I was reading up on this marketing superstar named Joel Comm. Joel is a self made millionaire, a New York Times #1 best selling author and….and Arbonne Cosmetics consultant. Yep, that right…Joel is a consultant for the competition. My wife is a sales director with Mary Kay cosmetics.

My wife will be the first to attest that I’m a “challenge everything” kind of guy. It irks me to no end when people just take what they are told and run off like little robots, do what they’re told and never think for themselves. I realize Mary Kay would NEVER have you do that and I’m sure they are all for you thinking, creating and being an individual

The cool thing was that this big shot author/marketer signed up to Arbonne to check out their marketing system as that’s what he does. He learns, innovates, re-applies and profits. So he joins Arbonne and quickly decides that he doesn’t want to hassle his friends and family but rather will sell all of his product online.

Being that Joel is one of this highest earning internet marketers ever, he know he can build a website and drive traffic to it in droves and will bury most consultants in sales.

Arbonne takes great offence to Joel’s approach so Joel and an Arbonne corporate rep get into it on the phone. You can read a bit of that exchange at the link below. Now I know that these companies have tried, tested and proven systems in place and that straying from the laid out plan can produce less than desirable results. I also know that there are some pretty damn smart people out there that have a history of taking things, adding their touch and making them even better.

Could Joel have sold massive amounts of Arbonne products and made a fortune? Probably, but I guess we’ll never know. Thumbs up to him for having the guts to try it anyway.

http://www.joelcomm.com/to_arbonne_or_not_to_arbonne.html