Are You Part Of The MLM Industry Problem Or Solution?

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It does not matter how long you have been in the  MLM industry, if you have not yet been over to Betternetworker.com I suggest  you get on over there chop chop.

When you do you’ll soon understand why it’s described as the Internet’s #1 social community for home business owners.

Headed up by the very lovable Jason Better pictured on the left, who besides being a character, quite  literally, is also an extremely successful network marketer. You will learn a great deal from him especially when it comes to the art of building relationships.

He also has an awesome blog where you will get to interact with a group of people  affectionately named by Tommy Depietro as “The Better Bunch”.

So yesterday I was over at Jasons’ as I am most days, reading his daily post, “Why You Should Quit MLM And Watch Avatar  (Again) Instead…” .  Next thing I knew I  was on the soap box, writing a comment that threatened to be longer then the post itself! You’ll have to read the post to find out why.

Jason’s return comment was that what I had written would make a ‘killer blog post’. Too right and why hadn’t I thought of that?

Well no  time like the present so here it is….

There’s a huge problem in the network marketing industry and you are either contributing to it or you are part of the solution.

Have you seen Avatar? At least heard about the blockbuster?  How easy do you think it was for James Cameron to make this movie?

OK let’s define “easy” as instant success with no obstacles to overcome.  If it was easy wouldn’t everybody be out there making “Avatars”?

The same is true of MLM.

There are some who do find it easier than others and some who do brilliantly soon after getting involved but there are many more who don’t. But why not?  Just about wherever I look I see and hear that MLM is easy.

Why do a lot of people outside this industry who I speak to regard it as the ‘overnight, instant millions promise that doesn’t deliver’?

Who’s responsible for creating this perception?

Often ‘the industry’ lures newbies in, takes their money and spits them out as perfect little ‘failure agents’ who then go on to spread the bad news wherever they go.

It seems the once bad reputation this industry had in the offline days has simply been replaced with a different bad reputation on the Internet.

It will only change when everybody (yeah right…) inside the industry stops telling everybody on the outside that it’s ‘easy’ just so they can see another name on their downline list and a few autoship dollars in their bank account.

What is easy to understand is why excuses abound.  Nobody likes to feel like an idiot, so when they fail the only way to help themselves not feel “bad” is to legitimize  their own failure by blaming that which they believe is responsible.

We tell them to stop whining and moaning and take responsibility but how can we expect them to take responsibility for something they never understood in the first place?

Of course it’s possible to be successful in this industry, as it is in any other industry. And fortunately it is simple but it’s not ‘easy’.

Most have to confront and overcome their own self limiting beliefs to begin with and if this was easy we’d all be bottling it and selling it. Then comes the practical skills and knowledge followed by a lot of hard work for as long as it takes to see the success.

We all have a responsibility in the MLM industry to help others understand this or else we are just part of the problem.

>>>> Do you agree or disagree? I’d love to hear what you have to say on this topic so please leave me a comment.

I’d really appreciate it if you would use the “Bookmark & Share” or any of the other buttons available to share this post. Be assured that I will do the same for you. This is an industry where those who help each other benefit the most.

My goal? Helping you achieve yours.

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