Hello My friends,

Today I would like to highlight Cheryl Henderson-Khalid, a Mom who Home School's her children while building a business from home.

Very Inspiring, Read and Visit Cheryl's site and share it with your friends.

Hi. My name is Cheryl Henderson-Khalid. I am from New York City, married with three children, three fish, two cats and one dog. I also homeschool my children, so if you were to visit me you'd always find something interesting going on. My husband and I met while working at Morgan Stanley and we've been together for over ten years. He's very sweet and supportive. I think I'll keep him.

I am the youngest of six children and maybe that's the reason that I have always had a different slant on life. I started working when I was 14 and after high school I went out and got a full-time job. And I hated it. I hated the office politics, the backstabbing and all of the other situations that offices breed. Then I discovered the wonderful world of temporary employment. I could take an assignment, work for a few days or a few months, and then move on to the next assignment. I enjoyed the variety, the learning curves and best of all the lack of office drama. I was under the radar because I was just "the temp".

Although temping was a great experience for me overall, I really wanted to be my own boss. So I took certification classes and became a notereader/scopist (the people who transcribe what a court reporter types), medical transcription and a host of other things. What I was seeking, although I didn't know it, was a business to call my very own.

My first introduction to network marketing was in the 1990s. At the time I didn't know that my vitamin company was a network marketing business. I did well with business, I think, because of my enthusiasm for how their products enhanced my health. See, I just loved my products and told people how they helped me. People wanted to see if it would work for them and my business grew. Unfortunately I moved after being in the business for a couple of years, and since the Internet wasn't much of a force at the time, my customer base dropped off since I couldn't easily deliver products to people who lived two states away.

In 2000 my niece joined her first network marketing company. She sat me down and explained how the network marketing business model worked and why I should get involved. See, in my former company I was doing retailing or direct sales, not network marketing. To do network marketing effectively you need to have a group of people working together. This was a new concept for me, but what a concept. Get a group of like-minded people together and build a team that helps everyone earn money. Wow!

Unfortunately for me, I stopped doing what came naturally for me and started following the script. I did what my upline said without asking questions, I followed the old procedure of "make a list of 100 friends and family" and the rest of the litany. I stopped doing what worked for me (which was going with my passion and talking to people in a way that was natural for me. And when that happened, my business dropped off. I started getting stressed out about results which, of course, just made everything worse.

If I had one piece of advice to give a network marketing newbie it would be to keep your credit card in your pocket. Use your card only for purchasing the products you'd like to sell, not on leads and other cash wasters. Through a plethora of free e-books and other training I've learned that the most important thing to do is to grow a list of people who want to learn more about your business and products. This doesn't require money (or at least not much money). It requires a plan and the resolve to do the grunt work (as well as the cool stuff). In network marketing you can grow as quickly or as slowly as you want to, this isn't a job, it's your business, so treat it as such.

These days I'm running with my passions which are homeschooling and family. I am constructing a website that will help other homeschoolers learn how to work at home while educating their children,, as well as a blog entitled Homeschooling WAHM and one that is more about my personal Journey to Success. My goal is to share the experiences and information I've gleaned over the years to help other moms (and dads) to finance their goals. I have learned innumerable lessons along the way. I've learned marketing, relationship building by recognizing dominant personality traits, developing self-discipline and being consistent with my advertising strategies, how to be a positive force in the lives of others . Someone once said that network marketing is a process of self-discovery attached to a compensation plan and I've found that to be very true. And of course, lots of great friends from around the globe. These are some of my favorite hangouts. If you need any help or just an encouraging word stop by and say "hello".

Homeschoolers Work At Home

The Homeschool Lounge

Twitter:CherylHenderson

Skype: CherylHendersonKhalid

Moms United In Business
FaceBook: CherylHendersonKhalid


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