An easy way to monetize your list with mlm

I wouldn't direct my valued prospects and customers into
any MLM business because I don't believe in the business
model.

So what if I can make a few bucks in the process!

I won't give my prospects and customers a potential bum
steer.

I much prefer to have my own business where I'm in 100%
control of the marketing process.

Dedicated to your success,

Shaun

I think you're clutching at straws here - You seem to have a very out-dated view of MLM opportunities 'and' the people who are successful promoting them.

So-called internet marketers and also bricks & mortar businesses all use the MLM concept to their advantage - it's called the referral or affiliate system. The only difference being, MLM gives far more back to it's customers than any other business model on the planet. I'll give everyone here on this forum another two years at most before MLM becomes the 'Norm' for their own marketing. Especially with the 'new' ethical marketing vogue that's now in full swing :-)

There comes a time when "wood and trees" are blatantly obvious.
As it's not my vocation to educate you I'll wish you well in your delusional state :-)

There's room for everyone as they say - Good luck :-)

As is true in any business.

As is true in any business... most certainly true in internet
marketing as evidenced by the volume of posts on this forum
every day from people who purchased this or that system
with high expectations but it fizzled out because they can't
get it to work for them.

Because most affiliate programs provide nothing close to the
level of business tools and support offered by any legitimate
MLM company.

Top distributors... or any distributors for that matter... make nothing
on sign up fees. That is illegal. The grand total required to become a
distributor for the company I represent is $59. For that outrageous sum
of money the new rep gets the full range of business tools provided by
the company including a couple of personalized websites.

I'm having a hard time imagining the company getting rich on the $59
based on what they provide in exchange. The money is made from actual
sales of products and services to real customers.

I have a ton of local businesses using my product/service because
it's a quality product/service that we deliver better, faster and cheaper
than any of our brick and mortar competition.

It's really a no-brainer for those who understand business and pay attention.

None of this is meant to convince Shaun, or anyone else, of the
viability of this company. The thing I've always liked best about MLM
is the fact that I get to choose who I do business with. I don't need
to recruit everyone who can fog a mirror in order to be successful.
I only look for people who are looking for what I offer.

Contrary to erroneous public perception by those who don't know, or have
had a negative experience, true professionals in MLM aren't looking to build
an army... we're looking to attract, train and nurture solid leaders. That's
the ONLY way it works long term in this... or any other... business.

Tsnyder

P.S. I thought I'd better just qualify my last post - I 'do' still believe wholeheartedly in the concept of MLM/Network marketing.
PLUS ... I couldn't possibly agree that Robert Kiyosaki makes his money through promoting his books.
(They are just an 'Upsell' as we all know :-)

Hi Joel;

I do work with a group of MLMers, but I am a Warrior also.

They (we) tend to be a skeptical bunch about this.

I think the best way to go about showing us your concept is to demonstrate and show them the proof.

You may or may not think that part is worth it, but it will definitely prove the point you are making. Until then, you may have to accept that there might be some skepticism.

Peace,
CT

Good thoughts, ld...

I am not sure that the reasons would be different at a fundamental level than any other business. What is interesting is that the independent nature of being an internet marketer mirrors being in MLM now. That may or may not be true.

The thing about internet marketing is that it can be more a trade than a business; but you start making money when you stop expect people to tell you exactly what to do every day. Trust me, you would think that a professor of business would know that. I did not and struggled. I can't say that I have arrived where I want to be, but people can make their dreams come true when they can break the shackles of industrialism (the factory mindset). In this way, MLMer and IMers are EXACTLY the same.

Thus, many of the 'failure reasons', are essentially the same in both ways of generating cash. Ultimately if a person does not have their own list that they can generate at will, they will have a tough road to hoe in any industry, long term. I have learned the hard way that if you are willing to crawl over cut glass to build your list, you will have a business. If you can build that list in multiple automated ways, you can be a bad mutha shut yo mouth.

(For those of you to young to remember..."bad mutha shut yo mouth" was from the song SHAFT, by Issac Hayes...yeah I said it. I am a child of the 70's and 80's...what of it)

Peace,
CT

The fact that billionaires like Kiyosaki, Trump, and Buffet were all introduced to the MLM business model after they became billionaires doesn't make it any less credible; in fact on their rise to becoming billionaires they must have developed a keen sense to know what can work and what can't.

Even though I'm in network marketing I can understand the skepticism of IMers. There is much to gain by being totally independent of a company the way being a sole IMer allows you to be but that doesn't mean that the two worlds have to be mutually exclusive. There is a great deal of wealth that can be made when you combine the two, in fact you can even build a network marketing team comprised predominantly of internet marketers the results will be extraordinary.

Individuals wanting to be independent of a parent company can be seen in the corporate sector as well, take the recording industry for example. There are the parent companies (Universal, MCA, Interscope etc.) that lord over the industry and impose their way of doing things, but more and more you are finding that the artists are creating their own record companies WITHIN the parent companies. Take Frank Sinatra for example, back in the 60's he did not see eye to eye with his parent record company capitol records and decided to form his own label (Reprise Records) within the company. Reprise records grew more successful than anyone had ever imagined it would and even launched the career of Jimi Hendrix; this type of thing is commonplace in the music industry now.

Network marketing is no different. If your major hang up is on the fact that when you join a company you operate under their wing then you can simply create your own separate entity that sells products/services in relation to what your network marketing company offers and you can reap the benefits of both worlds. Building an MLM business like this can be made extremely powerful and gives the individual far more control over who joins their business and how that business operates.

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