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clawrence
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# Posted: 5 May 2009 14:07
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I just recently joined a MLM and I'm afraid I'm doing everything wrong, because after a month of advertising and promoting, I haven't received one bite. I'm wondering if my marketing content needs work. I post to forums, I have my sites in all my signatures, everything is linked back to each other. I use social networks to promote. I even posted classifieds. What am I doing wrong? Or am I doing everything right and just not giving it enough time to permeate? Can anyone help? I'm getting real frustrated. I know it works, I know I can make money, I just don't know if I'm doing it right. Thanks.
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cherie27
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# Posted: 5 May 2009 21:22
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MLM will definitely earn money for you, but it is not immediate. It will requires some time to see the results.
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2x2Prosperity
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# Posted: 5 May 2009 23:31
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Are you building relationships? Especially with the use of social networks. People want to join you, not necessarily your business.
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schwartzcy
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# Posted: 6 May 2009 08:53
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I have found it pretty frustrating personally. Especially finding places and people to get involved. I have been trying to use craigslist, but there are a bunch of jerks out there who flag my listings and just think that anything that you can do to work on the web is a scam. Don't they realize that we are just trying to make some money and make ends meet?
With so many people unemployed and so many people in debt, why not let a guy have a chance. pretty frustrating if you ask me.
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clawrence
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# Posted: 6 May 2009 13:26
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2x2Prosperity: Are you building relationships? Especially with the use of social networks. People want to join you, not necessarily your business.
Yes I am, I guess I'm just being impatient. Thanks!
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geniewinner
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# Posted: 6 May 2009 13:32
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I just started an MLM and looking forward to the results. I know it's going to take a lot of hard work and time, but I will succeed. It just takes patience.
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# Posted: 7 May 2009 17:34
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clawrence: I just recently joined a MLM and I'm afraid I'm doing everything wrong, because after a month of advertising and promoting, I haven't received one bite. I'm wondering if my marketing content needs work. I post to forums, I have my sites in all my signatures, everything is linked back to each other. I use social networks to promote. I even posted classifieds. What am I doing wrong? Or am I doing everything right and just not giving it enough time to permeate? Can anyone help? I'm getting real frustrated. I know it works, I know I can make money, I just don't know if I'm doing it right. Thanks.
Ok.
I'm gonna lay this out as accurately as possible.
Nobdody gives a rat's-behind about your fabulous MLM
opportunity.
All they care about is "what's in it for me?"
They come looking for a way to make money.
No problem there. Finding people who would like to have
some money is easy.
Where you are not doing it right is you are not PROVING
to your prospects that the clearest path to getting what
they want is by doing business with you.
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Do people join people?
Yeah, sort of.
You can get some influence by making friends, building
relationships.
But also you need to look at your OFFER critically. This
is not easy to do since you've committed to something you
like - and now you are in the position of asking other
people to like it as much as you do.
Problem is... their criteria will not be the same as yours.
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So the question is - how do you enroll people, right?
There are a few answers that work:
1. Prospect aggressively. Talk to many people and ask them
to buy from you. This is a simplified and crude explanation
of course - in a nutshell you need to have a thick hide
because people will reject your offer for a host of
reasons - most of them having little to do with you,
personally, but rejection is still tough on most folks.
2. Get proficient at marketing so people want to sign-up
under you so they can get your help.
3. There is no 3.
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7FigureHelper
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# Posted: 7 May 2009 23:30
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If there is one thing that I've learned and continue to learn it starts with mindset.
If you see yourself as a real leader other will too. If you don't, others won't.
Think about the state of your mind when your are marketing. Do you feel down or that you are going to give this a shot?
Chances are you may not be fully convinced on your potential b/c once you are the leads will start to pour in effortlessly.
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Julsy
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# Posted: 8 May 2009 01:09
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All I can say is, Don't give up! If you truly believe in what you are doing and are happy with the system, stick with it! Keep heeding all the advice that you are getting here, and keep learning as much as you can. Also, try and take on a new "project" each week. In other words learn some new way to market (there are 1000's) and try a new one at least once a week. Even if you feel that you don't quite know what your doing, it is better to jump in and learn as you go. Most people learn better by just trying anyway.
I would also ask you where your sponsor is? Talk with your sponsor who got you into your business and find out exactly what they are doing and do all the same things. If your sponsor isn't helping you, then go higher and see who their sponsor is. Someone is at the top and they can share exactly how they got there. And if need be, remind them that in an MLM, if you don't succeed, neither do they!
But most of all, I repeat, Don't give up!
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RICH4NURICHE
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# Posted: 8 May 2009 21:30
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I noticed that you wrote you marketed online but have you tried sharing as an introduction. What area or field is your mlm in? it is a fact that people who do shopping are more likely to purchase something when they actually touch the item or see it up close. physically experiencing something brings a persons senses more in tune to what you are presenting them. Give a sample or trial for them to test drive. hope this helps.
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clawrence
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# Posted: 10 May 2009 19:39
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Thanks for all the great advice!
@geniewinner - I think you're right, it is going to take a lot of work, and I like your attitude, I think you're right, there's nothing but greatness ahead, right?
@malibumentor - well stated
@7figurehelper - I think that's my problem too. I need to switch my thinking.
@Julsy - great idea. I talk to my sponsor on a daily basis, and she is supportive of all my ideas. I'll start a new project tomorrow!
@Rich4nuriche - yes, I'm doing introductions, unfortunately, I don't have samples to give out, since its health and fitness. But I have some other options...
Thanks all.
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RICH4NURICHE
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# Posted: 11 May 2009 08:55 · Edited by: RICH4NURICHE
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Your welcome clawrence and if there's something else i can help you with let me know. I'm in the health area too.
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chappy49
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# Posted: 11 May 2009 13:17
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I have been involved on and off for several years , thing that always frustrated me was my upline tellling me to "do what they do" and you will be suceesful. Even when the industry has a 98% attrition rate. I did not buy it why do so many people come into industry only to fail and leave. The business model in my mind was not right. I am in sales and marketing and felt there had to be a better way. And I believe I have found it now. You have to remember that people get involved for many different reasons, most people dont like to sell , most people dont want to make a100 list or have meetings with family me mbers mlost people dont want to talk to people within a 3 ft radius about their opportunity. You need to find out what they want , in words of my mentor " when you go to a hardware to buy a drill , you dont really want a drill , you want a hole" Market youself as a solution to their wants , be the expert, dont sell opportunity sell solution
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mrslalas7
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# Posted: 12 May 2009 11:32
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Sure. All you have to do is stay focused, be consistent, stay in trainings weekly, listen to your sponsor/mentors for advice and stay motivated. This will bring success. It is doing it for me.
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chrisblanks
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# Posted: 13 May 2009 00:45
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clawrence: I just recently joined a MLM and I'm afraid I'm doing everything wrong, because after a month of advertising and promoting, I haven't received one bite. I'm wondering if my marketing content needs work. I post to forums, I have my sites in all my signatures, everything is linked back to each other. I use social networks to promote. I even posted classifieds. What am I doing wrong? Or am I doing everything right and just not giving it enough time to permeate? Can anyone help? I'm getting real frustrated. I know it works, I know I can make money, I just don't know if I'm doing it right. Thanks.
Get you an accountability person. Someone that you can send an email to or call daily and let them know what you did for your business on a daily basis. You will find that it will keep you motivated and help you to keep focused on what you need to do daily to build your business.
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emmajbarrett
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# Posted: 15 May 2009 01:38
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Dear Clawence
I have read all the above.
STOP SELLING
STOP SELLING
STOP SELLING
READ ANYTHING BY MIKE DILLARD.
You need leads, lots of them, who WANT to talk to you. I have found a way to generate leads and never bother my friends and family again.
I am not saying it is easy but it is possible.
And again PLEASE FIND MIKE DILLARD
best of luck
emma
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jaesun16
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# Posted: 15 May 2009 03:51
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Hi, I am involved one of MLM site
I am still worried if I can not get as many downline as I expected and,
money problems!!
I have to have 10 downline to cover my initial deposit..
I think I have tried too many online business by now..
I will stick with NEOBUX only from now on..
Good luck to your business
Happy day~^^
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# Posted: 16 May 2009 11:51
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Good thread going on here. The thing that stood out to me was the part about it only being after a month. The one thing I have learned in working from home is that it mirrors regular brick and mortar business in a few aspects. One of those aspects is advertising. Unless you have a product that everyone needs all the time like say gas at a gas station its going to take a bit of time for your advertising to work.
A way that regular businesses speed up their advertising is by giving away free samples. You can do the same with your business. My primary business is in travel so I give away samples of my travel to get visitors to my website. Many become interested and buy my product. You can find alot of items on the internet to give away as a way to get more customers. Some are free and others might have a cost involved. What really is important is the value they give to the customer.
Think of your business in terms of how a brick and mortar business would and adopt some of their strategies. This is the beauty of working from home. We can use the proven strategies and not have the higher investment of time and money. Good luck in your endeavors. My door is open if you need any more details.
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# Posted: 17 May 2009 01:57
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I have not even done much in the work at home job thing so i don't know much but all i have to say is that, patience and hard work does the job for you. You will be surprised on how far you will reach!
Jamie
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DigitalTravel
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# Posted: 17 May 2009 09:02
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Don't give up, it took me 15 years to find soemthing that worked, if that is of any comfort to you. What you need to do is simple. find a product that you enjoy and market it.
Marketing means - the simple use of commmon sense to atract the right customer to your product. Quote from Tijiani Musa. Marketing director.
I would do a little research to find where your customers surf, then engage them through multiple channels like theses
1. SEO
2. PPC
3. Local cheap classified
4. Banner/Text ads
5. Forums
6. Article writing on the product
7. Blogs
8. Dedicated time every day min 1 hour to execute all of the above
And if you still not get any customers, then woah, maybe try another product
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fbivens
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# Posted: 18 May 2009 12:09
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chrisblanks: Get you an accountability person. Someone that you can send an email to or call daily and let them know what you did for your business on a daily basis. You will find that it will keep you motivated and help you to keep focused on what you need to do daily to build your business.
Good advice from chrisblanks here. If I can drill down a bit further on his advice, find a person willing to coach you. It doesn't have to be a person in your specific business either. Sometimes your immediate MLM sponsor is the worst person to coach with, for a variety of obviously biased reasons. Someone that can coach you with no agenda of their own is the holy grail of that subject.
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Marvin
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# Posted: 24 May 2009 16:30
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network marketing is a great industry if you have Patience, persistence, and perservarance you will get the prize...the big thing here is your leadership..and you being coachable and following their lead. I have been a police officer 15yrs and i felt i could not get people into my business, but now i teach my team what i am learning and we have over 45 reps on our team...you can do it, it takes getting use to no and going to the next future partner...if I can help you let me know...
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# Posted: 26 May 2009 09:19
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This is an awesome post
you have not failed untill you admit defeat. i hardly made a penny in 3 years in MLM. become a student of marketing and personal development. How you think will determine how successful you are. If i can recommend you do 1 thing its buy Magnetic Sponsoring ($40) from Mike Dillard. Its responsible for making more millionaires in our industry than anything. im probably not allowed to do this but here is the link for his site http://OnlineMLMDomination.com it completely changed my business. The term attraction marketing is what you need to master. People dont care about you business or your product, they care about you and what you can do for them. People buy a drill because they want a hole not because they want a drill. Dont rely on your sponsor, he/she probably has the same problems as you, blind leading the blind 
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# Posted: 26 May 2009 13:09
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I don't know if what I joined is MLM, but it was cheap, so that's why I joined. ^^; I have yet to see it go anywhere, but good things come to those who wait!
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BHP
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# Posted: 31 May 2009 23:52
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Please please y'all - the smartest thing you could do right now is to quit your mlm, take your monthly mlm dues and put them in a savings account, or a mutual fund. This is how you build wealth in mlm. The fail rate on mlms is incredible, and even if you do make it for a while, your company will statistically dry up in a few years, leaving all the people you have recruited out to dry. I know this isn't a popular view, but it is an honest answer to your question.
3 out of 100 succeed in mlm, and they do so at the expense of a lot of people who will lose money and quit.
Mlm can DESTROY your relationships with friends and family.
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BHP
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# Posted: 31 May 2009 23:55
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And, if I don't have the bad morals to dupe my friends and family into joining when I know they will statistically fail and be bitter at the company and me, then I have no business duping strangers either.
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RICH4NURICHE
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# Posted: 1 Jun 2009 00:13
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BHP: And, if I don't have the bad morals to dupe my friends and family into joining when I know they will statistically fail and be bitter at the company and me, then I have no business duping strangers either.
Work At Home is a legit business model. If you had a bad experience with the HBB industry then you need to find out why. Like any traditional business, you should be careful when you choose one to be involved in. Due diligence is vital.
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# Posted: 1 Jun 2009 18:30
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BHP: Please please y'all - the smartest thing you could do right now is to quit your mlm, take your monthly mlm dues and put them in a savings account, or a mutual fund. This is how you build wealth in mlm. The fail rate on mlms is incredible, and even if you do make it for a while, your company will statistically dry up in a few years, leaving all the people you have recruited out to dry. I know this isn't a popular view, but it is an honest answer to your question.
The business I am in offers the chance for anyone to have their own website, as we offer free webhosting with a $10.00 a month membership. We also offer loads of other services like domain names and even a re-seller program where you can set up your own online computer store. Now, by getting other people to join, you make money. So, what I am trying to say is... why pay GoDaddy and get nothing in return when you could be making good money instead? There are so many people who can use our products and services weather they take advantage of the mlm side of it or not.
Not all businesses or mlm's are out to take you, nor will all of them fail. There are loads of mlm's out there that won't last a year and with those types you are correct... BUT please do NOT put all mlm's in the same category. There are some really good ones out there that are changing peoples lives with the money they are able to generate and they aren't ticking anyone off to do it. Most are trying to target the people who could really use their products or in our case our services.
I will go a step further and say that most legit MLM's don't want people to join if they are prepared to blow money and quit within a few months. This entire site is filled with awesome training and advice telling people to thoroughly check out and research any business before they join and then NOT to give up if they truly want to go for it and have a great business on the net, and most of those are MLM's! I will also say that the attitudes with MLM's have changed a lot! Most of us now DON'T want our friends and family joining us. We want them to see our success and then beg us for our secret!
So again, please don't judge all MLM's
Thank You!
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# Posted: 1 Jun 2009 19:31 · Edited by: ronniebranch
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Show people your heart of gold, stand on your feet and believe in yourself which will encourage you to stay consistent regardless if you have a pile of bills.
By staying consistent you will keep the portal of attraction open and allow others to see your marketing messages.
Build a dream board of thingyou want to achieve in life to remind and keep you focused in what your working towards. Be sure to keep this dream board near your desk.
Build a roadmap and keep it near your desk with a stick figure of yourself walking closer to your destination on your dream board. You will be amazed that when you see progress it will motivate you.
Start praying and reading the bible king james version and listen to a mp3 player as it will be food for your soul to keep you refreshed. You can private message me for such a player.
Focus on getting to know others and find out their needs and wants. Are you they happy about their life? Do we connect with each other? I can't tell you how amazing it is to connect with people who are exactly like you.
One of my strategies has been to make videos and to release the energy out in the world and to attract people who respond to such energy. You will lure in exactly what you release, I have found when you promote your name and image the lead quality is exceptional. Keep giving value to those leads and even if they don't want to work with you now the big mistake many make is they forget about them and move on.
I have a guy who loves talking about the bible, he has got over 300k hits on his site and my focus was not to get him to join me. I really listened to him with my heart and we had such amazing conversations. During times he often heard me speak about the orders and money coming in my business that drawed him closer.
Just forget about the money and really put a effort in loving others. The same saying holds true in that forget about your problems and leave the burdon with God. The same holds true during a date, if you keep your focus on their needs and not what your mind/body tells you. Everything will come as a result to following along with this advice. What we sow is what we reep, if we sow well we will reap tenfold and this applies to many things in life including business.
It is amazing how things turn out, just as the rainy days come and go will bring sunny days.
Thanks for reading.
Ronnie Branch
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# Posted: 3 Jun 2009 17:45
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You are quite right - some mlm companies do not fail. 5%. 5% of mlm companies retain enough distributers not to go bust. The other 95% are started by people with $$ signs in their eyes. A lot of people make $ on mlm, what with so many new companies starting.
Say a new mlm starts. If you are one of the first to join, you can recruit MUCH more effectively with the 'get in early' pitch. If you are very motivated and recruit 10 or so people, you can keep the sign-up recruitment bonus. And you can use your success to recruit much more effectively "I've made x amount of $$ on [insert mlm]."
Here's something to think about. You ask someone if they want to talk about mlm, they run away. It's reputation has to be a result of some phenomonem - like 97% of its members losing money and quitting after the 1st year.
I realize people have made $ - and there are people who have done it primarily by selling the products. This is the right way to do it - believe in the product, and only try to sign up people who are informed about the business, and who are willing to do the work to sell the product they believe in - not to dupe people into joining.
Mlms that enable members like Julsy to use their product and make money without necessarily taking advantage of the mlm 'recruit recruit recruit' side are out there - but very rare. If they have a good product, they will make up the 5%.
I find the risk of doing my homework, and still having that 95% fail rate of the mlm companies come back to bite me too high.
Small business' have a high fail rate as well - i realize that - there's risk to any investment. I'm just saying that the risk of joining an mlm is too high if you are counting on it to generate revenue for you. If you have enough money to spend on the monthly fees and you can have fun with it, and eventually grow your business, that's awesome. I, however, am too risk-assessment oriented to be able to recommend to someone that they should stay with it, when there are more trustworthy places to put one's money.
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