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Maa, its Kimberly here to say you were right!

Posted By: Kimberly Bollmann
Tuesday, 20 September 2005, at 3:48 p.m.

Maa,

I told you back in November or December, when you were trying to get me to see things your way... if what you were saying ever "clicked in me", I would come back and let you know. Well what you were trying to tell me back then finally clicked in me just before it smacked me right in the face and I wanted to come back and tell you:

MAA, YOU WERE RIGHT ABOUT NETWORK MARKETING specifically Emerald Passport!

For those of you who do not know who I am, I would like to fill you in (if its ok with maa). I have an important lesson to share and I do hope it helps you out.

It was November or December that I discovered message boards. And although I didn't know all the rules that went along with them, I did make myself known due to my strong opinions. See I thought what I was doing was "the answer" to everyones problems and was convinced that I could change peoples mind about it (sound familiar)... until I entered Friends in Business.

Everyone here was opposed to Network Marketing and I was shocked at how opinionated and even harsh people acted toward my business. Everyone kept telling me to create my own product rather than market other peoples.

Well, I am never one to go away from a challenge, so I continued to fight my point. While I won over some, Maa stood in her boots of concrete. She wanted to change my mindset so bad and at one point thought she was getting through, but saw it as a loosing battle! She knew I believed in what I was doing too strongly to change that she ended up kicking me out.

I was in a network marketing company. It was a 2 up compensation plan with the product being personal development and wealth education. I thought it was the greatest thing but it was a high ticket item. So I started my own company with the plan to "build people's income" so they could enter into the other business with me. It was the perfect plan until...

EPI was threatened that I had started my own company. I guess that was against company policy? 'Til this day, I don't know why because they haven't communicated anything to me. In fact, they sent an email to my entire team that I had built over the last 14 months, letting them know I was removed and they were transfered to another distributor! Everything I had worked for was taken away just like that... coincidently while I was at an internet marketing seminar learning the REAL secrets to success!

I have come to realize that there is no security in promoting anyone elses product but your own. It was the message that came through at the seminar and was hammered in as I learned my position in EPI was gone when I came home. 14 months of promoting and building a team which leads to residual was wiped away.

I was told so many times by this Friends in Business community -- to make money online you should create your own product. I didn't understand that until now. I wish I was open enough back then to hear the message all these members were trying to tell me.

My direction is shifting. I have a niche product in mind, as well as a few of my very own works I am going to put into ebooks to sell. I felt like I was fired from a JOB, meanwhile for the last 5 years I thought I was JOB-FREE working from home. That was not the case, and the sad thing is what has happened to me, could happen to any of you too!

All the Best,

Kimberly Bollmann

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