On my previous blog, I had discussed about a travel business. I will give you the update and tell you more about my story on how my travel business went. But first...
I just came home from work. As usual, I can hear children and teenagers playing basketball and shouting because just outside my window is a basketball court and a playground. The voices and the sound of dribbling is fun to my ears and I like it. - Ben
What is a Travel Networking Business?
The business that I'm in to was a travel business. A travel business with a networking business model or should I say a pyramid scheme. If you are not familiar with a pyramid scheme, it goes like this...
A person recruits or invite another person, 2nd person, to join and buy a product. The customer, the 2nd person, will be the downline of the 1st person and will be placed at his lower right side. Then when a third person joins who was recruited by the 1st, then he will be at his left side. So goes for the 2nd person and the 3rd once they invited persons down their line. It forms a pyramid.
The product is about travel. Once you join the "team", you can have discounts on holidays, which the company offers and the air ticket bookings as well. You can have your own website where you can book your ticket or someone's ticket, which you also earn a dollar per booking.
The perks and the offers are really great, no doubt. If you compare to other holiday offers, this is cheaper.
You will attend a scheduled conference with the trainers and the highest earners but with a cost.
What Are The Advantages as a Member?
Aside from having benefits as stated above,
1. You can also learn how to sell, especially how to convince people just to watch a video presentation of the co-founder.
2. The team will teach you how to talk to the phone with friends or strangers and having them convinced to meet with you in a place and watch the video presentation.
3. You can learn the art of networking and how not to be shy in front of strangers.
4. Working hard will earn you more.
Are There Disadvantages?
Sure, if there are advantages, there will also be disadvantages.
1. The team is always on the move, every after office work, to visit the new clients and to present the networking videos, the product and convincing them to join.
At this type of selling, I find it too difficult and time consuming. It will consume 4 hours of my time and if someone signs up, lucky if it's from my invite, I can just earn $20 per person.
It is difficult for me to convince people this way because of the nature of the marketing. We go from house to house and it reminds of me of an electrolux man, a door to door salesman.
We go home at 1:00am, everyday! This is totally not for me.
2. Yes it's true that the holiday vacations are cheaper, but this is a scheduled holiday. You can not choose anytime you want. This is not for me.
3. The airline booking is cheaper as compared with the normal booking at the airline booking itself. But the airlines they offer are the expensive ones. I only take budget airlines when I go back home. It is much cheaper and I still can go home by air. This is not for me.
This is Not For Me
I was holding the membership for 4 months while paying the monthly fee. This is one of my regrettable investment in my life.
The joy of leaving the company and informing my upline that I'm quiting is great! Of course, at their minds, I'm a quitter!
Lessons Learned
I was convinced by my friend to join the team in just 4 hours and I paid through my credit card.
I should have thought of it overnight and haven't brought my credit card with me.
Do not join a group or a business without discussing it with some experienced person or checking the whole legitimacy of the business.
Tell that someone who recruited or invited you that you have to think about it for 2 days. If he or she still persists, don't bother to join the group or ask them more questions until you're totally convinced and think of it for 2 days...
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