Two Words that Scream “SCAM”…
Word #1: Probably the biggest scam ever run on people in MLM/network marketing is the powerline.
The worst thing you can ever do building your business is to create fear of loss. It’s the worst way to build your business. Oh, yes, it definitely works – to get people in. But you have a totally false business because you’ve got a bunch of people who joined you expecting to sit back and collect a check.
Word #2: Many companies that do a powerline – or even a binary or a matrix – focus their promotion talk on spillover. I have met people who have gotten spillover none of the people that were spilled over on them ever did anything! Why?
Because the promise of “spillover” creates a welfare mentality. What happens when you tell people, “Oh, get in NOW, and you are going to get spillover!”? They join and wait for that spillover. Everyone joins and waits for spillover and very few people take any other action.
They’re afraid of loss or missing out on an opportunity that sounds so good so they do get in now – and then they sit and wait for all that spillover to make them rich.
Isn’t that a wonderful business plan?
It’s like joining a binary because you can get a position that already has $1 million volume in the strong leg. The reality is that you don’t make a dime unless you build the weak leg, but people get so worked up about losing that “$1 million position” that they join, never do anything and never earn any income.
So never forget these words: powerline & spillover. Anytime you see them, their purpose is to promote the welfare mentality. Something for nothing, something for nothing, something for nothing.
The fact is, you are in network marketing. Network marketing is a business that takes work. It’s net-work marketing, ok? It’s not net-free marketing. It’s not net-spillover marketing. It’s not net-zero marketing. It takes work. Anything you do that promotes the “something for nothing” mindset will not work. End of story.
In doing so you will draw in a bunch of couch potatoes who are convinced that you are going to build it for them. You might as well ask for their bank account so you can just send them money directly. They don’t have to leave the couch. They can stay on the couch, drink their beer and watch a football game. No problem.
Use those words with extreme caution.
Any person or company that uses those tactics is not the person or company you want to depend on long-term. They will not be successful. Keep on looking. There are lots of good companies & MLM’ers out there. Keep looking and you’ll find the right mentor.
To Your Success,
Michael P
