We’ll Always have Paris!
So I did Eric Worre’s NetworkMarketingPro show again last week. The topic was the Internet, and how it works, and doesn’t work, in our business. It seems I created quite a controversy, when I blasted the “MLM Morons.”
It you haven’t seen the show yet, you can watch it here
Anyway I shared my thoughts on why Pay Per Click advertising, Spam, and some of the other obnoxious behavior online are hurting the profession. This raised a few interesting comments, and more than a few not so intelligent responses as you can see on Eric’s site.
The Spam issue is really a serious one. After we have made such great strides improving the image of our profession, the advent of these MLM Morons on Twitter, Facebook, and other social media sites is setting us back by a decade.
They think as soon as they join a group they have the right to send their pitch to everyone in it. Or feel that everyone that friends or follows them deserves to get their Spam pitch. They’re completely clueless about how rude, crude and annoying their behavior actually is.
So Eric raised an interesting question: What do we tell these loathsome twits to help them buy a clue? On the video I suggested something like, “Thanks for the pitch, I’m unfollowing you now. But we’ll always have Paris.”
But obviously cultural references requiring thought are going to swoosh right over their head. So what should we tell these idiots? Let us know what you think below. And in some future posts we can look at the other issues I raised on the video.
-RG
I receive numerous messages in my Skype, ICQ, Russian version of Facebook and other social networks or IM’s *every single day*.
Most of them even not read my profile and not open my blog (and try to recruit me even don’t know who am I and I opinion about their “opportunity”). In this situaion I copy/paste standart messege, there I wrote something like: ”
Dear *name*. As I see you try to make a business in MLM. Unfortunatelly you are unsuccesfull. This is because you don’t undertund HOW mlm work and even your sponsor does not explain you this info. You are try to work like in affiliate-links-programms, but MLM it’s not business of links-exchange, but business what grow from peoples relationships. If you have a wish, we can talk by Skype and I will explain you HOW do this business in right way. Of course if you are sooo rich and sooo smart, what you not need any advises – please delete me from your spam list because I am not interested in this way of cooperation.”
After short conversation I give to these people my web-site about MLM (not about my company) and link to my audio-training “key indicators in MLM company assessment” 3 people from 10 are have agreement to Skype conversation. In this month I will enroll one more man who “knok-knok” me in Skype and try to anroll me in one of masked pyramid. He was really happy to really understund this business!
Same for people who was on diferent “trainings” from people who NEVER earn ANY serious money in MLM, but teach how to do it. (This is real pandemia here in Russia). So this method definitely work.
I am not enroll many of these people (in reality I enroll only 5 of them in 3 years), but as result many people drop financial pyramids of stop doing stupid actions in normal companies.
Sorry for my errors and poor English.
Alex — your English may not be perfect, but your thinking is excellent.
Alex… Please. No need to apologize for your English.
I am very competent in English, but would look like a jerk if I tried to communicate in Russian. I can say “Nyet”, however.
Your English was totally effective and did not have to be perfect to make the telling points that you made.
I would be proud to assist you in any way, as you are a credit to the business.
Thank you for posting that.
For this very day, I am deciding what to do about twitter and (not quite so bad) Facebook. I began to follow about two hundred people who sounded interesting and with whom I may develop friendships.
This meant untold hours of sending nice responses, one at a time , trying to relate to their country or state , or whatever they shared as background.
I spent thirteen hours on this the first day, thinking that I would be building friendships, which is the very essence of Networking, and how most of us built our businesses in the 1980’s, known today as “the hard way”, but I am not convinced.
With but THREE exceptions (Twitter) my inbox began to fill with spam offers one after another, many the same washed out junk. Three people (but greater numbers on Facebook) responded in kind, and in a week we have nice friendships beginning
So I see 242 messages in InBox, and that’s with SPAM ARREST in place, so it has to be Twitter responses.
My wife and I are givers by nature, and had a perfect reputation in anything which we had done before MLM. In those early days, I even felt that it was sort of unethical to call an Amway or Shaklee distributor for recruiting . (They were about the only other serious nutrition MLM’s in those days.)
So we did what we had always done. Did meetings in living rooms, to no shows, rented hotel rooms, it snowed, no one showed up, all of the things that hinder, but just a part of LIFE.
Persistence paid off, and we became members of the top producer’s club in our company. Unfortunately, that wonderful company was attacked by the usual liars in Big Pharma, and down went our high income to 1,100 dollars a month……about seven percent of the former.
But even today, twenty four years after that “hit”, and our subsequent error in remaining in a company which had been so attacked, we have many of those friendships intact. Oh yes, after about 7 to 8 YEARS , it began to recover due to overseas business, and today is a viable company and many earn a nice living from it.
So in one sense, MLM can be like being a combat veteran. (Yes, I enlisted at age 17 to “save my Mom from the commie hordes”…. what a lie that was, but enough said) What I mean is this:
Warriors storm a beach or a border. With heavy losses, they push back the enemy. A few months or a year later, troops are landing on that beach, where there are quarters built, ice cream, games, volley ball in the sand, and swimming in the water. There is no blood or body parts or destroyed equipment, and the people laugh and have a good time, never knowing or caring that they trod over death and destruction.
MLM companies have had their loyal warriors . We were one, and several friends who actually were pretty intelligent also, made the same mistake of fighting back the enemies of freedom in America, meaning Big Pharma, until, like the warriors on the beach, we lost everything.
Our experience in MLM, until that lie campaign and organized media distortion, with which you would be very familiar, was unbounding joy, as we traveled the world for a while with the finest human beings you’d ever wish to know. The owner (whom we lost tragically at an early age) treated us like gold, and spent hundreds of thousands of dollars every month, taking us to major cities, limos picked us up sometimes, we had large MAJOR entertainers each month, etc. But we earned that and we were appreciated. Friendships were built that exist today, without the net, fax machines, computers, and long distance phone service was expensive compared to today.
Anyway, thank you for a post that was Easy and Fun to enjoy as I realized that we would be friends if we were close , no matter what companies we may represent.
Bob
“Thanks for the pitch. You sold me… on unfollowing you”
good one!
Let’s be mindful that our responses also build (or dent) the professional image for which we’re striving.
Many people are klutzy in their use of typed language…so if you receive an invitation to look at another company, pause for a moment and ask yourself, “Does my account clearly state that I represent another company? Am I sending out signals- through my posts or tweets- that I am dissatisfied with my current company?” In these cases, a polite refusal is appropriate- else we create the reputation of acting unprofessionally ourselves. An overblown or unnecessarily angry response points the finger at the author’s lack of self-confidence.
If it’s obvious you’re receiving a clueless request to join (they haven’t read your blog/profile, the request is clearly a mindless form letter with misspellings, or they’re simply insulting your company), send a message like David’s – short, sweet, and respectful. Perhaps include “Thanks for the unsolicited and coldly impersonal pitch. You sold me… on un-following you.”
Then DISCONNECT from them (un-friend or un-link them)
Perhaps when they receive that combination of a response, they’ll get the point.
Good one …. Like “I’m sold” >>> Personally I think everyone is being fairly kind, Randy included. Each time said moron pukes all over u about their ‘opportunity’, u should be able to attach a dart to their avatar; once they get a few darts they should be kicked-off for being an asshole and have their avatar publicly displayed in the ‘MLM Bucket of Shame’ .
Temper temper….
this was my original idea this morn on NMPro site: “Dude, you’re coming off as “that guy” and really need to watch this video: http://networkmarketingpro.com/2009/07/24/nmpro…
All the best to you and yours.
Link could be better (shorter).
but there are a few better ideas from other posters on the site now. particularly liked one of “Iceburners” suggestions the best.
How about http://www.MultiLevelMoron.com
That was funny, as usual.
Bones – Loved the link from http://www.MultiLevelMoron.com to Eric’s site, I’d just suggest point the link it to the full video, not just part 1. What a great idea, wish I’d thought of that! All the best, John.
Love it, Bones!!
Aha…you commend IceBurner..
And well you should. He is a top of the line guy whom I have known for a long time.
(I wanted to sign this: Iceburner….just to give him a laugh, but sincere caring won out over the Irish need to joke)
So I’ll say: I agree”
Irish Bob
I suppose one could always just stay away from social networking sites..
…And this is exactly why I love Randy Gage.
And I want to say “more grease to your elbow”
To me, concerning this very topic, I have also come across most of these idiot on the internet, most of the time I bull shit them and call them “Bonbastic idiot” to their face.
I think what we need to do is to give them great insult of their life for them to come back to their senses. But on the contrary, we also need to provide to them training programme on how run an mlm business ASAP before they spoil the industry for us.
Olalekan Olajide
Founder- TheRealDeal Int’L
Sorry Cyberspace is a Lonely Place I Have Personal Relationships
Sorry we are buiding relationships not chasing money.
The Power is Meeting People Not Spaming for Leads
Spam Youself Hope You Like it !!
Dude….I do love you! I’ve flown half-way around the world to see and hear you several times. I cherish a personally autographed copy your book that you did for me in London a couple of years ago, and have compared you to the Dalli Llama…… I’ll do anything to get your attention – well, ALMOST anything.
JUST LIKE YOU!
I couldn’t agree more with your condemnation of spamming and puking all over everybody. But, hey, THAT is the hallmark of old school MLM – AS IT WAS PRACTICED by the majority, and that is why it got such a bad rap. Because the misguided people who did it believed – what they were taught by ALL of the great GURU’s: First priority: your message has to be heard. It was only taken a step further with the new tools that the internet provides.
BUT, your obsessive vendetta against certain people that I dare not name, for fear you will erase my comment (as you promised to on an earlier post) is evidence to your having totally lost it.
The puking all over everybody and the three foot rule weren’t invented by (OOps I almost used a name…) the those people who you attack personally (strange one-sided logic you employ here, since you DO publicly attack them by name – as you did on the interview with Eric).
The very people you condemn are NOW working to restore professionalism to our profession. Talk to JMF – he interviewed the unnamed lady a couple of years ago. Talk to Mike Klingler, whose she has partnered with precisely because (in my opinion) he brings the ethical balance to the table in a systematic way.
Jesus, talk to Eric Worre. I suggested to him that he get you on a debate with the unnamed lady and what we got was a smug monologue – the only time I have refrained in joining the discussion – out of reverence to you (here’s my record http://disqus.com/people/JackBresler/#main )
So get a grip, and join the battle to build again.
With much love and respect,
Jack
PS: Here is a successful example that I reference here for the benefit of your other readers http://www.betternetworker.com/articles/view/marketing/war-peace-marketing-ann-sieg-ferny-ceballos-raymond-fong
BTW, I don’t have a problem with someone like you that has rational thought from standing up for Ann or anyone else here. I just didn’t want all her affiliate posting their links here to hawk her stuff.
-RG
I always try to stay polite, even when the other (spamming or insulting) person is not. Point them to their wrong way of doing mlm business and that it’s not the way we do it. If they keep on doing the same way, I tell them to stop annoying me and stop the discussion right away.
I don’t know a standard reply. Depends on the other person’s approach.
But thanks for the good idea’s,
Would be fantastic if you mention this in Stockholm on the 21st Aug
Don’t think the 21st is the appropriate time and place to discuss this. the 22nd is a more appropriate time and place for that kind of discussion
I used to use Twitter for purely social connecting two and a half years ago. But since the “GURU’s”? have decided they’re going to cash in on what was a great social networker, it has become a nightmare :-((
I’ve now adopted the ” if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em” philosophy.
Though I don’t (or wouldn’t) spam via direct messages, I do add links to my own web-pages in my Tweets. (Hoping this isn’t considered TOO offensive).
One Tweeter combats this by thanking the ‘spammer’ publicly in his Twit-Feed for spamming him – He has a large following, so I guess this will be working {:-)))
Pete.
Totally agree on the SPAM-part, but disagree about some other parts 😉
I can really understand why someone new “shout it out loud” on facebook, myspace, twitter and other social network. It is almost the same as You do in the real life when having a “grand opening”.
The “pitch every 3 hour” is SPAM and shouldn’t be a part of our business.
To learn how to recruit, the traditional way, is really hard to teach someone as to recruit via PPC … hell, I think it is easier to teach how to do PPC successfully and “build relationship” via listbuilding and phone than do traditional recruiting.
What I say, is that it’s just a new way to communicate, it’s not about “old school vs. new school”. How we communicate is evolving, and so do recruiting.
I’m looking forward to meet You in Stockholm 21 – 22 august …
For what to say …
“You outsold me … over & out”
I got on those social networking sites too, put up links on my own page but never tried to push them on anyone. I believe in Randys’ way of relationship marketing. Nevertheless I got bombarded with all those “marketing sharks”! I was enraged because seems like there’s not much we can do about changing the sharks, but we don’t have to participate and play their game.
When I joined these groups it was proported that you could get your business information before a great number of potential prospects but I have to tell you out of curiosity I joined maybe a hundred groups all started by people like me trying to do the same thing I was trying to do, all proclaiming to be “experts” in mlm and going to teach everyone who joined their groups about mlm and sell them on their company…. I have one question about this…..
if everyone on these sites are mlm experts and they’re all trying to teach, who’s left to learn??? That’s another thing I’ve noticed in the past couple of years… everyone is scrambling to “brand” themselves as “experts” in the business … ok now everyone can’t be experts or they would all be able to retire and live like Randy G. By the way Randys’ new book is great! Anyway this is my two cents worth I’m sure not the expert but I’m kindof a nut about what’s going on in the internet. For the past 7 years I have spent countless hours reading every thing out there. I accept all pop-ups, don’t block spam but read a lot of it. I just want to know what’s going on and the tactics being used Dave
So u were that guy … just kidding. I totally agree …… someone gets three people on their team and they morph into MLM-MAN ……. “Let me show u how I do things”; never make a phone call again / Join my new ‘Automated-Millions from the Couch w/ Pizza’ pre-launch ….. all this for only $695 & you get to download my free e-book on getting 120,000 Twitter followers over lunch.
damn that felt good,
Loren
My pet hate is the ‘let me show you poor struggling marketer how to get 100 leads per day!’ This is without even reading about you to see whether you may be struggling! I reply to them saying that I find it strange they have such an abundance of leads ie 700 per week but still need to manually paste pitching messges on people’s profiles. LOL they usually don’t trouble me again.
It is a major pain in the backside though I agree.
Hey Rachel, that is cool and funny … lol …. I like it !!
I will keep tis in mine for future use! …
Let’s get them this rude idiot down!!
Thank you Randy!! As a “newbee” to the profession of network marketing, I have been blasted with “spam” so much via social media that I have cancelled my accounts. I joined to meet and share with folks in our industry, but felt “dirty” and “ashamed” of what I believed to be the best industry out there in the universe. You restore my faith that I am a professional and network marketing is AWESOME. I like “Thanks for the pitch ..you sold me on unfollowing you!!” If you just click unfollowing without saying something, they will never get the “clue”!
Hmmmm Why do we have so much anger about this? Are we afraid that these offensive marketing attempts will catch some fish we missed ? Are we annoyed, kinda like when a telemarketer calls during dinner? Being rude in response to rudeness does not make the world a better place. Why do we feel like we have to teach “these people” something? Why not just ignore them, quietly block their access to us and focus on our own business?
Well put! I feel it’s enough just to learn the business, and apply it all.
Well unfortunately their behavior is making the business harder for us all, because they are hurting the reputation of the profession. I feel like we need to self-police some.
-RG
I agree Randy. This is why we need to all team up as professionals and police this type of behavior!
With all due respect, the term “police” and “self-police” bring up specters of vigilante committees and ad hock posse’s.
Mary Jo just made a call for moderation, and look how you are reacting!
Is this getting out of hand?
We can’t ignore these annoying and destructive people in our business.
These people are not only annoying but they damage our businesses. People we are prospecting may think this is part of the “Network Marketing” profession which it’s not.
We (as professionals), need to team up, conquer and let them and the world know collectively that REAL professional network marketers also don’t like to tolerate this type of behavior!
Sorry if I misunderstood, Randy.
Would it do any good if Mike Klingler gave you a call?
We need you.
With much love and respect,
Jack
Amen!
See my comment earlier on this page dd 2009-07-25 03:19:19 .
All of this negativity is still publicity. Letting our emotions control our behavior has never proven itself.
I will see your MLM Moron and raise you to PRO Mlm moron….get this…My upline actually pitched me to join another biz doing internet marketing where my biz oppty is lead in thru the back door. He preaches of adding 1000 of new distributors and downline in just a few months. I looked into it, I admit it, just out of curiousity mostly because the guy is my upline and I thought I could trust him.
But a huge voice inside me screamed “WHAT WOULD RANDY DO?” lol. This guy is completely missing the mark of “NETWORKING” reading it to means sales (yes read spamming,social media raping, etc) . Personaly I found it distasteful enough to let the main company and this guys upline know that selling to your own organization (unless training to improve that 1st biz) isn’t cool. I worked in another company where is was considered unethical and grounds for losing your biz! This guy reeks of “how much can I make off of you”.
Sad really. I know you say to edify your upline, but I prefer to just edit him out!
I’m amazed that people don’t realize that their barking up the wrong tree.
I learned along time ago that you don’r try to sell bowling balls to a golfer.
Delving into the social networks is like driving blind.
Most people are trying to make things happen too fast. Multiple interactions over a long period of time is the way to market and until these morons that you call them quit being in such a hurry, they’ll never get anywhere.
I agree with you that they’re completely clueless about how rude, crude and annoying their behavior actually is. …. but thanks to you, Randy, now I know how to handle when they spam me . …..“Thanks for the pitch, I’m unfollowing you now. But we’ll always have Paris.” 🙂
You and Eric are great! … Thanks guys
We always have to remember that it’s about relationship and improving ourselves.
The net is perfect to know more people, but the center line is the same.
1. become friends 2. bring values to this friendship. 3. ask questions on his/her life (read Michael Oliver). 4. if they’re ready and they really “ask 4 it” – invite them to the business.
Morons are everywhere, don’t let them show you the wrong way, there is no short way 2 success, and thanks Randy for remind us the highway!
I just send them to Randy’s ebook MLM-Manifesto. But I admit I was giving this topic some serius thought and then I read Mary Jo’s post and it reminded me of a bit of wisdom I was once told. I should be so busy working on my own faults, I don’t time to find fault with others.
MLM = *CHAIN OF CONSUMERS BEING RIPPED OFF BY A GROUP OF SCAM ARTISTS THAT CALLED THEMSELVES A >great company<* wake up people!
I would say that this rude behavior of this mlm morons are just result of poor training and hyping of their upline leaders..
That’s why from my own opinion attraction marketing is the best method that anyone in our industry can use to do MLM in the right ethical and professional way..
I don’t know everybody but I use attraction marketing as my primary tactic in doing the business..
2You mean I can’t spam everyone via social networking sites? Nor Twitter too?
Just what is the point then of building relationships that are long standing, enjoyable and that become friendships in due course?
How crass. I just want my buck and move on!2
Seriously, this is in fact a response I received from a member of the moron community, and really do not think it was tongue in cheek – he simply did not ‘get it’.
I believe it is down to a responsible Upline to educate in Best Practice being backed up by the MLM company with an attitude that Spam is NOT acceptable and then make examples (plus publicise) of reps and distributors being terminated from their position. In the business I am involved with in the UK there have been some very high profile exits, and I believe the message is getting across.
Randy , you are in a good place in that you have the visibility to make a positive difference. I would love to be in a position where I could blast the MLM morons with their pit bull tactics that turn people off. How often has every one of us approached someone about our products and/or business opportunity only to receive a negative response because some MLM moron left them with a bad taste towards our profession? Maybe some of the behavior is a result of poor training – duplication – but I think most of it is the result of people looking for a fast buck. In my opinion, part of the solution is for MLM to adopt a screening process industry wide before signing up a new distributor.
When you take this business one person at a time and really try to bring value to the relationship, the MLM morons will lose out everytime.
Creating the respectability outside of our profession is what Randy is talking about and I agree. Those of us who do not have or take a high profile can do so by just “unfriending” these morons and moving on.
We only have so much time in the day, right?
E
Dear friend, thanks for contacting me about your _____ . I’m afraid it looks too complicated for me to understand. I noticed you mentioned no selling and no recruiting friends or family but according to the system you’re using, you sell the person off of their company and onto yours. Looks a little cumbersome to me. By the way if I’m not friend or family why are we connected? Sorry just too confusing. Good luck.
WOW once again I totally agree hehehe no surprise in that right…
Nothing comes to mind about what to tell the spammers… sorry about that…
There are a couple things to get off my chest about your video though…
Cannot agree with you more about the spam crap… and the unmentionable people that perpetuate this problem…
The internet if USED properly can assist people in building their business in ways that offline couldn’t accomplish as efficiently. Its kinda like long distance sponsoring on steroids.
If the internet is used to build a relationship, and build value and credibility, and to assist people in ways they cannot get otherwise that is for a good use.
Many people ask me if I love network marketing so much why did I not sign up with a company right away after my last company went out of business. The same reason why I shied away from the internet also.
The reason quite simply is I don’t like all the scammers and rip-off artists that are attracted to this business. I show up at an event as a speaker or as an audience member and am bombarded with people trying to sign me up, then the arguments about who talked to me first and bla, bla, bla…. Because everyone is so worried about how great they think I can be for their business…. Without a single thought about me! It pisses me off to no end… OMG…. Argh!!!!
I know many people can look past that and get over it, I on the other hand am not one of those people, I don’t want to work with, look at, be around, or deal with people I don’t like or respect. Call me an elitist, or a snob or what ever else you think is appropriate but that is me! In addition I don’t like being associated with scammers and rip-off artists.
In the last 5 years I have seen a HUGE surge in the multi millionaires created online and in their respective network marketing companies. The residual income, the countless trainings, coaching’s, books, and e-books, I decided its time I catch up!
So I was content to coach and sit on the sidelines. Recently the company I did sign on with has proven they have what it takes to succeed and follow through on their promises so I am in once again. (not to mention they were first to market with a concept I was already working on from my experience with triathlon training)
In the old days before the use of the internet, for anyone to get an hour or so a moth with their successful upline was almost next to impossible. With an organization in the tens or hundreds of thousands the upline just cannot be available to their organization. Then the use of the conference calls, and viola once a month or once a week people could listen in to a conversation with their favorite upline.
The internet can literally put hundreds and millions in daily contact with their successful upline.
People are struggling in this business today, the same as they were ten years ago. The questions are pretty much the same, the dilemmas pretty much the same, the success ratios pretty much the same. Why is that? (things that make you go hhmmm!)
Online social networks can be a great source of opportunities to meet people world wide, but I agree its like a party, and if I am NOT a party animal I am left in the cyber corner so to speak.
Especially sites like myspace! This is the worst of the offenders, (I am working on a new way to use myspace and network marketing) the people on myspace can be so one sided its ridiculous! But it is the same in real life, only online, people don’t need to feign interest they just blow you off outright. I have built many lists on myspace, some as large as 250,000 people and some as low as 5,000, even my new page only has 34 people today (as I am running a new test) but one thing I can tell you up front especially with myspace, if people do NOT perceive you as being attractive you are pretty much dead in the water, it doesn’t matter your content, your information, your silly jokes or your cute little questionnaires.
Like most people I HATE SPAM… and I don’t see building a relationship on twitter, all I see on twitter is SPAM… I am following some of the supposed internet gurus and holy shit the spam is never ending… I have sent out emails to people, expressed an interest in people, places and things, and not one reply except spam. I set up a test account with twitter using a good looking man and woman and sent out the same request for assistance to all the same people and I get a shit load or responses, replies, re-tweets and emails.
Face it SPAM exists because it works on some level to a point where people are scared to not do it.
Think about it this way, you are looking to buy a new car, so you begin to shop around. What dealerships does the average person go to? they go to the one with the balloons, the banners, the streamers, the loud music and all the bells and whistles. In short they go to the dealership that is breaking all the rules in marketing that would and should drive traffic away….
me, I hate buying a new car! I have a couple brokers I work with, they have a low key operation and unless you know where there shop is one would never know it is a luxury car broker, and I like it that way.
but not everyone is like me right? evidently not, as evidenced by all the car dealerships that insist on breaking every rule on marketing they can get their slimy hands on.
the same is true with the internet. people see the spam, and hate to love it! they are hoping one will prove worth while. the proof is in the pudding. the concept of throwing enough mud on a wall and some of it will stick is the concept of spam. yeah we all hate muddy walls, bbbuuuutttt as the old Amway people of yesteryear used to say, if you had to shovel cow manure for 5 years and at the end of 5 years you would be wealthy would you do it? most people say yes…
so internet marketers must be thinking, if i get muddy and piss off a few people with my spam, and internet tricks that trap passers by on their page forcing them to close the window to get off their page, or with exit pop ups that wont let you leave in peace, they are ok with that, because at the end of 5 years they never have to work again if they choose not to.
and to make matters worse, internet marketers are making millions within 18 months or less and in their second year they are making over 3,000,000 a year, i have yet to see that happen in network marketing with as many people.
i believe network marketing is a better opportunity than just internet informational marketing, however the money is the golden ticket. until we figure out how to successfully merge the two their will continue to be a rift.
I hate spam and never under ant circumstances do I endorse it!
what if I am a professional network marketer and I meet 25 people a month in person, and sign up 5, but the people that did not sign up read my blogs, my profile, learned more about me, and then recommended their friends and family and from that I sign up an additional 15 people that month alone?
that is what people are looking for, a way to reach more people.
I have to tell you from first hand experience in Southeast Asia seeing poverty on a scale we normally only see on T.V. or in the movies, if someone trying to provide for their family and dig their way out of the pit of poverty they find themselves in and they send out millions of spam and become successful and learn a better way later, that is ok with me. i still hate the spam but understand the concept.
people are desperate to become successful, and willing to do what they think is necessary.
ANYTHING WORTH DOING IS WORTH DOING BADLY AT FIRST….
if you are wondering how I really feel about spam take a look at the link my name on this comment… IT DOESN’T EXIST there is no link, I am not here to promote myself just here to interact with Randy and his blog, to be around like minded people. NO self promotion from me.
Sorry if this comment is scattered a bit, between changing diapers, barney, dancing, singing, playing catch, bath time and breakfast I have been a bit busy hehehe
I hate SPAM as much as everybody else; however, I have come to the conclusion that as technology and communication evolves, we will see more of this.
Often, I wonder if these emails, tweets, and other offers are much different than the days when I wallpapered my neighborhood and car windows in parking lots with fliers. Or, standing at the mall, handing fliers and product samples to anybody that took one.
Does anybody remember, or maybe still perform cold calling?
I remember the videos of Herbalife’s founder standing on a street corner trying to sell product and opportunity, out of the trunk of his car, to everybody that walked by.
My point, is that SPAMMING has been a part of our profession from the very beginning. I don’t like it, but to each his own.
As it has been noted, this is a RELATIONSHIP industry. If you are truly building a relationship before presenting your opportunity, the prospect will join your business because they believe in YOU and nothing else. No spammer can ruin this.
“If it is to be, it’s up to me”
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