$100,000 A Year With No Selling?
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I was sitting in the car at the traffic lights yesterday, and there was a hand written sign on a piece of cardboard nailed to a power pole on the side of the road. It said “$100,000 a year, no cold calling, no selling, no MLM”, and had a website to visit for more information. I’ve seen a few such signs around lately, saying much the same thing.
Being the curious type that I am, I did visit their website. It had pictures of beautiful people enjoying themselves, and lots of testimonials from people who have made lots of money using this method.
It told me nothing about the method. It did, however, say that if you weren’t deadly serious about putting in the effort to the business, don’t bother getting in touch. The advertisers don’t have time to spend with people who aren’t committed to changing their lives.
Interesting marketing method, if you sit back and look at it.
- This business will give you the lifestyle you dream of – flash cars, nice home, holidays.
- You can run this business from home.
- This business doesn’t need you to do anything that might be uncomfortable, such as selling or phoning strangers.
- If you’re not 100% committed, don’t bother contacting them, even though there’s nothing on the website to tell you what you should be 100% committed to.
Honestly, if you stop and think about it, do you reckon this could be a good business opportunity? If you go back and read my post on how to identify a scam, alarm bells should ring. If there is no selling or cold calling, what is the product that’s being moved? Why can’t they tell you more what the business involves, so you can make a more informed decision on whether or not to contact them?
There was the option to sign up to receive more information. I was going to do it, just to see what it was about, but they asked for a phone number. If it had been just email contact, that’d be fine, but I don’t have time to take phone calls from people trying to sell me on a business opportunity that they have to keep a big secret until they have my contact details.
I think the old saying applies here – if it sounds too good to be true, it often is.
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Out of curiousity, I actually did ring someone promising something similar…not sure if the same thing but…this one was “selling” (or “sharing”??) a Personal Development course which cost $1500 a pop and the salesperson got $1000 commission!!!! Talk about overpriced!!!!! Most of the info in such a course you could get for free from your local library (personal development books are not exactly thin on the ground…)
I agree. There is no such thing as a business that won’t make you step out of your comfort zone with heavy frequency. The good thing about that, though, is the more you do those uncomfortable things the sooner they aren’t uncomfortable.
Can I quote you on my website if I link back to this page?