ACN Inc, self proclaimed to be the world’s biggest direct selling telecommunications company conducts business from twenty countries across three continents. So if you are a marketing rep in the United States, Europe or Asia Pacific, you would have definitely chanced upon the opportunity to earn money as a distributor of this company’s products.
First, let’s glance at the background of the company and judge the feasibility of this job?
· ACN Inc – What’s it about?
Four entrepreneurs, Greg Provenzano, Robert Stevanovski, Mike Cupisz and Tony Cupisz founded this company in Farmington Hills, Michigan in 1993 to offer local and long distance telephones, internet, wireless, satellite TV with DirecTV and Home Security. The company adopts MLM Leads system to sell their products,i.e, by employing reps to promote products and recruit more distributors. This company claims to be different from other MLMs by offering reps a residual income for the work done.
· What is Residual income?
As a distributor for ACN, your payment is a percentage on your customer’s usage value depending on your level. You earn a residual income for your service, that is, you earn money for as long as the customer uses the product.. This means, all you have to do is sell a product to earn a lifelong income. Tempting? You might want to think about that again!
· Criticisms
Just think. If this prospect were really as good as claimed, wouldn’t the company be flooded with reps?
1. The commission is very low This is to enable the company to survive amidst heavy competition.
2. You’ll have to make an investment of $499 to join.
3. Though you get a commission based on your customer’s usage, it’s payable only when the minimum usage is $10000.
4. As ex worker claimed, it’s more profitable to sign in new recruits to ACN than in making sales
5. ACN training consists of “warm marketing” which is your friends and family for the core of your business. Soon, you’ll start getting cold stares from your warm market
· What should you do now?
Do not lose hope. You could still work in ACN and be successful.
Be creative to make the most of this business. Project yourself to a global audience and reach people who are outside your warm market. The best way to do is by using the internet to promote your businessNow, you’ll have customers contacting you instead of you going from person to person. Adopt a new approach to marketing and conduct your business in style using the best tools in the net.