I became vigilant in accepting invitations from friends. Whenever I would be invited over for coffee
or dinner, at the back of my head, I would pray, I hope it would not be those
circles and dollars again. But then
again, we are all dreamers and I dreamt of a brighter future I could provide my
family so when a network marketing company invited me to be their speaker and
trainer, I said yes. It closed. I entered two network-marketing companies
after that. They, too, closed. Stubborn me.
I promised to myself, NO MORE NETWORK MARKETING COMPANY FOR ME. Until
I have read the books of Robert Kiyosaki.
As soon as I realized why network marketing company is for me, I also
realized why its system does not work with a lot newbies. I am sure most of you can relate with these:
Kidnapping. This may
seem to others a tolerable practice but I have heard stories from clients who
have been made to wait. To make matters
worse, there are networkers who make their invitees wait with their empty
stomach churning during the presentation.
Others who were invited at the guise of social call also feel
disappointed since they thought that the meeting would only be about catching
up only to know after, that yes, indeed their inviters catch them just like how
fishermen catch big fish by a wide-cast net.
Testi-money. It is all about money for some MLM
companies. You would see a lot of these
companies park a lot of expensive cars in front of their buildings. Someone told me that during the presentation,
there was a presenter dangling a key of Lamborghini capitalizing on earnings
without even having proven that the product works. Part of the marketing strategy of these companies
is to blind prospects by hyping them up with money, money, and more money not
taking into consideration that products not the money you earn are the
lifeblood of an MLM company.
Flushable products. Some products belong to the toilet bowl. They should be flushed. Someone invited me to a presentation and
tried to sell me a product that was supposed to make my skin look and feel
healthier. He tried them on my wrist and
while he was rubbing it he promised my skin would look whiter. After three tries, he gave up but told me to
just take the product home and pay when I could. Since I looked at him as a friend, I accepted
the product but I never used it. I let
him played me. A veteran network marketer had also admitted to me how they
would make up testimonies to keep the ball rolling in their presentation. After he said that, I swore to myself I would
never let myself nor anyone be a part of his company.
Hyping instead of simply telling. Even if this hyping works
for some, this does not yield long time results. You see when you hype others and they decide
to join, when the hype is gone, there is a bigger tendency that they would
regret their decision. For you to make
them trust you again, you need to re-hype them but this time on another level,
and it goes on and on to another level until you both drain the energy out of
you. This is more annoyingly
counterproductive than it is more productive for both parties. I hope my inviter knows how to simply tell me
logically and truthfully what I am getting myself into.
Insistence instead of persistence. They would not take no for
an answer and it just sucks. While not
taking no for an answer could be an admirable trait for salespeople, some would
go overboard by dismissing whatever you say.
They do not understand the difference between insistence and
persistence. To be insistent is to be
forceful; to be persistent is simply to carry on with your course of
action. Some networkers would literally
shove their opinions down your throat.
(MLM) Mis-Leading-Marketing Companies. Some MLM companies would
claim their stability merely through their SEC registration (you can get one for less than 15k if you
wish so) or through their international affiliations. If a company is stable, it should somehow be
listed in your local stock market and for it to be globally stable, it should
at least make it to the New York Stock Exchange.
Having shared all these experiences and insights with you, it is
not too late to realize that there are network marketing companies out there
who will not kidnap you, who will not dangle money in front of you, who will
present valid research for their products that really work, who will simply
tell you the truth, who will not put integrity below self-interest and
benefits. Robert Kiyosaki believes in
MLM and I am not any smarter than he is.
So if you think you want to give MLM another try, there may be reasons
why it is not for you but there are also reasons why it is for you. You should just
be a part of a company that could show you why.
If you are interested to be a part of our growing team, just ask
how. We will not kidnap; we will not
hype, we will simply tell you how.
