What to do now?

So now that I have asked for my refund what should I do?
Should I keep going against Agel...Well I have other things to do and it all create bad vibes so I will let know all the people that I know who got involve with Agel then I'm moving on.
Agel is not going to last very long anyway, apparently they already went bankrupt in Singapore!
But I'm not upset of what happened, I knew something was wrong and finally I found what it was. Then now today I have more experiences and I know that I have to do my homework 100% before joining any business and follow more my intuition and my wife one as well.

And to finish:

The gels are not standartised at all, neither are the plant extracts used in them. Therefore you don't know what's in them and in because they are "wet" products the ingredients deteriorate quickly. This is just how things happen in any wet products. It's important to know that the gels are not even classified as "nutritional supplements" or "vitamins" because they don't fulfill any criteria that are needed to be classified as such. They are in the category of "sports foods" which means they don't have to fulfill any criteria that nutritional supplements do, or contain exactly what's on the label.

They did that to avoid scrutiny by regulating authorities in various countries. In their webcasts they promote the gels as they were nutritional supplements which is just clever marketing to decieve potential customers.

A very important article:

Here is an important article that I found:

About the products. Where do I start. At first I tried to get some answers from my friend or people during the webcasts and each and every time I was sent to their website geldocs.com. The website is a joke, there is no science there. It doesn't really say much different than the regular website. It's just them talking about how great and tasty the gels are. Someone has already mentioned it but the geldocs site lists some references but when you actually read them you’ll realise that the references talk about higher amounts of ingredients than the ones in the Agel gels and all the studies about vitamins are studies done on tablets. The company created a clever, scientific veneer that many people unfortunately are falling for (well I was almost one of them).
Anybody who knows anything about human nutrition or physiology will be absolutely dismayed how anyone could come up with such nutritionally worthless and possibly dangerous products.

First of all the gels are heavily preserved with Sodium Benzoate that is also known under number 211. This chemical is present in soft drinks and confectionery products and have been associated with adverse effects ranging from gastric problems, skin and eye irritation, liver, kidney and neurotoxic effects and regarded as possible teratogen.
In addition it is known to react with vitamin C (either naturally occurring or added) to produce BENZENE – an ingredient present in petrol and a known carcinogen. This issue has been in the news a lot recently and is a subject of FDA investigation. There are currently 100s of articles on the net and in scientific publications appearing world wide about this issue and the following are some references:
www.foodnavigator-usa.com
www.commondreams.org
www.ewg.org
It is really sad that a company that supposedly produces health-enhancing products includes ingredients that are known to be dangerous.

Four out of the five Agel products (FIT, EXO, MIN, OHM, and UMI) used to contain a “Proprietary Sweetening Blend” containing, Neotame, and Acesulfame-K. They are apparently have been now removed from the gels (apart from OHM) but they are still present in the gels in Australia.
Neotame is a cheap artificial sweetener that is much worse than aspartame and Acesulfame-K causes cancer in animals. So it potentially can cause cancer in humans.
www.karinya.com
www.mindfully.org
www.holisticmed.com
wikipedia.org
www.cspinet.org
www.holisticmed.com
www.wholefoods.com
That’s not all. The gels contain flavors (e.g green apple flavour in UMI and meringue flavor FIT) that include propylene glycol (ingredient in anti-freeze, and shampoos), ethyl acetate and ethyl butyrate. They are not nice ingredients to ingest every day. Ethyl acetate is in nail polish and cigarette smoke but it is added to food (as well as ethyl butyratate) because it happens to have a fruity taste.

All these horrible ingredients are in the Agel products but they are very well disguised. I suggest that you look at the Australian Agel site as well as the US one.

The Australians appear to have different regulations as far as the labelling is concerned so the product info is more complete. You have to look at the pdf documens as you won’t hear about these ingredients during webcasts or just by looking at the main Agel website.
The links are:
UMI ingredients
FIT ingredients
EXO ingredients

The US Agel product pdfs are here: www.agel.com
Go to each product, and see the pdf documents. Sodium benzoate is listed but the other additives aren’t.

The following is a short summary of what I found out about each of the individual products:
EXO – has a few plant extracts which is OK but also contains the above listed additives and preservatives. Several juice concentrates are in it and we all know to avoid them as they are nutritionally poor. It’s well known that juices made out of concentrates have lower nutritional values. The whole lot weighs only 21g which is very little fruit. They were raving about EXO having a “huge ORAC score” of 800 at some webcast, which actually is not high at all. This is equivalent of a half cup of grapes or 3 strawberries. Certainly not 5 to 6 lots of fruit as it has been claimed by the Agel people. Reference: www.drdavidwilliams.com
By the way ORAC value is not the only way of assessing nutritional value of fruit and veg as it counts only some antioxidants, but if you are after high ORAC score eat just half of a cup of broccoli or have some Eniva that has ORAC score of 2500.
$2 for and EXO pouch seem a lot for tiny amount of fruit extract mixed with a possibly dangerous chemicals.

MIN – incomplete range of nutrients, very low levels apart from folate and vitamin D.
It has only 30 iu of vitamin E. Well you need at least 200 to 400 iu to make any difference. Also only 150 mg of calcium – far too low. I suggest that you read this new independent publication produced by CRN. The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) is a Washington-based trade association representing ingredient suppliers and manufacturers in the dietary supplement industry. There is a good 36-page paper there: www.crnusa.org
and when you read it you will know that you need a lot higher levels of nutrients than those included in the MIN gel.
And of course the gel contains sodium benzoate. Again for much less than $2 a day you can buy a high quality vitamin and get a supplement with meaningful doses of minerals and vitamins. Look at Douglas Labs, Nuskin or Usana. They all great, high potency products.

FIT – this one really stands out. There is some evidence that hydroxycitric acid can assist in weight loss but they put a completely ineffective amount. SuperCitrimax is the active ingredient Agel is using (manufactured by InterHealth Nutraceuticals) and it was shown to be effective in a clinical trial at a dose of 2700 milligrams of HCA (hydroxycytric acid) that is an equivalent of 4500 milligrams Super CitriMax (see www.crnusa.org). Some studies show that you need even more to have any effect.
How much do you get from Agel’s FIT – only 780mg of HCA (1300mg of Super Citrimax). That’s only a quarter of what was shown to be effective!!! Why would you do that? The only reason is to make a cheap product and sell it for a lot of money.
Also the amount of active ingredient in the pack is only 16% (1300 mg of Super CitriMax in 21 g serving of FIT). So the rest (the majority) that is 84% is water, gum, sweetners, sodium benzoate and of course the delicious flavour that contains propylene glycol, ethyl acetate etc. $2 for water and fillers and a bit of HCA? No thank you.

UMI – as ineffective amount of the active ingredient as in FIT. Fucoidan have shown some anti-tumor activity and although there are thousands of anti-cancerous ingredients in nature (green tea, broccoli, grapes, blueberries etc.) there some people who like to take fucoidan. The inhabitants of Okinawa, Japan enjoy some of the highest life expectancies in Japan. They happen to have one of the highest per capita consumption rates of fucoidan. If you want to take an effective dose of fucoidan take NRx-Fucoidan. Go to www.americannutrition.com. Two capsules of high purity fucoidan will give you 600 mg of the active ingredient. From Agel’s UMI you will only get 210 mg of fucoidan per 21 g packet – exactly 1% of the packet’s content. The rest -99% is water, gum, additives, preservatives. Not a bad money maker?

OHM – has a few vitamins, very low potency as in MIN. Promoted for its proprietary blend containing taurine and D-ribose some ginseng and vinegar. Taurine is an amino acid that is important in metabolism. Adults actually produce taurine from cysteine with the help of pyridoxine, B6 so people generally don’t need to supplement but if you want to, the effective dose is at least 1500 mg and up to 6000 mg per day. Good info can be found here: www.healthy.net
Ribose helps your body quickly replace depleted energy levels, and it has been shown to have benefits in the treatment of heart disease and rapid athletic recovery but you need 5000 to 10000 mg of ribose per day to achieve that http://www.essense-of-life.com/info...ies.htm#ribose1
Unfortunately there is only a fraction of that amount of ribose in OHM.
OHM supplies an unknown amount of taurine and d-ribose but it looks like the amounts are nowhere near optimal as the whole blend weighs 2600 mg and is made up of 6 ingredients (that’s only about 430 mg per ingredient).

In summary: possibly the worst set of products that I have ever seen. Low and ineffective levels of ingredients, artificial flavors, dangerous additives, lots of fillers (some products are mostly fillers) and preservatives. And they say the gels are natural.

And what about this miracle gel. Nothing new about it either. Guar and xantham gums combined together. They are a very common ingredients found in jams, deserts and all sorts of foods as thickeners. Gelceuticals is just a marketing gimmick. Perhaps the Noni Juice people should call their products liquidceuticals - that would make their product sell better. Someone might come up with powderceuticals…… Just an idea.

By the way there are other products on the market that are gels and look almost identical as Agel products. The Monavie acai berry blend is also available in small packets in a gel form. There is also PowerBar Gel available
www.powerbar.com After all Agel looks like it is just a “copy of a copy”.

Personally, I think that there is no way that Agel is going to be a lasting business. People might be greedy but mostly are not stupid. I don’t see any value in the products or the business. The top distributors will grab as much money as they can and move to another “best opportunity”.
All this will do a lot of damage though. First of all it will damage the network marketing industry that already does not enjoy a good reputation because of the “get rich quick” approach. Sadly people’s health might be affected, either because of the chemicals in the products or because of the ignorance. I already heard about a lady who has osteoporosis and stopped taking some high potency products and moved to the gels.
On the other hand I also heard that already Agel does not have a very good retention rate as some people already have obviously recognised that the products are like Christmas baubles – shiny outside and empty inside.

Are the Agel vitamins healthy? ..........................................

What's going on?

Now yesterday, annoyed with the customer service poor quality! I decided to do more research about this company who couldn't manage properly a simple order!
And I found a very interesting article about the different gels from Agel. I sent the article to customer service to see what thy are going to say but they are not going to be objective so I may have to ask an independent laboratory to analyze the gel to be sure that they are healthy.
I also contacted some lawyers specializes in the import of food to Australia as this country has some really strict rules. I used their services before when I wanted to import some Tea from Srylanka...
So I sent them information about Agel gels and we will see what they say....
I have to say that Agel company said that they apply for TGA (to be allowed to claim health benefit from the gel, class the gels as listed medicine) and they will have the result at the end of the year.
Strange! because application are process within 4 weeks! Also Agel say that's because the TGA discuss only few times a year introduction of new product but my lawyers confirm that's not thru!!
Now sorry guys for you who got excited with Agel but I have the impression that it's not an honest company, we will know a beat more tomorrow........
I'm still confidant that MLM is a proper business but definitely not sure about AGEL!

Today it has been nearly 48 hours that I send the article to customer service and I still didn’t receive any news….What’s going on?

No answers yet

I'm still waiting for an important answer from the Agel customer service.
Yesterday I sent them a very unique article about their gels,(I will post it very soon to this Blog) but still no answer........

What's happening?

About 2 weeks ago on a Monday I had an email telling me that they were doing an Agel meeting in Terrigal where I live. I had only one week to get organize.
Even if I had join Agel for over a week I still didn't received my starter pack! or any business card. So I went to have some made and started to look for prospects. Some where interested to know more but I still didn't have any info to give them beside the web site but it's not appropriate for everybody. The Magpack (magazine) is much better. Anyway, I also sent email but most of my contact are form out of town so I went to the meeting alone, it was my first one. 47 was the number of people, we saw again the presentation of the web then speech by the upline. They are ok but I will tell you more about this later...
Anyway then few days later I received my pack but only with UMI(one type of gel out of 3), and no CD....I complain to customer service who said that I had selected only UMI, strange because I didn't but I could have make a mistake.
The funny thing is that I received 2 packs! I called my credit card company and they told me that I got charged twice! So I complain again to customer service and they told me that I had pressed the "back button" so I got charged twice. So I must be stupid to do so many mistake!
But in fact I have order 100 of things on the net and never ever had a problem!! Also I own a Web site for my jewelry business and I'm aware of an ordering process......

So I don't know if all this was a sign but definitely not a coincidence!

What's the Blog?

As you are may be new to this phenomenon, here is an interesting link: What's the Blog?

For the last week lots of things have happened, and I will let you know soon...

Network Marketing: You either hate it, or love it.

Here is an interesting opinion that I found while I was doing my search:


It never ceases to amaze me on the extreme views people have of network marketing. There are some people who are truely passionate about it, such as Robert Allen, Denis Waitley, Robert Kiyosaki and Jim Rohn; Who are bestselling authors and speakers.

And on the flip side, you might as well have the SARs virus if you admit to being a network marketer.

So whats wrong with MLM or network marketing?

Maybe its the business model? That pyramid like structure? But you can't really say thats wrong. Almost any large organisation in the world will have that structure. Theres always 1 CEO, 2 Presidents, 5 Vice Presidents, 20 Division Managers, 100 Managers, and 1000 front line staff. Heck, even the government is in a pyramid like structure.

Or maybe that the top makes the most money? Well, don't they always? I don't see a division manager earning more than a CEO in the same company. To put it the other way round, I can't imagine what will happen if it doesn't happen that way. Would a division manager have more authority than the CEO then? *shudders* BUT! In network marketing, the top need not neccessarily be the person who joins first. If A joins, and recruits B along the way. There may come a time B will earn more than A if he puts in more effort. (More on that topic another day)

Or maybe the fact you have to pay money to participate in it?? But that doesn't sound right... Its just a standard franchising model. Like a Mcdonalds franchise for example. You pay US$1million just to be able to operate a franchise in your country. After that, you still have to buy inventories, take care of the store front, hire employees, etc etc. Try telling Mcdonalds you want to try out the business first, they pay for your store, and when you make money, then you'll pay them. (If you do find such an opportunity, do let me know! I'm serious!)

And even that, the money you pay to participate in a network marketing business is probably less than 0.001 of what you pay for a franchise.

Or maybe, its all just a scheme! This is where money is being made by signing up as many people as possible with little or no real product ever being moved to the consumers. Well, I'm sure there are companies like those. But try telling that to the people in Agel, Amway, Herbalife, Melaleucca, Nuskin, Usana who have sold millions and millions of products to happy customers, many of whom are not distributors of any company. All just happy customers, getting high quality products. So there may be a perception issue here. But its more of seeing one black sheep and calling everybody else black.

But surely, there must be a reason why network marketing has such a bad reputation?

The real problem is not in the business model itself, but instead, its the people it attracts. The business model, is in fact, just that, a neutral business model. And for that, it has a low cost of entry for business, with a huge potential for high revenues and there are people achieving that.

But its because of these exact same qualities, it attracts other kinds of people. Its low cost of entry, allows any Tom, Dick or Harry to join the business. People with no prior experience in owning or running a business; people with no experience in relationship management other than that of employee/employer relations; People who are unaware of the effort required to succeed in any form of business, thus setting unrealistic targets. Together with the potential of high revenues, you can imagine the kinds of people it may attract.

As a result, many network marketers end up giving others unrealistic income expectations. Others, comes across as desperate by forcing people to sign up or to buy tons of products. In the mildest form, some discuss business in inappropriate social settings or come across as deceptive about their business.

Of course, I don't mean network marketing consists of only these kinds of people. But true be told, negative news spreads faster than positive ones. And over here, it spreads like wild fire!

So whats the solution for this?

Firstly, do your due dillegence and find out about a business opportunity before chucking it one side simply because you think you know whats it about.

Secondly, recognise it for what it is. It is not a get rich quick scheme. Its not a fast buck scam. It is a business. And you are a business owner. If you have not owned a business before, LEARN. If you have not networked before, LEARN. If you have not done sales before, LEARN. If you have not worked with or managed people before, LEARN. You need to learn how a business is conducted, how human relations are done, etc.. Not only from established network marketing experts, but also from other experts of various fields too.

Network marketers who are serious about building a business should be reading more, learning more. Continously improving your conceptual skills in life.

Act like a small business owner, and people will treat you like one.

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AGEL is misleading you!

WHY AGEL?

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MLM VERSUS TRADITIONAL BUSINESS

Not everyone in MLM will be successful, but don't think that any other business model will give better results.


Network Marketing
• Start up costs from $45
No risk involved
• Run by self or with partner
• Can begin part-time until income out-earns
your job income
• Can work from home
• Association and mentorship with positive
team players
• Travel opportunities to conventions
• Tax benefits
• Sophisticated Internet-Based business
management system usually supplied
• Full ongoing training and support provided
usually free or for minimal costs
• Huge personal growth through regular use of
self-development material
• Leverage – You receive pay from the company
for all the sales your team members make,
and so do the team.

Traditionel Business
• Start up costs generally $5000 to $1Million
or more. High Risk -Potential for success is
less than 20%
• Employee & wage costs – Superannuation, leave
loading, Workers compensation, workplace
health and safety compliance, annual leave,
long service leave, maternity leave
• Cash flow issues -Capital reserves needed to
get you through
• High overheads – Rental costs, mortgage,
investment. Need to deal with traffic, alarm
clocks
• No time for friends or family
• No time to travel
• PAYG tax, GST, BAS
• Possibility that no system exists at all and
you may struggle to find your way. Expensive
I.T. and technical costs to implement and
maintain a system
• You’re on your own
• No time to focus on self. The focus is on the
business
• Trading time for money–buying a job

AGEL

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More Testimonials

Robert Kiyosaki and Donald Trump are both on record as saying that if they had to start all over again, they would do it through Network Marketing.
Warren Buffet, reported to be the worls's greatest investor, presumably knows a thing or two about trends. Indeed he has now invested in three Network Marketing companies and says, it's the best investement i ever made.
The pre-eminent Network Marketing teacher, Randy Gage says the opportunity for personal growth sets Network Marketing apart, head and shoulders above any other business. He adds that the leadership skills you develop are a tremendous part of that personal growth.
President Bill Clinton, adressing the Direct Selling Association: "You strengthen our country and our economy, not just by striving for your own success, but by offering opportunity to others...Your industry gives people a chance to make the most of their own lives and, to me, that's the heart of the American Dream."

Opinion from Robert Kiyosaki

Robert Kiyosaki is the author of Rich Dad Poor Dad,an international best seller that focuses on what the rich teach their kids about money that the poor and middle class do not. I discovered his books years ago when I was building my jewelry business, it's a great books and helped me to found motivation while I was working 70 hours a week. Then time past, I sold my share of the business, had a break, tried the share market, lost and for 2 years have started again a jewelry business. But it's not the same and I feel that their is a better opportunity in MLM.

So now that I'm investigating Network Marketing I heard that Robert Kiyosaki recommended MLM as a way to found Financial Freedom. So I went back to my library and got my books again and here is what he thinks:

-Network Marketing. Also called multilevel marketing or direct distribution systems. Just as with franchises, the legal system initially attempted to outlaw network marketing, and I know of some countries that have succeeded in outlawing or severely restricting it. Any new system or idea often goes through this period of being classified as "strange and suspicious". At first, I also thought that network marketing was a scam. But over the years, I have studied the various systems available through network marketing, and I have watched several friends become successful. I have changed my mind.

After I dropped my prejudices and began researching network marketing, I found that there were many people who were sincerely and diligently building successful network marketing businesses. When I met these people, I saw the impact their business had on other people's lives and financial futures. I began to truly appreciate the value of the network marketing system. For a reasonable entry fee (often around $200), people can buy into an existing system and immediately start building their business. Due to the technological advances in the computer industry, these organizations are totally automated, and the headaches of paperwork, order processing, distribution, accounting and follow-up are almost entirely managed by the network marketing software systems. New distributors can focus all of their efforts in building their business through sharing this automated business opportunity instead of worrying about the normal start-up headaches of a small business.
One of my old friends who did more than a billion dollars in real estate in 1997 recently signed on as a network marketing distributor and began building his business. I was surprised to find him so diligently building a network marketing business because he definitely did not need the money. When I asked him why, he explained it this way: "I went to school to become a CPA, and I have an MBA in finance. When people ask me how I became so rich, I tell them about the multimillion-dollar real estate transactions I do and the hundreds of thousands of dollars in passive income I receive each year from real estate. I then notice that some of them withdraw or shy away. We both know that their chances of doing multimillion-dollar real estate investments like I do are slim to none. Besides not having the educational background, they do not have the extra capital to invest. So I began to look for a way I could help them achieve the same level of passive income I developed from real estate... without going back to school for six years and spending 12 years investing in real estate. I believe network marketing gives people the opportunity to build up the passive income they need for support while they learn to become professional investors. That is why I recommend network marketing to them. Even if they have little money, they can still invest 'sweat equity' for five years and begin to generate more than enough passive income to begin investing by developing their own business, they have the free time to learn and the capital to invest with me in my bigger deal".
My friend joins a network marketing company as a distributor, after researching several, and started a network marketing business with people who someday want to invest with him. He is now doing well in his network marketing business as well as in his investment business. He told me, "I did it initially because I wanted to help People find money to invest, and now I'm getting rich from a whole new business."

A PERSONAL FRANCHISE
And that why today I recommend people consider network marketing. Many famous franchises cost a million dollars or more to buy. Network marketing is like buying a personal franchise, often for less than $200.
I know much of network marketing is hard work. But success in any quadrant is hard work.
There are network marketing organizations that are only interested in having you sell their system to your friends. And there are organizations primarily interested
in educating you and helping you succeed.
From my research into network marketing, I have found two important things you can learn through their programs that are essential in becoming a successful business owner:
1. To be successful, you need to learn to overcome your fear of being rejected, and to stop worrying about what other people will say about you.
2. To learn to lead people. Working with different kinds of people is the hardest thing about business.

Learn how to handle rejection, how not to be affected by what other people think of you, and learn to lead people and you will find prosperity. So I endorse any network marketing organization that is first committed to developing you as a human being, more than developing you into a saleperson.

A SYSTEM IS A BRIDGE TO FREEDOM
Today, primarily due to changes in technology, the risk in becoming a successful business owner has been greatly reduced...and the opportunity to own your own business system has been made available to virtually everyone.
Franchises and network marketing took away the hard part of developing your own system. You acquire the rights to a proven system, and then your only job is to develop you people.
Think of these business systems as bridges. Your bridge to financial freedom."

Now I hope you found this article from Robert Kiyosaki fascinating!
It's probably the one who made me decide to join this amazing business.
You can found more detail in his book THE CASHFLOW QUADRANT.

Robert Kiyosaki

"Is this Pyramid Selling?"

What is Pyramid Selling? Since Pyramid selling started,it's definition has been corrupted by a Chinese whispers style of passing on information, to the point that it has become a mystery.

If people are not selling Pyramids from Egypt, what are they selling when they get into Pyramid Selling?
It seems they may not be actually selling anything.

To determine whether a program is a legitimate multi-level opportunity or an illegal pyramid scheme, the relative government department tests several factors.

The first and most important test is to take a look at the compensation plan.
Does it reward participants for:
a) Merely introducing others to the program ----------> SCAM Alert!!! Pyramid!
or
b) Are participants paid for selling products? ----------> Passes this test.

“From an anti-pyramid standpoint,the most important determination in legislation
is whether or not the money participants earn is contingent upon recruiting others into the program. Thus pyramids, endless chain schemes and chain letters are illegal”.

Numerous websites offer information. Government sites are honest because they actually write the legislation and decide what defines an illegal pyramid. The Attorney General’s website say that the answer had been made clear in 2002 when the Trade Practices Act 1974 was amended “in plain English” to make it more easy to understand and clarify the prohibition of pyramid selling.

What their site says is that a Pyramid Scheme pays people primarily for recruiting, rather than for building a business that sells products. However it also says that marketing schemes may offer incentives to their sales personnel for recruiting further sales personnel and that many party-plan schemes are legitimate schemes. The major point is that if a reward for recruiting is the major incentive to get people involved, it could be a pyramid.

The New Zealand Department of Consumer Affairs website has a great check-list that is easy to follow and makes identifying pyramids fairly simple. It also has a list of recently prosecuted schemes and others that have been warned by the New Zealand Commerce Commission as being illegal.

The site of the South Australian Office of Consumer Business Affairs clearly differentiates between MLM, where participants earn commissions from the sale of products, and pyramid selling, where the real focus in is earning money almost entirely by introducing other people into the scheme. Pyramid selling schemes often involve no product at all or 'gimmick' type products or services that do not generate regular income through repeat sales.

So now I understand the difference! and after studying, I realize that this new company that I consider to join is really a proper Network Marketing buiness and it may be a very good opportunity.

Helping yourself by helping others!

Before to go into more detail about this particular company I would like to let you know why MLM is going to be my next business.
Here are some of the appealing benefits of Network Marketing:
- Very small investment to start
- Choice of the people you work with
- Work from home
- Opportunity for unlimited income
- Building your success while empowering others to succeed

The amazing fact for me is that you cannot be successful without helping others to be successful. But if you are looking to get rich quick! Network Marketing is really not the answer! But if you are motivated to work hard, part-time or full-time you will build a business big enough to give you residual income and enjoy life.

The flexible hours make it a perfect business to start while you keep your current jog or business.

Now when I started to talk to my wife and different people about MLM I had some divers opinions. So I had to understand why, and also if all this was too good to be truth?

Network Marketing

This customer, Darren gave me his business card, we had a little chat and then he walked away....
I was curious and back home had a look at his website and discovered that it was about MLM. But the product at first view was pretty good and the presentation of the business was impressive... I could see that it could be an opportunity to start a new business with a small capital.
Network Marketing, MLM ! So what is it ? Really I had no idea beside the vague Amway story and people trying to sell you Tupperware.....
Anyway I had to do some research to really see what was involve in MLM. Thanks to my wife Katerina a skeptical born!
The amazing thing with the net is the amount of information you can found, and here we go I started my research.

Now for few weeks already I have been on a rollercoster....Sometime excited about the business, really motivated to join and sometime disappointed with what I found.

Opportunity

In the last few years I learned that their is no coincidence, to follow my intuition and that what ever happen is for something better. Not necessarily in the short term but definitely in the long term...
Few weeks ago, as I was working at my shop one of my customers ask me how was my business blabla...And then asked if I was looking for a different source of income.
At the moment I was looking for different opportunities so he definitely got my interest.
In the last 10 years I have been approached quite a few times by this type of people but I was never interested as was already over busy. I still had a few meeting but I could't relate to their product or I didn't think their business was a good idea....But today it's a different story.

Self Employed

If to be "self employed" is a dream for many people, it' s in fact not always as good as you can imagine. You end up working for someone anyway, not a boss but someone else: for me it was the owner of the shop, Shopping Centre (with increasing rent and their Mafia like practice....), staff and customer. I'm not complaining about having to work because in any job or business you have to work to make a dollar.
I have been lucky, worked hard, made some money, enjoy it with a couple of years off and then for now nearly 3 years have been back in the trade to make a living. But if I realize that money doesn't bring me happiness, free time does!
Time with my family, friends and time to enjoy my hobbies.....
But how I'm going to have more free time, with a growing family and all the expenses that our society bring us? Well the solution is to have an income without working! Some people call it Residual income.
So now is my Jewellery business going to bring me a residual income?
Well I would have to grow it at a level big enough where if you sold it you could invest the money and live of the interest. So let say that it's nearly impossible!
Knowing the economic situation of our society, the increasing competition, and the Shopping centre killing the small business I would need enormous amount of money so again more risk, stress and for a reward not even guaranty!

The Beginning

It's already few weeks that I have been looking at this phenomenon: the Blog! Quiet amazing ....
Now I'm starting one and in less than 5 minutes it's ready to go! I have a lot to learn like the RSS things & Blogrolle ect... Today is the 1st June, my first blog and begin of Winter here in Australia.
Very busy at the moment with my business as the retail (have a little shop selling Jewellery) is very slow and the wholesale is surviving with my customer taking forever to pay their account and my partner who go away to Japan! Thanks you guys, my wife is pregnant and my boy (2 years) growing up fast.....Help help where is the exit?