For someone who hasn't blogged in a bit. .. this post will be long. Just letting yall know!!
This morning while perusing FB to see what everyone has been up to since I last logged on ( 8 hours before) ( don't lie... you all do it too!) I stumbled upon 2 very well written yet extremely different blog posts.
One was from a VERY well know mom blogger.. and like I said.. very well written. The content DID have me thinking and cringing.. though I believe that's the point. . A) to make us think B) to ruffle some feathers... and that's OK.
We are the owners of our own blogs and social media pages. Therefore we are totally protected by that freedom to speak our minds.
Can I get an AMEN!
Anyhow..
This very well know mommy blogger was talking about *gasp* Network Marketing and being totally bombarded on FB with sales pitches from friends peddling everything from Nail products to cosmetics to health products.
Ok.
I get it.
They come across MY news feed daily as well.
Heck.. I'm guilty of flooding YOUR news feeds as well.
I LOVE that friends of mine are branching out trying to be successful plus.. heck ya I'm always wanting to try new things.
Invite me to an online party where I can shop while sitting at one of my 5 boys sporting events. .. BONUS FOR ME!
But enough for now about MY thoughts
This blogger was totally bashing the NWM business and really kinda laying into her "friends" who push their wares on her.
Newsflash*** scroll on past!
The second blog post was from another blogger who totally GETS NWM and Direct sales and her attitude in a nut shell... ROCK IT, SELL AWAY!
NOW...
As for my thoughts.
Yes I am in the Network Marketing Business.
Yes I use social media as an outlet to bring in customers/ sales/ coaches.
Do I get paid?
Heck ya I do!
Do I unfriend or stop talking to people who turn me down? NO!
Do I stop talking to you if you're not interested in what I have to promote? NO!
Do I try to involve some of you in MY idea of an amazing business, and amazing products that have changed MY life and the life of not only my family BUT countless other friends of mine?
YES
Do I apologize for that? NO!
If your brother or sister or uncle sell cars and you are NOT looking for a car, but yet they are talking to you or others about a great sale they are having, or promoting it on FB... will you unfriend them or feel the need to not associate with them?
NO. You just move along because at this time you are not needing a vehicle or wanting to buy what they are selling!
I have chosen to work for Beachbody as an independent coach for several reasons... the first and most important is because when I was in need of some health products, when I was searching for something to enhance my life... Beachbody and Shakeology came into my life. The benefits FOR ME have been real and true.
I love fitness and working out and staying healthy. For me... going into another direct sales or NWM company would have made zero sense.
I loved the products and still do... enough so.. that I made it my passion to tell others.
Have you not ever bought or tried something... a cosmetic, a restaurant, drove a vehicle, taken a trip.. that you LOVED so much you told others about?
C'mon! We all have!!
The money I make from Beachbody at this very time is NOT enough to sustain our large family of 9. And that alone is a reason that a lot of people trust some of our coaches. Because MOST of us are NOT in this for the money. Money is nice... oh yes it is. But in today's society most of us work jobs not because we love our jobs. Let's Be honest. We work to pay the bills.right?
I promote Beachbody programs NOT because I use that money to pay my bills and provide for my family BUT SIMPLY BECAUSE I LOVE THEM!
ALSO... (and this is gonna hurt) there are WAY TO MANY OVERWEIGHT AND UNHEALTHY people in this world.
If you are overweight, unhealthy, on medications, and totally HAPPY with yourself. Good for you! I am happy for you and I would never try to help or change you!
But I believe there are a lot of people wrestling with their health and weight and they don't know where to start or who to turn to. They are not comfortable walking into a gym with buff and super skinny women and men who look like they spend hours there. They are INTIMIDATED! PLAIN AND SIMPLE.
I know... been there... done that!
So if I can help ( and I have) one of my family members or friends near or far... to start to feel better about themselves,be comfortable in their own skin, get off blood pressure meds, have a successful Dr's appt, and make healthier better choices for themselves... that's worth all the HATERS and people who have unfriended me cuz they were sick of seeing my Beachbody or Shakeology posts.
My day is made awesome NOT by all of the negative comments or NOs I might get when inviting you all to our Challenge groups or telling you all about our sales BUT by the messages and texts that I get from my challengers telling me they have lost another 5 or 10 pounds, that they killed their workouts, that they are feeling more energy and sleeping better, that they got a clean bill of health at the doctor!
That's why I am a proud NETWORK MARKETER.
THAT'S WHY I PROMOTE BEACHBODY!
