Thursday, April 2, 2009

Am I A Friggin Idiot? If I loathe network marketing deals so much why the hell did I sign up for this one?

Anyone who knows me will tell you I've been an enemy to all network marketing companies on the planet.

Because I'm a half decent sales person, plus the fact that I have a few skills in the marketing arena I've always been a prime target for anyone who is involved in network marketing.

Because of my skill set, they view me as their road to riches fantasy come true. They are thinking, "If I can just get Steve in my down line he'll bust it out so huge I'll never have to work another day in my life."

So if you understand anything at all about the rabid aggression of the newbie mulit-level marketer you can appreciate the non stop assault I've been subjected to by every friend or brother of a friend that gets involved with a multi-level business.

I Joined Just So I Could Get People To Leave Me Alone

And I'm not exaggerating here. I remember early in my sales career I was assaulted nearly everyday by someone to join Amway. I actually relented and joined so I could tell anyone else that started to give me the pitch that I was already a distributor. That worked pretty well for putting an end to the Amway onslaught but it didn't do a thing for the hundreds of other network marketing companies that were out there signing up all my friends and their brothers.

The Fateful Night My Best Friend's Brother Knocked On My Door

I remember one evening a knock came at my door and there stood the brother of one of my high school buddies. Now at the time 15 years had passed since I had graduated high school and I had only seen my friend once since then, and had never seen his brother during that entire time.

Well I welcomed him into my home and we sat down in the living room and he started off by telling me he lived pretty close to me and that's why he stopped by - just to "catch up". He updated me on what was going on with his brother, my buddy, and what was going on in his life. I found out about his family and his job as a Kimberly Clark diaper salesman (no joke).

I in turn updated him on my family and life.

Then the conversation took an all to familiar "Amway" turn -- you know the conversation starts out about marketing without ever mentioning the multi-level marketing company or network marketing company they talk to you about all this money that can be made. And eventually it finally comes down to they invite you to a "meeting" or they have to admit they are with Amway.

Well, after he regaled me with this long and excited spiel about how great is was to be at the quadruple ruby diamond emerald million dollar level where all the money is being made, he began to beg me to become part of his down line.

I Attacked Him Like a Starving Pit Bull On a Raw Rump Roast

I have to admit, by now I was pretty agitated. His deception had become clear -- his purpose for visiting me wasn't to "catch up" but to exploit my prior relationship with his brother to get in and pitch me on joining his down line. So I lit into him like a pit bull on a raw rump of roast beef.

I didn't pull any punches, I point blank asked him how much money he was making? At least he was honest with me and told me not much -- but of course he was just starting out and would soon join their ranks.

I then began to tell him in no uncertain terms what I hated about network marketing companies.
I thought they exploited people like him at the lower levels of the company to make the upper level rich while he would make nothing. I told him it was ridiculous that these companies financial program made you get 7 people that had to go get 7 people each 7 levels deep before you could really start to benefit from being in the program. And in the mean time you had to keep paying or buying more product every month just for the privilege of maintaining your lowly status.
I'd go on but I was pretty mad by than and I'm not proud of some of the other things I told him.

But I ended the conversation with... 
"Don't darken my door with your shadow until you've made it to the quadruple ruby diamond emerald million dollar level and drive into my yard with a brand new Mercedes Benz." 
I chose Mercedes Benz because I had one of my own, a 560 SL, sitting in the garage. And, yes I was throwing that in his face. Hey, I said I wasn't proud of some of the things I said!

So I sent him out the door with that challenge ringing in his ears knowing full well that I would never hear from him again. I was full of smug self satisfaction as I knew I had put an end to his nonsense once and for all.

Everyone Gets To Eat Humble Pie

I don't know how much time had passed after this "Amway incident," but it couldn't have been more than a few months, that a knock came at my door once again. As I opened the door, there stood the brother of my high school buddy, with an arrogant grin on his face as he gesture toward the driveway were sat his new Mercedes Benz he had just purchased from the profits he was earning as an Amway Distributor.

Well, I have to admit it... that was a pretty good come back to the demeaning challenge I had issued him previously. 

I don't remember what I said but it was something about his arrogance as I slammed the door in his face. I have never heard from him again. His success did give me pause -- but then I shrugged it off. 

And admittedly that's how I've felt about all network marketing companies I've come across since... until now.

A friend of mine that I knew to loathe multi-level companies with as much disdain as I did, approached me and told me about this new network marketing company he came across that had actually eliminated all the things he and I hated about these programs.

All The Things I Hated About Network Marketing Companies Eliminated

You didn't have to build an enormous multi-layered down line before you could benefit financially... it only required you come up with two people that each only had to come up with two people... WOW, that was pretty amazing.

Then it was NOT a company that sold vitamins or magic Himalayan Anti Oxidant Juice that heal whatever ails you but the product was an Internet Affiliate marketing training program -- it teaches you how to make more money by marketing on the Internet. Double WOW

Plus, it was a product you paid for once -- no monthly payments for vitamins or magic juice and because it had this unique network marketing twist to it, it generates the money you need to market your Affiliate business. Triple WOW.

The Ultimate Twist That Sealed The Deal

Here's the magical twist that sealed the deal for me. This company is tied into telemarketing sales floors - you know the guys that make a living selling six and twelve thousand dollar business opportunity packages over the phone - and they are selling everyday and once you become part of this company you are automatically put in a down line with these sales floors.

You really don't have to do much to get start making money because they are going to do it for you. The pay plan is designed so that they need you to let them put the people they sale under you! They make more money doing it this way. Of course, if you're willing to do a little work and build your own network of people who want to make money on the Internet but don't know how you're really going to start raking in the dough.

So I relented and joined. To both my shock and delight my initial investment was double in less than 24 hours. 

So here's my invitation to you.

I would like for you to attend an absolutely free, no strings attached teleconference call and let someone a lot more capable than me explain to you all the details of how this unique program works.

As you know, a teleconference is a completely 100% safe environment for you. I know what it's like to have someone in your face pressuring you to sign up for something. I don't like it and I don't want to subject you to it either.

So you can listen to all of the details and find out if this Affiliate training program is for you -- find out for yourself if the network marketing with the unique twist of having a sales floor selling for you is something you believe will work -- and then decide for yourself, without someone pressuring you that this is what you'd like to go ahead and get involved in.

Just go to this link and register for the call right now.

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