The Fine Print of a Network Marketing Business
Posted by The Networkmarketers Wife at 9/2/2008 1:17 PM 
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Categories: Feedback, Success, network Marketing, Leadership, mlm, Management, affilliate model, Health, Multiple Streams of Income, business opportunities, Marketing, Recruitment, Direct Sales
You can't take something off the Internet - it's like taking pee out of a pool.
NewsRadio.
One of things that people forget when then sign on with a company is that pesky little thing called "terms and conditions." Most of us just happily click on the "Agree" button without really reading the entire agreement. After all, it is multiple pages long and you just want to get started. Yes, you are an independent business owner, but you also represent the company and usually buried in that agreement are the reasons that the company can dump you. Yes, they can take away your position. No matter who you are or where you are in the company, you can be kicked out.
The internet is really like a small town. You can try to get by with something, but if it is out there on the web, be guaranteed that someone (and probably more than one) will find out about it. No matter if is is buried on page 127 of a search. There are a lot of people out there who live and breath the internet and many of them are more than happy to forward that information. You can be sure that one of those people will be someone in your company or another distributor with the company that one of those people will "tattle" on you. The next thing you know, you receive a notice that you are out. If you have been working your business all those people that you worked so hard to recruit go to someone else.
Is that fair? Well, you are the one that agreed to the rules of that particular company. My advice, read that agreement carefully. There is a huge variation between companies as far as what they allow. The rules can apply to how you can use their logo, what kind of advertising you can do, where you can recruit, where you can sell the products, and a host of other variations. No matter how much you love the products, if you are a free spirit and the company is pretty strict, that particular company may not be a good match. Conversely, if they allow a lot of free wheeling by their distributors, the company may not always look professional, especially when they are represented on the web--and you don't want that to reflect on you.
If you want to change the rules by asking for forgiveness rather than permission, just remember that you are taking a risk, particularly if what you want to do involves the internet. The method may be profitible in the short term, but may cost you your business in the long run. You have vey little recourse if the company dumps you--especially if you did break their rules (no matter how justified or how stupid you might think the rule is).
Tread lightly. Someone is surfing!
Thanks for reading!
NewsRadio.
One of things that people forget when then sign on with a company is that pesky little thing called "terms and conditions." Most of us just happily click on the "Agree" button without really reading the entire agreement. After all, it is multiple pages long and you just want to get started. Yes, you are an independent business owner, but you also represent the company and usually buried in that agreement are the reasons that the company can dump you. Yes, they can take away your position. No matter who you are or where you are in the company, you can be kicked out.
The internet is really like a small town. You can try to get by with something, but if it is out there on the web, be guaranteed that someone (and probably more than one) will find out about it. No matter if is is buried on page 127 of a search. There are a lot of people out there who live and breath the internet and many of them are more than happy to forward that information. You can be sure that one of those people will be someone in your company or another distributor with the company that one of those people will "tattle" on you. The next thing you know, you receive a notice that you are out. If you have been working your business all those people that you worked so hard to recruit go to someone else.
Is that fair? Well, you are the one that agreed to the rules of that particular company. My advice, read that agreement carefully. There is a huge variation between companies as far as what they allow. The rules can apply to how you can use their logo, what kind of advertising you can do, where you can recruit, where you can sell the products, and a host of other variations. No matter how much you love the products, if you are a free spirit and the company is pretty strict, that particular company may not be a good match. Conversely, if they allow a lot of free wheeling by their distributors, the company may not always look professional, especially when they are represented on the web--and you don't want that to reflect on you.
If you want to change the rules by asking for forgiveness rather than permission, just remember that you are taking a risk, particularly if what you want to do involves the internet. The method may be profitible in the short term, but may cost you your business in the long run. You have vey little recourse if the company dumps you--especially if you did break their rules (no matter how justified or how stupid you might think the rule is).
Tread lightly. Someone is surfing!
Thanks for reading!
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