To those skeptics who think it's "all a scheme"
Okay, first of all, you "pyramid scheme" finger-pointers need to get your facts straight.
Pyramid schemes are ILLEGAL. Therefore, do you think the government or the FTC would allow a true "pyramid scheme" to operate? NO!
Here is one question. Have you heard of Warren Buffett? One of the wealthiest, smartest investors of all time, right? Do you think Warren Buffett would purchase an illegal pyramid scheme?
The truth is, Warren Buffett recently purchased a network marketing company. You might have heard of it...The Pampered Chef.
Here is another thing to consider.
What is the definition of a pyramid scheme?
Here is what is found on Google:
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Definitions of Pyramid scheme on the Web:
* A pyramid scheme is a system of selling goods where commissions are paid to recruit new sellers. The commissions are based on the number of sellers recruited. The right to sell the goods is sold to an increasing number of sellers at lower and lower levels.
www.investor-info.ca/glossary.asp
* An illegal financial scheme in which: (1) participants are recruited by chain letter, by friends, or at meetings, (2) a list of n names is displayed or distributed (often sold) to new participants, and (3) the payment of an "ante" to the top name on the list by new participants is notarized or supervised. Developed from money chain letters in May 1935. See Springfield5.
www.silcom.com/~barnowl/chain-letter/glossary.htm
* When the organizers of the scheme use the assets of new investors to make profit payments to the old investors. The scheme typically has no other source of revenue other than from the new investors. Pyramid schemes, often called ponzi schemes, progress geometrically until they reach the point that the operators cannot find enough recruits (victims) to continue the payout. ...
www.crfonline.org/orc/glossary/p.html
* a fraudulent scheme in which people are recruited to make payments to the person who recruited them while expecting to receive payments from the persons they recruit; when the number of new recruits fails to sustain the hierarchical payment structure the scheme collapses with most of the participants losing the money they put in
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
* A pyramid scheme is a non-sustainable business model that involves the exchange of money primarily for enrolling other people into the scheme, usually without any product or service being delivered. Pyramid schemes have been in existence for at least a century. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid_scheme
So, as you can see, a Network Marketing company such as Mona Vie is NOT A PYRAMID SCHEME!
There is no commission paid on recruiting a new member. You simply make commissions off of any SALES made by those underneath you, called your DOWNLINE.
Think of it this way...when you buy a product, use it, and like it, you usually tell people about it, right?
What happens then? That person goes and buys it sometimes. When that happens, do you get anything? Hell no! Is this fair? Hell no! Why not? Because that company has paid out all their money to ADVERTISING COSTS!
So, a network marketing company is set up in the opposite way. In a network marketing company, you are compensated when the person you tell about a product buys that product. Simple.
Now, to those of you who claim the $39 start up fee is all part of the scheme, answer this. Does it cost the company money to send you a Start Up Kit full of high-quality glossy documents, organization materials to help you, DVD's to help you, and other resources? Of course it costs the company! So the $39 is simply to cover that cost.
Here is the problem. There have been many network marketing companies that have taught people the wrong way to recruit. They have focused so heavily on recruitment at all costs that they have really turned people off to the idea of network marketing.
I was one of the victims of this poor way of teaching recruitment. Someone from Quixstar tried to push me into joining, and it was a terrible experience.
Years later, I viewed a video about network marketing that convinced me of its merits. It had a professor from the University of Illinois who teaches marketing. He explained why network marketing is so good for companies and certain types of products. Furthermore, he stated the the University of Illinois now TEACHES NETWORK MARKETING in their coursework.
Do you think an accredited university would teach its students how to carry on illegal activity? I dont think so.
Now think about this.
Say you own a company. That company produces one type of product, a "wellness beverage." The market for wellness products is over $200 billion annually. You want a piece of this market!
Now, consider this. Your wellness beverage can produce very very positive results for people. It reduces inflammation, and the pain caused by inflammation.
How do you get the message across to prospective buyers that this product really works?
How skeptical are all of YOU on here that such a wellness beverage really works? I know I sure was. "Snake Oil" or "Magic Elixir" comes to my mind!
So how much more would you be skeptical if you saw a TV ad saying this wellness beverage can make you feel better?
Now tell me this...would you believe a friend of yours who said it works for him? Or would you believe a TV ad that says it will work for you?
This is why a company such as Mona Vie chooses to use Network Marketing as its sole distribution channel. It is FAR easier to distribute this type of product based on PERSONAL TESTIMONY AND EXPERIENCE than advertisements that simply say it will work.
Does this make sense?
I would venture to say that none of the skeptical posters before me have owned a business themselves. I have and still do. Traditional businesses, as well as network marketing businesses. If you have a business mindset, you can easily see the benefits and validity of network marketing.
I would gladly take on any questions or rebuttals to my arguments made here. I am fully convinced of network marketings validity and merits.
If anyone would like a link to the video I spoke of, feel free to IM me. I would post it here, but it is for another network marketer's site and I wouldn't want to breach the TOS on this site.
Thanks for reading my post, if you are still with me!
-bmwsmity
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