"A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in... And how many want out."
[Tony Blair]
That being said, let us take a look at the more recent activity of both Amway (Quixtar.com) and Mona-Vie (monavie.com) to see if we can help make a determination.
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Now please see my disclaimer about statistics in my previous post about graphs from this web traffic tracker. Now that you have looked at that again you realize that Amway had over 100k hits in June/July 2007 and is down over 70% at its lowest point in February. (2 months ago and still declining) If you take rough averages it is down on average just over 50% on monthly site hits, or number of IBOs, customers (as if they really have any) and casual site lookers. If their business doesn't reflect a 50% reduction you can be assured it soon will. This just goes to show what I read today in Colonel Jeff O'Leary's "Centurion Principles" is more true than Amway thinks.
If you or your leaders are in the habit of conveying an attitude that says, "If I wanted your opinion, I'd ask for it," (sounds like Amway telling the IBOAI board it refuses to follow the board's unanimous vote) expect to get very little feedback. Even if your ship is sinking, your team may go down in silence (sounds like those remaining with Amway secretly wishing they were not) while desperately seeking the nearest exit.
[Col. Jeff O'Leary (RET.)]
The leaders of TEAM and the 1/3 of the IBOAI board that left did not go quietly as the ship sinks. The rest of you desperately looking for freedom from Amway will soon be in luck as the court rules the IBO contract null and void piece by piece, and you too will have your freedom.
"Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better."
[Albert Camus]
Let's all be better together! Now lets take a look for the first time at Mona Vie's site traffic:
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Looks to me like Mona Vie has more than doubled its site traffic in the same amount of time Amway lost over half. Also note that Mona Vie did not gain the same rough numbers that Amway lost, so it was NOT just a shift of distributors from an illegal pyramid to a valid business opportunity. It was more like over 40k IBOs jumping ship from a dangerous endeavor, and several thousand new distributors choosing to join the world of network marketing while the majority of the 40k that left Amway sit out an illegal non-compete clause.
The facts speak for themselves.
