Here's What a Pharaoh Told Me About MLM Pyramids

As I write this, it's 9:30 PM and I'm sitting comfortably in my home. In this article, I simply would like to share some ideas and insights that will hopefully help you in your network marketing business, especially if you're doing your promotion and advertising online.

I'd like you to think about this: There are so many gurus out there who claim that MLM success is "easy", and that anyone can do it in this industry. Other advertisements even go as far as saying, "just join us, do NOTHING, and then get paid". It might seem crazy, but lots of people are hypnotized by advertisements like that! Meanwhile, very few networkers really achieve a certain level of success. Others spend more money than they make, and sink in credit card debt.

My stand about the issue is this: If succeeding in MLM is so darn easy, then everyone in corporate America would have quit their jobs and ventured into a home based business.

If success in this industry is an easy road, then there would be no need for training programs, personal development seminars, monthly/weekly meetings, etc. Everything would fall neatly into place, and to be honest, there wouldn't be any slight hint of challenge.

My point is, success in MLM is not easy as many people claim. They preach the "easy MLM myth" so they can get people to sign up now. These tactics might work for a while, but they don't have a long lasting effect. When people enter a business with the hope of making money overnight while sleeping, after a few weeks they will wake up to the fact that MLM success demands a lot of WORK, and it takes a while to truly build a residual income that doesn't go away.

Success in MLM is an uphill climb. In fact, the same thing holds true for any field of interest you enter. I remember an Old Egyptian Pharaoh said, "All success is equally difficult" (yes, the Pharaoh told me that when he was still alive. Today he's already a frozen mummy. From a lighthearted standpoint, I'm beginning to think that, perhaps, ancient Egypt was where we got the concept of "pyramid schemes").