It’s no wonder the network marketing industry has such a piss-poor reputation. Almost everyone in this business is out to screw you, and it’s not just limited to the scumbags in the traditional offline network marketing world.

The online “gurus” are almost as bad, with tactics and bad business practices that closely resemble their partners in crime at seminars around the world, with the only difference being that they spew their garbage in electronic form, from Web sites, blogs, forums and e-mail newsletters.

Make no mistake about it, the heads of the motivational organizations around the world, along with all of their cronies, who run seminars and conferences and sell useless CD’s, DVD’s and motivational books in the form of a business tool pyramid, are some of the lowest scum on Earth and are just a step above serial killers and pedophiles in my book.

These cult leaders don’t care who they hurt mentally, emotionally and financially as long as they can make more money. They are some of the greediest, blood-sucking parasites in the world.

But as bad as they are, their online counterparts are almost as corrupt. Millions of people first deal with network marketing the old-fashioned way, by being recuited at a gas station or book store and then going to a home or hotel meeting. Most people will quickly lose interest or belief in these ridiculous business practices, but some will have their interest piqued enough to continue their network marketing pursuits on the Internet.

In pursuit of building a true network marketing home business, many potential distributors will turn to online “gurus” or Internet marketing experts, as they often refer to themselves, in order to build a successful home business. What they don’t realize is that most of the big-time online network marketers are using the same greedy “business-building” tactics, selling useless e-books, expensive Internet marketing kits and instructional DVD’s, monthly Web site and membership fees and shockingly, the same motivational b.s. products that are still being pushed by the old-timers.

You just don’t notice because it’s online and seemingly “automated,” and they’ve effectively created the illusion that their systems are much evolved from the way things were done in the 1970′s and 1980′s. Well, we’re here to tell you that they’re not, but they are out to steal your money and leave you no closer to your goal of financial independence than before.

Here at Pro Network Marketing, we caution you to be very careful of any network marketing advice given on the Internet, especially if it costs money to get it. One obvious exception would be our own company site, which is a completely free source of network marketing information and advice.

One of the few other network marketing online experts that we recommend is Ann Sieg. Ann generally provides good tips for building a network marketing home business on the Internet, and she does offer some quality information for free. While we don’t agree with everything Ann says, such as you can’t build a completely automated business where someone builds a down-line for you, as we do here at Pro Network Marketing, she does offer some worthwhile insights on the network marketing industry.

So be careful of who you trust online, and don’t assume that just because it’s online network marketing, it’s automatically better that traditional offline network marketing.