Captain Obvious

Actual if an MLM company could only keep 1 out of a 100 people they go out of business fast Lets be fair why did these people not make their money back? THEY STOP TRYING Think about it this way. Lets say that you start a small tackle shop and are trying to make a living off of it. Well think of what it would cost to do that, lets be nice and say it is a $20000 start up. OK so your trying hard to make money but it just isn't working and final one day you wake up and decide your not doing it any more. You gonna get that $20000 back? Nope but whose fault is it that your not going to get that money back? YOURS Funny isn't it that those who succeed are those who never stop trying. so in reality 1 out of 100 MLMers never stops trying. I've seen this happen too, when you try to force feed your friends your business. I have kept all my friends because when they said "no" I said " thats cool, how about them Rangers......" I don't care because I'm still going to work my business and sponsor other people. If you can't accept a no you shouldn't be a MLMer And if they ask how my business is going I tell them and ask them how their work is going. No reason to run away or stop being friends

I really could care less the only thing a split grip really does is reduce weight. Even then a well built full grip will feel like a feather so there is no real difference. I use split grips but there is no real reason behind it. I'm comfortable with each

Put it on a 1/8 ounce football shaky head. Reel or drag it across the bottom. One of the best ways I know to fish an area with fish who have develop a case of lock jaw

Clary aren't you kinda getting called out in another forum for recommending rods you have never used? People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. Zero you got picture proof? This is the web and anyone can claim anything. I remember a young BassResource.com member claiming that a certain lake held a 28 lb bass. Needless to say he couldn't provide picture proof and made himself look like a real idiot. I just in case you where wondering who that member was, It was me. I'm telling you this to help you, we all make stupid claims sometimes on the web. If there not true just say it and move on. Just offering this as advice, If you can't prove it don't post it.

How bout them Rangers!!!!! As long as Jerry Jones insists on being the GM, Coach, and owner Cowboys are going nowhere. All the talent in the world won't win you games unless you have a good Coach running it. Jerry Jones is not a good coach That is why I'm so glad the Rangers and the Stars are playing good. GO RANGERS!!!!!

gobig that was one of the best explanations of MLM i have ever seen. Thanks Capt.O

Here is some more food for thought. Should you bury the eyelet of the hook in the nose of the bait or leave it exposed? I find that when I bury it in the nose the bait comes though cover better but my hook up percentage falls a little. But a bait will last much longer if you leave it outside the nose and I tend to hook fish better. But what about if your using a weight, you want to bury it in the nose to protect the knot right? Decisions, decisions........

I'm currently selling two products. One is a suite of video tools that allow you to branned and market your company using web video. The other is a coupon program, I'm not going into detail how it works but lets just say that you can save more on everything than if you just use coupons that you find in the newspaper or find on the web. I like to point out that both these products are hosted on the web so it does not require me to carry inventory. I also would like to mention that I use both these products everyday. I have been in MLM for the grand total of six months! And just so people aren't confused. When I said my company has been in business for 12 years I was talking about one I am a distributor for not one I own personally

Think what the pros must feel like when that happens in a $100,000 tournament. Just smile and leave, a huge wake around his boat

This is a great read, learn from it boys. You have to build relationships with the people or companies. That means you have to be willing share your knowledge and expertise with them to make them see you know what your talking about. That doesn't happen over night and sometimes can take years. But if you can show them that you know what your doing and can help them then guess who is going to be first in line when they are looking for people to sponsor. That is how you get people to notice you. Prove to them you can be an asset not just another nobody look for a cheap give away.

Overall I woulds say the PQ is better but not by much. Let me put it this way, PQ is a better rod overall, that is just my opinion But I would not argue if someone claimed the veritas is better. I Like the PQ better because it feels like it might be a little more powerful .On the flip side its not as light or nice looking as the Veritas. You can't go wrong with ether, I will say that the PQ is not $40 better than the Veritas. Just my $.02

A zoom weightless centipede has been a new find when they don't want something bigger. I go though an area with a jig then fish it again with the centipede. There has been times it has caught bigger fish than the jig

X2 that combination will cover all the basics

Now there is nothing wrong with them. When they first came out there was some problems with there breaking and then you had the whole Boyd Duckett Issue. But every thing I heard about the new rods has been great.

Just asks first and see what hes says. I would find it weird if he said no but still its not your pond and it never hurts to ask.

Thats funny but why not I got the feeling that at $169 it going to be the best value out there.

I want one, I need to get two to go with those two Bass pro PQ reels i just bought

Thanks guys it appears I'm the only MLM guy on here but hey you know what I'm glad you guys ask some questions. True and they are also false advertising. If you wondering why MLM has been called a pyramid scheme it is because of people being sold on success stories. MLM presents the opportunity to make a lot of money if done right, it should not guarantee you will. Like every other business you have a chance to succeed or fail. It just so happens that the chance of success in MLM is much greater than anywhere else. My company has been in business for 12 years is debt free and made people millions already. That is not a success story that's just what you can make if you do it the right way, even then there are no guarantees. Not saying that to brag or trying to advertise it. I'm just saying that I don't join a company unless it is sound Financial wise and offers a truly great product.

If I was looking for followers why would I want to hear peoples opinion. I did not start this thread to try and find people.I started this thread to talk about it not to talk about what I do. And I never sell my success as proof for what I'm doing. If people only join because they think they can make money because I am making money then their joining for the wrong reason and I don't want to sponsor them. I tell every person who I interview that I can't guarantee their success, what I can do is promise them the best training and support me and the people above me can provide. All this thread was started for was to see if anyone else on BassResource.com was MLMer like myself and if anyone had an opinion about to please voice it here. And I like to point out that Amway doesn't represent every MLM company out there. I know it ticked a lot of people off but just because a company might be bad doesn't make the MLM system bad. Hope that helps

I just make sure everything was paid for invest a little, sit back and enjoy the simple life, leave a little to those I leave behind. Hey you can't take it with you but that doesn't mean I can't help someone else along the road of life.

If you got nothing holding you back then by all means go for it. Its was the people who weren't afraid to jump that taught us how to fly. Lets just forget the about the large amount that didn't live to tell about the landing. lol

Yep and I have known dozens of people who tried to start a business and guess what, those who made were not the ones that didn't quite. People fail at a lot of things, how many kids in college hope to be a professional athlete and never make it. More than those who do make it. If MLM was easy then it wouldn't be a job it be a hobby. I know that a MLM gets pitch as an easy make money fast deal. Let me set the record strait, Its not and it was never suppose to be. Its like starting your own business you got to work hard to make money. MLM IS HARD WORK, AND IF SOMEONE TELLS YOU DIFFERENT THEY ARE INEXPERIENCE AND DON'T KNOW WHAT THERE TALKING ABOUT. Bass Blvd I'm sorry your friends failed and I'm sure they did just because they were not prepared for what they where getting into. They might not have also gotten the training they needed. MLM is not a guarantee but neither is anything else. Funny I think I heard a that 90% of people are not happy with their jobs. Also that the avg. time a person stays with company is like 3-5 years. Yet that is what we consider normal. So your guaranteed 3-5 years in a job you don't like. I'm not saying that there aren't people that love their jobs or who stay a long time with a company. There is lots to be said for a regular job. MLM is for people who want to make their own rules and not play the Corporate America games. I'm sorry I was using the banjo minnows as an example because I thought everybody here would understand what I meant. If you want a real opinion on banjo minnows post a thread about it and see what happens. What I was trying to show was that there a bad products every where that get a lot of attention even if they are crap. Some people think that MLM companies only sell bad products which is not true.

Hey I'm a Finance major too what year are you

Don't worry no offense taken I'm glad you posted

There are a lot of great questions in there thanks for asking. I could fill five threads answering them but I'll try to answer them as short as I can So your first question 1) Why do you get a commission for recruiting someone else to help you sell a product? - Because if your sponsoring a person your responsible for training that person and teaching him your business. Are you going to do that well if it not getting paid - Because you have help the company grow, what is the point of getting other people to join you if it doesn't pay to do so 2)Why not just sell the product directly to someone who intends to use it? Because it is risky bring a product to the market that way just because its a good product at a good price doesn't mean its going to sell. You have to spend a good chunk of cash before a single product is sold Lets say that that black berry comes out with a new phone. What do they do? They pay millions in advertising and product development before a single phone is sold. So here is a new product that they have invested millions in and they are taking a gamble that enough phones will be sold to cover those costs. Now just imagine what happens if not enough phones sell? That's right they loose money and people loose their jobs. MLM has a lot less risk to it. What happens when a MLM company comes out with a new product? Its distributors buy it and start marketing it and selling it. So now the company has made money before its new product has reach the market. 3) Even if you are distributor why would you buy the product with your own money? This is a common misconception, a distributor pays for the right to sell and use the product. You don't just buy the product and start selling it you buy the opportunity to sell the product and sponsor people. 4) but I could never figure out what I got to sell? Your selling three things, - Your selling your expertise, your showing people how you can teach them how to make money in MLM. - You are selling them opportunity to become a distributor with a company - You also will sell the products, but this is not where you make real money, but this is where most people try to make money which is why a lot of people fail in MLM I'll post something later to show how the business model is not only far but is also the best. Thanks keep the questions coming