Congratulations on reading this article. By reading this, you are completing your due diligence before joining or venturing into Melaleuca or any home based internet marketing business. You’re reading this because someone approached you and said they won $100,000-$300,000 online with THE HOTTEST opportunity on the web, and they most likely contacted you via Facebook.

After watching a cheesy 12 minute video about how the economy sucks and you’ll most likely be the next to get the dreaded pink receipt and then being told how you can change your life; They still don’t mention the name of the company. Big RED flag when looking for an opportunity!

Before joining any company, I would at least like to know the name at the first minute. After moving on to the second video and a few minutes later, the guy nonchalantly mentions the name, Melaleuca. I spent an hour messaging back and forth on Facebook, signing up for a cheesy webinar, on a cheesy web page with money floating everywhere only to find out that the Melaleuca Wellness company is online and promoting their products. Awesome.

Unfortunately, the way I was contacted, a personal message through my Facebook account, to see the latest product to make money online was not impressive, personal, or in my opinion a professional form of Facebook or Internet marketing POINT.

Facebook is used to create GENUINE relationships between like-minded professionals and friends. After researching the guys who sent me the initial message on Facebook, I found NO information on Melaleuca, nor any information on the gentleman personally (other than a copy and paste list of highly recommended books for a professional look).

After reviewing the Melaleuca website, I think it’s a very viable opportunity with products that claim to create and maintain a healthy lifestyle. In no way do I think Melaleuca is a scam, the wellness company has been in business since 1990. Either way with the company, in order to make a massive income you will have to pester and pester your family, friends and neighbors to come together and build a strong 100+ year old team. It’s just the truth.

Facebook is designed to build and maintain lasting relationships, not to spam people with information about a wellness company like Melaleuca. Business partnerships are derived from Facebook ONLY after two or more people have connected based on a mutual interest in each other’s PROFILE/PERSONAL information. Then, after an initial relationship has been created, one person would invite the other to join an opportunity. -Read with suspicion when your new Facebook friend sends you a “too good to be true” offer.

YES, and I repeat…IF…the gentleman who contacted me had invested time in getting to know me and building a relationship, I would be more open to the opportunity with Melaleuca. I am a lover of exercise and I am dedicated to eating and living healthy. However, because I feel a bit violated and pushed into the opportunity based on marketing strategies, I have been compelled to write this article.

Ultimately, if someone is truly COMMITTED to earning a comfortable income from home and “living the life of their dreams” (this takes a lot of work and dedication), I believe they can do it with Melaleuca or any other home-based business, but ONLY with proven marketing strategies and tactics used by industry leaders and professionals.

Proven marketing methods like Pay Per Click, SEO and article marketing, and HONEST and TRANSPARENT non-spam social media marketing strategies are the only way to generate endless leads and phone calls from like-minded people knocking on YOUR door to join your business, Melaleuca or not.

In general, the marketing ploy that Melaleuca affiliates use to send prepackaged emails through Facebook to sign up and watch a cheesy webinar (yes, I said cheesy again) seems a bit tacky. By using the tactics they are suggesting, you will ruin your Facebook image and make it more difficult for you to build a home-based business as social media is becoming mainstream in today’s social and economic marketplace.