SUBMITTED: Sunday, June 07, 2009
POSTED: Sunday, June 07, 2009
Ok so here it is, I have seen literally hundreds of multi-leveling Networking business(or scams as some might think), I consider myself a smart business man who looks out for myself and all those I care about. I have turned down every single Pyramid/Multi-leveling marketing business I have seen. Here are some facts I learned over the years about business and Life:
1. Does not matter what the product is, or how great the business plan is, if you do not put forth the effort your REWARD will be just what you are expecting and that is Nothing. Most people who have Issue with a MLM Business are usually people who did not LISTEN or Research what they needed to do to succeed in business, before they got involved, it is a FACT that a large Majority of consumers Hear what they want to hear for Example: You could give a letter out underlining everything important to know about the Business opportunity both good and bad, as well read it to them like so, "with this business you have the opportunity to make a better income, if you apply yourself, work hard and believe in yourself" I would almost guarantee almost everyone will actually hear "You can sit on your couch and get rich, sign here!!"
2. Does not matter how you look at it, any job you have in your life in any profession is a pyramid Scheme or Multi-level Marketing as it all ends up in the Pocket of the person at the top. viewed like this: Owner ; CEO; CFO; Director; Board; Managers; Assistant Managers; Supervisors; Shift Managers; Sales Managers; Salesperson; Cashier; Stock person; cleaning crew.... and on and on... one thing for sure Everything Links to an MLM Business.
3. The Only way to Avoid being at the bottom or the totem pole, is create your own path in life from within yourself, Do what you love and Love what you do.
4. You will succeed in anything you believe you can do, and put in the effort to achieve... alternatively you will fail as soon as you believe you will fail.
5. I have been very Blessed in being Self Employed for 20 years, been at the top and been at the bottom in my life both are a matter of perspective. You see only when you truly hit rock bottom can you ever truly know what it feels like to be there and realize it is a place you never want to be again.
6. I guess I should mention what I know about FHTM (Fortune High-Tech Marketing), this was presented to me by my Uncle someone I truly respect, he has had a long time friend who is a multi millionaire who decided to try this Company out. My Uncle who was in the Army for many years and has been a successful business man in most everything he has tried, except Amway(Long Story), brought this company too me. I will say at first I was like I am to all MLM or Network Marketing companies, Zero Interest for many reasons mostly because I have no time at all. During the meeting I was taking phone calls and working on files as he was telling me about what he liked about it. Once he was done I thanked him for explaining it too me, but also said I had no time to look into it.
That night while I was at home I decided to pull up the website, once I was on the website I found that I was actually interested in what FHTM was offering, one Company GoSolo was offering an Virtual Assistant and Electronic Fax service for like $7.95 a month, I have to say I was very surprised as I had been paying for just an Electronic Fax service for the past 4 years and was Paying $60.00 a month just for that, I am now going to use their $24.95 service which offers like a ton more services then what I currently have. I also ordered about $300.00 worth of items from the Health and Beauty business on their it's name escapes me at the moment(But their Vanilla Protein Powder is the first powder I have been able to use and not feel like I am drinking sand). Of course after I bought all that I then realized if I had of signed up before I bought the services/items not only would I be getting great value for my money but I would be making a residual income from using services I would of used anyway.
Needless to say I have signed up now and even though I have no time to recruit people as I am too busy with my own businesses, I get an income for using the products I would anyway.
7. Finally I will say alot of the MLM and Networking businesses start out with the best of intentions but in order to survive alot of the time, they grow based on quantity of members, rather they Quality of Members. Even the Mighty Amway and Avon sometime way back when were highly Respected names everywhere they were heard but the lumbering beast that is Amway now, although still a great company with great products it is just too large to control what each minion is doing out there.
8. I would say listen to Every opportunity that is out there, good bad or otherwise do not judge an opportunity till you truly have the information you need to make a informed decision. Worst case Scenario you will gain a bit of Knowledge that might be useful.
9. Lastly I will end with saying as a business man and a Consumer I like the products and services FHTM has to offer each Country they are in they offer different products and the larger their consumer/rep base is the Larger and more Companies will come online and allow FHTM to offer their products. Feel free to email me at rmlead@shaw.ca or check out my FHTM website www.fhtmca.com/jfillion remember if you are from Outside Canada once their click on your country so you can see what products they offer.
10. Ok this is Lastly.. Most of All, Enjoy Life, Enjoy Each Day, Enjoy those you love and Remember it is never too late to say Sorry or to Forgive.