Network marketing is one of the greatest opportunities out there for anyone who wants to take it – but there are some things that are really, really wrong with it. Now, you may not agree with me, and that’s fine. This is just an opinion.
But you have to ask yourself – how much better for the community would it be if none of these issues existed?
Take hype, for example. How many times have you been suckered into some training by the hype, only to feel disappointed when what you get is… well, let’s just say the ads were really good, but the expectations were bitterly disappointed.
That leads to problem number 2: who in this business provides adequate training? Where can you go to get it, like you might go to college to get a degree? There’s a reason that many people don’t see our industry as serious – and this is it.
Sure, you can speak up about it – but you can be sure that you’ll be told to sit down and apply what you’ve been taught: it’s working for everyone else, so get sharing, even if you can’t sell.
Now that’s problem number 3… the work. How many times have you heard that it’s going to take you just a few minutes, hours, days to master a system – only to discover that adding a month or two to that might be more realistic?
The truth is that network marketing is running your own business, and you’re going to have to work. HARD. 48 hours a week and beyond hard. The time for enjoying your financial freedom comes after. In between you face many challenges – and one of the first is separating the hype and what it hides from the truth.
Nobody wants to talk about these issues, but everybody knows they’re true. The only way to fix it is by being the change you want to see when you are yourself successful and looked up to.
Will you take that challenge? Or will you become a part of a serious problem? What kind of marketer do you want to be known as?