| Ever heard of network marketing or multi-level | | | | people who were already zealous consumers of |
| marketing? Do you know how it originated? You may | | | | Nutrilite themselves. This strategy created a constant |
| be surprised to learn how this industry first began. | | | | need for Nutrilite to recruit and train new salespeople |
| There was a fellow by the name of Rehnborg who | | | | as the company expanded. |
| was one of the first to discover the importance of | | | | Then Rehnborg came up with another revolutionary |
| nutrition in our diet. Rehnborg knew that people needed | | | | idea. What if the distributors could be rewarded for |
| a single simple solution to the complex problem of | | | | training new salespeople? Thus, a marketing plan was |
| dietary supplementation. | | | | born that allowed salespeople to make money directly |
| After years of research Rehnborg came up with the | | | | from selling the Nutrilite product and indirectly by |
| then-revolutionary idea of combining every needed | | | | receiving a partial commission from the sales of the |
| mineral and vitamin into a single product. Thus, the first | | | | newly trained salesperson. |
| multi-vitamin was born in 1934. Rehnborg started a | | | | Isn't it amazing that a billion dollar industry was created |
| company by the name of Nutrilite in 1939 to sell his | | | | (network marketing) from one man's good intentions? |
| multi-vitamin to the world. | | | | And that the network marketing business model is |
| There was only one problem. | | | | now considered to be one of the greatest business |
| People were not well educated on the necessity of a | | | | models in the world? |
| diet full of vitamins and minerals. It took a lot of one-on- | | | | What better way to educate people about their health |
| one education for people to realize how important | | | | than through network marketing? It still stands today |
| these substances were. | | | | as being a viable business model whereby more |
| In order to distribute his product, his wife suggested | | | | millionaires are created than any other industry. |
| that Rehnborg set up his own sales force of people - | | | | |