I'm sending this mail to remind IBOs that they need to be aware of their current business situation. What I mean is that it's typical for new IBOs to buy and sell their 100 PV, as well as listen to some CDs. If you generally followed your sponsor's or upline's advice, you'll reach the 100 PV bonus level and receive a $10 Amway bonus. If you followed your upline's/advice, sponsor's you most likely created a namelist and began contacting possible business partners, also known as prospects. You're probably a little giddy since everything is going as planned. You've done your bit, and now a bonus is on its way to you. Because of your newfound interest and enthusiasm, you may have even sponsored a friend or cousin.
But, after a few months, what happens? What are your prospects of ever accomplishing anything if you are still doing 100 PV and have no downline? Your enthusiasm has worn off, and the Amway opportunity has turned into "work." You're also noticing that it's becoming increasingly expensive to keep buying things, many of which you've never bought before. Were you buying cases of energy drinks and "high-end" supplements before Amway, for example? Have you ever purchased $50 cases of bottled water before joining Amway? Because their laundry soap and other cleaners are said to be highly concentrated, your consumables will be nutrition/vitamin supplements.
Are they copying what you do, even if you were able to uncover any downline? Are they also sponsoring downline and moving volume? If not, how likely are you to stick to the 6-4-2 strategy or a similar variant of it? I felt the plan was sensible when I first saw it, and I was on my way to platinum. What I realised, though, is that when you advance in the company, your upline has higher expectations of you, which includes more tool purchases. (I was in WWDB at the time.) In the end, my recommended tool purchases ate up any profits I had, and at the 4000 level, I was just about breaking even, which means I was losing money after accounting for my time and other extraneous expenses like petrol money.
Where are you right now? Are you on track to earn platinum if you've been in for more than a year, or are you at 200 PV with only one downline? Is it possible that you have a small group with 600 PV? You're still not close to making a profit. Success isn't just around the corner for the great majority of people. For the most part, more time will be wasted, more money will be spent, and no progress will be made. You're going backwards if your group is currently growing month after month. If you don't have fresh IBOs joining your group on a regular basis, you're probably stagnating. Keeping a group together is a huge challenge with nearly half of IBOs leaving out each year.
Where are you now, IBOs, after a few months? After a year, where are you now? Regardless of what your upline says, if you haven't gone platinum, it's almost a certainty that you won't. The evidence is there; the question is whether you choose to believe it or not.
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