Is Network Marketing A Scam?

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No matter how many lives are changed by a network marketing opportunity still the public opinion seems to remain that network marketing isn’t real, isn’t legal, and is a huge scam. So who’s telling the truth? The people who claim to have changed their lives with MLM or the people who say they got ripped off and didn’t make anything?

The divide between people who believe in network marketing and the people who hate it can be found just about anywhere. If you don’t believe me wait until your next big family event and as them what they think about network marketing. Chances are uncle Charlie will start into a huge story about how he joined such and such company in the 80’s and didn’t make anything. Aunt Charlotte will just roll her eyes and if anyone is being honest someone will probably admit that they’ve been interested in joining a specific company and have heard good things about it. If the group is big enough you might even have one or two people who have made money in this very misunderstood industry.

People are very torn when it comes to network marketing and because of all the good and bad hype it can be really hard to know what the real deal is. So if you’re one of those confused people who can’t seem to figure out if network marketing is legit or a scam here are a few points to ponder. This comes from someone who has been involved in the network marketing industry in some way or another since I was very young. So I’m not just spouting off things I found online… this is actual experience.

First of all let me just settle one thing here and now. Network marketing is LEGAL! A pyramid scheme and a legitimate network marketing company are NOT the same thing. Pyramids are illegal. Network marketing companies like Mary Kay and Amway have been around for what seems like forever and if they were illegal wouldn’t they have been shut down by now? Of course! Network marketing is a legitimate form of business. It might not be the norm but it is defiantly legal and ethical.

Secondly, network marketing isn’t for everybody. In this world there are job people and business people. There isn’t anything wrong with being one or the other it’s just who you are. Job people need a boss, a schedule, and a steady paycheck to feel secure and safe. Business people want to take control of their lives a bit more. They are self motivated and usually creative. They are driven and are ok with not having a steady check for a while because they know how building a business will pay off in the end.

Chances are if Uncle Charlie had a bad experience and didn’t make any money in a network marketing company it didn’t have anything to do with the business but the fact that Uncle Charlie wasn’t made to be a business owner and because of that the business didn’t work for him.

I hope that those two points helped to clarify a few things and helped you understand the truth about network marketing.

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