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[Jim Yaghi Contribution Level: 4]

*1* Spam
on facebook, on email, and in real life amateur network marketers repeat the same message over and over to people who never raised their hand and asked for it. You see their same message repeated in the newsfeed to all your friends and sisters--people who have never been in network marketing get messages like "Hey, i noticed you're into network marketing why dont you look at my biz here www theNextBigThing com/


*2* Blindly Selfish
"Hey you're a doctor? let me help you out and fire your boss. Join my biz and you can hand out fliers in the street with me tomorrow morning!"

People arent quick to whip out their credit card and join them because they PRETEND to care when it's obvious they only want to serve one person: themselves.


*3* Would You Like Flipchart With That?
As soon as you ask a question about what they do they're cramming their flip chart down your throat and wont stop ringing you. The only way to get rid of them is to get a restraining order.


*4* War of the Machines
They join your Network Marketing newsletter so they can add your autoresponder's email address to THEIR newsletter and send you info about their biz op. Not sure about your autoresponder program, but mine can't read very well. And it can't unsubscribe when the crap gets too crap.


*5* My Bus is Better than Your Ferrari
You're driving around town in a sporty car making 5 figure weekly commissions while they still take the bus to business meetings. (They seem to be the only ones not noticing this by the way) They won't stop bugging you about how their comp plan is better than yours and so you should quit your 5-figure a week business and join under them!


*6* Oh, My Precious Time
They always pretend their time is precious yet they pick up your call on the first ring and they have lots of time to chase you around to drag you to their meeting. Like you've never seen anything like it before


*7* Turn the Other Cheek...So I Can Scam You Better
They SAY they qualify their prospects and they "Don't work with just anyone" but really they're praising jesus every time someone looks at them sideways.


*8* Visa or Mastercard?
They write a list of requirements they have in a prospect: "has strong desire", "willing to put in 2 hours a day", "ready to learn new skills", and blah blah on and on but the only one that matters is "has a credit card with a limit over $2,300" (the price to join their bizop)


*9* I Can't Take You Anywhere!
You can't take them to any parties--or ANYWHERE--because they try to pitch all your friends the second they meet them. (Why haven't your friends joined your downline yet?)


*10* Let's Get Freaky...Sign Here First
They think they can use their Network Marketing business as a pickup tool. Take someone on a "date" (or to the bedroom) and they bring their upline along to give their "date" a presentation. Join my biz? lol


If you're doing it all wrong, you know who you are. Don't be a doofus Network Marketer. Get Magnetic Sponsoring.

[Kathy Rees Contribution Level: 1]

Well said.

[susan coils Contribution Level: 4]

*10* Let's Get Freaky...Sign Here First
They think they can use their Network Marketing business as a pickup tool. Take someone on a "date" (or to the bedroom) and they bring their upline along to give their "date" a presentation.

This is tooooo scary.

Trouble is the 'crappy' ones think they are the best! Go figure.

[Jen Patton Contribution Level: 2]

Thise were great-

Unfortunately for some people because they were brought in by people like that they think that is the only way to build their business. Lucky for them there is a place like this to learn the right way- hopefully they re smart enough to find it.

[Rick Brown Company: Healthy Pet Net Contribution Level: 2]

Jim, here's another. True story!

I was out of the net for a couple weeks while my mother was undergoing major surgery. When I got home, a "friend" in the industry calls up wondering where I've been. When I told him, what do you think the first words out of his mouth were?

a) Gee Rick, I hope your mom is doing OK.
b) Sorry to hear that Rick. Is there anything I can do for you?
c) You know what you oughta do Rick is buy her some "miracle berry juice" as it's been shown to have incredible effects on people with cancer. In fact, our studies show that drinking our "miracle berry juice" blah, blah, blah...

The correct answer is - C

Is it just me? Or...


Cheers!
Rick

[Wendy Krick Contribution Level: 2]

Excellent Article!!!
One thing to keep in mind is that they are probably doing what there up-line taught them to do. We were all Crappy Network Marketers at one time. So if you think you might be crappy, there are people on these boards who can help you.
~Wendy

[Kurt Henninger Company: Shaklee Corporation Contribution Level: 5]

Rick, you have gotta be kidding me that he actually said that. When you get responses like that, doesn't it just make your skin crawl?

[Jeff Atherton Contribution Level: 2]

Wow, Rick. That's just wrong. That guy needs some serious training. Failure to train downline members is probably the biggest reason that this industry gets a bad name. People sign up, don't know what they're doing and then do something stupid like that.

[Dave Wellman Contribution Level: 2]

These 10 things are why most Network Marketers never make it to their annual renewal date. Unfortunately the people who sponsored them and trained them don't care. They are just looking for the next sign-up!

[Malika Duke Contribution Level: 3]

Justifying crappy network marketers behavior by saying that it's not they fault because that may be how their "uplined trained them" sounds like a classic case of the abuse cycle: "Do on to others as has been done on to you".

If it didn't feel good in your gut when it was done to you,then don't do it to others. Most crappy network marketers know what they are doing is anti-magnetic, repulsive if you will... They are actually convinced that they are giving value by pimping and hustling their www.latestgreatestMLMco.com online and off.

The sad thing is, maybe I could understand is they didn't have such stellar examples and quality training all around them, but... in this community there are plenty of examples of what to do.

The crappy networkers just don't want to get it. I'm sure it translates into other ares of their life too.

Malika