FKFriday wrote:

The Facebook support group...AKA The Bunny Boilers

I love this image!

And BBs is way better than ride or die - its on my list of most hated catch phrases, right up there with girl/mom boss and guuuurrrrl.

WhereIsVictoria wrote:

😂😂😂 I had to get that out. I wanted to punch her animal-filtered Botox face watching her whine about being an adult. 🙄 Some things, you just can’t hold in. Like a fart. Or that rant.

 
Seriously!!! She is a 35 year old with 11 years in the business and is acting like an intern!

WhereIsVictoria wrote:

“The show that was taken from you”

How about no? Bitch, you weren’t the Angelina Jolie of Sirius, adopting children and speaking at the UN... you bitched about the children and couldn’t figure out the UN if someone opened the Wikipedia page for you. You were just another radio show host, paid to talk for a few hours, who bitched about everything, but mostly your former life as a rich housewife. Your show wasn’t pioneering or transformative. When the show went off the air, a small group of maybe 50 people couldn’t figure out the news, or podcasts, or what to do without their Sirius radio. They may be stroking your ego like truck stop hookers, but that’s not the norm. Most people aren’t entertained for years by the same tired stories about people no longer relevant to your life. We don’t think animal filters on videos are cute, sexy or cool. We aren’t inspired watching you run after and try to jump on whatever political or social bandwagon your team tells you is popular. And we don’t want to hear you bitch about all the weight you’ve gained through bites of whatever nauseating garbage you’ve decided to eat during your broadcasts. You’re looking for wealth in the couch cushions instead of pounding the pavement, and it’s just so unbecoming of someone who considers herself an industry vet. Wish you the best, but for the love of all that is holy stop pretending you were a martyr.

End rant

The most beautiful rant I have ever read.
 

Goldclutch wrote:

Durst_Burp wrote:

FKFriday wrote:

The Facebook support group...AKA The Bunny Boilers

I love this image!

And BBs is way better than ride or die - its on my list of most hated catch phrases, right up there with girl/mom boss and guuuurrrrl.

 
Lol! You are a woman after my own heart! I also loathe these phrases! F me whenever I see #girlboss on facebook. Bitch, you sell Younique cosmetics. GTFO of here. This is exactly why I'm shunning social media. Makes me too annoyed.

Oh yeah, I hear that. Bunch of damned Rodan and Fields chicks blowing up my feed with that #girlboss bullshit....I'm like, yeah, you wrangled a bunch of your friends into a pyramid scheme, great job. That's totally how running a business works. So ridiculous. My husband and I actually own a small business and no, it's not typing dumb hash tags into social media all day- it's actual real work. 
 

I'm not sure where to jump in here because Every single thing all of you have written is Spot On! Incredible insight.  

Where is Victoria: I worship you. I really need you as a friend!   

DB: They do read this page. I just blew their spot up the other day on their lame construction page. UGH, they are such imbeciles. 

I wish I was with you all having a drink right now.
 

Goldclutch just made me pee.

I literally was accosted at a family members house. (I have run my own business for over ten years by the way)  But family member thinks I need to start a business selling stick-on nail polish.  They used terms like female empowerment and lady boss, and told me that they could help me build a shitty website and they would also........... wait for it......   HELP me create a facebook page. 

PrincessPoppy wrote:

idontcarethatmuch wrote:

Goldclutch just made me pee.

I literally was accosted at a family members house. (I have run my own business for over ten years by the way)  But family member thinks I need to start a business selling stick-on nail polish.  They used terms like female empowerment and lady boss, and told me that they could help me build a shitty website and they would also........... wait for it......   HELP me create a facebook page. 

 
Maybe you could help TS run hers once you get up and running? 🤪😉

LOL!  Wow, build your own FB page!? Ugh, those stick on nail polish things are the worst. It absolutely KIIIILLLLLS me when they try and hook people in by saying that you get to "own your own small business".   Like, do they not understand that there is some big, "bad" CEO sitting at the top of all of these MLM's raking in millions.  You don't own your own "small business". Please. 

A friend of mine sells scentsy. She started it mainly the cover her own costs of buying it, but has been doing well (mortgage broker, so always has it on display in her office). I think as long as you don’t go in thinking you’ll be a millionaire (Lularoe, women were dropping $20k in product for stock, with no return option for defects and the company has basically disappeared now), and sell something you believe in, all the power to you.

It’s the people who think this will make then millions, non stop posting, selling every time you see them, talk to them get tiring.

But Karma, you’re missing all the BBs 😊

FKF, I totally agree. I think some people go in because they love the product and they’re happy with whatever they make. It seems to me like the more successful ones aren’t required to buy 20,000 of product - and I can see how people get desperate once they’ve made that investment.

Longtimelistener wrote:

So I actually just joined an MLM knowing full well what I’m getting myself into. I do also own my own small business and am a realtor in addition (I like doing multiple things at once). I really love the mission of the product I’m selling and love the product itself. Do I think I’ll make millions? Definitely not. But I do really believe in the product and will happily be part of the mlm pyramid scheme. I think a lot of people know full well what they are getting into. I’m not offended in the least by people bashing MLM’s I just think sometimes you should look at it with an open mind and if you can’t, ban those people from your social media.

Oh yeah, I have friends that "sell" mostly because they like the products and get them for cost, and IF you like them too, they will hook you up. That doesn't bother me, I think that is smart. I'm talking the chicks who really think they are going to be wealthy and they constantly bombard everybody with the sales pitches, day in and day out. I know they have to do it if they have a prayer of making any money but I've learned to absolutely hate some of these women because it's non-stop. It's all they talk about. And they chant these little mantras and hash tags over and over and over again, and I feel like I've lost some friends to a creepy cult. And I know that most of them will not make much money because our area is SATURATED- too many people selling, people toward the bottom don't have a prayer. But they keep throwing their personal money into these, hoping and praying it pays off. I just think it's a cruel business model.  
 

I've pretty much culled all my MLM friends from Facebook but there's one I just can't quit - it's too entertaining.  She posts pictures of frizzy hair next to beautiful smooth hair.  When people ask her what she's using, she won't say.  She then tells them that she will PM them all the information.  Her friends keep saying, "but what is the product?" and she just will not share the name.  That's a sound business model - I'm selling a secret product that I can't talk about but please buy some.  

Kinda like, I'm hosting a radio show but don't know when and not really sure how it all works, but please send me money, now that I think about it.  

Last edited by youcaaango (1/06/2018 12:38 pm)

Sounds like Matt may be her manager!

Romaine of Derek and Romaine posted in the Facebook group explaining why there is a cost.

Here's part of it:
I know many of you have asked why the subscription fee? It’s pretty easy to explain actually. Doing Radio is expensive. We have a lot of costs to provide a live daily streaming show. There are studio costs, producer salaries to pay, and of course the price of the actual streaming services. Podcasts are typically free but Taylor isn’t doing a standard podcast. She is doing a live daily online radio show that then has the functionality to act like a podcast after the fact. Not to mention it is commercial free. So I hope that explains some things. 

kbk88 wrote:

Romaine of Derek and Romaine posted in the Facebook group explaining why there is a cost.

Here's part of it:
I know many of you have asked why the subscription fee? It’s pretty easy to explain actually. Doing Radio is expensive. We have a lot of costs to provide a live daily streaming show. There are studio costs, producer salaries to pay, and of course the price of the actual streaming services. Podcasts are typically free but Taylor isn’t doing a standard podcast. She is doing a live daily online radio show that then has the functionality to act like a podcast after the fact. Not to mention it is commercial free. So I hope that explains some things. 

 
He’s answering the wrong “why”. I have no doubt it’s “expensive” to stream a live radio show everyday. But WHY did Taylor choose this route? Did she ask her loyal listeners what they wanted? Did everyone beg her for 10 live hours per week at any cost? Or would her loyal listeners have preferred a free “standard”  weekly podcast? Time will tell of course, but I think it’s clear this decision was 100% about Taylor. Maximum income, minimal work.

Does anyone listen to the morning breath?  I know they’re not everyone’s cup of tea, but they’re a good example of a daily podcast that has no commercials but is still free!  I’m not sure how it generates money for them (maybe there are commercials on the YouTube videos) but for Taylor to say that she has to charge for her premium daily content is bs.