Anti-MLMers Critic The MLMs - part2

Should we also take a look on the global population dynamics?

Every day people are born and every day other people die. The world population is, overall, growing.

In the 1950's, the world's population was only about 1 billion people, and today the population number is more than 4 times higher (in October 1999, the population of Earth exceeded 6 billion inhabitants). Experts say that, in the future, the annual increase will be quite high (75-80 million people per year), due to the huge accumulated growth potential of humankind.

In past centuries the annual natural growth increased from 3 million inhabitants in 1750 to 7 million in 1850, then 45 million in 1950. At this time, the world's population grows by 212 000 people daily and 8833 people every hour! Assuming that, each minute, 6 other people join the MLM industry (1 each man every 10 seconds!) it allows us to conclude that the MLM businesses can grow forever, without ever stopping!

Now, think about it, that in any MLM business, the growth is not just exponential, as it is in theory. And this is as POSITIVE as it can be for the MLM business evolution. The fact that there is also a linear growth, not 100% exponential, means that for those who truly persevere in such a business, profit never ends, it always grows, not exactly exponentially, but GROWS, and that never happens in the case of a simple salary, which basically remains quite the same for all your life.

In fact, in the MLM businesses, the growth is more linear than exponential, assuring its continuity to infinity. Even if we would absurdly think that ALL the people would join the MLM industry, it's still impossible for the perfect pyramid to form. The ramifications are unevenly built and they are very changing in the course of time.

We already described the cause: not all people can be active with the same rhythm (just like it also happens in any society or community), the dynamics of the world population, and so on.

Actually, we often questioned ourselves: "What would happen if all people would come in MLM, according to the exact exponentially calculation? It would lead to the collapse of all pyramids, just like the anti-mlmers say?"

Excepting the fact that this scenario is absurd, if it did happen that everyone join MLM, the pyramids would, in any case, NOT collapse, but many conventional trade companies would reorient to an MLM system, because it will be much easier to use a marketing system which has proved a quite spectacular effectiveness. Production and service activities will remain about the same, but the trade segment will go through a profound reform.

And even if you accept the absurd situation in which ALL people would join MLM, that would be excellent, because, for many people, the MLM should only be a second source of income, besides their professions. Many people would still go to work, even if they earn enough from the MLM (it is very interesting that, in reality, there also are such mentalities, there are people who exercise their profession even of passion).

The ones that are MLM trade system specialized will be able to activate within various MLM companies, with different range of distributed products. And the diversity of the offered products will make it possible for those involved to earn big money from the network distribution system. Something similar already happens in the conventional trading. For example, a shoe salesman also need to buy food from a food store dealer. Just like the owner of the food store needs to buy shoes, from the shoes store. So, if the absurd would happen and all people would join MLM, they would ALL WIN and NOBODY WOULD LOSE. Only those who give up MLM would lose.

If you think about it, even our society is a huge "hat" or a huge MLM, where money is always moving from one place to another. The society is also like a huge chain, and everyone is just a small link of this great chain. Money is always moving from one link to another. Our society is also made up of a huge number of constantly changing ramifications, just like the MLM. Actually, what is the employee that goes to work every day? It's just a link of the chain, who receives money (salary) because there are also other links in the chain. If this chain of the society would break or would not exist anymore, there would no longer be any wages. The employee must work dozens of years (for others) as to receive a modest pension. In MLM, if you work very hard for 5 years, after only 5 years of a passive income far superior than a mere pension of a simple employee. Because, until now, no one came, but ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, to say that he/she worked very hard for 5 years in a MLM business, for about 2 hours daily, and, in the end, didn't earn quite well. All, but ABSOLUTELY ALL those who say that have failed in MLM, they didn't actually persevere as much as they needed. They just tried the business for a few weeks or a few months. In the book of the 2 mentioned above authors, it is very clearly written: in MLM, if you want to have guaranteed success, is COMPULSORY to start with a long-term plan (at least 5 years).

Why does it need a plan for such a long period of time? Because of the extremely diverse mentalities. The selection of the recruited people is very slow, people are very different and very complicated. Of course we know the opinion of those people who have no patience. We also know there are also people who have enough patience. We are among these people. Someone said: "The secret of patience is that, meanwhile, you do something else". It's like you go on a college for 5 years. If now you already have a job, go to work, but make time for a business for one hour daily, just like a low frequency student makes his own time, outside working hours, for study and exams, for 5 years. If you do not have a job yet, start a MLM business and persevere for 5 years. The expenses are much lower, stress is much reduced, efficiency is much higher than when you go to study in a college. Those 5 years of business are uncertain? We believe that a student is more uncertain that, after 5 years of study, stress and a lot of expense, he/she can find a job to match his/her studies. For all we know, many college graduates are working for a medium education income or are not working at all. Or are not working in the field they studied for 5 years.

The common way of thinking is: How much to I earn now?

The answer: I earn as much as I'll earn in 5 years, in 10 years, in 20 years, until retirement, if I don't do something about it.

But we have extended this thinking: Indeed, the first 5 years in a MLM business will be working years (easy and without stress). But what will be our financial situation after the 5 years? And believe us, we desperately searched, in all possible places, for someone to say: "I worked for 5 years in a MLM business, for at least one hour each day, every day, without earning quite well" . We'll continue looking for such a man, but we do not think we'll ever find him.

Everywhere we find people that are unable to persevere, who are always complaining of failure. And still, there are many people willing to a MLM business, because most of MLM businesses require a very low investment (even $10 USD or $20 USD). Because people's ways of thinking are very diverse, some will not even accept this small risk, but others will accept it. In other "serious" businesses, according to anti-mlmers, the investment may be at of least $1000 USD. But even if these businesses are considered serious, would you risk $1000 USD right now?

You see? This is another reason for people to join MLM businesses.

Even if it is considered, by some, questionable, the MLM is, for many people, a chance to start a business with very little money.

We already know that a lot of "serious" businesses (without any connection with these dubious "pyramids") go bankrupt in less than 5 years of existence. Does it mean that such "honorable" businesses are just some scams?

It is very interesting to notice that, although the MLM is something far more serious and less risky than the Lottery, many people play the Lottery, hoping that they will get rich quickly, without any work. We are sure that lots of anti-mlmers play the Lottery.

MLM is not a game, not even a pyramidal one. Who is naiver? Someone who makes a 5 years business plan, in a MLM business that does not require investments, or someone who's always playing the Lottery, hoping to win, with very luck? MLM is not a game, not even a pyramidal one.

In the pyramid games you can join with money, as a player, hoping that you will then receive more money.

In the MLM businesses, your first quality is that of a distributed products consumer. You spend money on products that are very helpful, instead of throwing money in the wind, like games. Those who join the MLM businesses and persevere are not naive but, on the contrary, very smart people who really know what they want in life. They know from the start that they join a business where they have to build a network of people, that will distribute products, and that they receive a commission from the accumulated sales volume of their entire network.

The MLM is just another form of commerce. The idea of attracting people and recruiting them in our network, we consider it as something natural and of common sense, because that's the way business and advertising operate.

Anti-mlmers loudly declare that they will not be fooled to join such a business. The reality is that they are already fooled by other traders. Think about it: Even the anti-mlmers have seen enough ads on television or elsewhere and then bought various products that were not even necessary or were to expensive. Even we admit that we were attracted by the same sort of ad and we bought something that was not even necessary. But we haven't accused anybody. That's the way society works.

Do a Google search: mlm school project

Well, yes, you'll find school projects on MLM businesses.

Those who decide to earn money in MLM businesses are not fools, but people endowed with some very special necessary qualities for success: ambition, perseverance, consistency, patience, labor power, communication skills, intelligence, adaptability, etc., etc..

Because of the commerce and advertising and all sorts of business systems, the money are always able to move from one place to another, and the honest workers (links of this huge chain) receive their wages.

These people are aware that their business will not be successful if they will recruit naive people, but they will be able to obtain profits only if they recruit other endowed people, with at least the same qualities as them, meaning smart, intelligent, receptive and adaptable people in their networks.

The anti-mlmers critics on the pyramid theory have no support, but they even prove a limited thinking.

If the people from the base of the pyramid should lose, it's logical that the pyramid should collapse and THE ONES FROM THE TOP OF THE PYRAMID WILL LOSE. But those people who decide to be successful in a MLM business start thinking of building a long time career, for all their lives, a continuing profit source, which will never end. If the operation of a MLM network would cease, for lack of recruited people they would ALL lose, starting with the company and those who have initiated the construction of the network.

Therefore, the statement "Those who started win and the others lose" is very unfounded and simplistic.

If those who begin later don't win, automatically, would also lose those who have started earlier. But reality is quite another.

The reality on the ground indicate more and more people are starting to win pretty money in MLM. Those who say they do not succeed are the ones who have not realized that MLM is an action plan for at least 5 years. Those who lose in MLM are those who want to win faster, but with less effort.

The Internet now offers more elegant ways to develop a profitable MLM business. Thanks to the methods of online promotion, there is no need to invite your friends or known people to presentations where you applaud, you no longer need to get out of the house, you no longer have to convince people and you no longer have to face denials.

The anti-mlmers will continue to exist and we accept it as something natural. If they don't like someone's MLM, they will never approve this system.

Just as we know that there are people who understand these businesses and have a strong desire to succeed and to win their financial stability and freedom, in this way.