My Direct Sales History and How The Renegade System has Changed it (For the Better!)

I suppose I am somewhat of a veteran network marketer. I have been in one mlm company or another for eight years, and I have learned something from each of them.

My first venture into the business occurred when I was dating a man who got involved in a supplement and water filter mlm. I followed him into the business, not knowing a single thing about mlm. I blindly spent about $5000 on this company. And I think I was fortunate, because the FTC shut them down before I spent more! The government determined this company was an illegal pyramid and seized all the company's assets after I had been in the biz about four months. That's when I learned about the Direct Selling Association.  If you haven't checked out their website and you're in an mlm, you need to learn what they are all about. I'll talk about them in another blog article, that's just not what this article is about. What an eye opener! I didn't learn anything about running my own business, let alone a mlm business; but I learned about the dsa, so all was not lost!

A few years after that, I decided I wanted to sell jewelry. So, I went to the internet, found a company I liked, checked out the product, talked to a distributor who had been in the business about a month, and I was off! As much as I love jewelry, once again, I didn't make any money! I found that people can only buy so much silver! And when the economy is down, they buy less! So, I turned out to be my best customer. I was not able to build a team, and really was not able to keep the business moving forward. This time, I learned that if you want to go into business for yourself, it's probably a good idea to go into business selling a good product that people will need to keep buying.

So, then I became involved in a cosmetic direct sales company. I love these products and still use them today. I was able to sign up distributors with this company, and they continue to purchase products. But I really didn't sponsor anyone who wanted to build a business, they signed up because they wanted the discount for their own personal use. I found that almost everyone I spoke to was already either using the products, was a distributor, or they had a sister or friend or cousin who was a distributor. Great products. Repeatable sales. But I still found I was spending more than I was making.

Finally I signed with a supplement and skin care company. Once again, great products, repeatable sales, women and men (as opposed to just women with the cosmetic company!) like the products, and the company is fairly new, so there is a lot of room for growth. I have signed several people up on my team. And they want to build a business! But, once again, I am spending more than I am making. Building the team seemed to be a slow process. Until I found the Renegade System.

I have finally found a system that is turning the trend around! I stumbled on Ann Sieg's Seven Lies on the internet one day and was intrigued. So I followed the natural course of my curiosity and jumped into the Renegade University. What an eye opener! Everything made sense to me. The training is exactly what I needed - step-by-step, click-by-click. Detailed explanation of everything I needed to understand.

I have learned attraction marketing. I am using the internet through sites such as this blog, Facebook, Squidoo, Youtube, digg and Hub to get my name out on the internet where people are finding me through Google and Yahoo. They are reading what I am doing and they are asking me for more information.  I no longer have to chase my friends and nag my relatives to come to meetings to hear about the most amazing opportunity every imagined. There are millions of people who are interested, and I no longer have to chase my friends who are not interested.

I have learned that the problem with my previous mlm experiences was not me, it was the system that the direct sales companies teach. And it is not as if my upline did not want me to be successful, they didn't know any better.

But finally, I have discovered a way to market myself and my business that makes sense. And more importantly, it is making money! It's a system that I can teach my downline, and my upline, too!

The Renegade University has made a difference in my business. I would encourage anyone who is in direct sales or mlm to check it out for themselves. It has made a huge difference in my business, and it can do the same for you.