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Its story behind Amway, as written in a book printed about 35 years ago!
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Amway
OBook
What is Amway?
OWhat is your perception of Amway?
OWhat is the full form of Amway?
OWhen it was started?OHow many countries they
are in?
How it all started?
OTwo people met for car pooling.OThen went to fight war (WWII)OLater started air charter serviceODrive-in restaurant OInvested in a Ship and went for a
cruiseOGot lost OGot sunk
How it all started?
OSomeone called with a business proposal to sell vitamin supplements of Nutrilite
OCalifornia based brandOHow to get well and stay
well: a booklet they distributed
How it all started?
OA few successful sales later they did a “event”.
OIn a basement of a small restaurant.
O8 people turned up.O1 was already a distributor
and didn’t work for him.
As they grew:OThey tried doing other businessesOLike a rocking horse! (lost big time)ONutrilite business started sufferingOConcentrate on winner ! Don’t
diffuse energy.OIn less than 12 years they bought
over Nutrilite
Network:OThey had built a solid
distribution network which was working smoothly
ODue to Nutrilite’ s production problems their network was suffering so they bought it.
OThen they focused on things which are easy to sell like soaps, beauty care apart from Vitamins
ORule: Sell things any one can sell
OA lot of business start everyday, the challenge is to persist and prosper.
OThe premium in business is not fancy proclamation in morning but the quite statement of profit and loss at the end of the day
First products:
OLOC : liquid organic concentrate
OSA8: dry compound for laundry150 itemsOPeople use them daily.OHusband and wife build the
business together.
Sales volume
O1960 : $5 lakhO1965 : $ 3.75 croreO1977: $ 37.5 crore
Pyramid Schemes : OA lot of pyramid
schemes came in 1975 and Amway employees helped govt draft law to ban Pyramid Schemes
OEven today people mistake Amway for a pyramid scheme
3 PrinciplesO Recruit (as they call it sponsor)O TrainO Motivate
O Does it sound fimilar?
Some stories :OArt Charlton: Very poor: not even
food to eat. OWent to Military serviceO17 years worked in heating oil, in
snow and slurry OOne day will do a better business.OSold off oil business to buy a ice
cream shop with all the savings they had
ODisaster businessO$ 40 was per day
requirement even when both of them worked
ONot a single day they got $ 40 in 6 month period
OAfter that he got into Amway: made enough money to retire
OStutter : OMost embarrassing problem O2 Jokes: OHe couldn’t get any job, and
jobs which required written tests, he would be removed after getting hired.
OIn Navy he couldn’t report to senior which was a protocol
OHis income was less than his expenses
OJoined Amway (anybody who says yes)
OHe made a lot of sales and “down line”
OGuess what: he got cured and he got rich
OA Blind person : very intelligent, but not given important jobs: Joined Amway and attracted a lot of disabled people.
OA person with 7 children: does superb events
OA group of singers joined and then they do events for their prospects
Amway today:
O80 countries O3 million people (30 lakh)O53 year old OIn 2010 paid out more
commission than any other direct marketing company
OThanks