14. February 2008 by Corey Christopher.

For some Marketers, this is the way to go. I have met a few people over the years that swear by it. I know a few people who make over $100k a year working their multi level marketing program. The unfortunate part about it is that they were the only one making money. No one on their team was duplicating the efforts they were doing. Weather they were selling vitamins, travel, a gas saver product, lotions, potions, pills, candles or juice beverage products, I have tried it all and it was a difficult task for me. Once I ran out of my friends and family to bug about my new business, once I had two or three home parties, I ran out of leads, so I started buying leads in hopes to try to convert some people into my business. That is so much harder than it sounds. Sure I made sales, but by the time I was getting to the next profit level, the people who I brought in 2-3 months ago were dropping like flies. This is why I could never make it to the next big payout level of the commission plan. For some reason, I would always fall short of the next bonus payout or car bonus. Usually, I would fall short of personal volume or group volume or I would have enough on my left side, but not enough on my right side, so I would miss out on the big payouts, month after month.

This got to be the same old stuff you hear about why MLM doesn’t work for most people and the only people making money were the people at the top of the pyramid. People with huge dowlines and people that have been in the business a long time and lists of hundreds of thousands of people to market to. For any newbie joining, good luck. I once watched a stay at home mom put $13,000 into a business to quit within a year. Most of us are smarter than that and would have quit after a few months and maybe only lost $1000 down the drain, but this person was persistent and did not want to fail. So she kept plugging away until they had no money left and when gas prices went to $3.50, the father of the family couldn’t afford to put gas in the car. So much for helping out.

The only thing we have found on the internet to work for most people is a direct sales company that pays you 100% of the sale. Companies that have a price point of less than $1000 to start. This is the only way you have a chance to succeed. Beware of the $4000 to $5000 programs without the training and support to back it up. The truth about most start ups is that they have no track record. You have no idea if they will be in business two years later. Watch out for people who jump ship every time a new program comes out on the internet. Most importantly, be careful of the programs that lack the ability for long-term growth and development. These programs are hard to sell, no matter how good they sound.

I hope this helps your research in determining a company that you can be proud to represent.

Happy Marketing till we meet again,

…..Corey Christopher

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11. February 2008 by Corey Christopher.

What is a scam artist? I thought long and hard before writing this article as not to offend anyone.  Nobody would ever be complimented by being called a scam artist. A scam artist is one who takes your money for product or service and never delivers anything to you. They run off with your money to never be heard of or found again. I have found very few people in the world who are scam artists like that.  It has been my experience that there are similar traits in a lot people on the internet and I’ll let you be the judge weather or not you call these people scam artists.  One of the first signs of a scam is failure to locate their contact info.  This shows that the owner responsible is trying to hide.  I wonder why? Another technique is to google the reviews on the name of the company and or individual.  The internet is a big informative place.  If they are using the net to do their dirt the net has ways to tell (on even the best).  The web talks…. Believe me. here’s a few more examples.  I’m sure you’ve heard many Loud Marketers promise that:

“You don’t need to know one thing about the Internet or computers.”

“You don’t need to use the Internet to get paid on it.”

“You don’t even need to use a computer “except for two hours!”

“Just put a Web page online, do nothing, and cha–ching–No work required!” Yea
Right.

I’m sure you know how false these statements are.  In fact, these promises violate one the most important rules of Internet marketing:  to understand Internet culture.  If you’ve never used the net–how do you learn about the net?  –How can you be successful promoting your products or services on the web?  The truth is if you approach Internet marketing from this perspective you will learn more in a shorter amount of time.  I won’t even mention the money you will save!  Also remember just because you pay for something it does not mean it is a scam.  Paying for something on the net can be a turbo charged learning experience in either direction.  Be sure to avoid being lazy.  Also stay realistic.  How you exploit the Free resources under your fingertips will ultimately decide your fate.  I would love to warn you about these people by name, but I would never do that.  However, pay attention to this article.  You will be surprised who you will avoid?

Corey Christopher

“mentoring with a vengeance.”

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