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I was glad to hear you aren't connected to any particular biz opp, but then you lost a ton of credibility with me when I visited your site and immediately saw that you are connected with LeadersClub. Which, as everyone knows, is a network marketing company.
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I'm sorry you feel that way. While LC has a multi-level compensation plan, you will notice that on the main corporate page, we never mention it as a business opportunity. There are no videos about the comp plan, or bonus structure, or anything. There aren't any global pools, or car bonuses, or crown directors - nothing other than a basic unilevel plan. Why? Because very few people build it as a business and the goal of those few people (who have to go through a 7 month training course) is not to sign up business builders who are going to build LC, but find people already in the industry looking for help. Out of 40,000 subscribers, maybe 35 are actively promoting LC.
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I'm not sure if it stirred me, but it did get me thinking about a commitment I made to myself a long time ago. And that is to never get involved with another mlm or network marketing company again. I don't agree at all with the way they are run, and I really dislike the deceptive marketing practices. What I mean by that is the whole "curiosity approach" where they won't tell you what it is until you've filled out some form, attended a meeting, or sat through an hour long conference call.  |
As a trainer, I'm used to being blunt, so allow me to be blunt on this: you've limited yourself. To say you'll never do something because of a sliver of experience you've had limits you. That's totally fine, and is your choice, as long as you recognize that it is you keeping yourself from success in that particular sliver of industry, not the industry itself. That goes for real estate, investments, anything - just because something went bad, you can't blame the business as "business" is an inherently neutral entity.
NWM is merely a form of product distribution. It is exactly like an affiliate program such as Amazon.com or the thousands of others except that it has multiple levels of compensation. That's it. Everything else stems from the
people involved, and there is no law that says you have to emulate what they do. And the curiosity approach? That doesn't even work and only fools tell their downline to do that. If you owned a bike shop, would you ever ever ever use that approach to people walking by? Would you put a blanket over the signs and windows and mysteriously ask random people to enter? No, and if you did, they'd laugh at you! Yet dumb sponsors who are so clueless that the only way the can sign people up is by deception perpetuate the myth that tht's how one builds a business. Rather, I teach people how to effectively market to their target market. If you sell bikes, you wouldn't go stalk people in the malls to tell them about your bikes, you would advertise and market to a bike riding market. So again, it isn't the industry, it is the people, and you don't have to be like them so its a cop out to say, "I vow to never do it because the industry sucks."
I sponsor 5+ people a month every month, and I use no deception, hype, lies, bullying, sleazy sales tactics, guilt or ridicule to make a sale. I find out what people want, what they've got to work with, and then IF there is a fit (and I will tell people if there isn't and hang up because they are lazy or they're already consistently successful and don't need me) I will present my service as a fit for them. I then teach that same, logical throught process to my clients. Find out if there is a need, see if you have a fit for the need, and if so, learn how to effectively show the fit so that the prospect can make an informed decision. That's business with integrity.
I'm sorry that I made you make a mad face and that you feel that I have no credibility, but consider: you cried out for help, got a successful professional to write back to you at 3 in the morning truly because he felt you really were frustrated and wanted guidance, and then you slapped his hand. Why?