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Hey folks,
If you look down this blog a bit you’ll get the feeling I was actively promoting an MLM launch. I was. In January.
As a direct marketer I try to follow my heart, but I also look at the numbers.
Looking at the numbers from that last MLM launch I was involved with… well – the amount of traffic and leads you would have to generate for that particular program would be A LOT for a measly payout of $12 a month.
By my estimate, about 800 targeted visitors for each paid signup.
Yikes!
The numbers don’t work. Such a low rate of prospects upgrading to paid members isn’t acceptable to me and I cannot in good conscience lead you into such a losing proposition.
The product was targeted at “internet marketers” yet looking at my own numbers I gotta conclude that people just didn’t want what we were selling… or they already had something else that was working for them.
I learned some stuff from the launch…. and particularly my belief that MLM is a very difficult way to make money online was validated.
Not because MLM is bad, but because the payouts per customer are 
