The “NEW” Way to MLM May 24, 2008 – 12:15 pm | by Shelley Penney - The MLM Diva
Is there really a NEW way of working your MLM business? No let me be more clear on the question…. is the "OLD" way really defunct?
We all know that there are people who are making a figurative "KILLING" on the internet… you’ve seen the websites I am sure.
"Add 20-30 new reps a day to your business"
"Get my FREE report to learn how to make a gazillion dollars in a week."
"Get bedsores on your behind. Never leave your office chair again!"
"Your upline is a lying cheating dirty rotten meanie!"
I remember when Mike Dillard came on the scene with magnetic sponsoring. Magnetic sponsoring was the first of the so called "funded proposals" that I remember. The whole idea behind a funded proposal is that you hook people in MLM (the ones who have been unsuccessful thus far and are looking for someone to blame) with a free training course, ebook, or some other ‘virtual’ smelly sock technique. (you get their email address) They then find they like the pungent odor of smelly sock and want to pay a little money for the boot the sock got smelly in. You get to keep a portion of the camping boot money to "fund" your marketing deal.
Here’s where it gets really exciting…. all of those sock and boot owners are now going to look to YOU to show them which foot to wear it on, how to walk fast, and how to avoid getting blisters. They are going to do this because you told them about the smelly sock in the first place. But wait a minute….. who is REALLY the smelly sock and camping boot expert?? It’s the guy who developed the smelly sock and camping boot boot-camp in the first place. Good ole Mike Dillard… or who ever the guru happens to be that ‘created’ this system.
Mike Dillard does not want to help YOU in YOUR program. He wants to help YOU in HIS program. He is going to tell you why the program you are working is the wrong one, why your upline are shady and not truthful, and why you should be working with him, and he is going to expose all of the deep dark industry ’secrets’ that no one ever wanted you to know, and ‘your upline will hate him’ for telling you all of this. He is going to disguise all of this under the umbrella of "Network Marketing Training".
You say you are strong and convicted in your program and are just promoting it to develop leads for your own program? Get ready to COMPETE with the guru for the leads you are developing… they are HIS leads too. He isn’t going to show YOU how to add XX reps to your business per month. What yu are really going to learn is how HE adds XX number of reps to HIS business…. at your expense.
Let’s talk about Ann Seig for a second. Ann’s advertisements mention just about every network marketing company out there, and tell you how awful your upline is, and that they are telling you lies. Here’s an excerpt from one of her pages….
If You’re One Of The Few Network Marketers Left Who’s Still Making Names Lists And Cold Calling Dead-Beat Opportunity Leads… How Do You Plan To Keep Up With Those Who Have Learned How To Get Hundreds - Even Thousands - Of Pre-Sold Prospects To Come To Them (Without Having To Spend Hours On The Phone Or Attend Even A Single Hotel Meeting)?…… Find Out What Your Upline Isn’t Telling You:
My upline isn’t telling me something that could make me successful? How is that possible? Don’t they earn money only IF I am successful? Oh, I just realized something else… I am someone’s upline! Hey wait a minute….. She’s talking about ME TOO! I am one of those lying cheating dirty rotten meanie uplines she is talking about. So I think maybe she needs to stop sniffing socks for a sec. Why would I "LIE" to the people that MY VERY OWN SUCCESS depends on?? I know what works. I have experience leading people to success. Ive BEEN the success story many of you want to be. why would I lie??
Think about this…. why do Mike and Ann and all the other "guru’s" want YOU to buy into the idea that YOUR upline might be lying to you? Could it be because you want so badly to believe you are failing because of ME instead of because of YOU? Could it be that these guys KNOW that, and THEY want to replace ME as YOUR upline?
So what got me on this rant on a Saturday morning? Well, I was surfing the internet looking for industry news. (That is a good habit to get in to to stay abreast of happenings). Anyway I happened across this site called MLM Outlaws. And I was reading their entry from May 22nd. Here is the part that caught my eye…
Network marketing tips #113… is run… run far and run fast.. away from any of the old network marketing training that is out there. Read that again…
The tide has changed… people are stepping up…. change is in the air.
People like the MLM OutLaws, Mike Dillard, Ann Seig and Jonathon Budd!
(To which I reply Jonathon WHO????)
Well ok, so no big deal… it’s just another nameless, faceless someone jumping on the funded proposal band wagon. Don’t get me wrong… I think it is a smart way to grab a bunch of tired, broke failing networkers if you are the developer and owner of the system…. It’ll probably work out well for them. So who are these guys anyway? Hmmm, I click on the "about" page and find out…. wait a minute… I KNOW these guys… well I know OF them, and I know OF them because they happen to live just down river from me (or did at one time). Small world huh guys?
Well I don’t just know of them as in, know their names and all that. I know what MLM company they are with. I think it may be their first and only, but I could be wrong about that! (Small town gossip being what it is!) So how did the "MLM Outlaws" build their business? Hmmm, well the "tide must have just changed" because I’ve BEEN to a home presentation done by one of their downline. I have SEEN their training manual. Heck I’ve been to one of their hotel meetings, and I was present at the Canadian launch for the company they represent in (you guessed it) a HOTEL! They built their business (in a very big part anyway) by following the principles of the old network marketing training that is out there.
Read that again…
I don’t mean to pick on the brothers for doing some brilliant marketing, but before you tell me that I am lying or my upline is lying I need to ask… WHO is REALLY lying? This IS the internet after all. And don’t get me wrong I think the internet is a HUGE fishing hole, and there are a TON of people who hit the internet every day. I actually build a significant business using the internet. HOWEVER, I don’t deny that home presentations, hotel meetings and discussions over coffee are still the BEST way to create community, loyalty, and synergy in Network Marketing and NO amount of smelly socks will change that. The "MLM Outlaws" appear to agree with me, just not in their really good ad copy!
Shelley Penney is The MLM Diva. Visit her at ShelleyPenney.com
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