The Honesty Post

Posted by Buck on Nov 26, 2011 in Tips | 0 comments

Ok, I’m going to be honest here….these network marketing businesses are trying to get you to buy stuff. Yep, there you go…I said it. I’m just being honest. But before you get all like “SEEE…..I KNEW THEY WERE TRYING TO RIP ME OFF!!” n stuff….let me explain a little bit.

Ok, so all network marketing companies are basically companies, with products, who are trying to have a successful business by selling their products. Pretty simple. They usually employ a marketing strategy that is based on people recommending products to their friends, and then those people getting a commission. It’s like paying for a TV ad, only a bit different. So when you become one of those people who register to sell the products for a commission, your “sponsor” or whatever you want to call it will usually recommend you BUY SOME STUFF. That’s where people start to get all weirded out.

“Ah…you are just trying to get me to buy stuff!” They will say. “I don’t’ want to buy anything, I just want to sell the stuff”. “Why do they require me to buy or sell x-dollars per month…they are trying to scam me!”. Sound familiar? Well there are a few REASONS you are asked to actually buy the products you are selling. First, if you don’t like the stuff you are selling, I mean…if you’re not a believer in the products….who the h@(( is going to buy anything from you? If you don’t like the stuff, that is going to permeate through to the person on the other end looking at the products. Not good for either one of you.

Second, it’s the marketers job to find people who are going to benefit from buying and using the products. Finding people who LIKE….no…who LOVE these products and are HAPPY to buy them. People who have their lives improved by using them.

Lastly, if you are REALLY COMMITTED to being successful in a network marketing company, it is your DUTY to buy the products. I know, you’re shocked I just said that. But, the second half of the strategy is finding people who like the products, who also want to sell the products….right? (By the way, this is really not the second half of the strategy…it’s like 99%….the 1% is just selling products to customers). So if you find someone who wants to sell the products, and also recruit other people to sell the products and they ask you “How much is this going to cost me?” and you follow with “Well, you have to pay the registration fee, but I’m not going to buy anything until I start making some money….so I don’t get scammed”. What do you think that person you just recruited is going to do? Yes…not buy anything until he “starts making money”. And when does that person (and you for that matter) start making money…..when they recommend the product to someone else, who likes it and buys it. (As a second BTW….people are really not buying the products…they are buying a result….which you….as someone they trust….say they will get with this particular product). So, if you recommend to other people not to buy anything…..they in turn will recommend to other people not to buy anything, and so on. Until you have a hole pile of people you have recruited who don’t buy anything because they are all scared they will never make any money with this business.

Does that make sense?

So, I guess I’m trying to say a couple things.

1. If you don’t like or believe in the product of your company…find another company with a different product you do believe in.
2. Buy and use your products. Get awesome results with your products. Show people what awesome results you can get with your products. Then tell people you recruit to make sure to do the same thing you do…which is buy and use the products how they were designed…..to get amazing results.

I’m not sure if you realize this or not, but I just gave you one of the biggest secrets of network marketing on the planet. Not everyone “gets” this. That’s why there are so many “scammed” people from network marketing companies. They never believe….because they never give it a chance. (Of course, the irony of the whole thing is they are really refusing to believe in themselves…..because if you decide and commit to a business, you will succeed as long as you believe in yourself and refuse to accept failure as an option.

So, I’ll leave you with one more piece of advise….go buy some stuff…and believe in yourself.

Talk to you next time,

Dr. Buck