| Multi level marketing gets a resoundingly bad rap | | | | in their bank account and decided to take a |
| in the business world. Normally, detractors point to | | | | chance. This chance naturally paid off with wealth |
| an inherently flawed business structure that | | | | beyond their wildest dreams; a life of private jets, |
| saturates the market to the point that everyone | | | | vacations homes, sports cars and exotic |
| involved in the project fails. They also often point | | | | vacations, all while barely working at all. Then, the |
| to the fact that many multi level marketing | | | | pitch goes on to suggest all of this could be yours, |
| organizations are nothing more than glorified | | | | too. You, too, could have fabulous wealth while |
| pyramid schemes operating under a different | | | | working less than an hour a day, if you’re |
| name. But more and more, people are leveling | | | | just smart enough to take advantage of this |
| other kinds of charges at multi level marketing | | | | opportunity. For the doubters in the room, the |
| groups; questioning the way they prey upon | | | | pitch usually suggests that they lack vision, and |
| people emotionally and reel them in. It all begs the | | | | that they just don’t have the business sense |
| question, are multi level marketing groups real | | | | that the people who are lapping it up do. |
| businesses or are they cults? The answer might | | | | Sometimes, this is enough, but sometimes the |
| surprise you. | | | | indoctrination continues. The multi level marketers |
| First things first: there are some legitimate multi | | | | tell people that if their friends and family are |
| level marketing business opportunities out there at | | | | unsupportive of this new business venture, then |
| allow you to make some money without having | | | | they’re maybe they’re really not as close |
| to buy into a bunch of mumbo jumbo about the | | | | to you as you thought. They often mix religious |
| company. These businesses sell real, quality | | | | messages into their marketing programs, and |
| products are reasonable price and value the sales | | | | they know how to spot the weak link. In reality, |
| over the recruitment. They also give you | | | | multi level marketing programs have a long |
| adequate support without making unreasonable | | | | history of not only being detrimental to a |
| demands of you. These are businesses like any | | | | person’s financial well being, but they also |
| other and can’t be tarred with the cult brush. | | | | have a history of decimating their personal life and |
| But then there are the other kinds of multi level | | | | relationships as well. |
| marketing programs – the ones that have a | | | | For all of these reasons, you must approach |
| cult like hold on their “reps.” These | | | | membership in a multi level marketing group with |
| companies are fairly easy to spot. Look at the | | | | extreme caution. There are of course reputable |
| way the pitch is made. First, the pitch usually | | | | groups out there, but you have to do your |
| begins with some kind of story about the | | | | homework to make sure you don’t get |
| company founder – a down on their luck man | | | | caught up in a bad one. The repercussions for you |
| or woman who took the last few dollars they had | | | | could be serious and long lasting. |