Ok……today I might not make any friends but I guess there comes a time when we need to take a stand and speak up against things that go against the values that we hold dear. So here goes……
I have come across for the 400th time I am sure, another email spouting off about the $264,ooo dollars (or some other ridiculous figure) that the author made overnight. How there is was no need to send any money because it didn’t cost anything to get started, there is no monthly commitment but yet you can be earning thousands of dollars sitting in front of your computer in your underwear……GIVE ME A BREAK!!!!
Headings and promises like these create a false promise and a sense of urgency that the feeding frenzy won’t last long and that the opportunity is to just too good to pass up:
Get in quick and start earning!
MAKE A ONE TIME PAYMENT OF JUST $5.25
Get in on a long lasting, very simple, cash earning machine!
You’re Running Out Of Time – 24 Hours Left
100% AUTOMATED system puts PAID REFERRALS under YOU!
They Build Your PAID DOWNLINE! It WORKS!
They have paid me over $64,000 cash so far
Can you copy and paste? Earn $19500 in 2 weeks!!!!!!! ( I particularly like this one! what am I copying and pasting – credit card numbers???)
No wonder network marketing is getting a label as a bunch of scammers!!!
This type of advertising frustrates the heck out of me – there are people out there who are desperate to make it big – because of personal circumstances they NEED this to work for them. They have visions of the get rich quick scheme – “this is the one” – that will end all of their financial worries. So they sign up, they read everything this “financial savvy guru” has to say, and then it starts….you need to upgrade to this for $97.00 and you need to buy leads for $300.oo/month and on and on and on……and once again their limited financial resources are dwindling, the only one getting a residual income is the “Guru” who sponsored them.
It really is time to realize that Network Marketing is a business, it is a profession, it is a career. It takes hard work. I probably work harder building this business than I ever did while earning a corporate pay check. When you begin to realize that you are signing up to the CEO of your own business and that you are in the building phase – that you are going to work long hours, that you are going to work hard, that there is a financial investment – then the rose colored glasses have come off and you have started your journey to success.
I caution people who are searching for the success that they take a deep breath and truly put things in perspective – success can be attained working your network marketing business and it can be accomplished in a timely manner. But honestly – do you really think that a network marketing business is going to pay you thousands of dollars a month with no investment on your part? If there is a company out there – PLEASE CALL ME!!! (don’t worry I am not going to be waiting by my phone!) Instead, why don’t you dig in, decide that there is a successful way of doing this business – a way to build a business with integrity, as a strong leader, helping others to realize there goals…….and the $264,ooo pay check will come just probably not while you are sitting in your underwear in front of your computer.
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Thank You Monica for that amazing post. I just wrote a similar post on this very topic http://www.terribork.com/my-car-is-on-fire-terri-bork.php There are no get rich quick opportunities out there. The ones who make the gazillion bucks in 1 second are the ones with the huge list not the average Joe who is just getting started. The only way to be successful in this business is as you put it Dig In. I recommend anyone who is looking to change their situation contact Monica immediately because she knows how to build a business from the ground up. Keep up the great work Monica.
I just wanted to Add Monica that is why when we have an opportunity to share with others there are so many skeptics out there. That does give Network Marketing a bad name and they be turning down the very opportunity that will work for them. I believe in nothing comes for FREE. That is why I feel confident that once I share my opportunity with a person and there is a fee. Logically, It is a business and they need to see it as such. Thanks again
Yes, it can be hard to clarify yourself not in the same category as those that post that out there. You are not attracting the same type of people when you do that.
Thanks for the tips,
Alecia