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My Story of how I found my Perfect Home Business
Jun 27, 2008 at 3:29 PM
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When I had my daughter 2 years ago I knew I had to find something to do from home...I couldn't bear to leave her with someone all day while I worked outside of the home. So I found a job as an independant sales rep for a very reputable baby carrier company. They are an AWESOME company with a high quality product. I went from 1 store to 50 stores that had my product in about a year. I was one of their top producers....then BAM! The economy went downhill and fast and so did my commissions! I called my stores to get them to reorder and they told me "Roz, we love your slings and our customers do too...but the problem is that people are really strapped right now and frankly, no one is coming in to buy ANYTHING. They just don't have money for extras right now."

And then it hit me. I needed to find a home business that had a product that people needed, versus wanted. So I began my search...and it took me 6 months to find a business that fit that description.

I first thought about becoming a distributor for a company that I took their whole food supplement during my pregnancy. I had an outstanding pregnancy with no morning sickness or any complications. So I figure that may be a good place to start so to cover all of my bases I called my good friend who has been in Network Marketing for over 10 years. She sold a "super-fruit" product and was successful with it. But she told me that with the economy the way it is, she's seen her residual income go down the drain, because eventhough people love these products, they just don't have the money for it anymore.

So she had the exact same experiance I did...except hers was with her residual income that she worked so long and hard for and with one fell swoop of the economy it pretty much vanished. That was her retirement money.

So after talking with her I tried a business that while it had a service people needed...I did not have the passion for it and needless to say I did not do well lol...Then came another company that I actually did well with. I loved my team and especially my mentor Jennifer May. She was always there for me when I needed it most!

I actually enrolled under someone who enrolled with her. But after about a year she went MIA and I never heard from her until another year later when Jennifer May told me she cancelled. It was just as well because I always ended up talking with Jennifer anyway :).

So time went by for both of us and we actually started forming the same thoughts about the company we were in...while we LOVED the company, the team, and especially the services. But, the company started to make some changes that we weren't as fond of, and it really broke our heart because we loved being in that company!

We also started delving into personal branding and we saw that there were MANY more opportunities for us to create additional streams of income, while TRULY helping people learn how to market their business in a modern way. So goodbye spamming! Yes I was a spammer...not in a full-fledged way, but it was still spamming. I wrote a post on it here with a video too: http://www.rozpearcy.com/life-of-a-spammer/

So I joined with Jennifer May in a new business, ViSalus Sciences. And yes, I know it has products, but when you have leadership like I do on my team (waaaaay better than any other opportunity I've been in) you can make it work...not only that but you help people live healthy lifestyles with these patented and patent-pending products so it really makes you feel good!

Thanks for taking the time to read about my story today! If it touched you in any way or even if you have questions, please comment below!

ROZ :)

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Aug. 19, 2008 at 6:06 PM

Hi, I watched the video seems awesome... what do you do, how do you do it, and how much does it cost to start up? Curious. I am in California, can I do this business?