Network Marketing Business
Network marketing is a big business played on an international stage offering staggering income potential, enormous amounts of free time, travel, power, and prestige.
Enter all of the thousands of application in order to fix it. Of course, we shouldn’t lose momentum, so I was urged to remain positive and keep recruiting. They claimed to have fired the person who was responsible for fouling up product orders, and I was guaranteed that everything would be back on track within two weeks. We kept on recruiting. Even though checks and product orders were sporadic, they seemed to be trying.
“Then came Black Monday. It started when my mail arrived and I found out that my last two checks had been returned for insufficient funds. The phone started to ring and people were no longer ‘thrilled.’ Hundreds of people had all received the same mail and they all had my phone number. The company phone number had a recorded message saying that it had been disconnected. Reality set in.
“When I finally reached the president of the company, he explained that this situation was ‘all my fault.’ It seems that they had never planned on someone completely balancing her organization, and worse yet, teaching everyone to do the same. My balanced group had maxed out the pay plan after only eight levels, and my organization reached more than thirty levels totaling several thousand distributors. The company closed its doors, teaching me a lesson and giving me a birthday present I’ll never forget.
“Unfortunately it also left my family and many of my friends with very negative feelings about network marketing that have taken me years to overcome. I still have a copy of my largest ‘uncashable’ check in my daytimer to remind me that, in network marketing as in any other business, there is no ‘get rich quick’ program unless someone gets hurt. Slow and steady definitely wins the race.” Fortunately, Carol was able to pick up the pieces and is now working with an experienced team toward the launch of a network marketing company that she hopes will be a reflection of what our industry is meant to be. Carol adds, “For any of my friends who may be reading this, flowers, chocolate, or just a simple card make much nicer birthday presents.”
