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MLM Bot Watch 51: the Cult of multilevel marketing

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BSintolerant · 22/05/2019 18:17

Lies, creative accounting and the Law of Reaction. Network marketers, we’re onto you - and so is the BBC:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p076n2hg

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Jigsawpuzzle · 29/05/2019 13:44

Her H&S record is appalling.
Shoes on worktop, no idea where they have been.
Toddler on said worktop whilst mother is doing her
On her income doughnuts what a cheapskate.

Jigsawpuzzle · 29/05/2019 13:45
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Ohmygoodness101 · 29/05/2019 15:22

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CurlsandCurves · 29/05/2019 15:32

Humour me, I’m full of a cold and a bit bored.

Does anyone else have the fantasy of getting themselves invited to a FL one off (not really they’re everyweek but don’t tell em) meetings, sit and listen to the pitch, then when they ask if anyone’s got any questions just totally pull the business model to pieces?

I’d like to think I’d start fairly innocently. ‘So I find 5, then those 5 find 5, is that right? Ah, ok’ then a few questions later ‘ you know what you said about everyone finding 5 people? Well I’ve just been messing about on my phone, and it’s not long till you get to using up the entire population of the world, how does that work then?

And slowly, I’d dig deeper, ask harder questions, till they either call security or run screaming from the room themselves!

Sorry, I did say im bored 😜

BSintolerant · 29/05/2019 17:58

I wouldn’t call it a fantasy but the idea has occurred to me. After the BBC documentary I’m surprised attendees aren’t searched for hidden cameras and listening devices! Grin

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Jigsawpuzzle · 29/05/2019 18:06

I think even the most hardened prisoner would prefer extra time in jail than attend one of these jamborees.

Jonsey32 · 29/05/2019 18:54

Nurse hasn’t posted for 5 days.
Please lord tell me she’s seen the light?

Spongebobette · 29/05/2019 19:30

Sorry to report that she has posted on her bizness page

Jigsawpuzzle · 29/05/2019 20:56

What the hell is PHD smoking. You would get more sense from the t&c of a legal document.📜

spanfan · 29/05/2019 21:03

Lanzabot is on a jaunt to Necker Island.

I know these threads shouldn't be about speculating but she totally intrigues me. She definitely portrays a jet set life and in her case I tend to believe it. Just not that it comes from MLM. And her daughter is definitely trying to get an insta profile (only 14 ☹️)

And she is there with a bot who has a bird surname and has written a book. All she seems to do is Ponce around looking beautiful in a bikini telling us to think positively. (I note the common theme of writing)

Both Lanza and Birdbot very rarely talk openly about MLMs.

It's all so weird. 😂😂

DownThePan · 29/05/2019 21:16

Any clues for finding Lanza Bot, did she get a cheque?

JasperRising · 29/05/2019 21:55

I've never been able to work out whether Birdbot even is a bot... I came across references to her in posts by bots with a very similar look and aspirational lifestyle to her but I've never seen her mention an MLM.

ReformedB0t · 29/05/2019 22:33

Birth of is a motivational speaker with psychology quals. Googling her name brings up news article where she discusses attempted suicide at 12 due to bullies and another article about being raped in her twenties. She spoke at an FL event about the rape and how she overcame that time and never mentioned being a bot herself at any time.

ReformedB0t · 29/05/2019 22:34

*BirdBot

JasperRising · 29/05/2019 22:38

ReformedB0t thanks, that would explain why she was being mentioned by bots (presumably around the time she did the talk) and how she made closer connections with some of them.

I have to admit a lot of positive psychology/mindset sounds a bit woo to me especially when set alongside an Instagram lifestyle but I can see the value in some of it (which makes it more dangerous when it is misused by MLMs to imply that bots are to blame for their own failure).

GrimDamnFanjo · 30/05/2019 01:32

If Lanza is going to Necker as a guest of RB then she will have bought her place. RB started selling himself for photo shoots on his yacht some time ago .

BSintolerant · 30/05/2019 07:18

Lanzabot runs a cleaning company and rents out a villa as well as offering coaching which consists of wisdom such as “it’s monkey see monkey do!”

Necker Island costs $42,000 a night if you rent the whole island, or $27,000 a week if you book a villa.

Have a look at this:

www.businessinsider.com/necker-island-accommodations-2012-9?r=US&IR=T?utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=topbar&utm_term=mobile

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Paddy1234 · 30/05/2019 08:32

Lanzabot - very strange
Her daughter is only 14 wtf - that is so not right. Promoting her Instagram page like she is an influencer.
Anyway it's not working, my daughter is 16, not cool and gets twice as many likes from guess what, normal photos.

JasperRising · 30/05/2019 08:51

It is a bit smoke and mirrors trying to work out whether their present on the island is directly down to Richard Branson/one of his foundations, whether they are there with another organisation who has paid for a workshop from RB and linked up with his charitable foundation.

Not MLM but similar levels of mystery over exactly what they do/can offer via their coaching. I wonder what they local entrepreneurs made of them all (I am afraid my immediate thought was voluntourism which is perhaps unfair but the way their posts are written makes it hard to work out what skills they are imparting over what time period).

OhMyGodTheyKilledKenny · 30/05/2019 09:18

Blimey some of the poses on her Instagram are a bit OTT for a 14 year old, especially when you consider that an adult (her mum?) is probably taking them for her. Shock

Mielabel · 30/05/2019 09:30

I've often wondered about Lanzabot too.

She, Birdbot and another Instagram-famous diet guru type seem to be part of a collective where they promote each other's work. This kind of thing seems to be getting popular. I know an ex FLP turned coach who studied alongside Rasherbot for her coaching and now seems to be part of a group of coaches who promote each other's services (as they all have different niches).

No idea how Lanza and Bird are in Necker, though.

fromdownwest · 30/05/2019 10:13

The Birdbot is an anomaly in that group, as in she does appear to be somewhat successful in her circle of business mentoring.

She is what PHD aspires to be (but fails miserably), charges a small fortune to empower female BizNiZ owners by using all the positive affirmation fluff.

She is very attractive and appears to lead a very glamorous lifestyle, and I am not talking Costa on the M5 with smiles and a latte.

I don't think she is affiliated with any MLM's?

Frequently travelling or in luxury villa's in LA. Or it may all be just for show?

Mielabel · 30/05/2019 11:24

I remember a couple of years ago Lanza and Bird were talking about how they met, and it was through being 'bullied' in a thread online. I think people were speculating on the real source of their incomes and saying they weren't being honest. I wondered if it was this thread but checked at the time and found nothing. Have always been curious about where this was and what was being said.

MLMsuperfan · 30/05/2019 12:30

Broke's promised expose is overdue a few days.

Spongebobette · 30/05/2019 12:35

It all gets a bit meta in bot world

Birdbot seems to coach people to become business coaches.