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ACN Business Review: Is it A Scam?

by Joe Marquez

If you’re reading this, I’m willing to bet you either went to a friend’s house or maybe a hotel conference room and witnessed ACN’s business overview. You saw them explain the future of their video phone, all the money that can be made and how the one time investment of $499 could make a world of change for you. Well, I’m sure a lot of the information went over your head. So to help clarify things I’d like to briefly review their compensation plan and their products ONE more time and give you an unbiased analysis of the ACN business.

Let’s start at the beginning. ACN is a telecommunications company that is based out of Detroit, Michigan. The products they offer are home telephone service, cell phone service, Direct TV, VOIP telephone service, and their bread and butter: the VIDEO PHONE.

ACN compensates its representatives in three different ways: personal residual income, overriding residual income, and bonuses. Representatives earn a “personal” residual income from the total billing of customers that they PERSONALLY REFER. You can make “up to 10%” but that is only if the monthly billing from your customers reaches $10,000 a month. For the most part, the personal residual income is so small that it is completely ignored.

Overriding residual income is much more substantial than personal residual income. It comes from the customer base of individuals who have joined ACN and are on your team. When you refer friends or family to ACN and they join, a percentage of the customer billing they create is considered your “overriding residual income.” However, the amount of money that you receive is dependent on a number of factors. For details on the percentages and specifics visit https://myacn.acninc.com/MyACN/ShowDoc?DocName=docs/us/en/301.pdf.

Lastly, the mother of all commissions with ACN: team customer acquisition bonuses, otherwise known as TCAB’s. These are earned when new representatives join your organization. How much these bonuses amount to is dependent on a number of things. Essentially, whenever someone signs up with ACN either through your own efforts or the efforts of another representative in your organization, you get paid. ACN tallies up the total number of new recruits for a given month, and a certain amount is paid to you. So basically, you get paid when you recruit new individuals into ACN and when you acquire new customers.

But the big question of the day is, does this work? Is it real? Is it legal? Are there hidden fees? And so on and so on. ACN has been in business for 15 years and they’ve been approved to do business in 20 countries which means 20 different governments have given them the OK. It isn’t a scam and it isn’t illegal. Furthermore, MANY people have made money with ACN and a select few have made A LOT of money. Individual results may vary, and you need to understand that in a business like ACN it is a PROVEN STATISTIC that an average of 97% of individuals FAIL. When it comes to multi level marketing, direct sales, direct marketing (whatever you want to call it) that is just how the cookie crumbles.

So it isn’t a question of whether ACN is real or legal, it’s whether ACN is the best opportunity for the price they charge: $499. Not necessarily. ACN adopts a very old school method of building a business. Talk to friends, family, and acquaintances and make a list of people who you think would like to make more money. This is what they tell you. But what happens when you run out of friends and family to talk to? Either you quit, or like the top earners in the company you get creative. I know for a fact that some of the million dollar earners use advertisements on the internet, classifieds, stores, you name it. Some of them will just walk around a public area and talk to strangers. This is what it takes to make the big bucks. Sooner or later that is what it comes down to. That may scare some people, but it’s the truth.

If you know how to use the internet, building a business like ACN doesn’t have to be difficult. Rather than hound your friends about an opportunity, talk to people who are eagerly waiting for an opportunity to make more money. I’d like to talk to you about a business called the Wealth Funnel System. It is for people who are looking to increase their income stream, but have time freedom at the same time. Its creator, Derrick Harper, is an internet marketing veteran who has been making money online for well over ten years. He has worked with very popular companies like MTV, CMT, Pfizer, Weber Grills, Johnson and Johnson, and more. He has made millions online and what he has done with the Wealth Funnel System is created a business that TEACHES individuals how to make money on the internet. The fortune is in the skill set, and the Wealth Funnel System GUARANTEES your success. It is one of the very few opportunities you can find with a MONEY BACK GUARANTEE.

It may or may not be as good as ACN but that’s honestly for you to decide. Either way, I hope this information has been helpful.

Wishing you the best success, Joe Marquez

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