The Network Marketing concept was originated during the early 1930s by Carl Rehnborg, an American businessman who lived in China from 1917 to 1927. His 10 years in China has provided him with plenty of opportunity to observe and study the effects of an unbalanced diet.
He found out that a balanced diet was needed in order for the body to function properly; he then began to research on a dietary supplement which could provide people with important nutrients regardless of their eating habits.
After seven years of research, Carl Rehnborg had produced a food supplements in which he gave to his friends to try. After a certain period of time, he would visit his friends to see the results of his products. Many a times, he would find his products still sitting on the shelves, unused and forgotten.
People are not trying them because it was free and was therefore worthless to them. It was at that time he realized that the solution to this is to charge them for the products.
When he starts to put a price and sell it to his friends, they naturally consume it. They actually liked the products and started telling their friends about how great these products was and wanted their friends to try them too. When they asked Carl to sell the products to their friends, Carl proposed to his friends to sell it to them and he is willing to them a commission.
This was how Carl Rehnborg’s food supplement business started taking off and the California Vitamin Corporation was born. It was later changed to Nutrilite Products in 1939 when it moved to larger headquarters and the rest was history.
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Thank goodness there were people like Carl years ago that paved the way to where we are today with opportunities of abundance. We are in a great position and this year will be very profitable for many network marketers.
Great post Ron.
Andrew Murphy