Ricky Said:

Vector Marketing/Cutco?

We Answered:

First of all, Vector is not a scam.

It is however, hard work and you do have to sit through many unpaid hours of "phone time" (i.e. contacting potential customers). "Phone time" is done at your house and you can choose to do as much or as little as you want. This job can be very stressful, but it gives you valuable training in marketing and personal relations skills for the future. (It looks impressive on resumes).

Also, you are not a door to door salesman employed by a company, but rather a self employed worker (that means no taxes on paychecks, but you do pay a tax at the end of the year. all business expenses, e.g. mileage and food/entertainment are tax deductible.) who schedules his/her own appointments through phone calls first to friends and family then referrals.

Vector jobs was featured in the Wall Street Journal; it gives a pretty accurate description of the job.

Yes you do have to pay $144 for a sample set, but you can return it when you're done with the job or sell it for profit (it's worth $540). And you make $14 to $18 per appointment depending on where you live (these you have to schedule)

Vector is now a BBB accredited business with a grade of A+.

It was known in the past to have various lawsuits against it, at times in the past people did lose money or receive very low paychecks while working at vector. Now it has cleaned up, you can visit the link for the Better Business Bureau rating and review.

But...
Vector's methods of getting employees is sketchy (but quite smart). They target recent high school graduates or college students, who are usually the poorest and most desperate people on earth. They are also the most sympathetic salesmen to potential customers. (my parents bought $900 worth of books from a college door to door salesman because they felt bad for him. No one in my family has touched those books) Also, Vector is very vague in the job description. Never is the potential employee told that he or she would be selling knives to their friends and family. The routine used during the sales appointments is scripted and targeted to getting the customer to buy the $945 set of knives. The closing part of makes me feel like a jerk, so I often word it differently than said in the manual. But the routine given is marketing genius. And the knives are incredibly good. They were featured on the History channel in Modern Marvels as some of the sharpest things in the world.

The company is pushy though in the beginning, offering various prizes, including $2000 if you can sell $10000 worth of knives in 10 days. They make you feel terrible if you can't sell; even though you get paid if you don't sell, the fact that commissions (starts at 10% then goes up to 50% if your career sales are $30,000) can earn you much more drives you to sell a lot. And the reason they hire anyone is because a lot of kids quit because this job can become very stressful. It's really hard to schedule appointments with friends and family who really don't take you very seriously and are reluctant to buy for the most part (though you may be surprised-I sold a $400 set to my neighbor) I thought about quitting, but decided against it because of the valuable skills and life lessons this job will give me. Oh, and the paycheck keeps me here, which varies depending on how many appointments you schedule and how much you sell. The girl that hired me had a paycheck of $10,000 last summer-she's an incoming sophomore in college, age 19 (of course this is highly rare, she sold just over $22,000 worth of cutlery and kitchenware over the course of a few months). Expect to earn about $3000 this summer (this is the average income of a newbie sales rep)



I would say go to the "interview" (you're guaranteed to get hired) and see if you like it. If not, decline the offer.

Better yet, visit all of the links I posted under my sources on the job to decide if it's even worth your time going to the "interview" (link is below in the sources).

Erik Said:

Seminar marketing help: Industrial training seminars on materials management?

We Answered:

you can look for call centers and you can send them their request for services with some details on what is your target group and how do you want them to contact your prospects and so on. they can bid for your offer. unfortunately for you prices are not low. the other way is to do it yourself by contacting each and every one of your potential customers.
edit: also, you can contact organizations that are already in the seminar business and participate there as guest speaker.
Good luck.

Andrew Said:

How many of you here feel you've lost money with MLM?

We Answered:

There are 10 million millionairs created each year from MLM and network marketing.

In fact, when on the David Letterman show, Donald Trump was asked that if he lost all of his money what he would do to start over. His answer was network marketing. Everyone in the audience laughed, and Trump said "That's why I am up here and you are sitting out there."

Legitimate MLM's work as long as you are willing to work. If your not willing to put any effert into it, you won't make millions.

I personally know people that have made it big in MLM.
I don't think your MLM Buster will work.

Leona Said:

Can anyone please recommend a training portal covering sales and marketing web seminars?

We Answered:

I have attended online sales training programs from www.onlinetrainingexperts.com; they are professionals and their topics are content rich and delivered by Industry experts and top speakers like Jim Cathcart, Orvel Ray Wilson, Connie Kadansky, Karla Brandau, Jenae Rubin, Don McNamara, Alan Rigg, Tim Connor and many more.

Have a look at their offerings; the training programs they have are either Live or On Demand recorded versions. The training programs are only one hour long against off line seminars which are a day or half-day long. The price they charge for attending these training programs are $199/person.

All the best for a innovative approach on staff training.

David G

Joe Said:

Has anyone taken the RichDadStock Seminar for $199.?

We Answered:

Don't take that ridiculous course. You might as well throw $200 down the drain. No one can teach you how to be a stock analyst in three days. And if you aren't a full-time, full blown analyst you have absolutely no edge over someone throwing darts at the NYSE listings.

Kiyosaki is nothing but a conman (who made his money selling books by the way, not in stocks or real estate) and he's backed by the same people who sell amway. It's the stock equivalent of selling you knives that you try to sell door to door.

What you want is decent little book about investing for retirement. You can buy them at any bookstore for $10 - $20.

Kristen Said:

Training courses, Workshops and Seminars in europe?

We Answered:

Almost all reputed Universities in Europe imparting Management Courses, in the area of your interest.

Maurice Said:

Have You Attended A Better Trades Seminar?

We Answered:

Since your avatar is so pretty,I'll say this :
$ave your money. Theres a thousand "free" seminars and books,and CD's, and newsletters with winning Guru's,..... but there's only 1 market.They all want 1 thing: your money. Since you are a stay-at-home mom,I doubt you'll have the time to sincerely commit to a new venture. My advice to you mom,is to save all you can;then go see a financial planner/advisor.They can help you with savings, college fund, and retirement. Doing all the research ISN'T just 20 mins a day as some tout.