I'm finally free to make a long consolidated post.
How they CONvince you to join them
Beware when some random stranger messages you online, email, sms
etc, asking to be friend. The typical lines would be...
"Whats your interest"
"Whats your ambition"
"Interested to do biz?"
This is called fake facade. Fake friendship. Some people go to
great lengths to act out friendship to drag people into MLMing.
Trust me... It's like a drama serial, all planned out.
Then one fine day they'll give an excuse to ask you out. This can
be extremely creative. From askin you out to dinner, lunch to
movies, asking you to help them do some stuff, give something to
them, matchmaking, etc.
Usually it would be at an eating place, or someplace where you can
gather. Most probably somewhere near the company's office. One
favourite haunt is Lau Pa Sat.
Then here, the fake friendliness gets really scary. It seems
everyone's know you for a million years and starts talking to you
like an old frined. But take note there would almost always have
this one person chatting to you. He'll be the most friendly, acting
concerned, etc. Beware, this guy/girl might be your future upline
if you join. Thi s is called building relationship is sales.
You would ask where they are going, then the most common excuses
they'll give are:
"Why do you ask so much"
"It's very hard to explain"
"You'll know when you reach there"
"It's fun, its interesting"
Or they'll just divert topic.t
Ask them directly, and they would give you the lost for words
expression, and will repeat the excuses. I've had 5 different
people asking me "do you know what you're here for" and when I ask
them what, they give all sorts of excues. So when I finally probe
this guy, he admits its sales, but says its SLM, not MLM. They can
think op of all sorts of unique names. But the concept is still the
same. Another excuse is "start you own business".
Finally they've successfully tricked you into going for their
outing. Then, slowly, fox tail emerges. They would tell you to go
"somewhere see see" or some creative excuses to get you to go to
their office, seminar, whatever.
Office situation:
Will intro you their products, will say how great the company is.
Or to one particular company, says how great their father... oops i
mean boss is.
Some companies, like this particular one used to be behind LPS, now
shifted to Eunos will boast how great their company is, to lame
extents, like how they can afford Shenton Way rent, if its not good
they won't be able to, blah blah blah. Other people would hold you
back until the big guy arrives with a "business proposal".
Typical manipulation of emotions sequence of steps:
1) Question your future
They would question your future, what is your ambition, etc.
2) Makes you question your future
They would make you question your future. Tell you to think of how
much you can earn, how big is the industry of your field,
etc.
3) Insults your future
They would say how bad your future is, there's no future in your
field, etc. Your job no hope, cannot earn anything, won't be
successful. Basically trying to shoot you down and to shatter your
morale. This is a critical step for them.
4) "Reality check"
They would say how cost of living is increasing, how news say your
field has no hope, etc. Stating some "examples". Say what power
tariffs increasing, petrol price increasing, etc. Say you job would
not be able to make the money to cover it.
5) "Your road to success"
Knowing your morale had been destroyed by steps 2 to 4, they try to
"console" you, there is a way out. This is called, enforcing
relationships. Like a knight helping a damsel in distress. They
would hope that you would "thank" them for it.
6) Gives examples
Typical "examples":
a) Earn more than uni grad
b) "Look at him, he's < insert age here >, so young, driving
car liao"
c) Say can earn few thousands a month. Shows the top earners in
suits, looking confident, how much they had earned, a few
10Ks.
d) Say how MLM had "changed their lives" and "made them a better
person"
7) Boast, compare
They would boast about how successful their company is, how fast
they've grown, how fast they'll grow, etc. Would say how great
their seniors are, say they're at
8 ) Big guy arrives
They would send for the big guys, their seniors, and most likely
the steps would be repeated.
