Make it Great

I am a bit upset to say the least, it seems like more people are focusing on building teams and sponsoring team members than on selling the actual products. With the company I am in there are many ways to build your business, retailing, fundraising or residual income(sponsoring). But it seems like the focus is on sponsoring.

I think the actual products themselves are being put on the back burner. I am not just talking about with my company but many others as well. Seems to be a race to get the most sign ups and team members, where in my opinion it should be who exposed our wonderful products to more people. Isn’t that why the company was formed? I don’t want anyone to think I am bitter or anything like that, but I am tired of people saying “If you really want to make some money start building a team.”

I think alot people stop working from home due to sponsors who don’t care, don’t know what they are doing or told them a bunch of half truths about the company.  Being a sponsor is not something people should take lightly or think of as a quick buck.

Seems like you have to know what the ins and outs of MLM and network marketing in order to be in direct sales now a days, which shouldn’t be.

And to be honest that is not what I signed up for, I didn’t sign up to train people in MLM. Tell them about my business and teach them how to retail, fundraise and create residual income,  is what I wanted to do. But, to sign up people and teach them how to sign up people an on and on, I didn’t sign up for that.

I love candles and wanted to sell them, plain and simple. I found out I could make money teaching other people how to sell candles, a added bonus. But, I think for many people that is not what they signed up with their companies to do. It seems as if they just signed up to build teams and make money, no passion at all for the product or retailing it. So then it is no longer  Direct Sales it is  MLM! Shouldn’t Direct Selling be the focus of a Direct Sales company?

I hope this whole MLM or network marketing stuff is just a fad and will be over really soon, because I actually like selling the products I sell and don’t want to focus entirely on sponsoring. I actually find joy in making gift baskets, sachets and selling candles. But, if you ask me to talk about the busines opportunity, don’t expect me to get all MLM and such, I am going to talk about how simple it is to SELL the products and earn a living doing that!

There are lots of other companies out there that focus specifically on MLM, so why join a direct sales company if your major is MLM? I just don’t get it, you obviously don’t have a passion for the products or care anything about them.

I thought “Earn Residual Income” meant tell others how to sell these products and make money doing that. Not, sign up more people and teach those people how to sign up more people, but use the products to draw them in and then forget about the products.

I feel like eveything in the company should revolve around the products and selling them, everything else is a bonus in my opinion. I see why some companies have quotas…….

*rant over*

Jarmelia Ladson