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Thrive and it's marketing on FB are super annoying...
Posted on 4/15/15 at 8:24 am
Posted on 4/15/15 at 8:24 am
Are you Thriving?
Like Advocare before it, but with a sales force more annoying and driven than a squad of Jehoviah's witnnesses; except they convert on Facebook instead of your front door.
What is it?
--- Message me to find out.
What does it cost?
---- Message me to find out.
What is in it?
--- Message me to find out?
What's it do?
---- It'll change your life and make you money.
That is an exact exchange I had with a long standing friend of mine. Apparently once you sign on two people to sell, your monthly supply is free.
The more people you sign up the more money you Can make, and so on.
Unlike Mary Kay, telling you it's cosmetics and Avon telling you it's cosmetics and more. Thrive tends to tell you the least possible?
Want a sample? Well that's $25.
So what is it really?
Well like every other wellness fad, it's a shake and pill supplement system. You also have a patch that releases vitamins into the body. A monthly box is $200 for the most basic.
It mostly seems to be basic vitamins, but at a mark up much greater than most other similar supplements.
Though with Thrive, selling the product is not the goal, getting people to sell the product is. So everyone you sign up, you want them to sell, to get more people to sell.
This of course makes it like snaking vine on facebook, tapping into friend's feeds and then taking them over with promises of fast cash. One week one friend is pushing, then the next week three friends are.
What is it?
---Message me to find out.
"it will change your life"
Yet no one selling it speaks of the products virtues, and with it's selling structure being based on recruiting sellers every review is of course glowing.
If you haven't heard of it yet, you will.
Just notice that unlike Advocare, no one seems to be losing weight on it.
Like Advocare before it, but with a sales force more annoying and driven than a squad of Jehoviah's witnnesses; except they convert on Facebook instead of your front door.
What is it?
--- Message me to find out.
What does it cost?
---- Message me to find out.
What is in it?
--- Message me to find out?
What's it do?
---- It'll change your life and make you money.
That is an exact exchange I had with a long standing friend of mine. Apparently once you sign on two people to sell, your monthly supply is free.
The more people you sign up the more money you Can make, and so on.
Unlike Mary Kay, telling you it's cosmetics and Avon telling you it's cosmetics and more. Thrive tends to tell you the least possible?
Want a sample? Well that's $25.
So what is it really?
Well like every other wellness fad, it's a shake and pill supplement system. You also have a patch that releases vitamins into the body. A monthly box is $200 for the most basic.
It mostly seems to be basic vitamins, but at a mark up much greater than most other similar supplements.
Though with Thrive, selling the product is not the goal, getting people to sell the product is. So everyone you sign up, you want them to sell, to get more people to sell.
This of course makes it like snaking vine on facebook, tapping into friend's feeds and then taking them over with promises of fast cash. One week one friend is pushing, then the next week three friends are.
What is it?
---Message me to find out.
"it will change your life"
Yet no one selling it speaks of the products virtues, and with it's selling structure being based on recruiting sellers every review is of course glowing.
If you haven't heard of it yet, you will.
Just notice that unlike Advocare, no one seems to be losing weight on it.
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Posted on 4/15/15 at 8:26 am to Napoleon
My sister sells ItWorks. We are no longer friends on Facebook.
Posted on 4/15/15 at 8:27 am to Napoleon
I really need to start my own MLM scam so I am at the top of it and I can take dumb people's money from them.
Posted on 4/15/15 at 8:29 am to stout
These scams are where the real money is.
A sucker is born every minute.
A sucker is born every minute.
This post was edited on 4/15/15 at 8:30 am
Posted on 4/15/15 at 8:30 am to stout
quote:
I really need to start my own MLM scam so I am at the top of it and I can take dumb people's money from them.
Stout, I was thinking the same thing.
You just come up with something. Push it, get friends to push it and so on. It's a quick multi-million then it fades away.
I mean a freaking vitamin patch and milkshake bundle for $200 a month?
Just crazy.
Posted on 4/15/15 at 8:32 am to Scruffy
quote:
These scams are where the real money is.
A sucker is born every minute.
I know real estate and real estate developing/flipping. I need to write my own "system" and shoot an infomercial to share "my secret to investing success"
People that fall for that are too stupid to realize that the systems and strategies that do work aren't going to be sold to them for a few thousand bucks as having an edge is way more valuable if you are investing.
Posted on 4/15/15 at 8:34 am to Napoleon
quote:
I mean a freaking vitamin patch and milkshake bundle for $200 a month?
That has everything. I have always wanted a product that brings monthly revenue unlike doing one and done jobs as a contractor. On top of the monthly revenue, you have suckers doing the work for you for virtually no costs.
I bet the pack costs like $10.
Posted on 4/15/15 at 8:35 am to ZekeTheTeke
Realtors also on Facebook in droves
First person usually to comment on a FB post ….a realtor.
Why ….because its free for them to "stay on you" that way
Face book is gross
First person usually to comment on a FB post ….a realtor.
Why ….because its free for them to "stay on you" that way
Face book is gross
Posted on 4/15/15 at 8:37 am to stout
quote:That is the thing. It's likely all profit.
I bet the pack costs like $10.
Cheap to make and you don't have to pay workers.
Posted on 4/15/15 at 8:43 am to Scruffy
what pissed me off is a friend of mine signed up my email and everything, when I asked how much it was. You actually had to log in and have an account before you even got to see the product and prices. Before that it was all testimonials.
I was thinking it was like the Scientology of marketing. You had to buy in before you even knew what you had.
I've unfriended two people over it. I mean I have a FB page for my business and maybe once every other month or so I will share a post. Nothing like this. These people selling, every single post is about that dam stupid patch. Then it's all heavier chicks. I keep wanting to just wait and see if any lose weight.
I was thinking it was like the Scientology of marketing. You had to buy in before you even knew what you had.
I've unfriended two people over it. I mean I have a FB page for my business and maybe once every other month or so I will share a post. Nothing like this. These people selling, every single post is about that dam stupid patch. Then it's all heavier chicks. I keep wanting to just wait and see if any lose weight.
Posted on 4/15/15 at 8:46 am to Napoleon
Someone is googling "thrive" right now and finding out who's talking about it on message boards. They'll sign up for TD and be in this thread momentarily to defend/pimp the product.
Posted on 4/15/15 at 4:21 pm to Teufelhunden
It's just like Scientology in that way. They seek out people who trash it.
Posted on 4/15/15 at 4:22 pm to Napoleon
Rodan & Fields is a less trashy pyramid scheme than Thrive.
Posted on 4/15/15 at 5:13 pm to Jim Rockford
Facebook was a terrific idea. That was when it was somewhat exclusive. Uneducated meth heads and business scammers united to make that idea become absurd.
Posted on 4/15/15 at 5:19 pm to stout
quote:
I really need to start my own MLM scam so I am at the top of it and I can take dumb people's money from them.
I'll be right under you FWIW FYI no homo
Posted on 4/15/15 at 5:33 pm to Napoleon
These freaks were having a recruiting session at my hotel a couple of weeks ago in Jacksonville; an entire room full of the most annoying people on the planet.
Posted on 4/15/15 at 8:22 pm to CajunAlum Tiger Fan
I am seeing this thrive stuff a lot on facebook as well. They all say how it has changed their life after like three days. Anyone that questions it is labeled a hater.
Posted on 4/15/15 at 8:41 pm to mouton
Back around 2009, one of my clients who was the owner of one of the largest place and finish concrete firms in Atlanta pulled me in to one called FHTM. He was a very educated guy with a very successful business and he was nuts about FHTM. I always strayed far away from pyramid schemes but felt a little pressure to give it a shot since his company accounted for a lot of my annual sales commission. "Man...you are a natural salesman and would KILL this" he kept saying. Followed by "I swear...this is not like any others out there. It is legit. But just give it some thought. I won't be upset if you don't want to join. But....you really would kill this."
So, a $300 starter kit later, two regional rah rah meetings and my first in home presentation later.....I bowed out. I am a great salesperson as long as it is a product that is useful and a brand I believe in. I just could not push BS on people because I felt like a slime ball. Fortunately, our business relationship was not affected. I just told him that with 4 children, I did not have the time left over to commit to FHTM.
So, a $300 starter kit later, two regional rah rah meetings and my first in home presentation later.....I bowed out. I am a great salesperson as long as it is a product that is useful and a brand I believe in. I just could not push BS on people because I felt like a slime ball. Fortunately, our business relationship was not affected. I just told him that with 4 children, I did not have the time left over to commit to FHTM.
Posted on 4/15/15 at 8:44 pm to Dick Leverage
Wanna score some Doterra?
Posted on 4/15/15 at 8:49 pm to stout
Remember Don Lapre in the 90's? He did the real estate infomercial about placing tiny ads in the classifieds from his 1 bedroom apartment and made 6 million dollars a month doing so.
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