What’s better than being your own boss, setting your own hours, determining your own salary and having an office wherever you happen to be?
It’s a Utopian idea that is reality for tens of thousands of people working independently in direct sales worldwide. But getting there isn’t easy. It takes grit to abandon the familiar grind and build a business — especially in direct sales.
Just ask Wayne Nugent, founder and chief visionary officer of a $1 Billion leading direct seller of travel and leisure club memberships.
He got his start as a direct salesman and, after more than two decades in the business, he has seen it all. In that time, the industry has faced many challenges largely due to a minority of companies recruiting representatives, charging them large upfront fees and persuading them to purchase large volumes of nonreturnable inventory with little or no tangible value.
Though many reputable companies exist today, mere mention of direct sales, multilevel marketing or network marketing can stir memories of the pyramid schemes and shattered dreams that made headlines in the past.
Nugent contends you can’t paint all network marketing companies with the same broad stroke. He created his company in 2005 to help people find fun,