MLM Morons, Virgins and Rockstars in Social Media- Which Are You?

Recently MLM Rockstar, Randy Gage, coined the phrase ‘MLM Morons.’ I instantly thought ‘wow why didn’t I think of that?’ He just so hit the nail on the head because we are all thinking the same thing when someone we met 2 seconds ago on Facebook, Twitter or My Space blasts us with their magical link!

How anyone thinks that pasting loud MLM messages about how to generate 100 leads a day on your profile is going to endear them to you and have you signing up with them for their magic system is beyond me. I mean no one believes that stuff – even if it’s true!

The obvious thing that comes to mind is ‘well if they have this great system that attracts 100s of people to them everyday then why are they wasting their time monotonously posting that same boring message on all their new ‘friend’s’ profiles?’

I will let you in on a little secret shall I? I don’t think they realise that we can see they are sending the exact same gushing and spammy message to everyone, on the home page feed of Facebook.

Even worse of course would be if they realise and just don’t care! Perhaps they think they are studiously following their ‘plan.’ What a toe curling thought.

I mean it’s worse than the infamous ’3 foot rule’ of old school network marketing. At least with that there would be some attempt at saying hello and entering into conversation before the victim of the over zealous marketer, would be attacked with a deluge of all the wondrous ingredients of the jungle juice, formulated with the now extinct berry from the other side of the mountain in gobbledygook land!

I absolutely love attraction marketing, and learning how to scale up my systems and automate my business is an extreme passion for me now because I feel that with the advent of the Social Media boom, we are entering into a revolution in the way network marketing and home business is conducted.

Using social media as a free or low cost tool is absolutely duplicatable and accessible to the masses. We are the media!

Still… I mean come on! Save us from the MLM Morons. It is no different online than offline. We still need to build the relationships and earn the right to be heard. I know there are many newbies out there who learn the hard way out in the marketplace. I believe that this is the no.1 reason why so many network marketers claim to have lost friends when they started their business.

If there is no effective system for introducing friends and family to the information, enthusiastic MLM Virgins just ramble on endlessly, blissfully unprepared for their imminent slaughter. Poor souls.

Picture it, Joan has just got started with her SuperSonic MLM, (open in 90 countries and 5 planets in just 3 minutes, with ground-breaking skincare products that have been formulated in outer space) when Auntie Jean quite unaware of the significance of her timing, comes for lunch. Joan accosts her with glee to perform the wonder demonstration of how youthful one hand is compared to the other unloved hand with no Super Sonic miracle outer space x cream.

Auntie Jean really just wanted some lunch and isn’t remotely interested in looking more youthful because she’ll be 76 next June, and likes to spend her spare cash on Bingo.

Well we’ve all been there and done that. If we haven’t then we really are MLM Virgins. I have certainly done that many times because that was how I was shown how to do the business initially. (What an embarrassing thought that is now but if you’re reading this and you’re think ‘oh blimey, that could be me’ then I feel your pain.

Anyway back to the subject at hand and the point being that as MLM Virgins, when we are in our own backyard apparently busy alienating friends and family in hordes

(I confess that I never really buy this because of all the friends and family I have performed my various ‘miracles’ on I have retained every one worth keeping. The other’s who won’t support you in your sometimes very slow personal growth, are not friends at all in my opinion.)

Also don’t forget that family can be a double edged sword and I know some people who would happily take on board some super hot MLM Virginal tips for discouraging their less amiable family members from visiting them quite so often!

So enter social media and now the victims are piling up fast and furious. MLM Virgin school is completely transparent and we can see the link pitchers being carried off on stretchers, often never to return to the face of Web 2.0 again.

So what’s the answer? I don’t know to be honest. I guess it is like everything in its infancy phase.

The MLM Morons are giving us all a bad name. And just as we’re stepping into the exciting MLM Revolution and about to recruit the entire corporate world with hordes of terminated worker drones humping their boxes out of the workplace, looking for a home. (business!)

Anyway one thing is for sure. The MLM Rockstars need to take back the internet. Each and every one of us can make a difference by behaving online with professionalism and netiquette!

Next time you’re tempted to blast your link at someone, take a moment to evaluate your action, and ask yourself ‘Am I an MLM Moron or an MLM Rockstar?’

To Your Success!

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