My ItWorks Storyby April Haldy on Tuesday, April 3, 2012 at 4:28pm ·I'm feeling like its time for me to write my story, possibly theirs someone who is needing to read it, i'm not sure i just have an overwhelming feeling its time to write it.
Lets start back in 2010, we were drowning in debt, so bad that when we made credit card payments we had to factor that in to buy groceries. It was a vicious circle that we couldn't get out of. We made the decision that bankruptcy was our only way to free ourselves. We knew the what it all entitled and how it would kill our future, but we figured us being young still it was the best time, and to learn from it and never drown in debt again. Our bankruptcy was discharged in January 2011.
Fast forward to April 2011, I was pushing my photography studio harder than ever. Realizing slowly that the money just wasn't coming in from it like it should, that people were wanting everything for free. But it was the only source of income i was making (dameron was still working, but i needed to be busy too) one day i randomly checked the newsfeed from my photography page, which is something i NEVER do. I came across a picture of a belly side by sided and it looked so different. It caught my eye and i started digging around. After hours of online research dameron got home & i was ecstatic to show him my new find, i showed him lots of results pictures, videos, etc. He kept telling me it was a scam, people were photoshopping things or altering them somehow. I told him it was worth a shot to at least try one and if it really worked their was serious money to be made....mind you i have owned a business at this point for 8 years and understand business concepts & where money is to be made. I spent $40 on my first wraps, when it arrived i couldn't wait, Dameron was still so skeptical. I told him we had to take pictures so prove to other people that it worked. He said yea but we need to take pictures of the tape measure, the numbers to see if they actually move or not. And that's what we did. First wrap placed on my back and lost 3 inches..... IT WORKED!!!!! And our skeptic selves were turned believers. I talked to Dameron and told him i HAD to sign on board, that there was so much money that could be made with this, he looked at me concerned and said, " you have the photography studio, are you sure you can handle both?" I told him yes that ItWorks would be my plan B i'll do it on the side and see what happens, his reply, "OK babe, i trust you & if you can handle it then i support you" BAM April 29th 2011 i signed on.
Now the gal i signed up under, never spoke to me again after i signed on, i floated around determined that their was money to be made. Ironically at the same time i found out the Kami Dempsey hit her first month making over $100,000!!! WOW i thought to myself, i've never heard of people making that much. This kept me focused, inspired and motivated. I found Kami on facebook and wanted to just watch her, read her updates, soak up anything i could since obviously whatever she was doing was working.Following Kami also opened my eyes spiritually, which later down the road changed my mindset. It went from making as much money as i could, to not about me but being a LIGHT to change others lives. I emerged myself into the back office, watched videos after videos, read as much as i could, put on a wrap party for my friends and family not knowing what the heck i was doing, all i knew was i HAD to share the news of this magical wrap thing. One of our first goals as a new distributor is to get 4 loyal customers in your first 30 days to get $120 in free product, i worked my HINEY off trying to find them, and i DID i was sooo excited. I then found out that my monthly autoship was set up incorrectly, me & my business minded self had 2 autoships set up, one towards the beginning of the month, one at the end to make sure i didn't run out of product, and i MISSED my free product! WOW first huge disappointment, sure i could of gave up, hey i even considered it, but Kami came back into my mind, and i couldn't stop. Luckily another one of my uplines Shelby found my floating around. Now at first i pushed her away. I've worked for other business, i thought this girl wants to steal my customers, help me? yea right. Slowly but surely Shelby was persistent with me, supported me, and was my life saver!
Over the months i had many ups and even more downs. I've had disappointments after disappointments. I've been in touch with many of my uplines, and just recently realized that i was a horrible leader when i started. I was under the impression everyone was like me, business minded, kept themselves encouraged & motivated, that they all knew what the end prize was. So i left them alone to work their business. Luckily one frustrating night another amazing upline Stacy Stevens mentored me, changed my thinking, and opened my eyes.
In January 2012 i felt my business had been lost, that the dreaded December downfall in sales killed everyones motivation. I had approximately 40 distributors under me yet my sales we barely $4,000. I was so close to giving up! Then we headed to conference. WOW!!!! Life changing for sure!!! We talked to people who were just like us, i finally got to meet Shelby, Stacy, & even Kami. Then we made new friends Tony & Sam who inspired Dameron to a whole new level. The excitement, love, encouragement, etc. that we felt at conference was like no other. The CEO of the company was humble, these millionaires are REAL PEOPLE, who came from a place just like me, some quit HIGH paying corporate jobs to do this, some were stay at home moms, some were salon owners, some came from other MLM businesses. But it boiled down to them being a REAL person, who was determined to change their life, and all those they come in contact with. Surely if THEY can do it....why can't i?
We left Florida on FIRE! Blitzing everywhere we go, we were determined to rebuild our team, and do it the RIGHT way.In February i signed 17 distributors and 22 were added to my team! My sales were just over $4,000 in January, and in February we over doubled it, and in march over doubled that. Yes i still have my moments of frustration, my moments i need to be inspired again...i'm human too :) I was a Ruby rank for 6 months, i called this my Ruby Rut! FINALLY the end of March i ranked up to emerald!!! Finally the light is getting brighter, finally i can see us making large amounts per month.
While on vacation this past weekend, i asked Dameron... One year ago could you of even IMAGINED making $20,000 per month? His reply to me, "NO not even dreamed of it." I replied,"can you imagine it now?" he said, "YES & i can't wait to be their, it'll happen soon babe" LIFE CHANGING! MIND CHANGING! Its your ticket to dreams that you can't even IMAGINE coming true!
Thank you to Shelby, Stacy, Kami, Mark, Pam, Sam & Tony, & Dameron. Eventho you might not know it, you've changed our lives so tremendously in one year. Sure we're not bringing in the $20,000 a month YET...but we WILL!
And a little over a year after bankruptcy we are in a financial place to buy another car, not live paycheck to paycheck, to be able to have fun, provide for our daughters, & its not even the tip of the iceberg yet. My plan B (itworks) turned into our plan A, we also made the choice back in November to close the studio down, because itworks has taken off so much!!!
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