A few years ago I decided that I wanted to work fulltime as a network marketer.  I had been in and out of various different MLM companies over the past 40 years and had never quite achieved the success that I was looking for.

However, I had always had a well paying regular job and I suppose that prevented me from putting everything I had into trying to make a go of it.  I wandered from one opportunity to another, never quite figuring out why I couldn’t get the results that the top earners were getting.

Well, over the last few years I have been taking online marketing very seriously and I have purchased numerous courses, DVDs, CDs and gone to a number of expensive seminars.  What I have learned during this period of time has been priceless but I still felt that there was more that I could be doing to move ahead in my chosen business opportunity.

Everywhere I turned over the last few years, I have been told over and over again that the “old school” way of doing business was dead…..the only way to make it big was to be on the internet and have people coming to you.  Yes, it was all about positioning yourself and having folks chasing you down.

Sounded great….and I bought into it hook, line and sinker.

So what type of results was a getting?  I can tell you that I was not over the moon with happiness.  Yes….I was creating a presence on the web and people were visiting my website but,  in most cases, those visits did not culminate in sales.

What the heck was going on?

After much soul searching and constructive thinking, I made a difficult decision.  I decided that the business opportunity I was in was not the right fit for me.  I was a long time hold out.  I did not want to make a change.  In my mind, it meant that I was giving up.  But the more that I thought about it, the more I realized that I had given this Company more than 100% of my time and efforts and it had not been enough.  I had to figure out why.

After much thought, I realized that I truly was not passionate about the Company or its product.  I still believe that it’s the best product on the market in that arena…..but it was not a subject that I had an affinity for.

So, what was I to do?  I had received much advice from the likes of Bob Proctor, John Assaraf, Napoleon Hill and other deep thinkers and without exception they all said that to be truly successful a person has to be passionate about what they are doing.

I receive regular e-mails from Perry Marshall and one such e-mail arrived just at the right time.  Perry said one of the biggest mistakes a person could make was to stick with something that definitely was not working, after giving it everything you’ve got.

People get confused when they are told that they should never, ever give up.  I felt that if I gave up on my old Company I was a failure.  Well, the truth is that I was not giving up on my dream.  I was being realistic in realizing that this Company was  not the right fit for me and I needed to find out where that would be.

The next step, then, was to find my passion.  Ever since I can remember I have always been interested in health issues and helping others to maintain or regain their health.  I knew I had to find something in the health field that I could feel strongly enough about.   In the past I had been District Manager for Health & Welfare Canada and also received my Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and worked for a while as a Nutritional Consultant and a Master Herbalist.

I needed to find a business and a product that I could relate to on a deep level.  It took a while, but the Law of Attraction never fails to work and as I constantly thought about the type of product I wanted to sell and the type of people I wanted to help, one momentous day, there it was.

I severed my ties with my old Company and joyously aligned myself with a Company and a product that I truly believe everyone on this planet could benefit greatly from.

I could hardly believe it, but in a matter of weeks I was making sales.  I had a product that was desperately needed in the marketplace and all my previous training on marketing etc., was immediately put to good use.

So, if anyone is reading this and feels that they are giving up if they decide that the primary company that they are involved in is not the right fit for them….please relax, sit back and give it some insightful thought.  Ask yourself some important questions.  Here are just two examples:-

(a)      What am I passionate about;

(b)      Is the product I am involved in something that only appeals to a very small percentage of the population;

Doing business is so much easier when you have a product that all the population uses on a daily basis.

I have found such a product and I am thrilled to be able to share it with everyone I come in contact with.

Have a wonderful, successful day!

Jan

To check on my new business opportunity, please visit

www.GetAlkalizedWithKangen.com

It is evident that an enormous shift has been taking place in the business world over the last little while.  Due to the severe economic situation, more and more people are taking the initiative and starting up their own businesses.  This has created a new age….yes, the age of the entrepreneur is coming into its own.

The question that then begs to be asked, is whether this is a wise decision.  If you know any entrepreneurs yourself, then you will agree, that for the most part, they have very big ideas but their budgets don’t  quite match.  The result of this is that many of these businesses have been very limited in their ability to compete with their larger competitors when it comes to marketing.

That being the case, the new entrepreneur, with little funds to spend on marketing, has to be creative.  Enter Web 2.0.  Now small businesses can take full advantage of this free avenue of getting their name and brand out there for next to nothing.   Web 2.0 comprises of the social networking media.  This includes YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Squidoo and literally hundreds more websites that are all free.

There are many other free sources.  Having your own blog is a wonderful idea and if you use WordPress.com then everything is taken care of for you.  However, if you are going to be a serious entrepreneur I would recommend you use WordPress.org and host your own blog.  You will then have complete control over it and it’s content.  Another free source is article marketing.  This article you are reading right now if an example of that.

Sometimes fear or plain ignorance holds a person back.  It is important to work on your mindset and get clear as to why you want to have your own business.  If you do not have a strong enough “why”, then when the going gets tough, and it undoubtedly will, you will probably not hang in there.  As far as ignorance is concerned, this is one of the easiest obstacles to overcome.   There is so much free information out there just for the taking.  You will have to do a little research on the Internet but  you will find all sorts of help waiting for you there.

There are also so many wonderful instructional books.  I have an armload of them.  Most times I can get my answers just from these.  Amazon.com is a great place to check out helpful books.  Many are written for the beginner and are presented in an easy to understand manner.

Even though you can become your own boss with very little financial investment, there is still going to be an investment….not of money….but of your time, hard work, perseverance and patience.   Yes, this is indeed the age of the new entrepreneur.  The experts have gone on record as saying that more millionaires will be created in the next ten years, than at any other time in history.   Don’t let this golden opportunity pass you by.  Believe it or not, right now at least one in eight households in the States has their own home-based business.

There has never been a better time to be an entrepreneur.  If you would like to see the Company that I have aligned myself with, please go to:

www.GetAlkalizedWithKangen.com

Have a great day!

Jan