Sunday, August 07, 2005

Why Fruta Vida?

So why did I choose Fruta Vida?

As a former research engineer, I have always thrown myself into 'research overdrive' anytime I am looking for something new, whether it's a car, a vacation destination, a pair of shoes (think Zappos!) or a career.

I started hitting the "work-at-home-mom" forums hard evaluating all my options.

These types of forums, by the way, are a great way to find the most popular home-based businesses. Most of the forums will have entire boards devoted to specific businesses by name: Arbonne, AmeriPlan, Tupperware, Pampered Chef, etc, making it very easy to just scroll the headings until you find a company or business that jumps out at you.

That is exactly how I started - by scrolling the headings. I knew right away the types of items I didn't want to sell: scrapbook kits, skin care, pre-paid legal, and definately nutritional juices (huh?).

I settled on candles, and spent the next week or so trying to decide between all the popular MLM candle companies (Mia Bella, White Lily, Sweetberry, etc.) Never did decide on one.

All of a sudden something occurred to me while I was 'scrolling the headings'. For some reason, this 'Fruta Vida' board had over 800 posts while most of the other boards had less than 100 total. (Things that make you go hmmm....) Of course, that told me right away that for some reason, there was a high level of interest in this particular 'nutritional juice drink'.

I put my 'researcher' hat back on and spent the next several days trying to figure out what the buzz was all about.

Now I get it...and you will too in the next segment. Stay tuned!

Dawn
On my way to 6 figures...are you with me?
Lose Weight, Feel the Buzz!

Tuesday, August 02, 2005

Join Me On My Fruta Vida Journey (I need all the help I can get!)

Hello, my name is Dawn and I am about to embark upon a career opportunity that I have been searching years to find.

You see, I have the innate desire to achieve incredible levels of success in my professional life. I have, up to this point, experienced moderate levels of satisfaction in my career, but continue to have this longing inside of me to do more - something about having to prove myself to the world (and, I think, to myself).

I have suffered for years with self-esteem issues, even though I have reached levels of success greater than many people (salutatorian of HS class, Chemical Engineering degree with honors, successful 10-year career with Dow Chemical Co., owner of TV Shopping Surplus.com, and, most importantly, a wonderful husband and two beautiful, loving children.) But still, it has never been enough for me. (No, I still do not understand why and yes, I would probably benefit greatly from therapy.)

This blog is not going to be about my problems, but instead, I want to share this remarkable opportunity that I have discovered in Fruta Vida International. I did want to provide a little bit of my background as it may help explain some of my actions along the way.

I hope that some of you may find inspiration in my story to pursue whatever dreams you may have whether they be starting a home-based business, writing a novel, travelling to a dream destination, or finding that career that fulfills you in unimaginable ways.

I am all of two days into this company, so this is, literally, how it all began. How will it end? Lucky for me, I get to write the story.

'til next time,

Dawn