Nearly everyone is familiar with the Herbalife health pills, the Tupperware bowls, the Mary Kay or Avon makeup, and the sex parties of Passion Parties.  Not only are they everywhere, some people have made a living off the products each company sells.  How?  Because each company hopes that you will sell their products for them.  They’re all direct sales opportunities.
Lately I have noticed a new trend in the direct selling that even took me by surprise: handbags.  Considering my own obsession with them, that was one opportunity I knew needed …

As the economy gets worse, more people are trying to find ways to work for themselves. That is also seen with an increase in the amount of scams that pop up to fool these newbies in the wanna-be work at home world.
In hopes of helping you get started on the right foot, below are some areas that you may want to consider when looking for a work at home opportunity or business:

Join a direct sales business opportunity.
Start an online store.
Offer your services to individuals as a virtual assistant.
Make money …

Network Marketing, also known as Multi-Level Marketing (MLM), is probably one of the most popular forms for the “work-at-home” businesses found online today. That is why I chose this business style as the style I wanted to write about first in the series I am doing this week.
Since MLM is the most common term used to describe this type of business style, that’s how I’ll refer to it here.
What exactly is MLM? It’s a system for selling products (or services) through a network of distributors. It usually …