Multi-Level Marketing

It was fascinating for me to experience the calls one gets when one is famous and unemployed.

As a result of my contact information going public, I received dozens of offers to help me start my own business. In fact, some of the most persistent callers and emailers to me were people involved with internet-based multi-level marketing schemes—and I spoke at length with many of them.

They would first tell me how they liked my courage, spunk and creativity—and then they would hit me with their pitch. “Look at our web site.” “Come to our next meeting.” “Think about it—it will change your life.”

They seemed sincere and had interesting stories of their own, but my skepticism and the many warnings I found in articles on the Internet prevented me from taking the plunge.

Most of the multi-level marketing schemes involved selling products online while also recruiting other people to sell the same products. I would earn money from what I sold but also earn a share of what the people I recruited sold.

The entrepreneurs who started these companies and people who got in early—and people who really did have the marketing and sales skills, patience and persistence to grow a solid network—probably did very well, but most people who got involved with these schemes were just wasting their time, effort and money.

Some of the multi-level marketing networks were free to join or had very low fees, so there was not much to lose and plenty of potential commissions to be made. However, some of them charged hundreds of dollars for new members—and I read several articles stating that most new members do not generate enough income to cover their initial costs and investment.

Multiple streams of income and residual income for life and beyond sounded more than great, so I tried thinking of my own multi-level marketing scheme with a decent product and a way to get started.

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[Vincent Czaplyski]

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