MLM or not to MLM

The first thing I came across when I was on my quest to making an online business was the MLM system. Unfortunatly this type of business has a great stigma attached to it of being a big black hole that you will lose money in. I don't personally think this is true. There have been some bad MLM companies out there that are just a pyramid scam that has damaged the reputation of all the other companies out there.
There are some great organisations that you can get involved in and make good money from, but it dosen't happen over night. Also I don't think that it should be your only source of income either, but thats just my opinion. I've always been gunhoe about trying different avenues of income. Some work and some don't but for me this one was a good choice. Don't get me wrong, there have been some learning curves for me that my sponser didn,t warn me about.
When you advertises your MLM anywhere you have to be carefull how you word your ad to the world. Most companies will not allow you to use their name in an advert. I found that if you want to advertise you've got to read the small print in the companies TOS. I didn't know this at first and went on to haveing a couple of adverts running, untill I came across an article that had discribed what had happened to a young man who did what I did and got sued for breaking a rule in the companies terms and conditions. Well you can imagine my shock at that little article and swiftly took my ad off.
Personally I don't believe that you should hassel your friends and family to join your company just so you can have a few people to sponser. If you want to join a company of this sort then it would be of your own making and not to please or help others.
When I first spoke to my sponser about the company, I made it quite clear that it was going to be an internet based business for me. To be honest she was not much help. Doing websites and networking online was not how she found recruites and was not how MLM worked but I thought 'why not'. Her problem was that she couldn't advise me on the way that I wanted to do things. She only new how to do things by the book and thats fine but not for me. Personally I like to show a few different roots that a new recruit can go down. It's easier that way.
I've found that how you run your business in what ever it is, is up to you. You don't have to be a sheep and follow what others do. You may not be comfortable meeting lots of people you don't know so that you can convince them to take part in your quest for financial freedom.
The one thing to remember is to do things you feel comfortable doing and you'll find that you will do it well!

Where do I begin!

In the beginning I didn't have a clue what it was that I wanted to get into but what I did know was that it had something to do with online marketing.
I'd said to a few people that I wanted to change my carear and that it had something to do with the internet but what it was, I had not clue.
So I started to search the net for ideas. Don't forget, when you hear the frase 'Newbie', well I was new at being a 'newbie'. How about that for a beginning.