by JQ Adams

Created on: March 02, 2007   Last Updated: April 24, 2007

I'm sure by now it's become quite obvious that I am not a fan of Quixtar, Amway and similar multi-level marketing "sell to your self" programs. Very often recruiters for these programs use deceptive marketing techniques to try to get people to buy into the systems. I decided that I should go and see for my self if it's really bad as the people such as my self who bash Quixtar on the internet claim it is. My room-mate happens to be an IBO for Quixtar, so I went with him to one of their recruitment meetings to see what all went on, I was quite surprised.

The meeting was located in a decent sized meeting room at a 3 star hotel in town. When my room-mate and I walked into the meeting room, they said hi to all of the regulars, and a lot of people were interested in just coming by and meeting me, not knowing who I was. I was quite surprised as to how friendly everyone was. A lot of them asked me the very same questions, so I can't help but wonder if some of they are trained from their recruitment materials to do so.

After some mingling, we all took our seats and waited for the presentation to begin. There were about 50 people in the room; probably about 10 of them were newcomers such as myself. The person who was presenting was an emerald' level IBO, so he was making quite a bit of money from his down line.

The speaker did an excellent job keeping the audience involved and attentive. It was a very high-energy and fun atmosphere. The first fifteen minutes of the presentation discussed the idea of the "S Curve" which states that the amount of time it takes for the adoption an idea from 0 to 10% is the same amount of time that it takes from the idea to go from 10% to 90% usage. The speaker stated that just about 10% of Americans now buy their products online regularly, and in the next decade it will go up to 90% according to the "S Curve." He then suggested that we could earn the markup that retailers make by selling products on the internet, and that the amount of money to be earned over the next decade is enormous.

The speaker then switched focuses. He asked us what our dreams were. We heard all of the common things people would like to do if they had more money, such as pay off debt, spend more time with the family, work less, go on vacation, and the like. One of the IBO's even brought in a large printing of a new prototype Ferrari, suggesting that it would be pretty sweet to own! This actually went on for a good fifteen or twenty minutes.

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