A Letter to my Friends in Multi-Level Marketing
A letter to my friends in multi-level marketing:
Dear friends,
I see your posts every day on my social media—
I need four product testers by tomorrow!
Join my 30 day challenge team! Limited spots!
June special: get my consultant pricing on all orders!
I also see people complaining about your posts—
If I see one more ad for wraps I’m going to lose my mind!
I’m blocking anyone else who tries to sell me something!
Well, don’t worry— this isn’t a complaint.
And I’m not going to block you. Actually, I’m going to do the opposite.
I’m going to ‘like’ your post. I might even ‘love’ it.
If giving your photo a thumbs up means that more people will see it, and potentially check out what you’re working with, I’m all for it.
You see, as a blogger, I rely on the support of my friends and family too. I may have grown to the point where there are many, many people I don’t know personally who read my blog, but it’s still my friends and family who are the first to read, the first to comment, the first to like, and the first to share.
And I remember when I was just starting out, when NO one read my blog…except my friends and family. I hadn’t seen some of them in years, yet they were excited for me as I started a new journey in my life, going into business for myself. They wanted to see me succeed, and they did whatever they could to offer their support.
I am forever grateful for that support, which helped me get to where I am today. I’m able to provide for my family while doing something I love, from my own home.
I’ll bet that’s your goal too.
If you’ve found something that you believe in and you think will bless your family, why shouldn’t you pursue it? You deserve it too.
I can’t promise that I’ll be able to buy something from every single one of you — BUT — if I do decide I’d like to try out those ‘crazy wrap things’ or a new skin care line or nutritional shakes, I know exactly who I’m going to contact.
You.
And in the meantime, I’ll be sending you all the likes and positive thoughts that I can. There’s absolutely no reason not to.
If you’re reading this and you fall into the category of those annoyed by multi-level marketing (or heaven-forbid, bloggers), I hope you’ll look past the sensational photos and statuses full of exclamation points to the people behind them. The moms and dads who are going out on a limb and working to care for their family. Just like you. Only through different means.
It doesn’t always cost money to support your loved ones. But you never know, they might have something really awesome to offer!
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This is great. I wrote a very similar post the other day to those frustrated with direct market sellers. Everyone is just trying the best they can for a fighting chance in this world, let’s support each other not berate each other! xo
Exactly! It’s ok not to buy, but there’s no reason to be cruel to someone just trying to make a living!
I just started selling Usborne, and it’s a tricky balance, but for sure! It’s supporting your friend, and I am all for that, even if I can’t buy (and usually don’t).
Exactly! And good luck with the new venture! 🙂
You make a very good point. Looking past the annoyances of “the hard sell” is important. I just feel sorry for these men and women, though, who become entangled in these MLM traps. My sister is a distributor for one, and I’d be lying if I didn’t say the rest of my family has had discussions behind her back. I’m willing to support her, but I would honestly love to just give her a monthly allowance for not participating in these MLMs. I know that by “supporting” her new “business” I’m actually just paying the very people who scammed her and many others into selling overpriced and unregulated products. It just makes me feel like an enabler. I have absolutely no problem with bloggers, though! It’s nice when I randomly come across an article like this one 🙂