MLM is Evil

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I've been involved in a lot of MLMs and quite a few bogus opportunities. I think I was relying on hope and wishful thinking and at the same time I never felt comfortable peddling those wares to friends, family, and strangers. Then one day I found WA and "flipped the script". Now I'm happy and doing my WA thing which I'm proud to share with my friends, family, and strangers. Since joining WA I've kicked MLM to the curb. I know many of my friends and colleagues are into MLM so I wanted to share this with you and get your thoughts.

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Left you a comment. I couldn't agree with you more!

Thanks Gordi!

Left a comment on your site...great work!

MLM - well I cleaned out my computer a while ago, and yes I made money with MLM. I had copies of all the cheques. I was with a good company though. But at the same time, I recall many nutcases I met who were going to join up under me but they could not because their partner had been "kipnapped by their father who was a shiek" etc.etc. I got so sick of the stories, I couldn't cope with them any more. I met more nutcases than I had ever met in my life. I love meeting people in life, normal people, and would much rather revolve my business around affiliate marketing, instead of 5.00 am phone calls all over the world where people booked that time but were annoyed when you rang them at their chosen time. It was like being a telemarketer and your phone call was unwanted,even though they had booked the time in. Never again! Never!

Agreed, Berny W

The pure idea of ​​MLM is basically really pretty problem is just that in many cases, greed is going to be running rather than all of it out of it as they contribute. Too many believe that it is an easy profitable business and it is unfortunately lie is not something that is easily

so true Steen...it is very hard to make money in MLM

Funny cartoon...lol.

I don't think all MLM companies are evil, but far too many have questionable business practices and faulty business models.

I wrote this as part of a reply in another discussion:

"The real questions to ask about MLMs are these:

1. Does the company offer real, value added product/s (good)
2. Is the product sold to the public,(good) or is money being made
mostly through distributor fees (bad)
3. Are the commissions paid based entirely on product sales (good)
or mostly for bringing in new recruits (bad)
4. Does the company have good business practices - training in
traditional sales methods, ethical advertising (good)
5. Does the company engage in false or misleading advertising, or
misrepresentation of product value (bad).

I should add: Is the compensation model equitable (good), legally binding (good), or can it be changed, without proper notice, to line the greedy pockets of the few at the top (bad)."

~Jude

Good advice, Jude. I tried MLM that got me nowhere, and I picked good companies, but couldn't sing people on the business side of it.

Like Gordi said, I picked good companies made a little money but could not get enough sign ups to make a living. I'm sticking with WA.

Been there, done that, got the t-shirt! No more doing for me :-)
Marianne

I agree.

Been there, done that too!

I too was involved in that mess and I'm glad to say I but the MLM industry behind me.

Thanks for sharing, I just commented on the line my sponsor would tell me when I was involved in the MLM industry.

some mlms are cool but it is not for everyone...the failure rate is so high...thanks for commenting!

I don't think all MLMs are bad. There are some good ones out there. You just need to find the right one that will suit your purpose.

Did you click on to his article?..... cute :)

I agree, some are very good, but it is still a hard industry in which, for most people, to make money. thanks Ade for your comment!

I was involved with a few of them myself. I would say they are unstable at best. Not sure I would go so far as to call them evil but..... your title did get my attention :) Great comic by the way.

Thanks! Not all MLMs are evil...but even the good ones are hard to make money in.

Thanks for checking out the comic Steve...and thanks for encouraging others to do the same.

No problem. I made the mistake of replying to this message without actually looking at your blog post first.
You have to see the blog post to actually "get it".

I looked at some of the replies and I realized that some people did not click the link so now I'm trying to figure out how to get better at converting titles to posts, pages, etc.

Hey Steve...left a comment on your site...rock on!

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