| Monavie has recently become one of the most | | | | actually hand out bottles to prospects. At nearly $40 a |
| popular home-based businesses for network | | | | pop, it does not take long to become an expensive |
| marketers. Their acai juice (pronounced [asa'i]) is their | | | | endeavor. |
| flagship product, and with it, they have positioned | | | | 3. Monavie - The Ugly |
| themselves as a having a great opportunity to | | | | The real downfall of starting or growing Monavie |
| generate income. | | | | business is their marketing plan. Like so many other |
| However, there are also some very real concerns | | | | network marketing companies, they hold that your |
| about starting or participating in a Monavie business. I'm | | | | best results will come from hounding your "warm |
| about to go through and give an unbiased review of | | | | market". What is truly unfortunate is when they |
| the pros and cons of developing a business with | | | | advertise that a distributor can make Black Diamond |
| Monavie, and see if we can find out whether Monavie | | | | (the top rank in the company) in 3 months because a |
| is a great opportunity...or a great scam. | | | | professional network marketer that already had a |
| 1. Monavie - The Good | | | | substantial downline did it. |
| Monavie was founded by Dallin Larsen and is based | | | | This is refereed to as "cross recruiting" - where a |
| out of Salt Lake City, Utah. Their juice is a combination | | | | company will recruit a full-time network marketer with |
| of 19 blends of fruit juice, the leading ingredient of | | | | a big organization to swing their downline over to their |
| which is a freeze-dried and powdered version of acai. | | | | company. All the while, they recommend that |
| There have been plenty of testimonials from people | | | | distributors just "follow the system" of friends and |
| using the MonaVie product, ranging from headache | | | | family. This hypocrisy and lack of integrity is one of the |
| relief, arthritis, to lowered blood pressure and relief | | | | key issues that people take with network marketing. |
| from other heart-related issues. | | | | Growing a Monavie business can be a great |
| Monavie is a network marketing company, and they | | | | opportunity. They have a decent product, but there are |
| pay out, up to 50% commissions on a binary | | | | plenty of companies that have great products, and |
| compensation plan (which means you need two "legs" | | | | many people that market great products never make |
| under you). A bottle of their juice retails at $37.50, and | | | | a dime. There are also plenty of terrible products that |
| requires a registration fee of $39.00. | | | | generate millions of dollars in revenue (anyone |
| 2. Monavie - The Bad | | | | remember the pet rock?) The difference is the |
| One of the first concerns about starting a Monavie | | | | marketer, and their ability to target their market |
| business is the mandatory order of four bottles per | | | | effectively. |
| month (approximately $130 before shipping and taxes) | | | | In closing, I would say that starting and developing a |
| just to be eligible to collect a check. The price is not so | | | | Monavie business is lucrative if someone knows how |
| much the issue, as the volume of liquid. Unless you | | | | to use the telephone, the Internet, and other effective |
| have a family that enjoys the juice, you will be making | | | | marketing tools. It is not a scam, but like any business, |
| a commitment to include this juice as a staple in your | | | | success will be determined by the skill-set of the |
| diet. | | | | marketer. Monavie is definitely not a lottery ticket or a |
| Monavie has a pretty standard "network marketing" | | | | stock option - meaning, you do not just buy in and wait |
| model for their distributors to follow - making lists of | | | | for a payout. |
| friends and family members to invite over for a | | | | If someone does not have the first clue on how to |
| "tasting party". This is where you can have a bunch of | | | | market effectively, then I would suggest they either |
| strangers in your home, chugging the zesty juice that | | | | learn how to be an effective marketer, or else just use |
| you paid for. In fact, distributors are encouraged to | | | | the acai juice as a health supplement. |