and/or encourages autoship.  That is a definite sign that it is not really a home based business, but rather simply a sales gimick.  If your income is based upon autoship and not on ordinary sales of a product, then look out.  Some will make money, most will simply spend a lot more money for the product than it is worth.

[Lifesaver]

Hi everyone,

I can tell you two things regarding network marketing:

1. A large percentage of the so called, "opportunities" are exactly the opposite.

2. You have to research, as Wassim said. Find out who started the company. Check them     out. Be sure the product/service is something people already use on a daily basis, and that it is an "in need" product. Something everyone has to have. It does work.

Is there a place on this site where anyone can advertise their business? I don't want to do it, unless it's a place where it's permitted.

Have a great day gang!

Cloudrider

I agree cloudrider.  I is sensible to research the company first before getting involved, as you would any business.   But with a good company, networking marketing is great.

Obviously like everything else , you will always find some coming in who breaks the rules and scam , cheat etc., to give the industry a bad reputation  - like the mini skirt!

On the whole, networketing is a legitimate method of creating  great wealth.

However anyone who expects a product sold via network marketing to be the same or around the same proce as a similar product by a non-networking company, offering no income potential is an ABSOLUTE IDIOT!!

Lifesaver   

[walker starr]

       I had a friend,now dead, that was compulsive about the multi level programs.  He didn't care about the product,just'     
       program.  He wasted all his money. His wife had to clean houses to support both of them.  He still wouldn't stop, he wasted the money she earned.  The bad part about multilevel marketing is that one has to buy the product in large quantities in order
to participate.  BAD BUSINESS.  TTHE ONLY ONES THAT PROFIT ARE THE ONES THAT START IT.

[successfactors]

There's a great post over at my friend, Rod Kirby's blog, regarding network marketing.  It presents both the pro's and con's of this type of business.  I believe it to be a very balanced view of things.   Here's the post link: http://www.rodkirby.com/archives/1355

[farouk]

Sorry, not for me.

There's a great post over at my friend, Rod Kirby's blog, regarding network marketing.  It presents both the pro's and con's of this type of business.  I believe it to be a very balanced view of things.   Here's the post link: http://www.rodkirby.com/archives/1355

[Lifesaver]

       I had a friend,now dead, that was compulsive about the multi level programs.  He didn't care about the product,just'     
       program.  He wasted all his money. His wife had to clean houses to support both of them.  He still wouldn't stop, he wasted the money she earned.  The bad part about multilevel marketing is that one has to buy the product in large quantities in order
to participate.  BAD BUSINESS.  TTHE ONLY ONES THAT PROFIT ARE THE ONES THAT START IT.

Network marketing is no worse than any other business - every customer gives their purchase to the person who starts the busiess.  JUST OPEN YOUR EYES AND THINK FOR YOURSELVES  the evidence is all around you.

Starting with the fruit stall man.  Everyone buys fruits from him/her. they eat the fruits, then tell others about it and everyone else buys fruits from the fruit stall man.  The fruitstallseller keeps all the money to himself and does hot share it with anyone.  Well he started the fruitstall, remember!  Well no one complains about him not sharing his profits - even though customers were referred to him free of charge!

The same applies to the shoes seller, the butchers, the bakers, the supermarkets, the BANKS, BANKS, BANKS BANKS etc. etc. etc.  Do I need to go on?  You understand the point.  Nobody complains, because these companies are ALLOWED ...

All of the above examples start their business and non of them share the profits. Correct?  Oh yes a few of them hire a handful of employees, each employee doing about three peoples woRK!  The remainder of the profits are shared out in fat cat bonuses.

Nothing wrong in fat cat bonuses because after all they are given to the already wealthy, so thats OK.  Agreed?

The only trouble makers, however, are those poor people who are trying to become wealthy as well.  Surely they should know their place and do not dare to start any networking business where they would benefit, like the heads of those other companies above.  They must know their place and remain in the gutter until they bite the dust. 

The starters of networking companies at least give the ordinary people a chance to become wealthy too, whereas the heads of the companies above do their best to keep the slavery trade alive.  Thats how I see it.

Having said the above, it is every networker's responsibility to  search and find  a GOOD networking business before they plunge in it.  there are sharks in  both networking and non-networking businesses.

I maintain that those who join networking businesses are clearly those want to  earn  the best standard of life that money can buy ...  Others find excuses not to join and die complaining.

Lifesaver

[Dexter]

More and more people are turning to Network Marketing to either create a main stream income or a safety net.
The one's that work hard at it are the ones that make it big. People who join a network marketing business thinking riches are theirs automatically with just barely putting any effort in are those who fail, just as in any business online or off.

Here is a article about some ladies who got involved with different network marketing businesses to create an income for themselves. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gabrielle-bernstein/creative-abundance_b_327643.html

I myself am in two different Networking Marketing businesses. One that helps website owners communicate with customers in real time and another one that has health products.  I am very happy with both.

More Wealth and Riches in your life!

Dexter

[Gizzy]

I think especially in today's economy with people loosing their jobs, if you are good at selling Network Marketing could be a life saver for you.  I also  think that if you are not good at selling and/or don't know anything about Network Marketing then you join a reputable and reliable team that will help you.

I am not a network marketer but I do think that is where the money is at, especially today.  I am trying to learn what to do to become successful.  It is just like any other business or job, you got a learning curve and you aren't going to get rich over night.   

I joined what I believe is a good team. The team leader is putting up a Website with places she uses to advertise, instruction and help.  She fills down lines for others to keep the team moving forward.  She helps in every possible way but of course she does not want anyone just looking for a free ride or handout either.

I don't think marketing your friends and family is a good thing to do for many reasons, some more obvious than others.  The only people that should be marketed are those that are interested in Network Marketing.     

Gizzy