Question for MLM/Network Marketers. (Both current and former)

I would highly suggest you convert to online MLM stuff. Offline requires direct sales, unless your into that. It is important that you study sales and personal professional devleopment. This is what offline MLM doesnt teach you. I dont feel like writing allot here but trust me, wheether you like it or not you will have to study to become successfull. I sugges that you get into something online first.


A master network markter once told me his secret and that is. Get involved with an opportunity with very low cost to start up, build a list on that, build your trust with them, make your list money and then slowly emerge them into different mlm opportunities.

This guy was making like 300G a month but he started small and it took him 3 years. He is in the military too as an airforce pilot. I asked him why he is in the military if he makes so much money (i already knew why) he said because he likes flying and using fighter planes. The perfect example of getting rich to do what you love.

Its all about strategy and your marketing plan, start small and slowly scale it big Im working on a campaign right now that enforces this idea. Theoretically its ingenious but im still writing the material out. I understand what it is like to be involved in network marketing. Taking his advice, i would suggest building a list around that market, offer some content to help them and converting them. Suggestive selling????

No, really, not at all. I was in one company once, for less than a year, in my first year at college and never made more than about $800 profit in a month from it (and that not very often - albeit that even that's quite a bit more than most people ever make!) so I have very limited experience indeed.

For myself, I would want ...

(i) A very long-established company (preferably at least a decade), well past all the teething problems and potential legal/regulatory hurdles - anything less is seriously stacking the deck against yourself;

(ii) A high-quality product, or range of products, in genuine retail demand (and without equivalents readily available in shops and/or available at lower prices elsewhere);

(iii) A very quick opinion from a lawyer with real MLM experience and familiarity, just for them to say "Yes, that one's ok as far as we know";

(iv) A company whose owners/management haven't previously been involved in the wreckage (on the legal or financial rocks) of earlier MLM companies;

(v) At least 3 years' sales figures showing steady increases (this information isn't available in all countries: it depends whether public accounts have to be filed, but I'd want to know that the company takes "compliance" very seriously, because that's one of the big things the security of my future income would depend on);

(vi) A sponsor and upline who have been in the company for at least 3 years and aren't actively involved in any other MLM opportunities (I've nothing against "multiple streams of income" as long as only one of them is an MLM company, otherwise - among other problems - you're exposing yourself to the risk that your future downline can be lured away to other opportunities by your own upline - as the saying goes, "It only happens all the time");

(vii) A company that gives reasonable-looking, reliable-looking distributor training/courses without appearing to be using those as a substantial component of the company's income (in so far as you can tell - this is a bit subjective, of course);

(viii) A company that emphasises retailing the product rather than just promoting the business opportunity (without products being sold, in MLM, nobody earns anything at all);

(ix) A pay-plan that's relatively easy to understand and relatively easy to explain to others (because in a lot of countries, these days, distributors have a legal obligation to do that before sponsoring anyone, and in some countries the newly sponsored distributor even has to sign something stating that that's duly been done and that they understand it clearly: it's often buried in the fine print of the distributorship agreement);

(x) A company that hasn't had any known/discoverable previous regulatory/legal problems - anywhere;

(xi) A company that isn't "free to join". Being free to join is very bad news indeed, because if it is, most of the people you sponsor will be those with problems for which setting up and running their own business isn't a reasonable solution - in other words you'll waste most of your buiness-building time, when they're joining only because they're a bit desperate and it's free! A real "joining fee" (as long as no distributors are ever paid anything out of it, needless to say!!), is important and helpful. In the US, the legal limit is $500, I believe, but most are far less. Far less is ok, too. But not "free".

For what it's worth, there are many good, well-established companies that do meet all those criteria, with room to spare.

Yeah, I know. I've just finished with The 45 Second Presentation and it's a wonderful book. The book and the tools they give you will help me to build my network.

I found a rep's page from Seacret and I hope they are very supportive but if not, I will still succeed without them.

Wow. I can't believe you wrote that!

So, sod the product, concentrate on the recruitment?

Did you actually read Alexa's post? Specifically parts (ii) and (viii)?

I understand your points. But the product means a lot in my opinion. I although do understand that the only real way to make money from MLM is from building your network, you can't survive in MLM by just selling the product. So I'll be building my network first and allowing the products to sell themselves to those who aren't interested in the business opportunity but the product itself.

It works anyways, Seacret requires you to have 4 Preferred Customers to meet bonuses which makes sense as laws do indicate MLM companies need a certain percentage of customers. Not everyone can be in for just the opportunity.

That's great! Which company did you join? Is it online or offline?