True life example of IM success.

So I first started looking at IM online marketing almost 15 years ago. My Dad was involved in MLM and never made any money...in fact he threw away a lot of money. But he financed one guy under him in a company he was working and that guy went on to make $70,000 a month last time I talked to him.

The problem was my Dad had dropped out before that. LOL. I tried the company and I didn't like some of the BS that is typical in MLM, so i dropped out.

Meantime I'd been reading about online marketing, and I'd already done a ton of research and had some experience in mail order marketing.

I'd read the best thing to sell online was information, and vitamins. Ironically the company I'd just quit was a vitamin company. And at the time I wanted nothing to do with MLM. In fact I'd vowed to never get involved with one again.

This led me to look at my offline business as a potential info product. The problem is my offline business is not something you can write an ebook about and someone actually learn it. I have a mobile body shop. (that's the easiest way to described it.)

I'm not saying I couldn't write about it and sell the product, just the person buying that won't learn the skill without hands on training.

I didn't want to sell something that I couldn't stand behind.

So I racked my brain and one day I started thinking of an idea. There was one service I offered that was pretty easy even a layman could do with the right "guide".

As I thought about the "guide" I could write I realized that it wouldn't be much good, because for someone to perform this service, they'd need products they couldn't buy in a small quantity and since I already stocked everything they'd need to perform this service, my "guide" turned into a "Kit".

I put my Kit on eBay and it was an instant success. In fact I took a few months off from work the first year.

This was probably 2005, we'd put online the first...and I mean THE FIRST headlight restoration kit. We sold that thing for 3 solid years for a nice extra income.

This was an awesome experience. I learned a lot from it...one...when you are talking about a niche...if it is too narrow, your success will be also.

The best thing I took away though, is the knowledge I could do it!!!! My dream is not a dream! I can make money at home from my computer. My wife and I took our first vacation that year. We went to the mountains in NC. We made money while on vacation....that's something no one can take away! It was our first vacation because my offline business doesn't allow me to be off.

I also, learned the importance of being able to upsell. If you don't have any other product, you cannot sell something to your existing customers, many of whom bought out kit more than once for other cars!

Finally, the big names shut us down...3M, Maguires, and every other car chemical product has a headlight restoration kit now. We could no longer compete, so I shut it down! Of the thousands of Kits we sold I managed to maintain 100% positive feedback!

So now I've found a MLM company I like and I'm starting it all over again.

Now I have a kid, and that really throws a monkey wrench into trying to work my offline business and getting the online thing off the ground. But I manage to find time, and it's gotten easier as I make progress going forward.

But here's the best thing that happened from all this. I've always wanted to work form home. Now I have first hand experience of making it happen from the beginning to end.

I was telling a friend, "I know I can do this now because I HAVE DONE it." Even though it was on a small scale, it doesn't matter, because I did what many people only dream about!

Many of whom never take the next step!

So hopefully this story inspires people trying to work this dream too!

And thank you to those who give lots of beneficial information that helps people like me make it happen!!!