Network Marketing
By ParaTed2k
@ParaTed2k (22940)
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
January 22, 2012 8:51pm CST
What is it about the Network Marketing Business Model that people hate so much? All it is is using word of mouth as a form of advertising.
When you buy something you really like, you almost always tell someone about it. If you like it enough, you become a "regular customer". Advertisers and marketing people in all industries work hard and get paid to come up with says to form a loyalty between customers and their product or service.
From age 12 to 47 I remained a loyal customer to both Pepsico and Coca Cola. If I was in a place that sold Coke products, I bought a Coke; if it was Pepsi, I bought Mt. Dew. In fact, friends and family identified me with those two soft drinks. Many of you are no different. Think about your close friends and family, when you are buying stuff for a picnic or other gathering, you already know what they are drinking. You never have to ask.
This is all Network Marketing is... Word of Mouth for Fun and Profit!
I am a distributor in a growing Network Marketing company called SendOut Cards. My friends and family now identify Sendout Cards with me the way they used to do with Mt. Dew. The only difference is, now I get some of the money when it used to all go to Pepsico.
So, since all of our referrals and word of mouth lead to someone making money anyway, why shouldn't it be you or I?
Network Marketing is just another legitimate business model. Yes, there are risks, there are scams and there are "pyramid schemes" out there... but the same can be said about any other business model.
Some say you're "throwing your money away" if you get involved in Network Marketing, but I ask you... how much did I throw away drinking Mt Dew like a yellow fish from 1978 to 2011? ;~D
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2 responses
@millertime (1394)
• United States
23 Jan 12
It's funny but the stigma on network marketing seems to only be for companies that do it on the internet. Companies like Tupperware, Mary Kay, Avon and others that use it offline aren't looked down upon. I wonder why that is. Maybe it's because there were enough scam programs that showed up on the internet, they gave ALL online network marketing companies a bad reputation, even though many of them are legitimate and reputable. Unfortunately, promoting online network marketing is an uphill battle.
@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
23 Jan 12
That's not entirely true. I heard the stigma (and even fell for it) long before the internet. But you're right, the "home party" MLMs seem to have a better over all rep than the other.
@dex833 (135)
• Philippines
23 Jan 12
I thought tupperware and avon is direct selling? anyway what is the difference between network marketing, MLM and direct sellling? We do have small business but thats all, I have been invited to the companies, (MLM) but their products was way too high compared to other products that no on MLM. doubled, or even tripled...
@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
23 Jan 12
It's all the same thing. Yes, some MLMs offer goods and services at a higher price than you'd expect, I'm glad the one I'm in doesn't.
