You may be wondering at
this point if you have been following my posts what exactly it is I do for a
living. Well, I am an Independent Rep for Nerium International. We market
anti-aging for your skin and brain! Your next question might be, how is someone
that is only 24 marketing anti-aging? I will share that with you:
My Nerium story began when I was in my last semester of
college at 21. My mom came home completely stoked about joining this
“anti-aging company.” She was bursting at the seams and told me that I should
join and do it with her. Now I am no stranger to the MLM industry, my parents
were a part of a nutrition company my whole life that enabled them to be at
home parents, but I could not wrap my head around an anti-aging company. I
thought it would be ridiculous if a 21 year old without wrinkles tried to sell
anti-aging to anyone. Who would take me seriously? I couldn’t see the vision so
I told my mom no.
She did the next best thing and asked me to support her at
an event. I jokingly say that since I am a good kid I showed up for her.
I imagined this event would be like other companies: one
person would be doing facials, there would be a lengthy presentation, and then
the awkwardness that followed when the host tried to get the sale. When I
walked in, it was nothing like that. There was food, drinks, laughing and before
long we were watching a DVD showing what exactly this anti-aging company was
all about.
The perks seemed too good to be true. A free iPad? A Lexus?
A HUGE bonus? It sounded amazing and after the video ended I got to talking
with the “expert.” Danny Gasemy told me his story and shared with me that there
were guys and girls my age doing Nerium and achieving all of those amazing
perks. I’m competitive so when I heard that guys were doing this I decided I
definitely could.
That night I went home and made a decision that would scare
most. I had $800 in my savings account and every penny of that was owed to my
school. They were threatening to not give me a diploma unless they got that
money. I decided that I would regret it more if I didn’t take a chance on Nerium,
so I spent the $500 to join.
Now you may think that I would have jumped out the gate,
excited and ready to tear it up. I had goals, I knew the vision, and my support
was incredible. However, I will be honest and say I abused the “be your own
boss” idea. In college I worked 2 jobs, took 18 credit hours per semester, and
played tennis for my school team. So when I graduated and joined Nerium, I was
burnt out and coasted.
I would show up to events when I wanted to, I may share the
opportunity with a friend, but it was really about if I felt like it or not.
That lifestyle isn’t very forgiving and when the student loans started kicking
in, I was kicking myself.
Finally I wrapped my head around Nerium, and knew that I
needed to make this work. My business had sort of taken off without me so I had
to play some major catch-up. I skipped Senior Brand and hit Director. From
there it was a battle to balance out and achieve the FREE Lexus, but the hard
work payed off and I ended up skipping Senior Director and hitting Executive!
As amazing as the titles and money are, nothing compares to
what Nerium has blessed my life with. My husband and I got married in June and
our wedding was more than double our original budget! Because of Nerium we were
able to pay the whole thing off, (and go on a cruise to the Bahamas 2 weeks
before our big day!)! On top of that the flexibility is amazing. I had to move
from Illinois to Northern Wisconsin to be with my husband for his job. Nerium
allowed me to bring my business with me.
I do not have any regrets in my journey and look forward to
what the future with Nerium holds for my husband and me.
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