Comments on: Why you want to stay above the fray? http://tommillerinternational.com/blog/why-you-want-to-stay-above-the-fray Empowering Entrepreneurs to live an Extraordinary Life Sat, 10 Oct 2009 02:26:26 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: James http://tommillerinternational.com/blog/why-you-want-to-stay-above-the-fray/comment-page-1#comment-26 James Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:25:51 +0000 http://tommillerinternational.com/blog/?p=82#comment-26 Great sentiment - but never easy in a competitive market place. I live in a small town where there are 3 other direct competitors, we all compete for a slice of the cake, but without being nasty to each other. It works – in fact on occasions I have even referred clients to one of my competitors because I was unable to help them directly. Great sentiment – but never easy in a competitive market place. I live in a small town where there are 3 other direct competitors, we all compete for a slice of the cake, but without being nasty to each other. It works – in fact on occasions I have even referred clients to one of my competitors because I was unable to help them directly.

]]> By: Jenny Fletcher http://tommillerinternational.com/blog/why-you-want-to-stay-above-the-fray/comment-page-1#comment-24 Jenny Fletcher Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:35:24 +0000 http://tommillerinternational.com/blog/?p=82#comment-24 Tom - I know what you mean - i go into Google and search for 'Xocai' and I find destructive and totally inaccurate ads that Google permits to be displayed with no check on the truthfulness. I can't fight this, I can only bring it to the attention of MXI, the parent company and leave it to their lawyers if they think it is worth pursuing. My only consolation is that the sort of people who will be most apt to believe this pathetic negativity are not really the committed ones I want on my team. The facts about the product stand for themselves, as does the compensation plan, and I am living proof that the health benefits are honest. However, we are living in a dangerous world and it is INCREDIBLY difficult for a newbie to networking to figure out what is and isn't honest and workable - or even LEGAL! In the last few days I have seen a completely phoney 'business' that I KNOW is a scam because I got caught first time around. They re-branded themselves, changed the name and are now out to catch more people with their PONZI schemes. At one time they were being checked out by the FBI and financial/legal institutions in half a dozen countries. That is what we are really fighting. That is why networking/MLM has a bad name - believe me it is as tough in the UK as anywhere - undeservedly so. Before I even get around to talking about my product, I have to convince people that what they are considering is legal, honest and not some kind of satanic plot to divest them of their cash. More than anything else, I need the right words to pass on to prospects to convey the right message. Tom – I know what you mean – i go into Google and search for ‘Xocai’ and I find destructive and totally inaccurate ads that Google permits to be displayed with no check on the truthfulness. I can’t fight this, I can only bring it to the attention of MXI, the parent company and leave it to their lawyers if they think it is worth pursuing.

My only consolation is that the sort of people who will be most apt to believe this pathetic negativity are not really the committed ones I want on my team.

The facts about the product stand for themselves, as does the compensation plan, and I am living proof that the health benefits are honest.

However, we are living in a dangerous world and it is INCREDIBLY difficult for a newbie to networking to figure out what is and isn’t honest and workable – or even LEGAL!

In the last few days I have seen a completely phoney ‘business’ that I KNOW is a scam because I got caught first time around. They re-branded themselves, changed the name and are now out to catch more people with their PONZI schemes. At one time they were being checked out by the FBI and financial/legal institutions in half a dozen countries.

That is what we are really fighting. That is why networking/MLM has a bad name – believe me it is as tough in the UK as anywhere – undeservedly so. Before I even get around to talking about my product, I have to convince people that what they are considering is legal, honest and not some kind of satanic plot to divest them of their cash.

More than anything else, I need the right words to pass on to prospects to convey the right message.

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