[nabentre] mlm is really a great thing

Wed Jul 1 19:31:30 UTC 2009

Excellent Michael, I could not have said it better myself!

L/P
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Baldwin" <mbaldwin at gpcom.net>
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Subject: Re: [nabentre] mlm is really a great thing

> Franchising is NOT MLM.  MLM is multi level marketing.  In Franchising 
> there
> is only 2 levels.  The company of McDonalds in the first level, then the
> owner of your local McDonalds is the second level.  Franchising would be 
> MLM
> if the local McDonalds owner recruited other McDonalds owners, and that
> first owner made a percentage of the owners that came in under them.
> Franchising does not work that way, so having a franchise is NOT MLM.
>
> Some good examples of MLM companies are Amway, Avon, marry K, Tupperware,
> Vector marketing, etc...
>
> People can make money off MLM, but the later they get in, the harder it is
> to make anything.  It does take hard work to make anything as well, it is
> not a get rich over night thing, like some will have you believe.  If you
> want to be really rich at MLM, start your own MLM company, and get others 
> to
> start doing your selling and recruiting.
>
> And no matter how you want to word it, that company someone talked about,
> selling the chocolate is MLM.
>
> Michael
>
>
> Michael Baldwin
> Got print, need Braille?
> http://www.ReadWithDots.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabentre-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabentre-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Loren Wakefield
> Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 7:41 AM
> To: NFBnet NAB Entrepreneurs Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [nabentre] mlm is really a great thing
>
> Since ignorance can be cured, I suggest you cure yourself.
>
>
> Loren Wakefield
>
> "The best way to predict your future is to create it."  Dr. Forrest C.
> Shaklee
>
> www.shaklee.net/ultimatehealthwithtlc
>
> 319-433-0145 866-433-3969
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Liz C. Daniels" <lizworks at sbcglobal.net>
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> Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 10:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [nabentre] mlm is really a great thing
>
>
>> MLM=BS=SCAM...
>>
>> However, MLM is not synonymous with franchising, they're two different
>> animals, so to speak, and quite literally, LOL!
>>
>> L/P
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Loren Wakefield" <isaiah5719 at mchsi.com>
>> To: "NFBnet NAB Entrepreneurs Mailing List" <nabentre at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 5:10 PM
>> Subject: [nabentre] mlm is really a great thing
>>
>>
>>>A recent post on this list referred to mlm as "BS".  This is interesting
>>>on
>>>two counts.  The first is that the person uttering this also has those
>>>same
>>>initials, "BS".  I honestly doubt he was referring to his own initials,
>>>rather what is put out of a beef producing animal.
>>>
>>> We are all entitled to our own opinions, and what works for one, does 
>>> not
>>> necessarily work for someone else.
>>>
>>> MLM goes by several names.  But the long and short of it is to sell
>>> products to others like other businesses do.  You also grow and expand
>>> your business by bringing others in with you.  MacDonalds does this. 
>>> KFC
>>> does this.  Many different versions of 711 do this as well.  They call
>>> their memberships franchise fees.  It can cost you a million or more to
>>> join the golden arches.  And before one can even obtain the rights to a
>>> spot, you must put several hundred thousand down in an escroll acount 
>>> for
>>> many years and hope you get a location.  Then you have all the other 
>>> cost
>>> associated with getting started.  Tnen you must train your employees.
>>> Many of these will be young kids who really could not care less about
>>> staying with you or whether you make a proffit or not.  And they quickly
>>> move on down the road to someone else, and you must train all over 
>>> again.
>>> And corporate takes continual fees and really does not care if you
>>> succeed
>>> or not, because, there will always be others to take your place.  And
>>> yes,
>>> people do make a great living at these types of endeavors.
>>>
>>> In mlm, you have some similarityes and some differences with that other
>>> type of operation.  Most of mlm type companies do sell better quality
>>> products than you can get in the open market place.  IE, the quality of
>>> the nutritional and cleaning and personal care products one can obtain
>>> from Shaklee, (yes I do represent them, and I am proud to do so), are
>>> much
>>> superior to those at say your local wal-mart, that one really cannot
>>> compare them.  Studies published in peer-reviewed journals can back this
>>> statement up.
>>>
>>> To get started in my company, is under $300.00 and this is not a month,
>>> it
>>> is one-time.  As you build your company, you can put some of your
>>> earnings
>>> back in to the products you yourself wish to use.  Your own use of your
>>> products gives you a continual building of credibility and belief in 
>>> what
>>> you are sharing with others.  As your sells and helping others to get
>>> started and succeed grows, your income increases.  And yes, people do
>>> make
>>> great livings at companies like these as well.
>>>
>>> I believe where most people get confused is the lack of understanding
>>> about mlm being simple, not easy.  Many believe the two are synonomous.
>>> I
>>> refer to Shaklee because that is what I know.  And the concept is very
>>> simple.  You make money in a few ways.  But Shaklee, or any other mlm, 
>>> is
>>> not a government social program.  Your success is related to your
>>> efferts.
>>> For me the unmeasurable rewards come when I see a life changed because 
>>> of
>>> what Shaklee and I can offer someone.  Some of the results from our
>>> products are simply incredible.
>>>
>>> There is not one business in the world that can claim that every time
>>> someone sets out to do that business that they will prosper and succeed.
>>> MLM cannot claim this either.  However, whereas other types do not want
>>> you to succeed, in MLM, you do not succeed, unless you help others 
>>> obtain
>>> what they want.  And if the values of helping others and making life
>>> better for your  family are bs, then build me a mansion right in the
>>> middle of it.
>>>
>>>
>>> Loren Wakefield
>>>
>>> "The best way to predict your future is to create it."  Dr. Forrest C.
>>> Shaklee
>>>
>>> www.shaklee.net/ultimatehealthwithtlc
>>>
>>> 319-433-0145 866-433-3969
>>>
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