About MLM, Multi-level marketing or Networking

[berryblitz]

Let me share to you my insights on networking and about me regarding money making...

I am a programmer pero need kong iwan dahil kailangan kong bantayan ang baby ko.  There are offers, really good offers.  Sa New York, sa Malaysia, sa Saudi.  Kinukulit ako ng companies.  Pero hindi ko maaaring ipagpalit ang mga anak ko.

Then yung side line ko na online shop, well naging business ko na.  I believe in myself pag dating sa money making.  I'm a lousy homemaker hay naku!  Online shop ko is earning xx,xxx.00 net income per month.

But I want an additional income.  Yung sideline lang.  Naisip ko... Aim Global.  ano ba naman yung 7,980 php.  My husband and I have business ideas.  Pero yung capital ang laki.  We can't risk a capital na more than sa total money namin.  An investment of 7,980 php per month is a good amount of money to risk.

May mga nangungulit sa akin na sumali sa Aim pero at that time, hindi ako ready.  And nagagalit and snob na ako nung mga nagyayaya sa akin.  Yung isa nga hindi na nagbayad ng 500 php utang nya sa akin kasi hindi ako sumali.

Since user naman ako ng product ng Aim, naisipan ko na ring sumali.  At naghahanap ako ng "matino" na upline.  Then nadiskubre kong member pala si classmate ko.  Ang masaya is may-ari sya ng isa sa Aim Global business centers. 

I currently have 3 accounts sa Aim.  Feb 2013 member ako.  I do sell their products.  Pero I'm so busy sa online shop ko and yung 2nd baby ko kasi is breastfeeding pa.  Pero now, Oct 2013 stop breastfeeding na ako.  I am ready!

I got 3 friends who are interested.  I don't promise them that they would be a millionaire and I don't promise them that they would be able to buy a brand new car... because 7,980 php is a small amount as a business capital.

Pero itong classmate ko, nakabili sya ng car.  And he is earning xxx,xxx.00 per month!  Pero masipag sya.  Nakakainspire sya.

There's an Aim member na balak mag-open ng new account pero this time under sa akin.  After raw nya kasi magmember, wala na syang narinig from their upline.

Yung classmate ko na yun, isa sya sa pinakamahiyain sa class.  Then ako ata yung pinakamahiyain sa class namin.

So wala yan sa linya linya.

Ako, I do believe na kahit ano pa yan, programming, sales, etc... kaya ko.  Basta money making, kaya ko.

If there are anyone who is interested, kahit hindi sigurado, I'm here to help    I'm not your ordinary networker.   Because I see this as a business, opportunity.  Just like sa online shop ko, kung sinabihan ako ni buyer na "bakit sa iba mura.", "kung di mo kaya rush, wag na lang."  ang sagot ko lang sa kanila is "mam sir try nyo po sa ibang seller."  kumikita ako ng higit na malaki compare sa ibang online shop ng hindi ko pinagsisiksikan sarili ko sa mga online buyers.  and sa networking, ganun ren ako.   well, bumibili pa ren sila sa akin.

By the way, may spill over na pala sa account ko     i'm just so happy na si upline, kahit ang kulit ko, hindi nakukulitan sa akin.  gusto pa nga ni upline na imeet ang mga friends ko.

next year, nararamdaman ko, i would have my own mini seminar!

[toria]

Hi girls, what are your thoughts on WFMA?

[eireen]

In less than 2 months.. Already earned almost a hundred thousand.

[toria]

^by recruiting other people or thru the investments you've made?

[berryblitz]

my first post here... Reply #528

mga people here... i got some downlines na since naging medyo active ako.  this october 2013 lang ako naging medyo active.  well bukas we will give a seminar somewhere     upline ko, ako and yung downline ko ang pupunta dun sa lugar na pagdadausan ng seminar namin.  it would be a mini seminar.

i am so happy that i got a good upline, that my upline is the owner of one of the business centers here in the philippines.  i am so happy to get that downline wherein pati asawa nya is boto sa company na sinalihan namin. 

babalitaan ko kayo 

Question:

Bakit merong mga sobrang mapipilit na i-recruit ka sa business nila even if you said no already?

Hay naku dami makukulit na nagyaya sa akin.  at parang nababadtrip sila pag di ako sumasali.  nung ready na ako sumali, hindi ko sila pinuntahan.  naghahanap ako nun kung kanino ako sasali.  kulang na lang mag post ako sa wall ko ng "Wanted: Matinong upline sa ______ network company."

Yung isa nga, hindi na ako binayaran sa utang nya sa online shop ko kasi mega-explain sya although sabi ko is hindi pa ako ready.

lucky me nadiscover ko yung friend ko na member.  ako mismo nagsabi sa kanya na "Uy, magmemember ako."  Nagulat na lang siya.

Now, lucky lucky me kasi may-ari sya ng isang business office nung company.  gusto nya kaibiganin new recruit ko.  gusto nya pumunta kapag may sasali under sa akin.  nagiging magkaibigan kami lahat.  kilala ko nga ren upline ng upline ko. 

hindi nila ako iniwan.  lalo tuloy akong naniwala na i'm in a good group.

now i'm building my own group.

medyo malaki kasi ang target net income ko next year by july 2014.  gusto ko is online shop + network marketing = 100,000 php net income

[swim_fatale]

MLM/Networking ruins friendships, I swear.

A friend will "lure" you into thinking s/he just wants to see you, magco-coffee kayo, catch up, then BAM! You will be trapped into listening to a 2-3 hour presentation. They will tell you that it's ok to say no, but if you do, they will be cold to you afterwards. I'm not saying this happens to everyone, but it DOES happen, and it's sad.

[inluvewithmikewesten]

It does happen...I have a very close friend I'm now avoiding because whenever we get the time to chat, she'd bring up about her MLM 'business', forcing me to join.

Kakainis kasi, on FB I message ka to ask how you are, then ikaw naman excited to get in touch. Tapos maya-maya ayan na naman sa MLM. Parang I've said 'NO' hundreds of time na. Ang kulit!!!

Minsan gusto ko na prangkahin at sabihin bakit hindi pa niya tigilan MLM eh hindi pa rin siya yumayaman 5 years na niya ginagawa.

Another FB friend, it looks like doing well with MLM based on his posts about buying expensive cars. Ayun nangungulit pa rin and one more time and I'll be blocking him on FB na. Sabi ko kahit he earns million na hindi pa rin niya ako mapapasali sa MLM na 'yan.

[poetrytoprose]

I think the most problem sa ibang MLM sales man/woman is that they really force the business and the product to people's throat. They have different reason why they do it but it drills down to being desperate to make a make a sale.

What they are doing is actually a wrong way to handle MLM. MLM marketing should be spontaneous and non coercive. In the end of the day kasi the one they are prospecting would think that s/he needs to go through the same forceful way to get a sale. Sino ba may gusto nun?

Sa totoo lang MLM is a good business --- pero it's not for everyone. Some would try to get into it, and being desperate that they are: they would lie just to have a sale. Kaya nagkakasiraan ng relationship.

Ako, I do not want to make false promises. I tell them that the business works in an MLM model. Making sales is the only way you'd earn. If they think it's not for them, it's okay. Mahirap na isama sila sa team ko if they are half hearted kasi in the end, I'll be blamed for not succeeding.

Those sales person na naginvite ng friends and got turned down and they (the sales person) have turned cold to kasi tinurn down sila ng friend nila, is not really a true sales person. The business is not personal. They shouldn't think it's about them.

Haaay, so many things. But I enjoyed the business I am in.

[smiley327]

Just joined GMACS and so far so good. Got my money back and earned na rin in just a short period of time. You are right sisses, MLM is not for everybody just like any other business. If you're not willing to succeed or if you dont believe in what you're doing wala ka talaga mararating.

[berryblitz]

Ako naman, hindi naniniwala sa linya linya.  Well oo I'm in a network marketing world part time.  Pero can you imagine?  Ako na ata ang pinaka weird and tahimik and shy person sa high school batch namin.  Then programmer ako.  You can call me nerd kasi kahit anung programming language, mapag aaralan ko.  And I am really good at it.  One man team ako.  I don't need anyone's help.  Kumbaga kaya ko bumuo ng isang malaking application system with just me alone.

Then I need to leave the programming job.  Naging online seller ako.  My earnings is better than most of the online sellers in the Philippines.  Hindi ko naman linya ang magbenta.

And now as a part time, network marketer na ren ako and may downlines na ako.

Lalo namang hindi ko linya ang network marketer.

Nililinya ko ang hindi ko linya kung may money opportunity.  I try.  And I know I will succeed.

Take note.  Isa sa products na binebenta ko ay s*xual enhancers.

So network marketing... why not.  And okay pa ang upline ko, so why not talaga.

[Yula]

I'm still skeptical pero gusto ko rin to matry as extra income. So far interesado ako sa Frontrow Enterprise. Meron ba dito makakapagexplain ng exact steps pano ba kumikita dito? mas ok sana kung taga FR. Don't tell me to go sa place nyo. Siguro naman maeexplain kahit simple steps lang diba? 

Questions lang about MLM..
*Pwede ka ba kumita ng malaki katulad sa ibang members by selling the products alone? (mahal kasi per bottle diba)
-sample income per month?

*Pag sinabi sayo na need mo mag sign up ng membership fee, scam ba agad yun or hinde?para san usually yung perang pambayad mo?ano makukuha mo dun?(products or just signing fee lang?)
-sample membership fee packages?

Ayoko talaga yung pag recruit eh. Interesado ako sa FR dahil malakas ang gluta sa market ngayon. Nakilala ko na yung Luxxe na product bago sila. Eh sa kanila pala yan. Kumabaga gusto kong maging reseller. Please englighten me. PM me or just answer dito 

[poetrytoprose]

I'm still skeptical pero gusto ko rin to matry as extra income. So far interesado ako sa Frontrow Enterprise. Meron ba dito makakapagexplain ng exact steps pano ba kumikita dito? mas ok sana kung taga FR. Don't tell me to go sa place nyo. Siguro naman maeexplain kahit simple steps lang diba? 

Questions lang about MLM..
*Pwede ka ba kumita ng malaki katulad sa ibang members by selling the products alone? (mahal kasi per bottle diba)
-sample income per month?

*Pag sinabi sayo na need mo mag sign up ng membership fee, scam ba agad yun or hinde?para san usually yung perang pambayad mo?ano makukuha mo dun?(products or just signing fee lang?)
-sample membership fee packages?

Ayoko talaga yung pag recruit eh. Interesado ako sa FR dahil malakas ang gluta sa market ngayon. Nakilala ko na yung Luxxe na product bago sila. Eh sa kanila pala yan. Kumabaga gusto kong maging reseller. Please englighten me. PM me or just answer dito 

Hi Sis,

I'm not from Frontrow, pero I have my fair share with Network Marketing. Network Marketing really works, lalo na from people who really works hard to succeed in the business. Network Marketing is not a easily earned money. Business parin naman kasi siya in the end of the day.

Now, if you are going to join a certain company you have to do your research. Learn about the product and their marketing strategy (like how will you sell the product) and lalo na how you will earn your money back. With your question kung kikita ka ba my selling the products alone, that would depends on the compensation plan of your company.

Yung signing up for a membership fee is not necessarily a scam. Una, you have to ask why you are being asked for a membership fee. It could be a -- look at it as -- "capital" or franchise fee kasi - again - it's a business. You just need to clarify things with your trusted upline.

I really like how the network marketing works. Let me know if you have concern about the industry!

[Yula]

^Thanks sa insight mo about MLM sis. Nasagot din mga ibang katanungan ko sa wakas. Dami kasi nagsasabi basta nagpapabayad agad eh scam na. Kung sabagay oo nga naman. Capital yun. Lam ko kasi sa Frontrow parang 11k. Based sa mga nakikita ko sa Fb ng members nila. Ayoko sila tanungin muna kasi ayaw ko ng sales talk na convo parang ang superficial masyado pag sila nagexplain agad sakin.

 Anyways, salamat sa reply sis. Sana meron pa dito may alam sa Frontrow kung talagang legit sila at malaki ang kinikita dun kahit sideline tulad nga ng sabi nila sa FB page nila. 

[poetrytoprose]

^^ Hmm vague kasi pag sinabing 'SCAM'. Others could call it a scam if they do not understand why they are paying for something, or the business they are going to get involved with. In my opinion kasi others get themselves into this industry without really understand ano papasukin nila.

So ang maadvise ko lang sayo sis, you have to understand the system and how your company runs. If you feel na meron mga gaps sa explanation then that's something you have to raise. Kasi kung hindi, in the end, you'll feel that you were cheated. Don't be too dependent on your upline. You have to do your own research din kasi it's going to be your business. Parang kunyari nag open ka ng Jolibee if you do not know how it runs, yun system nila, it's not going to work. 

Good luck!

[babyboo.0326]

MLM/Networking ruins friendships, I swear.

A friend will "lure" you into thinking s/he just wants to see you, magco-coffee kayo, catch up, then BAM! You will be trapped into listening to a 2-3 hour presentation. They will tell you that it's ok to say no, but if you do, they will be cold to you afterwards. I'm not saying this happens to everyone, but it DOES happen, and it's sad.

yes, it does happen. happened to me and my best bud sa office. sayang, we click pa naman. kaso sad to say, he's really pushing it to me kahit na ilang beses ko nang sinabi na it's not for me. 

[poetrytoprose]

^^ that's really sad.
I guess that happens when someone's taking MLM personally. Yeah I know it's personal because it's going to be his way to fortune, pero kasi helllloooo not everyone likes the same type of coffee. I mean, it could be the business for him but definitely he could not expect that the type of business is for everyone.

You should speak up to him, sis. If you really think that your friendship is worth it to save.

[babyboo.0326]

^it's ok, we have not been talking for almost 2 months na, or more pa ata. i've always told him that it's not for me, na talagang hindi ko linya ang selling. pilit siya ng pilit. and i tell him na you're starting to sound like them. alam niya how frank i can be. pero wala e, ayaw niya ako tigilan. so instead na magkasalitaan pa kami ng masasama, i chose to not speak to him nalang. kasi everytime na magkakausap kami sa office, he would always show me yung video ng company na sinalihan niya, hoping that that would entice me to join.

sabi pa niya magreresign na siya soon after that kasi nga may business na siya. well, he's still here 

[poetrytoprose]

^  may nainvite naman siya sa office nyo? Just wondering.

[Yula]

^Ay naku mga sissies nakakainis nga yung mga ganyang friend. Porke close eh ippush nalang nila ng todo satin yun. Kahit ilang beses na nireject. Parang sila pa inis minsan pag di ka nila naconvince iisipin nila na sayo may mali.

meron ako ganyang friend na halos siya pa nagsasabi kung gusto ko raw talaga kumita kelangan magawan ko ng paraan yung membership fee niya agad agad. Habang pinapatagal ko raw eh lumalagpas yung mga achuchuchuhu. Kulang nalang isungalngal nya sa lalamunan ko lahat ng sasabihin nya pa. 

[babyboo.0326]

^^sa pagkakaalam ko, wala hehe

^parang ganyan din gusto niyang mangyari. kasi sabi niya if gusto daw talaga, may paraan. sabi ko ayoko magbenta, at wala akong pera. sabi niya, siya nga daw pinangutang yung 13k na membership kasi sure daw na babalik. so i asked, "what if hindi bumalik?". sabi niya babalik daw, so inulit ko, what if? ang sagot lang niya is, "e di wala". hala! hahahahaha! i think nasilaw nalang siya sa pinakita sa kanyang video na mga nakakabili ng "sports cars" and "house and lots" or "condo units" e