Most home based business opportunities are with direct sales or multilevel marketing (MLM) companies. The challenge I've found with most MLM or direct sales companies is the "sign and drive" mentally. The theory goes... the more people you get involved the better. It is all transactional, the business equal to a one night stand. These business schemes and compensation plans build few relationships and violate many of the sustainable qualities of doing business: trust, relationship, and true value from the beginning. Instead, they rely upon hope, promises, and dreams to engage new distributors to convert their money, sweat, and relationships into sign-ups, but few successes.
Candidly, too many of these businesses are built upon greed and rely upon people's greed. Inevitably, a lot of people are left holding the financial bag while a handful get wealthy. Not all, however, are bad. Be selective! Do your homework.
Call me old fashioned, for work to be meaningful, there needs to be a connection to the work involved, relationship building, and a true exchange of value. A measure of personal satisfaction plus pure financial reward provides a deep sense of difference making for self and others. Few direct sales companies walk this line well.
What's you experience with MLMs and Direct Sales companies?
Candidly, too many of these businesses are built upon greed and rely upon people's greed. Inevitably, a lot of people are left holding the financial bag while a handful get wealthy. Not all, however, are bad. Be selective! Do your homework.
Call me old fashioned, for work to be meaningful, there needs to be a connection to the work involved, relationship building, and a true exchange of value. A measure of personal satisfaction plus pure financial reward provides a deep sense of difference making for self and others. Few direct sales companies walk this line well.
What's you experience with MLMs and Direct Sales companies?
