I live in Utah, the MLM capital of the United States. Now, I don’t know that for a fact, however, I read or heard somewhere that it’s true - and quite honestly, I don’t doubt it. I base this on the number of weekly phone calls from people - friends, mere acquaintances or even relative strangers that I receive on a weekly basis. I’ll return home to see the blinking light on my answering machine. When I press the button, I almost instantly know that it’s yet another chirpy person offering me the most amazing opportunity ever - the opportunity to push the latest vitamins, cookware or energy enhancing drink containing some strange name that I can’t pronounce, with products I’ve never heard of, promising to add years to my life if I’ll break out my credit card, fill up my already overstuffed garage with this terrible tasting drink that I wouldn’t even feed to my neighbor’s evil dog.

So then, why in the WORLD did I join an MLM? Was I nuts or was this one of the smartest things I’ve ever done?

It all started a few months ago when I was laid off from my corporate management position. I’d loved working for my company - which allowed me to telecommute from my home in a rural part of central Utah, however the daily grind, the lack of resources and my feeling that my management wasn’t quite honest had taken its toll on me. I was having trouble sleeping and was spending more and more time trying to juggle all the projects that I was handed. It wasn’t a shock when there were huge company wide personnel cuts - especially since we’d posted 1st and 2nd quarter losses of almost $40 million.

Due to my location, and the fact that I didn’t want to relocate to a larger city, I decided to check out some work from home MLM opportunities.

OK - I have to admit it - although I know people who would love to sponsor me, I didn’t call one of them or ask how they were doing. Instead, I turned to the internet to do my research.

I put together some criteria that would allow me to make my decision.

1. No vitamins, energy drinks, cookware, makeup, etc. Sorry, but I’m just not into hocking small products. If I’m going to spend my time selling something, it’s going to be one that makes me a nice chunk of change instead of a dollar here and a dollar there.
2. No making lists of people I know, people I used to know, people I will know in the future and people I knew in all my past lives. No calling up my friends and acting all chipper and happy and offering them an opportunity of a lifetime. I figure that if I’m successful, then people will ask me. I don’t want people to turn around and go down the other aisle or pretend they don’t see me if we run into each other in the store.
3. No old, established, 100 year old MLM companies. OK - I realize that older, established companies have a track record, but they also have hundreds of thousands of people who have tried it or their friends/neighbors/relatives have been involved. Nope. I’d rather get in at the top where not as many people have heard of the company.
4. Fun. OK, I realize that this is supposed to be a money making business - after all, I do need to support myself and my animals. My dogs need an unlimited supply of doggy treats and my cats need to be warm and well fed. But I’ve been working in corporate environments for years where I’m required to put on a happy face while my team is figuring out how to screw the competition. That is not fun for me. I want to be able to enjoy working with both my downline as well as upline and I want to be able to have fun - to laugh, to smile and feel like I’m doing something positive in people’s lives.
5. And speaking of people - it’s important for me to surround myself with positive energy. I don’t know it all, and I wanted to join a team of people who could help me in becoming successful in my new chosen career.
6. “Rah…rah…rah.” Picture a basset hound saying that and you’ll see just how much interest I have in attending meetings where everyone is jumping, cheering, screaming and shouting. I know that it’s probably just me, but I have no interest in being part of the cheering multitude. Doesn’t work for me in football games (I’m the one usually sitting down stuffing my face while my team has just scored the winning game touchdown.) Not that there’s anything wrong with being a cheerleader (save the cheerleader, save the world) - it’s just that I’m not that type of person.
7. Work from home. OK, I know that I’ve already indicated that wanted to work from home, but it bears repeating. Just about the closest to heaven that I can come while earning money is to sit cross legged in my chair, bundled up in my most comfortable sweats, sipping a hot cup of coffee and reading the email that I’ve just received letting me know that I’ve just made ANOTHER $1,000 sale (the 10th this week and it’s only Wednesday morning.) Geez - do I even have to say anything else about that?

So, based on the above main criteria (it almost goes without saying that I didn’t want to be involved with anything illegal, immoral, unethical, etc.) I did find an MLM company that I really liked - and better yet, a team of people that were willing to teach me how to market this business. The promotion is the Reverse Funnel System, the product is a fantastic travel company Global Resorts Network - which, if you enjoy traveling like I do, is a match made in heaven, and the payout is $1,000 for each person I sponsor and $1,000 for each person that they sponsor.

It has taken a little time for me to learn how to market the Reverse Funnel System, however, now that I’ve gotten my feet wet and have a number of sales under my belt, I’ve started gaining momentum and, let’s just say that I’m anticipating a very very nice chunk of change in the next year.

I do all of my network marketing over the internet. This might change in the future, however this is what I’m comfortable doing. I haven’t yet “recruited” any friends or family however, this again might change in the future. I have 2 friends who see my success and are interested in doing the same. Oh, and my sister - who saw the great prices that GRN offers and wants to join, simply to take advantage of the travel discounts. All in all, each of the criteria that I used to make the decision has been met with the Reverse Funnel System. I’m very pleased that I’ve joined and am looking forward to creating a terrific team and making a lot of money.

Tery Robertson is an Internet Marketer/Online Network Marketing Coach who spent many years in Fortune 500 corporate environments and now enjoys the personal and financial freedom of creating her own online businesses. She consults and mentors other entrepreneurs who are interested in creating their own 6 figure plus incomes.

She can be contacted at info@nourishinglife.com or http://www.nourishinglife.com