Copycat Marketing 101: How to Copycat Your Way to Wealth

by Burke Hedges

How to copycat your way to wealth.

Genres: Business, Nonfiction, Self Help, Finance, Management

114 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2000

About the author

Burke Hedges is an extremely well known Author, speaker, and trainer in the Network Marketing industry. He wrote “Who Stole the American Dream” which was the #1 selling book in the entire history of Amway.

Reviews

[Ashok Krishna · Rating 1 out of 5]

When a friend of mine recently gifted me this book, I was hoping that this would be a nice little appetizer for the serious reading in the days ahead. Surfing through the first few page, I found them to be interesting too. But, as the pages progressed, all that hope and interest gave way to boredom and a sense of annoyance.

A potpourri of sorts, this book tries to be many things at once - self-help, business, finance, and finally and mainly, network marketing. The author emphasizes on network marketing as one of the trusted ways to become rich quick and on one's own terms. As if we haven't heard it all from those impassioned distributors trying to enroll us into their pyramid selling. In fact, a simple Google search will tell you that there have been people who have become millionaires through this mode, but this is not for everyone and not for everywhere.

Filled with anecdotes, jokes and a few inspirational quotes, this book is really for those people who are frantically searching for ways and means to become rich quick. And, if you take away those quotes, anecdotes and jokes, the rest of the book could be presented neatly in two A4-sized sheets. As for the serious readers, I wouldn't recommend this for any reason.

[Praveen M N · Rating 1 out of 5]

It talks about network marketing, synergy and franchising combined. Basically he speaks about how Amway sells... and how people make money out of it... It's highly biased and does not even mention any downsides to this. Moreover this strategy of making money has proved to be dangerous in the Indian scenario for many people with rogue companies like Symbiosis etc. cropping up.
All in all a bad read... I am being really nice when I give it two stars...

[محمد أبوسلامة · Rating 4 out of 5]

Amazing ! Future is ours .

[Hirdesh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Factually splendid ! !

[Deepak Chourasiya · Rating 1 out of 5]

Not a buyer of network marketing, there have been so many frauds and scamsters in recent times using this and looting people

Initially, when I picked up the book, I though there might be some useful / reasoned approach in the book. But after reading, all expectations and left in the muck. This is a book that can disorient people.
Network marketing had disadvantages too which are not explained in the book. For instance, There are only limited people on the Earth. You assume yourself at the top of the Pyramid of network marketing, but what if you are one of the last few if the entrants i.e. one of the last legs of the Pyramid.
Not worth buying the idea presented in the book.
Does not deserve even one star.

[Mahendra Murmu · Rating 4 out of 5]

Readable , appropriate examples are used for explanation.

[Brahma Teja Lankoti · Rating 4 out of 5]

The author starts the book with a very interesting question. Have you ever thought about how good we are at copycatting? Copycatting starts the day we are born, we copy the language we speak, the food we eat, the way we walk, the way we dress.

So why haven't we found a way to copycat creating wealth?

The most important part of this book explaination of "Power of compounding". Albert Einstein says compounding is the eighth wonder of the world. Use this powerful principal to create wealth by building business which leverages this very concept. I learnt how important it is to take leverage of time and compounding (exponential growth).

[Antony Jerline · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book provides motivation for the readers. They highlighted the success of Coca-Cola, Mc Donald’s & Warren Buffet’s share market but it needs to bring more practical stuff & broad views.

[Anish Antony · Rating 2 out of 5]

It is a very simple and easy going book. The contemporary ideas proposed by Burke Hedges seems attractive. Franchising and Network Marketing were excellent strategies some times ago. When I read it now, I felt they are a bit outdated. The book is not a guide to becoming rich but it shows a few pathway for becoming rich. These pathways might be unorthodox for some, while an opportunity for others. It all depends on the mindset of the reader. The book doesn't give a clear picture, rather it is focusing on some hints and suggestions. After reading the book, if someone really got interested in franchising or network marketing, you would be in a dilemma, what to do next?; I suggest Go for another book....

The book is very small and contains lot of spelling mistakes. I am not sure, whether it is the mistake while printing or mistakes by intentionally.

Its not an excellent book. If you search 'What is franchising or Network Marketing with example' in Google, you will get an output somewhat like this book.

My rating 2/5

Regards
ANISH ANTONY

[Vaibhav Rajam · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book focuses on Copycat ways : "Franchising" & "Multilevel Marketing"
Especially on "Multilevel Marketing" (It says MLM is much better than Franchising)
I got to Learn New ways of Marketing exist in the world ! :)
Recommended (y)

[Samaksh Rawal · Rating 4 out of 5]

Its a good book. You can read once. The book has several methods for becoming rich. The entire focus is on leverage. Its a quick read. You can read it in 3 hours. For more info watch this video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3Jgj...

Thanks.

[Allister · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great business starter

[David Rosage · Rating 1 out of 5]

Great compelling start but started to sound like a sales pitch for network marketing at the end.

[Arun · Rating 1 out of 5]

fuckkkkkk

[Shaju Dev · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read this book a long time back( Thanks to a dear Friend - David Nair), this opened up my mind towards money and wealth creation. Thumbs up.

[Karthik D.R · Rating 4 out of 5]

Insightful Read
I liked the way Mr. Burke has given the information on Network Marketing's Potential.

I liked his statement "..we are born copycatters!" :)

[Pankaj Shah · Rating 1 out of 5]

Book is about Network Marketing, something which Amway offers.

[Purvesh Pandit]

Though it makes certain good and valid points but it does not go anywhere and not much convincing conclusion..

[Atul Airan]

I am a network marketer and working with the best network marketing company. If anyone is interested in joining me, plz mail me at airanatul87@gmail.com

[Phan Chia Wei · Rating 4 out of 5]

Is THE marketing book for dummy like me

[Ee Yong · Rating 3 out of 5]

We are all copy cats

[Paul Bard · Rating 1 out of 5]

Meh.

Network marketing.

[BRIJESH · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice one. Great to understand the way to be financially focused. What makes it more interesting is the challenging and lucrative way to grow one's wealth.

[Ashwani Pal · Rating 4 out of 5]

it is good book for introduction of NETWORK MARKETING for freshers in NM

[Vishakha Raghav · Rating 4 out of 5]

"You have to seize opportunities when they are presented to you, not when you think you are ready for them"

Book: Copycat Marketing 101

🌻After a very long time I have read a book which is a little against my philosophy of living life. This book challenged my perspective of how we humans are actually living oh sorry not living how we are copying. Yes that is what the book is all about how best we are at copycatting.

😇How did I feel while reading the book?

🌻Burke in his book as started off with how we humans are great at copycatting. From childhood till now we have been copying each and everything from someone or the other. Sometimes we call it inspiration sometimes we call it a role model. Every time we are looking up to somebody to make ourselves a better version of ourselves.

The Book helps to give us an idea about how to differentiate between a temporary income and wealth, therefore networking which can be a great scope in the coming future, and is a good book if you want to start a network managing business. It gives a very small description of how the Franchising or Network marketing concepts are different from the normal job.

😇How did I change after reading the book?

🌻This is something I came across while reading the book and this made me realize we might be going right or wrong whatever. We assume that we are copying the right person....we copy others, and others copy us.

[Rajesh Shanmugam · Rating 4 out of 5]

"If You Want Different Results, You Have to Try Different Approaches" this book starts with this quote. I liked it the way he explained how we copy cat since our birth. I learned so many things in this book teach linear growth, exponential growth and which is real wealth. Best part compound interest concepts. He is telling the pros and cons of franchise and network marketing (MLM). Finally he is coming to say that Network marketing is the ultimate copycat idea to make money. Personally. I don’t believe in network marketing. But we can learn many things in this book.

[Sanskar Saraf · Rating 5 out of 5]

It a a marvel of a book. I can say its one of my favourites till date. The author in this book tells that we are copycats from the day we are born, we learn to do everything like walking and talking by copying others and consequently its the best thing we can do.

He tells us the value of exponential growth, leverage and also tells us how to copycat our way to success. Its a must read and will surely change your view about life.

[Sparsh · Rating 2 out of 5]

A normal book, nothing extraordinary. Best thing was that it was short.
On one page there was a context of what tv watchers around the world eat while watching Tv, so In indian column author had listed mutton sandwiches. I refute this claim as most of Indians do not indulge into mutton sandwiches, many are vegetarians.
Though the reason behing mentioning this fact was the level of due diligence done by the author.
You will know nothing more which you already didn’t know.

[Muhamad Saiful · Rating 4 out of 5]

The output pretty straight forward...and I like this easy read book bout copycat things that happened ages ago...which somehow encounter how we will think it now...

Some of great ingredients 👌🏼
1. Employed others instead of doing it alone
2. Compounding investing rule 72
3. Creative synergism - (network marketing )people franchise) like ice cream n waffle case study
4. Franchising
5. Network marketing is like more freedom - free enterprise (grows linearly)

[Tamara · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book was a total waste. It took until page 89 of 114 to get to the “101” part. And the big payout suggestion? Network Marketing

There was no gem here. Nothing useful. Just one big sales pitch for networking marketing as your freedom form trading time for money.

I personally have no issue with MLMs. But this was not really the book I thought I was buying or the information I thought I might get. Also, very very dated material and numbers.