| People often ask me if what I do for a living really | | | | cost, it only mentioned that it was a chance to be in |
| works. And I am often amazed that they ask me this | | | | business for yourself, own your life, spend more time |
| when I am having a conversation with them at the | | | | with family, etc. Here's what happened: |
| same time. The answer is painfully simple. If it didn't | | | | The people who responded to the first ad had |
| work, if it didn't produce a fantastic income, do you | | | | questions re, sales, marketing, budgets, etc. But not one |
| think that we would be having this conversation with | | | | of them was skeptical about the business. |
| you? So, yes it does work. But only if you work it. If | | | | Of the people who responded to the second ad, 27% |
| you are the type of person that is so skeptical that | | | | of them, when presented with the basic business, |
| you can't get out of your own way, do everyone a | | | | including a start up cost of $1695.00, responded with |
| favor and step aside, because this type of business is | | | | questions such as: "is this a network marketing scam", |
| not for you. If you're that skeptical, do the industry a | | | | "1695.00 is a lot of money", "My brothers' wife's |
| favor and don't get involved. The reason is that you're | | | | second cousin told me to never get into business that |
| doomed to become a statistic. You are destined to | | | | asks for money upfront", these types of questions. |
| become one of the oft talked about 97% of people | | | | See where I'm going with this? These are quite |
| who fail. | | | | obviously two different types of people. The folks that |
| It is a joke when people throw the above statistic | | | | responded to the first ad have some business |
| around to perpetuate their negative view of network | | | | experience and sense. They understood that you |
| marketing. That figure is a joke and totally misleading. | | | | have to invest money to make money, that is the way |
| The fact of the matter is that 70% of the people who | | | | business operates. The second group are obviously |
| sign up with a network marketing business, when they | | | | followers who shouldn't be let any where near |
| receive their marketing kit never even read it. It goes | | | | network marketing,home business or any business, for |
| straight into the closet, or under the bed, etc. In other | | | | that matter. Because they are the ones who are going |
| words, 70% of folks who try home business or | | | | to whine and complain, stuff their membership kit under |
| network marketing drop out without doing anything, or | | | | the bed and not even try. I refuse to invite these kind |
| even trying. That's not failure, that's quitting. Big | | | | of people into my life. I prefer to let them tumble down |
| difference. | | | | the ladder of success on their own. I've got bigger and |
| I recently ran some test ads, offering a business | | | | better things to do with my time. How about you? |
| opportunity. One ad stated a start up cost of $75, | | | | Just my two cents. |
| 000.00 and the other ad did not mention any start up | | | | |