Market America Scam

Is Market America a scam?  Well if you're reading this article it's probably because you're checking out MA and you're looking for a reason to find something wrong with it.  Don't even think about disagreeing with me because I have the facts behind me.  There may be a rare exception but that's generally why you're here; otherwise you'd be waiting to get back with whoever showed you this business to get the facts.  I know this may sound harsh but for those of you reading this article, and you know who you are, that's what you're doing.

And guess what.  That's ok!  However, while you're looking to find something wrong with MA just do yourself a favor.  Get the facts!  Let me say it again.  Get the facts!  Why?  Because the facts are absolutely AWESOME!  What are these facts you're harping about, Ron?  Well let me go ahead and hit you right between the eyes.  Are you ready?  Are you open to hearing the truth?  If not then stop reading right now and move on because you're not open minded.  Yes I said it.  You're not open minded!  But if you are open minded look at these truths:

1.  MA is the #57 internet retailer in the entire world.  The world people!  Not the US.  Not Canada.  The world!

2.  They're a product brokerage/internet marketing company meaning they're in numerous markets and are always getting into even newer markets.  Billion dollar markets by the way!

3.  Here's the one you've been waiting for.  They are NOT and let me repeat again NOT an MLM.  Yes they are a network marketing company and yes they work on a point system but if you truly did your homework you would understand how their business model worked and how powerful and DIFFERENT it is from any other model in the world.

4.  They've created more millionaires than Microsoft.  

5.  They have partnerships with such retail giants like Walmart, Home Depot, Travelocity, Bloomingdales, Dell and I can go on and on.  Do you really think these stores would partner with a scam?

6.   They have an A+ rating with the BBB.  The BBB doesn't give A+ ratings to scams.

So while you're looking for something wrong with it just remember these cold hard facts.  Because these facts are coming from credible resources like the BBB and the Dept. of Labor.  They're not coming from a guy who did this business but didn't follow the system and is probably broke doing a You Tube video talking about how horrible this business is.  And they're not coming from your broke friend or relative who's giving you financial advice.  WOW!  You're really harsh, Ron.  Folks, sometimes you just have to tell it like it is.  And that's all I'm doing.

So if you are looking for a reason to say no and you're not open minded don't waste the time of the person who invited you to look at this business.  They have better things to do.  They invited you to look at this because they thought a lot of you and thought you might be a good candidate but if you're just going to sit there and say "Well it's just another pyramid" or "it's one of those things" please don't waste his or her time.  They have better things to do.  Like controlling their financial future!  Something you can't do working for someone.

Why breaking out of your comfort zone can change your life!

We all have our comfort zones.  We have them in our personal life, in our business life, in our spiritual life and so on.  Comfort zones are great until they stop us from achieving much bigger and better things which is often the case.  And I believe all of us have potential we don't reach because we won't break out of our comfort zone.  Why?  Because we might fail at something?  So what if we do!  How many success stories do we know of that have failed. 

Vonetta Flowers was a world class athlete in Track & Field.  She qualified for the Olympic trials on multiple occasions and felt like she was destined for greatness in T & F.  The only problem was she never made the Olympic team.   Her primary sport all her life and the sport she was certain was going to give her an Olympic gold medal was Track & Field.  However, it just wasn't meant to be.  Distraught, demoralized and not knowing what to do next something great happened to, Vonetta.  She saw a flyer looking for strong and explosive athletes to try out for the bobsled team.  Not knowing anything about the sport of bobsledding she decided "what have I got to lose."  She decided to step out of her comfort zone and try something new.  Well, not only did she excel in this sport she won an olympic gold medal in a sport she probably didn't even knew existed 5 years prior to doing it!  She stepped out of her comfort zone and achieved her dream.   

Folks, in this day and age of opportunity at every corner don't let staying in your comfort zone stop you from achieving some of the great things you're destined for.  Step out of your comfort zone and make some new friends that inspire you.  Find another job/business that can lead to the great things in life you deserve to enjoy.  Don't give up and settle for something just because that's all you ever knew.  All this does is just lead to more misery and it prevents you from reaching new heights you never thought could happen.   

Businesses that are free are businesses that fail

I hear this a lot from people who want to go into business.  "Ron, I want to go into business but I want to find something that doesn't cost me anything."  Or "I saw this business that I think I could do but they want $500. startup cost and I don't feel like I should have to pay anything if they want me to sell their products."  Sound familiar?  Folks there are some old cliches in life that you may not agree with but are true.  The one that comes to mind most of all to me is this one.  "Free has no value."  Think about it.  If you have 2 Super Bowl tickets and you got them for free but you can't go are you going to work as hard to sell them as opposed to having spent $1000. on those tickets.  You might say yes because they're that valuable; however, I would disagree in this respect.  If you spent $1000. on those 2 tickets the thought of losing $1000. is going to be much greater than the thought of making $1000. for those tickets.

Well going into business for yourself is the same.  If you came into a business and you spent $10000. to get it up and running how serious do you think you're going to take it?  Now if someone came to you and said you can make $100000./year in this great business I'm in and it cost you nothing how serious do you think you're going to take that one?  I contend that that fear of losing $10000. is a lot greater than that goal of making $100000.  After all in most cases you probably didn't have $100000. anyway.  So if you ever decide to go into business for yourself and you see some good opportunities that may have a low cost to it don't try and circumvent the system because you feel like you shouldn't have to pay anything.  It's a recipe for failure and I've never met ONE person who has a successful business that paid nothing for that business.

As with anything there could be an exception but if you go out and interview 100 successful business owners I can almost promise you that 99 out of that 100 paid a lot to be that successful.  There could be that one strange example that didn't but I've never met them.

Tax advantages of small business ownership

Here's some interesting insight on the tax advantages of owning your own business and why everyone should have one.  The key is finding the right one!