Evan Carmichael compares network marketing to franchising and debunks two myths: that it's a get-rich-quick scheme and that you can succeed without believing in the product. You need to genuinely use what you sell, treat it like your own business, and put in daily work.
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My thoughts on network marketing. So I got a great question from one of my YouTube viewers, Carlos. Love you guys, thanks for writing in. Now Carlos is a loyal viewer, he watches a lot of videos, he leaves a lot of comments. Thank you, Carlos. He wanted to know what my thoughts are on network marketing. So he said, Evan, what are your thoughts about it? Network marketing has been developing in many areas of business. Major companies are partnering with some to expand their own client base. I follow all your videos and I appreciate any thoughts you have. If it fits to be an entrepreneur. So for me, network marketing, it's like franchising. It's just another way of looking at it, of how to grow an existing business, how to market existing products and services. The bad rap that it gets is one that it's easy, right? So if you are signing up for a network marketing company, if you're signing up to be a franchisee at another company, it's not easy. You still have to work, okay? There are systems in place. Which is maybe easier than just starting your own company from scratch. You can learn from people who are doing really well, what tools they use, how they do their daily activities, but you still have to work, man. This is still work, okay? You still have to pound it out. You still have to get up every day and do something to grow this thing. It's not easy. It's not all done for you, okay? It's not you just flick on a switch and you're good to go. That's what a lot of people think about it. Getting into it. They say, "Oh, it's an easy way to make an extra $500 a month," or whatever it is, $1,000, $10,000. It's an easy way to make X amount of dollars. It's not easy. You still have to work. So that's the first misconception. The second one is people get into network marketing a lot just trying to make money, and if that's your goal, that's not going to work. You have to love what you're selling. The products or services that you're selling and signing up for, you have to actually use. If I ask you, "Oh, that's a great skincare product you're selling. How do you find it? Does it help with your irritated skin?" Like, "Oh no, I don't use it, but it's worked for other people." Are you kidding me? If you don't use it, if you don't love it, if you have no experience with it, how do you expect me to buy it from you? Right? You gotta love what you're selling. It's gotta mean something to you. You gotta treat this like it was your own product. You're selling it because you know it's gonna help people. This has to be something you would refer to your mom. Say, "Mom, you should use this. This is gonna help you." If you're not confident enough to recommend what you're selling to your mom, then you shouldn't be recommending it to me. You're not gonna have success selling this thing. So network marketing and franchising can work, and it's worked for a lot of people, and a lot of people make a lot of money from it, and a lot of people have a major impact off it. And it, it saves you the time and energy and effort having to create your own product, right? If you see a product that you use and you love and it's working for you, why not help other people with it, right? That model can definitely work. But if you're getting into it thinking it's going to be easy, or if you're getting into it thinking it's just a quick way to make a lot of money, it's not going to happen for you. Don't waste your time. You should be focusing your efforts as a human being on things that you're passionate about and things that will positively impact other people's lives. The world should be a better place because you lived here. That's your goal. And that may mean signing up with a network marketing company. Nothing wrong with that, but you better believe in what they're selling to the point where you would recommend it to your friends and family because you know it's going to make their lives better, and you know that it's going to cost you a lot of time and effort to put into it, and you know it's worth it because what you're selling is important. If that's why you're getting into it, you'll be successful, and it works. But if you think it easy, and if you think it's just going to be a quick get-rich-quick scheme. Save your time, save your money, go do something that's more important to you. Believe. I'd love to hear your thoughts on network marketing. If you've had success, what you think about the industry, leave a comment underneath, let me know what you think. You guys like this video, thumbs up below, click on my face, subscribe to the channel. Thank you so much, I'll see you soon.
