MLM: Product Vs. Opportunity
Well here we are again.. lol !
Seems like I just talked about this topic not that long ago..
The reason why it’s back again is because two people emailed me within the last week or so to put in their complaints over my original post on this.
They actually went as far as to un-friend me on Facebook over it.. lol
Unfortunately many people are so narrow-minded it drives me crazy. They just seem to latch onto what one leader in this industry thinks and that’s all they’ll want to hear or believe in.
Let’s wake up a little.. let’s cross-train through multiple successful industry leaders.. let’s use more common sense!
I may seem controversial at times and because of that, it helps create more traffic to my blog which I’m all for, but it’s not like I’m not breathing truth or bringing value into this industry & profession..
OK let’s talk about MLM Products & MLM Opportunities and get straight to the point!
Generally when I think about products, I’m also thinking about consumers. With that said.. the fact is that we can all purchase similar products out in the open market that are not being promoted by MLM companies. This usually means that chances are that if people purchase products through MLM companies, they are likely to become distributors.
Why would they want to do a thing like that? Gee could it be because most people want to make additional income or someday replace their jobs?? (Hmmm.. I smell the word OPPORTUNITY here.. don’t you?)
I mean if I just needed a specific type of product, wouldn’t it be so much easier to purchase it at a store or online merchant at my own will when I wanted to.. without any hassles or strings attached (like autoship & a pesky distributor) ?
Oh one more important thing because, “I know you’re product(s) are the greatest!”
Did it ever occur to you that just because YOU like your company’s product(s) and feel that they work well for you, that they may not seem as great to many other people in this world?
Guess what? Since you think your product(s) are so great.. when’s the last time you tried similar products from a competitor on a medium term basis to see how your highly touted product(s) truly stack up to all the rest?
This is why MLM & Network Marketing are more about the opportunity than the products the companies produce!
The products are such a slight variable for everyone involved. It’s common sense that if I’m paying for an auto-ship of product each month, that I would want it to be something I like and find value in.. that goes the same with anything.
Great overall products can be found everywhere but it doesn’t mean everyone on an individual basis finds them all to be the best.
So next time you hype up your product(s) or company because you think they’re so great.. think again because there will always be people that think just the opposite and will claim that theirs is better or the best.
The differences and preferences can go on forever but the one common denominator in this is the fact that most people that go on a MLM auto-ship usually “try their hand” at making money through distributorship by their own will or the prodding of the distributor that they started the auto-ship through. It’s the same old story and if you’ve been around for awhile you know it’s all true.
In the end the products really aren’t all that special when good products are everywhere.. it’s the opportunity to make that money in conjunction with MLM based products that just about always seems jingle some bells in the motivated, the optimistic and the dreamers minds.
One more aspect of partial relativity to add before I end this post:
There’s quite a bit of psychology behind the idea of people approaching people in reference to purchasing product through them (no matter what both parties may think of the product). When promoting or recommending products of MLM nature, you will usually come across as a salesperson no matter what you think or been told by your upline.
People can sense this and the fact remains that most people do not like knowing that you’d be making a buck off of them. Our only defense to that is to tell them that once they’re buying the product themselves, they would be able to do the same thing. Sometimes that seems to now make it more acceptable and sometimes it just wont matter..
I guess this is why I chose to market MYSELF as someone that can show others how to do the same, rather than promoting products for money. People that already have an interest in making money using alternative methods are often inclined to come my way (attraction marketing).
In this way, people already expect there to be a product & opportunity involved.. which relieves me as being thought of as a product peddler. If they join my opportunity as part of fulfilling their business opportunity obligation and they don’t end up liking the product, they can opt out and find another sponsor involved with a different product that they may like better. Doesn’t mean that my company’s product is crap.. it just means not everyone likes it, that’s all. All products will go through the same dilemma.
So was I finally able to put this topic to rest or do you need more counseling? LOL
It’s nice to know what other people think, so be sure to leave a comment below.. thanks!
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