Last week, I posted my business card on a bulletin board at a gas station. My primary company has some products that have been getting a lot of attention in the press lately, so I thought I'd take advantage of the press and maybe pick up a few customers.
So, I get a phone message the next day, "I got your card at a gas station and I am interested in your company, please call me back."
OK, now this is on my dime. Remember that part!
I call back and he tells me he is in a network marketing company (that's a competitor no less) and wanted to know if I'd be interested in looking at his opportunity.
GAG ME! Why would I even be attracted to a company or team that tries to steal someone from another company? I felt angry. He was wasting my time, but more importantly he was giving the network marketing industry a really bad name. This is why we get resistance from prospects because they have encountered one of these amateurs.
With all the people in the world looking for a home based business opportunity, I think we can do better than this. Let's raise the standard.
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Monday, June 9, 2008
Why Network Marketing and MLM Make Me Want to BARF!
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Carla, I feel your "gag". Thank goodness we have been on the path of the least resistant with network marketing now. It is so much less stressful! And fun!
I missed this post in June but I found it today. Gag a magget we used to say :) The really sickening thing is that I used to be just like the amateur you describe - yuk! Thank you Lord for Renegade U and professionals like you raising the bar!
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