The Network Marketing "Spillover" Myth
{provided by my Friend and Mentor Michael Dlouhy}
A caller recently told me he's joining an MLM company because they promised him spillover. I said, "They are lying to you!"
The guy called me back later and said, "I point-blank asked them if I'd get people put underneath me, and the guy said, ëWell, we can't guarantee that.'"
Spillover - Creating a Welfare Mentality
Good people don't want welfare. They want to build it themselves. They just want to learn the skills they need to build this business and create residual income, money that's coming in week after week, year after year, and they can will it to their children's children.
When you look at a lot of network marketing websites, you often see that word "spillover." The proposition, more or less, is, "get in now, today, and you'll get all this spillover."
In 27 years, I have never, ever, ever seen anybody get spillover, having somebody build it for them.
And if you look closely at the compensation plans of the companies that promote spillover, you'll find out that those who get spillover usually don't get paid on it. There are other hoops to jump through to get paid on that spillover, and these people rarely ever qualify.
So it's the person who actually does the work who gets the pay¶ what a novel idea!
Companies & reps use "spillover" as a tool to drag in people who think they can build a business without doing any work. In other words, no sponsoring, no recruiting. It targets that type of person.
When You Say "Spillover", You Are Targeting Quitters!
When you see a network marketing company that promotes spillover on their website, they're looking for welfare-minded people. The problem for you is, you can't build with these people, unless YOU do all the work! That's what they expect. And when you don't build their business, they'll be off somewhere else, looking for a better welfare plan.
So really, when you or your company promote spillover, you are targeting people who will not be with you long-term. And in network marketing, that makes absolutely no sense. The failure rate will be 100%.
And Here's Why The Leads You Buy Tell You To Go Pound Sand!
The quickest way to build a huge list is to offer the moon and require nothing (no money, no work, no purchase) in return. You'll see companies promoting "we've signed up more people faster than anybody else in the history of network marketing." Problem is, there's nobody ordering any product. It's just a bunch of names on a list - but now they can call these people "network marketers."
Then they turn around and sell this huge database of worthless names (an "MLM geneology list") For $10,000 each to 10 different list brokers. BAM! That's $100,000 profit! And then the list brokers sell these "leads" to all the people in network marketing who want to build their business - including YOU!
So you pay $2-$3 a lead for these people, you call them up, and they tell you, "Hey! You’re nuts! I've never been in network marketing!" They don't even know what it is. They just opted in to some pie-in-the-sky list, hoping to get something for nothing.
Conclusion? Run like heck from any company focused on "spillover" - and ALWAYS generate your own leads.
I Appreciate You,
Jayne Cambra
"Be A Mentor With A Servant's Heart!"


Spillover is a joke!
Hey Jane,
I liked the post. I too can not stand these stupid advertisements for "crazy 2x?? matrix plans with huge spillovers". Come on people get a clue! GDI allows me to move new trial members under other members and this isn't even advertised by GDI as it is suppose to be a tool used to help encourage some of the ones that need a boost now and then. Jayne you are 100% correct if people are looking to sign up people who will never reproduce any of their efforts then they should go with one of those crazy useless spillover programs. I call them programs because most of them don't make it past the 2-3 year mark to even be considered businesses. Thanks again Jayne for the great post!
Your BN Friend,
Cliff Covill
http://www.MarketingExpert.ws
I Have Given all my Recruits Massive Spillover
Spillover is not a joke for everyone I have recruited. In Fact my spillover has created some massive business volume for many that I have recruited. They are new to the industry, so it takes some time for them to get the hang of things. But meanwhile, they don't want to drop out on me while they are learning, because they get so much volume from people I put under them.
I have also received some massive spillover from my sponsor. If you don't have a company that provides such benefits, maybe it's time to look elsewhere!!!
Ron Enget
http://www.explorefreedom.com/wealthy
701-870-0724
There is always a danger in applying the broad brush
There is an element of truth in what Jayne has repeated here but there is always a touch of arrogance when you paint with such a broad brush. As you pointed out Ron, there is an advantage to spillover in some situations. Keeping an open mind, having the wisdom to know your own comp plan may work for you but is not necessarily the "best" and acknowledging there are many, many people making money in comp plans other than your own takes a conscious decision to wish all fellow networkers success. Tough to do when anyone functions in a lack mentality.
To your success,
Joyce Penner
Joyce
If you don't understand HOW to read your Comp Plan and you sign your life away just because you want to "Hurry Up and Make Money"; you're wasting your time and energy on something that's not going to get you far. Yes, that's what you call "lack mentality" (in your own words)
Something for nothing
Reminds me of the ancient proverb of Confucion...
"They who sit cross-legged, with mouth open, waiting for roast duck to fly in, can expect very long wait."
John Counsel