corrections to your 1st point..Originally posted by MamaRos:My POV is that people who will be very successful in MLM possess these distinctive traits :-
1. They are very well-liked by everyone - family, relatives, friends, etc, for
their helpfulness, sense of humour, honesty, reliability, positive attitude
and humility.
2. They have a wide circle of friends who share similar perspectives of life,
business and goals.
3. They are able to make new friends easily through their easy-going nature
and more often than not, they have excellent People Skills.
4. They can speak well on a wide variety of topics based on their never-
ending quest to improve themselves.
In Singapore's history, there were many such people but in our present day and time, it might be difficult to find such people. An affluent society like Singapore leads to a large majority of its citizens being spoilt and spoilt for choice.
If you have the above traits, you should not focus all your network building in Singapore. You will have a higher chance of making it real big if you go global PICKING people you know who share the same traits as you OR who are willing to adopt your personal principles.
I mentioned this in another thread - MLM is NOT for everyone.
Since mlm is so good, why did you not convert to mlmer instead of a product trainer? Are you saying it is so good but you yourself wun join? There must be something holding you back?Originally posted by MamaRos:Ermm, fallen. I have mentioned in the LF thread that I am not a distributor BUT I have worked for many years in a MLM company as a Product Trainer. Well...that job more like 'bao ka liao' coz I had to plan the company's events and consolidate materials for their inhouse magazine. I left because it was too stressful for me and the working hrs were ridiculously long.
As I see MLM from the company's point of view, please pardon me if you feel I am too 'pro' MLM. In a way, I am as I had to make it a point to know what kind of company plus what kind of business I was working for.
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Anyone can get into a MLM company if he/she is above 18 yrs of age.
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point notedOriginally posted by MamaRos:Ermm, fallen. I have mentioned in the LF thread that I am not a distributor BUT I have worked for many years in a MLM company as a Product Trainer. Well...that job more like 'bao ka liao' coz I had to plan the company's events and consolidate materials for their inhouse magazine. I left because it was too stressful for me and the working hrs were ridiculously long.
As I see MLM from the company's point of view, please pardon me if you feel I am too 'pro' MLM. In a way, I am as I had to make it a point to know what kind of company plus what kind of business I was working for.
In my previous job, I had to interact with distributors and I met ALL kinds of people. In a way, MLM either brings out the best or the worst of people. Those who are systematically drawing a regular bonus cheque possessed the qualities I listed down in my earlier post. However, those anti-MLM members here have their reasons for being so against MLM. This I can understand as I have met decent people who were hoodwinked into joining a biz they have absolutely no idea what it entailed.
It is not so much about the MLM being a shady industry but rather, I must say, it's the people, the bad hat distributors who give the industry such a bad name.
Anyone can get into a MLM company if he/she is above 18 yrs of age. There is no discrimination on sex, race, religion, physical appearance, state of health or even state of mind! Sorry... there are ex patients of IMH who were even lured to join MLM...serious, not joking hor.
The emphasis of MLM is on equal opportunity for all.
So, along with the genuine entrepreneurs, we can expect Ah Bengs, Ah Lians, loansharks, drug addicts, the handicapped, gangsters sitting together with U grads, professionals like dentists, teachers, lecturers, etc in opportunity meetings. Unfortunately, it's not just the illiterate or lower class citizens who ignorantly mislead others into the biz. There will always be the odd numbers of professionals who use their intelligence to manipulate people into the biz too. It is the greed, avarice or sheer desparation of this breed of people that create their own MLM rules and most of them are top leaders too.
Please forgive me if I sound like a snob but I am not talking nonsense.
There are people who joined MLM because in this industry, recognition and awards are given for those who achieved a higher pin level. Recognition on stage is a very powerful and exhilirating experience for people who have never been appreciated in public before.
There are people who joined MLM because of the feeling of power. Power of being upline to hundreds of downlines - people who are total strangers but who belonged to his/her group.
There are also people who joined MLM because they can earn a side income, albeit not much, but suffice for them to pay for their children's tuition fees or pay the household bills.
Sorry...I am very long-winded. I'll stop here.
hi ryan.Originally posted by the_fallen:............
if you see yourself wanting to work in a mlm company..
i can help you do an analysis.
see what type of beliefs and character you belongs to and do a matching to different mlm companies.
don't worry, i will not advertise for my own mlm company, coz i believe you know what you want...thus your mind is clearer than other people..
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fallen, or may I address you as Ryan, as to why I am not a networker is due to a couple of reasons that has nothing to do with the general public's misconceptions of MLM. Oh ya, I know that just as there is a job match so is there a need for a biz match in MLM for prospects.Originally posted by the_fallen:point noted
from your reply,
i presume that you have much more negative reasons of mlm over positive reasons thus contributing to you maintaining your status as a product trainer rather than a networker..
if you see yourself wanting to work in a mlm company..
i can help you do an analysis.
see what type of beliefs and character you belongs to and do a matching to different mlm companies.
don't worry, i will not advertise for my own mlm company, coz i believe you know what you want...thus your mind is clearer than other people..
a mind that can't be infulenced..
can we meet up and perhaps discuss on general mlm, if you like, we can scale down to details as well.
cheers,
ryan
believe or not, it's up to your personal attempt to meet me..Originally posted by sonic_16:hi ryan.
I do not believe you dun have even a tiny bit of selfishness to recruit/advertise ur company
Let's be realistic.
now that you've reminded me - there's this company which also tricks people into believing that mlm is a admin job via a job-match...i personally was being tricked by this method before..Originally posted by MamaRos:fallen, or may I address you as Ryan, as to why I am not a networker is due to a couple of reasons that has nothing to do with the general public's misconceptions of MLM. Oh ya, I know that just as there is a job match so is there a need for a biz match in MLM for prospects.
My previous post pin-pointed what can go wrong if the 'wrong' (ill-suited) people are recruited as distributors. This is more for those members who are reading this thread, those who are adamantly against MLM. In a way, I hope my replies can also help present MLMers to understand the pitfalls of random sponsoring.
Many people or most people are drawn to money-making opportunities. This does not necessarily mean they are prospective con-artistes. Like someone mentioned in either this thread or another thread in this forum, con-artistes can be found in literally ALL types of businesses and jobs. Fortunately, the numbers are few. Even more fortunately, almost all of them are nabbed and duly charged in the court of law.
In the MLM industry, it takes just a handful of bad apples to spoil the whole basket. Just as there are many who will speak well of their particular company there are a few who will speak ill of the said company.
Negative feedback is most harmful becos it is insidious, just like cancer it spreads. You see, even if a person is initially unbias towards MLM, he will have doubts planted into his head when he hears not very nice things about this and that company. He will be ultra cautious. When he hears from another source that MLM is not a feasible biz, he might develop skeptism about the industry. IF, by any chance, he decided to see for himself if all the negative input he received are true, his skeptism will over rule his initial open-mindedness. So, basically, he will be looking for affirmation as to why his friends said what they said.
[i](I used 'he' for easier reading. Apologies to the ladies here)
I think our attitude towards salespeople attempting to pitch their wares is a mindset. If some MLMers use the same kind of approach as salespeople, it is no wonder people 'syum' them bah.
just because someone else is also cheating dosen't justify your cheating..Originally posted by the_fallen:Part II
my friend, let’s TAKE A LOOK at the thread title – it’s A Job, A Business, and MLM, it’s to discuss on all 3 topics, so lets not cloud this MLM stigma that you have in here, if you want, start another thread, than I’ll answer your questions – if you’re questions are basic, for advanced questions with detail explanation – I will only bother to answer those people face to face. Since it’s a huge topic, so let’s not cloud this thread with unrelated Pure MLM issues before this thread starts to be another mlm thread again.
Concentrate on the comparison which is the primary purpose of this thread.
Do take note of that.
However to answer to your question.
Are you sure that itÂ’s only MLM industry which is/are lying to people?
Do you know that EVEN the so call ‘Charity Tickets’ that the so call volunteers are selling doesn’t all goes to charity.
IÂ’ve being working for charity tickets in the passed but quit due to guilt after 3 days only.
You know how the so call volunteers earn?
For every $10 you pay for the ticket.
$2-agent commission
$2-the centreÂ’s operating cost
$2-the printing companiesÂ’ cost
$2-the petty cash category expenses
$1-goes to CHARITY
$1-goes to the advertising(looking for so call volunteers to sell tickets)
Most of the Charity Tickets available in the market are being operated like this.
This data is what I know of based in the passed.
You can easily identify those real Charity or Gimmick Charity.
Just look if itÂ’s a big corporation/do the agents of the charity ticket sellers comes back to the same location to sell their tickets.
(Of course, you might want to consider donating to those students in uniform since they DONÂ’T GET PAID, itÂ’s a MUST for them to do it thanks to CIP aka Community Involvement Project- if I didnÂ’t remember wrongly.)
so in future if you want to donate your money, make sure itÂ’s the right person or organization that youÂ’re donating to.
You are just biased of the mlm industry that you made such remarks.
You have this negative stigma of the mlm industry in particular.
You quote a whole junk of text without elaborating on your opinion or at least share valueable knowledge for everyone?Originally posted by o0Nite0o:just because someone else is also cheating dosen't justify your cheating..
=) relax dude. I get ur idea. cheers !Originally posted by the_fallen:You quote a whole junk of text without elaborating on your opinion or at least share valueable knowledge for everyone?
moreover, i don't get what you trying to mean/hint/suggest via that kind of reply.
perhaps you can rephase and elaborate your point.
until i found a clear and quality reply/quote with proper explaination, i will not explain more, as there at times has the need to use this term "Less is more".
Revealing too much to juniors/rookies in the industry will only complicated things, thus i will explain futher when there's quality questions being asked. (Since from passed experience not much people actually wanna learn like in the past, only come to forums to flame people, so ya.
Disclaimer: I'm not hinting nor suggesting that you're a flamer, but well, i'll only explain futher when there's a need. Until than, I'll just read and see the progress.