This industry is definitely not for the faint hearted whether doing it off or online. It takes perseverance and willingness to try just about anything to achieve your dreams.

One of the worst ideas I think Brad and I had was when our first baby was only a few months old. We packed up flyers and invitations to a hotel meeting we had set with some people on our team and went to our local  c-train station. I put my son in my front carrier and we handed out invitations to people while they came in droves to grab the early morning train for work downtown. We must have stood there for what seemed like eternity, and then we drove down to the next stop and stood at that station too.

My feet were killing me, we felt somewhat desperate and humiliated that we looked so desperate, but we didn’t care as long as someone showed up at our meeting. We handed out hundreds of flyers that day.

You know how many showed up?

You guessed it. Zip. Zero. Absolutely none.

We just didn’t get it, how could all of those people just blow off such a great opportunity? They looked like lifeless zombies going to work that morning, surely they would be excited to be offered a better solution?

But that’s when a fellow networker gave us the lowdown. She said, “Listen, why would someone else want to do what you just did? You just told me how you hated standing there at the train station with your poor babe in tow. Do you think any of those people want to do that? You’ve got to find a way to network with others that is enjoyable to you, so that other people will want the excitement about their work that you do.”

Brad and I just looked at each other feeling so stupid wondering why we didn’t have the common sense to do that. Seriously, would you want to stand at the train station just handing out flyers at 6:30 a.m.? It sounds exactly like the job I was trying to avoid at all costs by starting my home based business.

But the task proved to be a learning experience for ourselves that we will never forget. It taught us:

- Be willing to do whatever you have to do to make it.

- Prove it.

- Find a way to market that you find enjoyable or else you won’t stick with it.

- Teach others the same so they will stick with it.

Lastly, we learnt we definitely didn’t like prospecting face to face or hotel meetings. For us, the Internet was the way to go, it fit our lifestyle and encompassed everything we enjoyed doing such as writing, speaking and meeting people from all over the world. You want to know the absolute best part for me? I can work in my pajamas while hanging out with my kids and take a break to play superhero, queen’s castle or paint a portrait whenever I want.

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Cheers to Your Success!
Kelly 

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