Network Marketing. Is it for you?? By Tony DeFrancisco

January 9, 2020

 As I am writing this, we just entered into a new year and a new decade. This is always an exciting time for everyone. And a new attitude and for many people, New goals. When you go into a New Year, that is exciting, but when you into a new year and a new decade, it is doubly exciting. I saw it happen in 1980, 1990, 2000 and again in 2010 so it's a good bet that it is going to happen again in 2020. History does repeat itself.

One of the biggest goals everyone sets with the new year is to earn more money and change careers. One of the best, in fact in my opinion, the very best way to increase cash flow and generate a high income, not to mention one of the finest careers anyone can get into is in fact Network Marketing or MLM.

Why Network Marketing has left a bad taste with many people in the past.

Almost all of us have been approached by a well meaning friend or relative about getting into a network marketing or MLM company. Sometimes we may be invited over for dinner. And just when we think the dessert is coming out, instead a white board comes out or they plug in their laptop showing a video presentation on the wall of their home showing their company and introducing us to the real reason they invited us. This leaves us with a very bad impression of the industry and of our “friends” who supposedly invited us over for a nice, friendly dinner.

There are ethical ways to build this business that really work.....

Let me just say that there are ethical ways to build this business that work. Tricking people is a strategy that doesn’t work and people who use this generally drop out quickly. And anyone who is approached under these conditions usually never gets in and spreads bad PR regarding the people doing this, their company and the industry as a whole.

Look who recommends Network Marketing/MLM……………………………………..

 I was introduced to network marketing back in 1975. WOW that was 44 1/2 years ago in August 1975. That is a long time and over that time I have heard it all from network marketers and those who for whatever reason have chosen not to get into network marketing or MLM.

First let’s address some issues and perhaps misconceptions:

Nobody makes money on mlm

This is a blatant lie or at the very least a huge misconception. Everybody can and will make money, if they do the work required and stick with it. But not everyone wants to do the work required to earn money. Network marketing is just like any other business. If you own a restaurant and are never open, you won’t earn any money. If you don’t work it, the business doesn’t work. If you go to your job everyday and don’t work, you’ll be gone in no time.

Many people also don’t want to go through the training required to be successful. Some get into with bozo companies and a bozo upline who don’t help or know how to help. Just sign you up and then say, “Go get em tiger!”

Some people can’t handle the rejection they get. They see the opportunity and immediately assume that everyone they know will jump in and take off like a rocket. Reality is many will not get in and those who do will drop out. Few people are thick skinned enough to stay in and overcome this. Those who do, will be rewarded.

Network marketing is the highest paid profession in the world yet so many treat it like something to play with. They go through formal schooling. Got to college get extra training to be good at their J-O-B but cannot understand the value of training in MLM and then wonder why they fail.

When I first started in network marketing, a very good friend of mine was my upline and at the time was working full time as a college professor for a local university. He was earning at his job as a professor around $50,000. This was 1975 remember when you could buy a cadillac for $5,000 and a nice home for $15,000 so this was a high salary at that time. Inside of 9 months, he left his full time job as a professor and went full bore into his mlm business earning much more than what he was as professor (which was pretty good at that time). A short while later, he was making double what he was making as a college prof. Sometime later, his income over his salary as a Prof tripled and he developed a nationwide organization and eventually a worldwide org starting in a small town off less than 9,000 people. He also said he got much more satisfaction at helping and teaching people how to change their lives than he did as a professor teaching information in how to be a good employee for someone. Tell him it doesn’t work.

A year later I had another friend who started in a new network marketing company with the original high protein/low carbohydrate diet shake. My friend was in serious financial trouble when he started. He was close to losing his home and deeply in debt. 10 months later he was earning $25,000 a month from his part time business. $25,000 in 1977 dollars is like $100,000 today. Tell him network marketing doesn’t work.

What my two friends did was rolled up their sleeves and went to work. And they believed in the opportunity

Another friend of mine from Orlando was on unemployment. He had a contracting business that went belly up. He was on unemployment and so broke that he had to borrow $29 to enroll in the the business. Started in network marketing and year later was a millionaire. 2 years later he was retired living on a boat in Hawaii and had amassed a $3 million fortune and was earning nearly $300,000 in passive residual income alone. Tell him it doesn't work.

Perhaps the most successful person I have ever met in network marketing/MLM is Brad Hager. If you have been involved in network marketing at all, you know the name. I have known Brad since we worked together over 14 years ago. If you don’t know who Brad is, he is a high 7 figure income producer. He has been at the top of three different network marketing companies proving that his success was not a one shot lucky deal. He has also helped to create 12 millionaires. He is a leader, no nonsense, talks the walk and walks the talk. Brad also introduced me to John Maxwell’s training. Brad used to work as a salesman for a company in North Carolina. He made what some people would think was good money. But he lacked freedom and discovered Network Marketing/MLM. His life has changed. Now he has time, money and freedom. You don’t get that with a J-O-B folks. You only get that via network marketing/MLM.

Even people who own conventional businesses don’t have time and freedom. In many cases, they bought a business which is now a job and now the business owns them.

The point is. It works but only when you have the right program and are willing to work.

Isn’t this just a pyramid scheme?

Another major myth. Unfortunately there have been companies claiming to be network marketing which were pyramids. And they get shut down. Burn Lounge and Fortune High Tech are two examples. VEMMA is another. In the 1970s there was Holiday Magic, September Serenade and Bestline and many others. These always get shut down. And rightfully so. They were illegal pyramid schemes.

Pyramids require upfront loading. There is compensation for merely enrolling someone in the program called “Headhunter” fees. In legitimate network marketing you can start at a nominal fee, perhaps the cost of dinner, there is no front end loading and your upline only gets paid when you produce. Not by merely enrolling you. The true pyramids as already mentioned get shut down and fairly quickly.

Also, in the pyramid schemes, retailing is never done. The focus is on merely recruiting and inventory loading new prospects and then getting them on auto ship. True network marketing companies massively promote heavy retailing of product. In fact, a FTC rule is the 10 customer rule. You must have at least 10 customers in your business. Successful MLM/NetworkMarketing people have dozens and in some cases hundreds even thousands.

There is also a 70% rule which states you must move 70% of your inventory before you buy more product. The pyramids ignore this rule which is why they get shut down.

Shaklee is the oldest network marketing company and has been around since 1954. Then enter Amway which started in 1959. Then Mary Kay since 1963. Herbalife started in 1980. Nu Skin shortly thereafter. These companies have been around a long time. Network marketing aka MLM started in the 1930s with Nutrilite which is now part of Amway. If any of these companies were pyramids and illegal. They would have been shut down long ago.

For the past 7 years, a irresponsible activist from New York has been making a case that Herbalife is a pyramid scheme and would be shut down. In June 2016, after a extensive investigation, the FTC decided otherwise. Herbalife is not a pyramid. Nor is Amway (they were cleared by the FTC way back in 1979 but you would never know by talking to some people) Nor are the other reputable Network Marketing/MLM companies.

 Saturation

Yet another misconception is the saturation myth. If everybody gets in how can you make money? Shaklee, Amway, Mary Kay and Herbalife have been around forever and have yet to even come close to saturating the market. Today there are hundreds of mlm companies and we are not even close to saturation. In fact, saturation will never occur. Babies are being born everyday. People are turning 18 everyday. People are getting married everyday. No matter how much business all of the networking marketing companies combined do, they will always be behind. There is no way to saturate the market.

Besides, how many insurance companies and agents are there? How about real estate companies and agents? Car dealerships? You get the picture. Saturation in impossible.

The Products Are Overpriced. Too Expensive. Commodties. Can be bought elsewhere

Here is another mistatement. If you are in a quality Network Marketing/MLM Company, your products will be of a better value. And they will be different than what you can find anywhere else. They should also be fairly priced. And with quality companies they are. People spend $4 for Starbucks coffee, $2-$3 for bottled water. $5,000 for water devices. Why? Because these products offer something different than just making a a pot of coffee, drinking faucet water or buying bottled water or a cheap water filter in a store. They are unique. If your company does not offer unique products, different and better than what else is out there, move on.

New companies

A common mistake is to jump into a “new” company. “Get in on the ground floor” They will say. “Be the first” Unfortunately, many of these companies are not very well capitalized or very well managed. Usually they are started by someone who had some success as a distributor, but no real business savvy and usually they close up quickly.

International Opportunity

When looking at a network marketing opportunity, some look for one that is international. The more countries the better they say. Today, thanks to the internet you can chat with someone on the other side of the world as easily as you can across the street and almost everyone knows people in other countries. I strongly recommend going with a company that is international. No matter where you live, you are likely to run into people from other countries. That said, the USA is a large place. Plenty of people right here, in fact right in your home town. Start in your home town first, but don't neglect the incredible opportunity of building internationally. Do think about about building in Asia, Europe, Africa and elsewhere. I suggest starting with people in your own community. If you find a company that is international, and I suggest that, GREAT. Your opportunity will be increased substantially. But don’t go on the other side of the world until you go across the street.

Training

If the network marketing/MLM company does not offer training, look for another company. Most companies offer training right online on their websites, weekly webinars, regular meetings and rallies and encourage additional training. The books to read. The CDs to listen to. The DVDs to watch etc. Most of us understand the value of education EXCEPT in Network Marketing/MLM here they think they can figure it out all by themselves. Not so. The people who earn high incomes are constantly training, studying their craft, their company, products, people skills and communication skills. The more they learn, the more they earn.

New Products

Older companies can still grow as long as they have newer products to excite distributors and customers. Products must be unique, exciting and high quality. They must offer meaningful and measurable results

New divisions

Many companies will open new divisions which is sort of like a brand new company under the branch of a larger, older company. So you have the best of all worlds.

Marketing plan

The marketing must be fair to all. It can’t be front loaded so only leaders make a huge sum or back loaded so once again only leaders with huge organizations can enjoy the profits. Study the marketing plan and make sure it is right for you. In true network marketing, everyone has the same chance to succeed. Everyone has the same opportunity to reach the top position.

Meetings

One of the issues I have had with many companies is the preponderance of meetings that a distributor is required to attend. Meetings are great but can be overdone. Look for a company where you can build your business over the phone and internet with local meetings as well. Does the company you are looking at have conference calls and webinars? And when you do conduct meetings, they can be held at places likes Denny’s or Starbucks. The business should be fun, simple and easy and also prosperous when done correctly. Meetings produce energy and commonality among representatives. I recommend them in addition not in place of working in the field and building your business. Meetings are especially useful when you are first starting the business. Just don’t overdo them.

Leadership

I would be remiss if I didn't at least touch on leadership. The real issue with so many of these so called "Ground Floor" opportunities and why they fold so quickly is because of a lack of leadership. They may have been started by successful former distributors, but what do they know about running a company? Usually little or nothing. Stay away from those companies. Checkout the leadership.

A new opportunity. Do I have a hole in my head or am I a genius?? Why would I leave a 30 year old company that I was with for 5 1/2 years and go with a new company to start from scratch?? Some people said I had a hole in my head. Then I found out that many 6 figure income earners who had high positions across multiple network marketing companies have also left their companies and jumped into this program.

I was recently approached to enroll in a new network marketing company. Most of you who know me are aware that I have been working another program for the last 5 1/2 years or so. I get hit on everyday to sign up with this or that company and always refuse because those other companies just don’t offer what I am looking for.

This opportunity on the other hand seemed to be exactly what I was looking for. Quality products, fairly priced, a great compensation plan that is fair to all, great leadership and a worldwide opportunity to build business around the around the world, great leadership and growing like a weed.

Top leaders are getting in. You interested? Read on………..

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Their marketing plan is unlike anything you see with any other company and is copyrighted. So nobody else can duplicate it.

Products are a high quality and reasonably priced. You won't them anywhere else. You may find products that look similar, but looks can be deceiving.

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 Sadly, there are still way too many people who are just like the people in the audience of the David Letterman show many years ago. Sad for them, good for us. When everyone wakes up to MLM/NETWORK MARKETING, the opportunity will be gone.

Network marketing is no longer on trial. Doctors, lawyers and other professional people are jumping into a network marketing company everyday. While MLM or Network marketing has been around since the 1930's, it has finally come of age. It is the wave of the future.

Warren Buffett is bullish on Network Marketing too.

Network marketing is indeed the wave of the future. Isn't it time you gave it a shot, rolled up your sleeves and went to work?

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I am a 44 going on 45 year veteran in MLM. Have been very successful and I work with my people. Provide training and other gems based on my 45 years of experience. 3 way calls, scripts, and more. Today, thanks to cell phones, the internet and texting, we can be in constant and easy access. I feel very bad when I chat with people and they tell me they got into a program and their upline gave them no support so they quit and they have a negative attitude about the industry. Some have given the industry and come on board with me and are now seeing results.  

Yes I am a real person. This is me on the right with my beautiful wife Rosemary and our beautiful 10 yr old BorderCollie/Lab Mix Marley.

Tony DeFrancisco (407) 476-3054 Cell (407) 761-3055 

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