How to Prevent Your MLM Opportunity from Appearing to be a Pyramid

I was just writing a new hub page regarding illegal pyramid schemes, and it struck me how easily old, school direct marketing of MLM companies can appear to be illegal pyramids.

Both the Direct Selling Association and the Federal Trade Commission caution anyone who is looking for a home based business to be very wary of any opportunity that promises huge earnings for very little effort. They also frown on high pressure tactics such as pushing for a prospect to sign up at a meeting before they have had the opportunity to discuss it with their family and other advisors.

Most of our parents taught is that there is no free lunch! If you want something, you have to work for it. So the advice the DSA and the FTC provides is very good common sense and resonates with our upbringing.

So why do we continue to chase prospects expecting them to believe any differently?

It strikes me, how the "desperation marketing" techniques that are taught by most Direct Sales companies cause many MLMer's to behave in a manner that the DSA and FTC caution people to avoid. Haven't we all heard (and probably heard it coming from our own mouths!) how our specific company offers an amazing compensation plan that allows an associate to earn a monthly commission check in five figures? Haven't we heard (said?) how our products are the best, they are so original, they are leading the pack and practically sell themselves? And, oh by the way, how about the line that a prospect needs to sign up quickly because the company is in exponential growth and they really need to get into the program before the growth levels off?

Thank goodness for the Renegade Network Marketing system. Finally, there is a system in place to help direct sales professionals who want to take advantage of legitimate marketing strategies. This system teaches tried and true marketing techniques that can position even a person who is new to MLM as a leader and a professional. It teaches us how to attract prospects to our business. Finally, we have tools that can be applied so that our business does not mirror an illegal pyramid scheme, but actually represents the legitimate business opportunity it truly is.

The Renegade system is a free to low-cost training system that is easily followed, easily taught, easily learned and easily available to anyone with internet access.

The Renegade teaches attraction marketing using Web 2.0 providing a glimpse into the future of the MLM business. It teaches how to build a marketing strategy that will lift Direct Sales professionals from the muck and anonymity of bottom-feeding pyramid scammers to the professional level of business respect they deserve.

If you are ready to give up your desparation-marketing techniques and ready to embrace the future of Direct Sales with pride and integrity, check out the Renegade today. I am certain it will open up a whole new world of business for you. And you will never look back!

Comments

[Kikay]

some mlm marketing doesn't really care with their downline. I've been to one mlm but I'm glad to say that it's fair as well as the products that being offered was really helpful.so it's for us to continue networking or just get the benefits of the products by retailing or for personal use. thank you for dropping my page..have a fabolous day Pam.

[Thomas]

Yes it is funny how many so called opportunities are out there that promise you 1Mio dollars in a short timeframe with no investment. Everytime I come across something like this, I simply ignore it and wonder if people are really fooled by this? Do the calculations if you don't buy product how do you expect other people to buy enough product to make you this amount of money.

I have written a post on my blog with the title "The system works people are the problem" talking about this.

[Kelly]

Just remember that no matter what you are selling or recruiting for, it is important to actually care about what you are selling or who are are recruiting. The big difference between MLM and pyramids is that a pyramid is all about the recruiting process and getting that commission for the recruit and not about selling a viable product or building a viable business.

If someone is promising something for nothing, then odds are they are the kind of person that is looking to get something for nothing from you.