July 14, 2009 - Day 1: Drinking It All In

A year ago, I jumped onto the blog bandwagon and typed away for about a month on MySpace and WordPress trumpeting my debut with a network-based business that didn’t quite work out the way I had intended. After a couple of dozen entries and nearly 30 videos that I posted on YouTube, my bank account had stayed pretty much the same as when I started. Also, my wife Debbie was beginning to drop hints that I might need to get fitted for a straightjacket if I continued with my business. Even my sponsor jumped ship a few weeks later for a new opportunity.

The lesson that I get from endeavors like the one described above is this: if you are a dedicated entrepreneur, find a better network marketing business and make it work. If it doesn’t, keep looking, because eventually one of them will be successful. Oh yeah, and don’t quit your day job until you have a track record of success with a home-based business.

Since I licked my wounds and soldiered on last summer, I’ve become involved with four other home-based businesses. One was a complete bust and I’m still trying to extricate myself from its subscription fees. Since one of them is a two-year contract for a videophone, that’s been a little dicey. The problem is, I like the phone, but the company that markets it really drove me nuts insofar as their marketing plan and customer service was concerned. Another company I joined markets some great nutritional products. I even make money with them: just about enough to cover my monthly autoship orders. The last time I checked, I even had 128 people in my organization and, amazingly, I didn’t sign up any of them. The third company I joined markets a bunch of services, a few of which are pretty enticing, and a lot of others I could care less about. It might pan out, but it doesn’t excite me anywhere near as much as the business I became involved with today. That company is known as Efusjon.

I won’t attempt to make a long-winded description of Efusjon, but it’s a company that has invested itself in the fast-growing market of energy drinks. Currently, it produces two versions of a health-conscious, slightly carbonated energy beverage that is radically different than its sugar-saturated competitors. Its key ingredient is the açai berry. Think of it as a blueberry from South America that a mad scientist took to his laboratory and transformed into an even more outrageously healthy fruit.

My introduction to Efusjon came by way of a friend of my sister-in-law Michele named Brigitte. Even though Michele wasn’t thrilled at first at being drawn into a type of business she had no prior experience with, I thought it would be worth the effort to make her a part of this enterprise.

I have a lot more to write about, so stay tuned. Today was Day 1 of my journey with Efusjon. As my business evolves, I’ll explain how it’s making an impact on my life, my family’s and those who take the plunge and give me the opportunity to help them turn a corner in this messy economy that we can overcome if we work at it diligently.

In case you would like to visit my Efusjon website, contact me on Facebook or email me at rickchilds@roadrunner.com.