If you put in $5 you received $20.

This taught me a few lessons.
1- People who join these types of ventures at the beginning are paid very well.
2-As the market penetration increases, the ability to make money diminishes, to Nil.
This taught me that Multi-Level-Marketing companies can be an excellent opportunity, however one still not for me.

I used to be “Very” Critical of MLM firms. Because I realized from the Neil Pyramid that at one point, it will be a very hard sell to get new customers. However I learned that this MLM process somehow gets people thinking with an entrepreneur mindset (which is very beneficial). Some of the Pre-Paid Legal sales associates have left and pursued their own ventures, which is great.

My word of advice to MLMers is always “Why can’t you do this yourself”. I once argued with a MLM representative, that he should start his own business and his workload/payout would be a lot greater. I think he liked buying the whole package instead of doing the legwork himself.

There are millions of companies that will let you represent their company and their products, Make Commissions, Earn Residuals, and get this, with little or no startup cost. I just think it takes a little imagination. I started selling “Credit Card” Processing, very lucrative.

First of all, brother it’s great to see you blogging and doing things with WordPress. I am really impressed because there aren’t many of us out there doing this.

Second, the article posted was an outstanding find. I can relate to it and really think that the money is in building your own thing.

Anyway… man I am beginning to see a different side of you that I didn’t know. Great job here.

Otis

I have recently launched my own blog called: Quixtar Cult Intervention at:

http://quixtarisacultintervention.blogspot.com

I have also been using what free space I can find to provide consumer warnings against getting involved in a Biz which requires so much (as you put it) Delayed Gratification. Most people will learn that this delayed gratification is so much mumbo jumbo. Many of the people who’ve already gone jewel success in their different MLMs what discovered there is much less money there than they were brain washed into expecting.

I hate to see people get fleeced in the Biz. I hate to see family members get into this, get fleeced and lead others into getting fleeced. Sues daughter and son in law managed to fleece Sue out of several thousands of dollars and we still have the evidence of “inventory stacking” sitting on the porch today. The fleecing of family for time spend watching the grandchildren and other-wise supporting the Biz indirectly can be very tiring on family.

I am so very disheartened to learn that distributor parents are becoming strangers to their children. I am disheartened by cult like training tactics the tool kingpin use, especially the instructions to have nothing more to do with persons who decline involvement in the business like I have.

I dislike the way these misguided people paint themselves into a corner and become the canon fodder for their up-line. They get roped into paying for a never ending amount of mostly worthless tapes and books, and have to foot the bill for junkets to rah rah business conventions.

What you didn’t make very clear, is whether you are still doing the Biz or not? Doesn’t the system make it very difficult to just quit?