Thanks for the comment. It really is nice having your perspective on this topic.

I don’t quite understand your point of MLM leaders not helping their down lines. Many MLM companies are set up so that you DO place business below your team members.

Maybe in a Unilevel compensation plan this is the case. One in which you have unlimited width with limited depth. In these comp plans reps DO tend to recruit “wide” and not help down line members.

In matrix & binary plans, however, spill over is forced and down line members DO receive direct business from active up line members.

I really like how Market America only requires you to recruit 2 people. Some MLM companies have ridiculous qualifications that the average person will never reach.

In my company, you can actually make money from spill even if you never recruit a single soul. In order to qualify for the highest compensation package, you only need to recruit 3 business partners. My point here is that not all “MLM’s” are the same.

I appreciate your analysis of my past failures although, I would have to assert that you’re wrong in my particular case.

One of the reasons I struggled early on in my network marketing career was simply because I had some learning and growing to go through. (everyone does).

I did jump in, with both feet and contacted everyone I knew. After i did that.. my upline had no solutions for me as to where to go or what to do to continue to grow my business. I’m not saying all up-lines fall into this category.. mine did however.

So…. after learning and growing AND finding some lead strategies that work well for me.. i finally was able to see success in making money from home. That’s my experience.

So, no.. I’m not “too smart to be successful”… I’m actually a very open minded learner. I love to learn.

I admit that there’s more than 1 way to grow a home based business.

Isn’t it the people that say there is only “1 way (friends and family)” who are really closed minded?

Finally, let me say congratulations on your massive success in Market America and let me concur with you that I too, believe it’s a fantastic company. The more I hear about it, the more I like.

Thanks for the comment. It really is nice having your perspective on this topic.

I don’t quite understand your point of MLM leaders not helping their down lines. Many MLM companies are set up so that you DO place business below your team members.

Maybe in a Unilevel compensation plan this is the case. One in which you have unlimited width with limited depth. In these comp plans reps DO tend to recruit “wide” and not help down line members.

In matrix & binary plans, however, spill over is forced and down line members DO receive direct business from active up line members.

I really like how Market America only requires you to recruit 2 people. Some MLM companies have ridiculous qualifications that the average person will never reach.

In my company, you can actually make money from spill even if you never recruit a single soul. In order to qualify for the highest compensation package, you only need to recruit 3 business partners. My point here is that not all “MLM’s” are the same.

I appreciate your analysis of my past failures although, I would have to assert that you’re wrong in my particular case.

One of the reasons I struggled early on in my network marketing career was simply because I had some learning and growing to go through. (everyone does).

I did jump in, with both feet and contacted everyone I knew. After i did that.. my upline had no solutions for me as to where to go or what to do to continue to grow my business. I’m not saying all up-lines fall into this category.. mine did however.

So…. after learning and growing AND finding some lead strategies that work well for me.. i finally was able to see success in making money from home. That’s my experience.

So, no.. I’m not “too smart to be successful”… I’m actually a very open minded learner. I love to learn.

I admit that there’s more than 1 way to grow a home based business.

Isn’t it the people who say there is only 1 way who are really closed minded?

Finally, let me say congratulations on your massive success in Market America and let me concur with you that I too, believe it’s a fantastic company. The more I hear about it, the more I like.

The idea of a MLM is two focus on two things, sales and RECRUITING. I put that in caps because recruiting is the key, although you can not lack in the sales area either. Let’s take AMWAY or Mary Kay for example, these two companies are based off of four levels. More-or-less, if you were not one of the originating people, you chances of success are slim to none! Also, in these two examples, the only people that benefit off what you do is your up line. Selfish, for lack of better terms. What would drive anyone to work for someone else’s success is beyond me. There is no benefit for the down line. They are hung out to dry, and figure things out for themselves. Granted, they do provide training; however, an insignificant amount!

Now, let’s talk Market America! What other company do you know that in order to increase your salary, you must go to the bottom of the team? NONE! Do you see the owner of McDonald’s working the cash register in order to make a little bit more money? Didn’t think so. What other company do you know that will pay you off of someone’s sales that you don’t even know? The system searches infinitely looking to pay you!

Recruiting is another topic with Market America! MA asks you to recruit two people to start making money.. You can argue with statistics if you’d like, but they state that the average person can recruit 2.8 people every 90 days. Who wants a .8 person? No one..So they took it down to two. Recruiting in the examples above is a never ending battle. You will recruit until the day that you retire…Even then, if you aren’t a rock star recruiter, you still don’t have much of a guarantee for success.

When someone who has never had the experience of the company and are giving a “third-party” opinion, usually say that when they have tried and failed. Given, there are two types of people in this world, the open-minded people, and the closed-minded people. The open-minded people usually have no trouble becoming successful! Here is another statistic for you..It is the SMARTEST people who have the most trouble succeeding. Why? They spend TOOOOO much time trying to figure out why everything won’t work instead of jumping in with two feet and giving it their all.

Being that I have been in Market America for two years and after one was making six figures, I can vouch that it is a fantastic company. You just have to have the right mentor. Every company has it’s “scum”. Every company has it’s pros and cons. But check with the BBB, we have an A+ rating. I think instead of criticizing, you should take time to look and observe beforehand.