When I read this article in the paper today, it reminds me of a meeting my hubby and I had with his niece. She was trying to get us to join into a scheme similar like this. The scheme sounded unbelievably easy, except that I'm a total paranoid when it comes to MLMs and such. Before we went to meet her, my hubby and I discussed and decided that it's not a good time for us to invest our money in such things, as we were expecting the birth of our first child, and basically, me being the pessimist.
So, when we got to know of the scheme and the products involved, I just couldn't comprehend the benefit I would get for charging downlines a fee of RM2K++ to join it. To me, if I want to sell an honest. transparent business selling aromatherapic lamps, oils, etc, I could just do a business proposal, get a loan from the bank, rent a shoplot and run my business!! (By now you would know which I am referring to). Yes, it's hard work, but what isn't? Cheating money out of people's pocket, that is! It's just a marketing strategy when you try to approach your ex-schoolmate whom you haven't met in light years to come and do business with you. But for some, it is out of desperation trying to make the money works for you in a quick, simplest way you thought possible.
Some MLMs do have trustworthy products to go by... To know which, you can simply identify what products stand the test of time in the market without having to commercialise them in super/hypermarkets. I particularly like AVON, Tupperware (to name a few) that actually serve their clients well. Trusted brands need no promotion nor bulky capital. They have a proper marketing strategy, step-by-step guide to selling their products, AND they don't base the business on recruitments.
MLMs aside, affiliate marketing is a different marketing practise, which actually mushroomed in surge of the digital age, and still going strong. According to wikipedia, "The concept of revenue sharing—paying commission for referred business—predates affiliate marketing and the Internet. The translation of the revenue share principles to mainstream e-commerce happened almost four years after the origination of the World Wide Web in November 1994." Affiliate allows people to gain commission by ensuring hits, clicks and allowing promo in their blogs, webpages, and now their spaces (facebook, MySpace, etc) It's like getting paid for allowing a banner to be placed in your home la, basically. Comprendo? (Oh, at last I make good use of the Spanish lessons) At the moment I'm trying an affiliate program which have a 'main kutu' element to it, which I think could work really well if I have a specific, regularly-maintained blog. So if you have lotsa time at hand, go for it!
So, friends, be aware of what you're joining, as there are always fine prints that you need to look into. Business opportunities are vast, it's just a matter of finding our niche and knowing what we love to do the most. Taking a 10 mins time off in the midst of office tasks to write this is unacceptable. But I really need to pass the message.
Cheers to a sunny day!
So, friends, be aware of what you're joining, as there are always fine prints that you need to look into. Business opportunities are vast, it's just a matter of finding our niche and knowing what we love to do the most. Taking a 10 mins time off in the midst of office tasks to write this is unacceptable. But I really need to pass the message.
Cheers to a sunny day!
