MLM Booby Traps

MLM Boobytraps!

by John Counsel

Pyramid Selling

MLM – or network marketing – is such a simple business you’d think it would be virtually foolproof.

It’s not.

There’s no shortage of… well… fools!… who think that you can build success and long-term financial security using a mixture of fear, ignorance, greed, laziness and stupidity. Sadly, there are plenty of people with those very attributes who are willing to follow their advice. Fool proof? No way.

The problem for the intelligent, ethical network marketer is that, even though these schemes and scams never last, they do a lot of damage to public perceptions of the industry. And they keep on bobbing up as fresh crops of ignorant, fearful, lazy, greedy, foolish people enter the industry and begin looking for ways to avoid the necessary investment of time, effort and discipline.

For a more detailed explanation of why we included this section in our website, please click here.

Here’s the list of boobytraps we’ll be considering in this section. Those shown as active links are on line now. Others will come on line in the next few weeks. And, as other “ingenious” boobytraps appear from time to time (as they always do), we’ll expose them here as quickly as we can.

By the way, if you encounter any we haven’t listed, you’re welcome to e-mail us details here.
Is there a simple, foolproof way to recognise a boobytrap in MLM?

Yes!

This is an industry in which you have to invest time and effort (NOT MONEY!) because all worthwhile achievement takes time, effort and discipline in order to succeed (see “The Four Cornerstones of Success”). It’s also utterly dependent on the quality and durability of the personal relationships involved.

Any method or scheme which claims to eliminate the need for time, effort or discipline, or which puts personal relationships at risk, or encourages you to invest money, is almost certainly a boobytrap.

Treat it with the suspicion it deserves.

It may be a legitimate business opportunity – it just may be the particular person or distributor organisation who’s trying to recruit you. In that case, give them a wide berth and find someone who’s building that business properly, with genuine integrity and intelligence.

The Four Great Fallacies of Network Marketing

Four Lethal Mistakes in Network Marketing

The Automatrix

Wholesale Buying Clubs

Downline Clubs and Mass Recruiting

Stacking, Accelerated Sponsoring or Straight Line Sponsoring

“Motivational” Meetings

“Curiosity” Approaches

The MLM Junkie

Buying a Downline Organisation

“Ground Floor” Opportunities

“WWIL Network”
NO selling, NO deliveries, NO meetings, NO training, NO money, NO wonder.

Working “Smart”

Multi-part Autoresponders and abuse of permission

Why MLM or network marketing will never, ever work! Soon!

Interactive Database Marketing programs Soon!
No matter what you call it, deception is still deception.

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Pyramid Selling		MLM – or network marketing – is such a simple business you’d think it would be virtually foolproof. It’s not. There’s no shortage of… well… fools!… who think that you can build success and long-term financial security using a mixture of fear, ignorance, greed, laziness and stupidity. Sadly, there are plenty of people with those very attributes who are willing to follow their advice. Fool proof? No way. The problem for the intelligent, ethical network marketer is that, even though these schemes and scams never last, they do a lot of damage to public perceptions of the industry. And they keep on bobbing up as fresh crops of ignorant, fearful, lazy, greedy, foolish people enter the industry and begin looking for ways to avoid the necessary investment of time, effort and discipline. For a more detailed explanation of why we included this section in our website, please click here. Here’s the list of boobytraps we’ll be considering in this section. Those shown as active links are on line now. Others will come on line in the next few weeks. And, as other “ingenious” boobytraps appear from time to time (as they always do), we’ll expose them here as quickly as we can. By the way, if you encounter any we haven’t listed, you’re welcome to e-mail us details here. Is there a simple, foolproof way to recognise a boobytrap in MLM? Yes! This is an industry in which you have to invest time and effort *(NOT MONEY!)* because all worthwhile achievement takes time, effort and discipline in order to succeed (see “The Four Cornerstones of Success”). It’s also utterly dependent on the quality and durability of the personal relationships involved. Any method or scheme which claims to eliminate the need for time, effort or discipline, or which puts personal relationships at risk, or encourages you to invest money, is almost certainly a boobytrap. Treat it with the suspicion it deserves. It may be a legitimate business opportunity – it just may be the particular person or distributor organisation who’s trying to recruit you. In that case, give them a wide berth and find someone who’s building that business properly, with genuine integrity and intelligence.
The Four Great Fallacies of Network Marketing
Four Lethal Mistakes in Network Marketing
The Automatrix
Wholesale Buying Clubs
Downline Clubs and Mass Recruiting
Stacking, Accelerated Sponsoring or Straight Line Sponsoring
“Motivational” Meetings
“Curiosity” Approaches
The MLM Junkie
Buying a Downline Organisation
“Ground Floor” Opportunities
“WWIL Network” NO selling, NO deliveries, NO meetings, NO training, NO money, NO wonder.
Working “Smart”
Multi-part Autoresponders and abuse of permission
Why MLM or network marketing will never, ever work! Soon!
Interactive Database Marketing programs Soon! No matter what you call it, deception is still deception.