Has Anyone considered this?

hi UA,

Good post! I had joined a network marketing group just prior to getting into property investing. The cashflow wasn’t great, but it was just what I needed to give me some sales skills. I went from being a medical researcher who worked in a lab and only talked to other researches to having to deal with buying/renting etc with the public.

I highly recomend it, if you don’t have lots of money to start a business from scratch or buy a franchise, it’s a good learing tool to act as a bridging step between a regular job and property investing.

Good luck pp

Xenia

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I have also read some of his books and i’m racking my brain for business ideas that I can manage while i’m still working full-time.
Can you guys explain a bit more and perhaps give me some references on the net to learn more?

AXJ

I joined an Amway network several years ago because I liked the products. I soon became totally captivated by the motivational programs. That was where I picked up the habit of listening to motivational tapes, reading books on personal development & ‘building equity’ in myself.

I never did build a network but it was still a life-changing experience. Network marketing invariably includes a system that prepares people for team building and leadership roles. The training I undertook helped me become far more positive and emotionally resilient. This laid a strong foundation for the work I do today.

We may not agree with some of the tactics used by people in network marketing. These are mostly beginners making their early mistakes. To get an idea of how powerful network marketing can be, take a look at those who had made it to the top. I found them to be absolutely inspirational.

Starglow

We have tried two different network marketing companies. Both resulted in failure…

The first was a product that I really believe in but just don’t use much (Nutrimetics – make-up and skin care). It is a great product and I’m still happy to buy it off someone else every other year or so. It was very hard to sell something I just wasn’t that interested in.

The second had an excellent business model but the research that they relied on to justify the “need” for people to use their products just would not stand up to university level scrutiny. There was nothing published in reputable journals and the studies they quoted were mostly “one-offs” done by people with no standing in the industry (outside of the network marketing company, that is). Some of the names used and studies quoted were enough (combined with that excellent business model) to get us excited and sign up. As time went on and I did more research I became more and more uncomfortable using the products and advising others to do the same. BTW (for the forum members who know what company I’m talking about) this only applies to the mega doses of vitamins – the shampoos and skin care products were great. Just before anyone gets defensive (as I know a few people here are involved with this company) I studied at the University of Wollongong for a degree in science with a nutrition major and what I’m stating here is only my opinion and if I’m wrong it won’t be the first or last time in my life Hence we dropped out of this one too.

I believe that to make network marketing work you have to love and use all of the products associated with the company you are signed up with. If you have a passion for the products then that will carry you a long way to success within the company… Just my conclusion after two failed attempts

Kind Regards,
Sonja

oops!!! didn’t mean to do that!

I agree with you sonja. You need to have a passion for the product to be successful. Too many people join up network marketing just thinking about making money and not really knowing anything about what they are selling or how they go about selling it.

If the aim is to build people skills, then that is the focus.
Network marketing is a people business, and rapidly builds people skills. From a satellite viewpoint, the products and prices are incidental.

Amway system is financially successful and teaches volumes about motivation and people skills. Not my cup of tea. Unfortunately, some of the recruiters lack ethics.

There are other ways to build people skills. My own early trial by fire was door-to-door selling books, very tough gig, gave up a few times every day, but, it taught me not to, and later, when to.
Nothing like a good teacher.

Whether this post’s topic is building a business, generating business ideas,acquiring people skills or network marketing, one benefits from getting out there in the information flow and online, talking to as many people in a day as possible, and asking the necessary questions. We know persistence pays off, so the methods of success are not a secret.
Good luck to you all on your journeys.
cheers
thecrest

UsanaAssociate and everyone,

One of my friends was in Amway for a couple of years, and had a few disturbing stories.

There was a couple in her upline (ie. they were quite senior in Amway), and Amway Head Office made them lease out a jaguar at their own expense, so they would be perceived by their downline to be mega-successful in their Amway business.

One of their tactics they had to use was inviting themselves around to people’s house for a coffee, not telling them that it was Amway, and then try to talk them into joining Amway.

Somehow I dont think I would feel comfortable with the above, but I guess every company has their own set of ethics/strategies in trying to make $$$.

Hope this helps

Catherine

gee Usana – I wonder which company you are involved with… hehe.

Yep= way to lose friends and influence noone- see all as your potential downline- and those who say no are losers… The question is- do you want to come out of this “business venture” with any friends left at all?

I think MLM is about 30 years too late- noone falls for it anymore. As others have said, the product is secondary- really, one can pretty much buy anything in a $2 shop these days- and not have to hear about it changing their lives. No product is gonna change my life- but MLM will probably send the salesperson broke- that’s kind of life-changing.

Usana- think about the average Australian income, for example- it’s about 50k. Well, you can start on that before you make your REAL MLM fortune. So you need to make $1000 a week- how’s it looking so far? I met a woman recently who was an MLM person… and she told me she had already won a free holiday. Her eyes were all shiny, and I asked about hoe much money she had put in to this scheme. She had put in several hunred dollars- an investment… the same value as the holiday was worth. Hence, she had paid for her own holiday. How she saw it as having won a free holiday, I’ll never know.

Best of luck with it, Usana. If anyone can make money from MLM and still have friends and family intact, in 2005, well, my friend- I’ll even buy one of your cleaning products from you.

kay henry