Advocare Scam? The Truth!
Advocare Scam? The TRUTH!
by David Simmons on April 12, 2011
The truth needs to come from someone, and I guess I am the individual who is going to make sure you know nothing but the TRUTH!!! There will be no opinions on this page. Only the real facts will be exposed here. I honestly believe that this 3rd party review will change your mind about Advocare.Now there are many Advocare scam claims circulating all over the internet, but I noticed that hardly any of them were providing you with the facts let’s dig into the REAL FACTS about Advocare.
Advocare a scam?
I know you want to know the REAL TRUTH, so I am going to give it to you. Advocare is NOT a scam! Yes, you read that correctly. However, I know you want me to prove my statement, so let’s look at what I uncovered.
Advocare Facts
Advocare was founded in 1993 by Charles Edward Ragus. It is said that Mr. Ragus chose the name Advocare because he wanted to communicate his commitment to be an advocate who cared. One thing that stood out to me the most was the 10 principles that Charlie developed to guide the direction of his company. I’m not going to go into all 10, but let’s look at two of them.
- Honor God through our faith, family and friends
- Believe that honor, integrity and principles are the foundation of a great life and company
Advocare is a member of the DSA (direct selling association), and according to my search they are in good standing with the BBB (better business bureau). Another important piece of information that I found was the fact that there are hundreds of professional athletes, coaches, entertainers, and world champions who endorse the company and their products. There is so many other facts, but let’s move forward.
Advocare products
If you still believe that there is an Advocare scam this should let go of that thought. The company is marketing a real product in exchange for a fee. The one for sure things I can say is that they are not telling you to put cash in an envelope, send it off, and in 30 days you will be richer. If that was the case I would strongly tell you to run. But they are building their company in the growing health and wellness industry. Here is a brief list of some of their products…
- Trim – weight management
- Active – energy
- Well – nutrition
- Performance Elite – sports nutrition
- Definite Difference – skin care
How do you get paid?
This is where we need to have a real talk, because there is going to be some shocking information in this part of my post. Now, if you are wondering if there is money to be made in Advocare the answer is YES! However, there are some representatives who struggle to profit from the business. There are three main ways to make money in Advocare…
- Sell the products
- Sign up new representatives
- Expanding your team by teaching your new reps to do the first two
So why are 97% of Advocare Distributors still BROKE and STRUGGLING?
Training! Yes, as you can see, Advocare is a solid company with a solid product line and compensation plan. You would think everyone that joins will be successful, but it doesn’t work that way. There are 5 major road blocks that are KILLING their businesses. These 5 road blocks are the reason Advocare reps struggle, lose money, and eventually quit. What are the road blocks?
1) They are NOT Branding Themselves! (Attraction Marketing)
Success in Advocare has nothing to do with the company or their products. Don’t get me wrong, you want to be involve with a great company, but just because you join doesn’t guarantee you’ll be successful. This is where many people get it wrong, and then they want to go around telling the world that Advocare is a scam. If you want to know the real secret to succeeding in Advocare here it is…YOU! You are the secret! I want you to really get this!
People do business with people they KNOW, LIKE, and TRUST! PERIOD!
If a random stranger came up to you and said, “If I can show you a way to make $30k per month, would you be interested?” You’d most likely say no if you never met this person, and they themselves didn’t look successful. This is what 97% of the network marketing industry are being taught, and if you plan to join the top 3% you have to be DIFFERENT! You have to know how to get you and your business in front of the right prospects. Now, you are probably wondering who are the right prospects? The right prospects are people who are already actively searching for what you have. For example, I did a quick search and found that there are over 90,500+ potential new reps searching for the keyword “Advocare” every month. Now how would your business change if you knew how to position yourself in front of those numbers? This leads me to road block number 2,
2) No real marketing training
I said it before and I will gladly say it again. You are not in Advocare to market the company or their products. You are in the business to market yourself! What do you have to offer that other Advocare reps don’t. Why should someone work with you? You have to become a person of VALUE! People have to sense some type of benefit in working with you.
Going out telling everyone your company facts will only get you so far. People don’t care until they know you care. You have to lead with building a relationship, and showing your prospects that you want them to succeed more than they want it for themselves. But there is another problem, and it’s the 3rd road block that causes 97% to give up.
3) Not enough people to talk to
You need people to talk to if you are going to move forward. Earlier I told you that there are over 90,500 people searching for Advocare, but you have to figure out a way to get in front of those people. When you first join Advocare you are told to make a list of friends and family, and I am not knocking this. In fact, if you haven’t talk to them yet, you need to. What I am saying is that sooner or later you will run out of your warm market. You will end up in the club that most if not all leaders are in, and that is the NFL (no friends left). When you run out of your warm market you need a Plan B, and your Plan B shouldn’t be buying over priced/dead beat leads.
Now you are probably wondering how you are going to be able to get in front of those who are searching for Advocare. Don’t worry I have a solution that I will give you at the end. Before we get to that let’s discuss the forth road block.
4) Not enough money to stay in the game
You need money to stay around for the long-term. This is another major problem that I see consistently, and that is that people are running out of money before they start making any. When you lead with Advocare you can only get paid to recruit or sale the products, but you’d be surprised that leaders are doing something completely different. Leaders know that 95% of the people you talk to won’t join, and since this is the case they have to find a way to keep cash flow coming in while they are searching for the ones who will. If you are planning to stick around for the long-term residuals you need to find a way to have a continuous cash flow. Again, don’t worry, there is a solution to this problem as well. Now here is the last and most important road block.
5) Lack of commitment
I don’t care if you are in Advocare or any other business, if you lack the will to commit you will FAIL. There is no question about it. This is the number one reason 97% fail. They come in the business with short-term thinking. They think they see easy money, but when they find out that there is work involved they quit. Now I’m not going to go deep into explaining this road block, because I believe it is pretty self-explanatory. You have to commit for the long-term. Period!
So I will end by saying, if you are struggling in a 9-5 job or just want to be your own boss. Join a winning team today by going to https://www.advocare.com/11027635/MemberHome.aspx or call me direct 704-303-1240
