What are the biggest benefits of running your MLM business?

There are many benefits, like other self-employed ventures, including:

• Unlimited earning potential, generally the more income generating activity you can invest in your own business the bigger and more rewarding it will grow.

• Low risk, low investment required

• Working with like-minded people, supporting each other

• Opportunity to use and improve skills already acquired and learn many more

• Creating a healthy work, life balance

• Doing something you feel passionate about

• Already mentioned the flexibility – choosing when and where to work

• Getting away from office politics – although my fluffy, four legged doorbell often chats back and gives me trouble!

• Autonomy, independence, following my own intuition

• The feeling of achievement when realising successes and growth

• Creating your own work environment

• Setting your own goals and plans to achieve them

• Growing our own destiny, not someone else’s

• Finding many supportive networks and organisations

• Massive personal development

• It can be whatever you want or need it to be –happy hobby a side hustle for the extras in life, a part time occupation for more regular income (for pension top up, holidays, car payments etc,) or a substantial full time mortgage paying income – you decide.

• Lots of support and marketing collateral provided by the company

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Have you gained any unexpected skills or experiences through this business? 

I have gained so many unexpected skills and experiences, just a few of these are:

• The importance of customer service and the customer experience

• Better communication skills

• Leadership skills

• Management reporting skills

• Collaboration

• Effective networking

• The importance of visibility

• Branding

• Mind management

• Need for self-care including boundaries

• Raised self-confidence and self esteem

• Public speaking

• Recognising skills developed that had been previously overlooked

• Realisation we all think and experience events differently

• Plus, many more

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What challenges have you faced, and how have you overcome them? 

Interesting there have been challenges but I have found nowhere near as many as there are benefits.  The biggest challenge for most people is:

• It is hard work, and the return is not instant

• The biggest for me was/is procrastination – having a plan and efficient scheduling limits this.

• The flexibility does require a lot of focus and self-discipline to actually work out and do the activity required to attain your goals

• Investment funding – being in MLM this is limited

• Risk management – good records and monitoring

• Speed of change in technology – asking for help

• Social media presence – again having a good plan and schedule

• Being consistent and persistent

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What advice would you give to other mature women considering starting an MLM business?

• You will never know if it is for you, if you don’t try it

• Find a reputable product and company that have similar ethics and values, and you feel proud to work with

• Use the products yourself – you will always be your own best customer

• Speak to your closest family and friends about it, they will want to support you

• Develop a love of learning

• Make it fun​​