What exactly is a “network marketing scam”?
There is tremendous long-term income potential in this business. Thus, it isn’t unusual for scam operators to pass off their deal as legitimate network marketing, in an effort to make their deal attractive to opportunity seekers.
What else makes people think “network marketing scam” when presented with a legitimate opportunity? Often, it is negative experiences that they (or other people they know) have had.
Other things happen that give this business a poor reputation.
Often, home business seekers are signed up with promises of the income potential, but without being told what it will take. This can happen when a recruiter is only interested in adding warm bodies to his group, hoping a few will figure it out and stick. When the new associates fail to make money fast and quit, believe me, they will tell just about everyone they know that it was a scam.
Another common problem is the belief that network marketing is a lottery game. Sometime opportunity seekers join and sponsor a few friends, hoping then that these friends will do something and make them money. When it fails to work out, they consider themselves a victim of a “network marketing scam” and move on.
Finally, sometime new distributors get all fired up and truly make a commitment to their business. They go out and give it all they have for six months. When their biggest check is less than $100 for all that effort, they decide the business doesn’t work and move on to something else.
Starting and building a profitable network marketing business takes effort. Four things must happen.
Do your homework and choose a reputable opportunity, with a sponsor and upline team that is anxious to help you build a profitable business. Talk to them extensively before signing up. You must feel comfortable working with them.
Take time to “plug in” to your upline’s success system, and follow coaching on how to be successful. Be open to learning to do things perhaps differently than what you envisioned.
Follow the system, and don’t try to “do your own thing” right away. It’s okay to be innovative and try different things, but wait until you have the fundamentals down first and are making some money.
Be patient and understand that a really big, profitable business with long-term residual income may take 3-5 years of consistent work.
People who say “network marketing scam”, when referring to an opportunity they tried and gave up on, were often expecting faster results than are realistic. It is, when all is said and done, a business and not a get rich quick scheme.