Truer words Michael ...... Truer words .........
By virtue of the fact it is called "Network" Marketing should say something in and of itself.
Unfortunately, as long as there are people that are uneducated enough or gullible enough, there will be people around, "sending messages to prospects that denies effort is involved or necessary....misleads folks into becoming part of the "failed or quit" statistics".
Just networking with people for any reason requires being organized, maintaining a database and continually improving your communications skills. This involves work. A lot of work.
It doesn't matter whether you are networking to find a job, learn more about a particular subject or actually marketing something. It takes work.
It never ceases to amaze me how many people fall for the hype.
However, I am admittedly at odds with the people at "Profit Masters" who put together the Flash Presentation about Emerald Passport. The presentation, while well done, does specifically say the "System", does 98% of the work for you. NOT!
98% of the work is a real stretch at best. I would put it at more like 85 or 90%. The remaining 10 to 15% is SERIOUS work. And as for the "The system does all the selling for you", statement some EPI people use on their sites and ads, that is true as well, BUTonly if you want to just make the very rare sale where somebody goes through the whole process and signs up without ever talking to you. That would lead to some very lean times if you don't have literally thousands to throw at advertising.
A group of directors and myself are making concerted effort through channels to rein in the insinuations that this business can be done without work.
Still, with the quality of the product, and my telling prospects up front that there is indeed real work involved, to attain the kinds of income the presentation makes reference to .......... well, my conscience is clear.
Unfortunately, in this business as with many, the people that aren’t straight with their prospects find out the hard way they have recruited a lot of people that wont do any work because they were told they wouldn’t have to. And they are the one'd then whining about how, "It's the companies fault" or "It's a bad Product" or "My Director was a drag" or, or, or, or ............................. the loosers lament continues.
Therefore, for the gullible, they will either learn the hard way or their common since will put them in the, “Survival of the fittest”, group. The others of course will fall prey to the jackals and hyenas that are too weak to sell anything without lying and be left as ugly carcasses for uneducated others to be perceived as casualties of Network Marketing. As though "Network Marketing", were the culprit when it is actually supposed network marketers that lie.
Sorry, didn't meant to get on a rant here, but you struck a cord here.
"Network Marketing", just like anything else will have those that try to take unfair advantage of the un-informed or naive.
My 2¢ worth, (Maybe 15¢?)