Archive for September, 2008

FreeLife, Energy Drinks….again?

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

FreeLife, new energy called GoChi. I got a call from a nice confident lady, she asked if it was ok to inform me of an amazing business opportunity. I said “sure.” She is a representative from FreeLife. A long running, good network marketing company. Her pitch was familiar- we have an energy drink, using goji berry, that is literally BLOWIING REDBULL AWAY!

Think about that. What exactly does blowing the largest energy drink producer in the world, “away” mean? I assumed that she was talking about quality, taste, healthiness, anything but sales… right. Apparently GoChi is the fastest growing, taking the market by storm, blah blah blah.

My problem with network marketing is simple. So much BS, so much hype, so much misinformation, and so many people with the audacity to say anything to win sales and influence people.

My question is simple- is there a way to sucessfully build a network marketing organization without all the hype, all the misinformation, all the motivation by fear of loss (ie, the train is leaving, either you get on now or its too late)? It seems that those who build organizations with such tactics are building an organization of idiots. A little Harsh?

By the way, energy drinks for network marketing are a flop. Too expensive, too little commission. Don’t waste your time.