Years ago, I decided I didn't want to live the nine-to-five job tedium. I looked into various types of home businesses and discovered that network marketing is the way to go – for myself, Team BeachBody was my road to success. I wanted to belong to a company that matched my passions and interests, something that is key to success. You might be familiar with old network marketing companies like Herbalife, Amway, but network marketing has changed for the better. Here are a few reasons you might want to consider this kind of business for yourself.



How Network Marketing Works

Network marketing has two components: direct customers and downlines. Direct customers are people you sell to or who have signed up to purchase products and have you listed as their representative. For these kinds of customers, you receive a commission for each purchase they make. With old fashioned networks like Amway, this often meant that you needed a large base of friends (or friends with friends) and family who were willing to try and then buy the products. Today's companies have realized that pestering your friends and family about buying products doesn't work very well in the long run, so now companies have innovative ways to bring in new customers and help their representatives build their customer base. But more about that in a minute.

The other part of network marketing is building the downline network. Your downline network is built of people like yourself, who also have the drive and passion to build their own home business and they have been assigned to your network. Using our Amway example, the way this used to work was representatives would encourage customers to become representatives to get a price break and to sell to their own friends. Once again network marketing companies learned that in the long run, people get tired of trying to sell to their friends and family and representatives dropped out because they weren't making money.

Contemporary Network Marketing

Contemporary network marketing companies like Nu Skin, Sunrider and Team BeachBody help business owners develop their customer network and downline network. In the case of Team BeachBody, they have excellent products you might be familiar with such as the workout DVDs Hip Hop Abs, 10 Minute Trainer, Kathy Smith's Project You and others. In addition to their products, which includes nutritional supplements and exercise accessories, Team BeachBody also includes a complete lifestyle system for member customers that includes workout team trainers, an online Supergym where customers can work out and a message board where members can talk to others for advice and even find a workout buddy. By providing an entire wrap-around fitness system, member customerss continue to buy supportive products and you benefit from their purchases.

In addition to developing a member customer base, Team BeachBody provides an avenue for representatives to develop their downline network by advertising their home business opportunity through infomercials. When someone responds to the infomercial, they are assigned to a representative who becomes their upline. As their upline, you benefit from their sales. While you are encouraged to develop your own downline member representatives, the company recognizes the mutual benefit of assisting in this process.

Another new aspect of network marketing is companies provide virtual offices. So you have access to email, marketing materials, webinars and other supportive functions that allow you to work independently and on your own schedule.

For me, since my passion is about fitness and healthy living, Team BeachBody was a natural fit. I use their products and am often asked about how I remain so healthy. When I talk about the products and the company, my natural enthusiasm shines through and people who share this passion, can't help but also get enthusiastic too.

The BeachBody business opportunity is a great option for people who want to live their passion and build a successful, thriving business because (1) they provide opportunities to develop your own customer base, (2) Team BeachBody provides support to build your downline, and (3) offers great support for their home business owners. Give yourself the opportunity to live the life you dream about. Let me show you how.