Penn And Teller Talk about MLM

transistor said:
i feel bad for that health drink guy. he's probably slightly mentally retarded and he's down $1500 with nothing to show for it :-/
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He posted on MLM.com before they even shot the show, here's what he had to say about it:

We shot the Penn and Teller segment from 8-2 p.m. today. I'm exhausted, but I kept my guard up and didn't make a fool out of myself to my knowledge.

I was honest and I tried to stay on message. They tried to get me to make a big deal out of the fact that I had spent about $2000 last year and only made a couple hundred in commissions, but I held my ground that there are thousands of brick and mortar businesses that spend more money in their first year than they take in and that most of that money was advertising....

I am proud with how I represented MLM and we shall see how they edit it. I had fun with it overall and made a quick $250 + some free publicity for "Rob Wynkoop" and "amalakiprosperity.com"

Hopefully I'll sell some juice or sign a distributor out of the whole thing.
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Fucking guy gets a monsterous plug on Showtime of all places and the most he can hope for is to sell a couple cans of juice or sign someone up.

Holy fuck ----- SERIOUSLY??????????????
 


Lol this guy on my facebook is into MLM

Heres his site:

| Mastermind Team

and heres a video he posted on youtube to get hits to his page:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxCBm5BIbU4"]YouTube- Broadcast Yourself.[/ame]


bahahahahaha this shit is sad
 
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzl1cIgLz3A"]YouTube- Broadcast Yourself.[/ame]
 
I dunno, I started with an MLM company 3 years ago. I made one phone call to an old employer and pretty soon we had a bunch of IM newbs making us money with 0 work hours involved. Sure, it's not the average story but like anything there are people who will grind and get nothing and those who succeed with hardly any work involved...
 
Went and watched this because I HATE MLM stuff. Hate it. I think it's so stupid.

Here's the main question: If your product is that great, and that revolutionary that you can charge $30/bottle $1000/startup $500/opportunity or whatever, WHY NOT JUST SELL IT DIRECT?! The fact ANY company needs "network" marketer advisors consultants whatever is a red flag that it's complete and utter bullshit.
 
Not all MLM's are crap. I've had great success with 2 different MLM's, and they bring in residual income every month. Like most things in life it comes down to the hustle.
 
Haha... I think it came out pretty good. I feel like I am much more seasoned after a couple months success with Ximo, but I sure had a ton of effort with Zrii. I don't think I portrayed them badly, though *obviously* Penn and Teller's editors used the most painful, *** excerpts from our entire day... Things like "don't focus on the product right now" Ouch... I can't believe I said that.
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They did try to get me to "say this" or "say it like this" and I often refused. I would say "look, I know you have a mission. I do too, so let's just let this interview be normal. I'm not going to repeat unfavorable phrases just because you think they'll be funny on air."
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Well, at least he's learning. LOL.


And from this quote, it looks like he has turned it around and started making a profit (with a different company).

I think it would be interesting if you explained to the readers here how you were able to go from
losing $1500 in a year of effort to earning a couple thousand in a few months. What made the difference?

Was it your belief level, the product, timing, the pay plan, your handsome sponsor, an in-demand product,
a retailable product, more experience on your part, luck, etc.....
How did the turn around happen?

Based on what you know now, what did you learn from the TV segment?
And what advice would you give others?
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And then just as I was getting my hopes up for the guy, I read this, LOL.

Unfortunately not everything that glitters is gold, as Ximo will ultimately go down as a disappointment for me. Corporate management has been erratic at best and it has been plagued by poor customer service and slow paychecks. I am not actively building it for these reasons, which is a shame because I had grown from 0-45 active orders in 2 months. A couple more cycles of duplication and this thing would have been huge.
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Enigmabomb said:
Answer my question. If the product is so good, why do you have to pay to sell it?
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When's the last time you started a business that didn't require any up front investment? If they gave away $500 "starter kits" to every fuckwad who thinks they can run a business then they wouldn't be in business very long.

If Tide laundry detergent sells so well how come Safeway has to buy that inventory up front?
 
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