In an Amway meeting run by the asshole Emerald he said he or
the sack of shit Platinum would teach us how to go out there and get customers.
What? You mean there’s more to it than sniping prospects at Safeway, Barnes
& Noble, and the kids baseball game?
About an hour later he elaborates by saying the best recruits are people who
are young enough not to have heard of Amway, in other words late teens to early
20’s are the best prospects.
The Emerald also extols the virtues of hounding single mothers and people in
debt.
He doesn’t say that single mothers are necessarily in debt but he says they are
most likely struggling financially and don’t have enough time to spend with
their children and an Amway work at home job would be perfect for them. People
in debt would like to get out of debt. (Oh boy would Amway be a horrible
opportunity for them. Amway = MORE DEBT!!!)
So how do you find people in debt? Most people who are at their limit on 20
credit cards and behind on their rent and water bill don’t usually go around
bragging about it. What is an IBO to do? Run up to random people and demand to
know their financial position?
Uh huh, they’d probably get a big fuck off for their trouble.
How about sniping customers at Barnes & Noble who are looking at books on
how to get out of debt?
IBO’s feel a sense of entitlement to prospecting at Barnes & Noble because
that is one of the shops that Amway has a portal for online shopping.
Unfortunately B&N management disagrees. They say Amway IBO’s are the
biggest violators of their “no soliciting” rule.
Back to the bullshit about teaching IBO’s to go out there and get customers.
Like everything else to do with Amway its nothing but hot air. They never
discussed anything about how to go out there and get customers other than a
vague description of the people the IBO’s should be targeting - single mothers
and people in debt. No helpful advice on how to convince these people who can
least afford it to spend money chasing Amway dreams of riches.
Normally when someone teaches you to do something there are step by step
instructions. Its like learning to drive a car. You don’t just go out and get a
car, get in, and start driving without instructions. Well I guess you could but
the results would likely be disastrous.
Just like Amway!
There are no instructions on how to recruit an Amway prospect other than get
out there and lie to them. Don’t tell them it has anything to do with Amway
just tell them its an awesome business opportunity and you’ll get rich working
part time in the next 2 to 5 years. Lie to them. Give them any line you can
think of to trick them into getting to an Amway meeting and the cult leader
will do the rest of the work for you at convincing them to sign up.
Does Walmart have to lie to get customers to come into the store? Does
Starbucks have to lie to get customers? Does Wendy’s have to lie to get
customers?
Offer a product that people want, don’t rip them off, and the customers will
come. You don’t have to go out and hunt them down. That’s the difference
between a legitimate business and a scam.
The asshole Emerald never did tell us how to go out there and get customers but
he did teach us a lot about bringing misery to people’s lives.