 Network marketing in the military, for
both the military member and the military spouse is indeed possible, even
if stationed overseas.
And yes, it is possible to receive your product
shipments through APO and FPO addresses.
“Home-based businesses are an excellent idea for military spouses because
you can take your business with you wherever you go,” says Lesley Spencer
Pyle, Founder and President of the Home-Based Working Moms Network, an
online community and professional association of parents who work at home
and those who would like to do so. Established in 1995, it advocates
employment via home business in order to allow parents to spend more time
with their children.
Nuriche, a whole food nutrition company just launched a military home
based business program. As a Nuriche Founder, I pushed for the ability of
military families to be able to participate in the free enterprise system
even if located on a base overseas.
Of course
there are rules set by the military on your participation of a
home based business for you and/or your spouse. It is your responsibility
to find out those rules and to comply with them.
Nuriche is a product based company. We have two whole food products that I
feel are a perfect fit for use in overseas theaters of battle. I have
friends in Iraq and Afghanistan who are always asking for some type of a
nutritional juice but shipping liquid can be an issue do to weight and
lack of refrigeration once opened. Imagine a powdered live whole food
juice where you just add 6 ounces of water, when taken gives you the same
nutritional equivalent as 3 to 5 servings of fruits and veggies along with
some probiotics to help your digestive system. This is called LiVE.
Nuriche has another product called ReVIVE which is a capsule. It is LiVE
based whole food nutrition with six added ingredients to give you crash
free energy. Perfect for log hours on patrol and PT.
Here is how our military nutritional marketing program works:
First, look at our products here: Nuriche Products
There is no sign up fee.
Please
sign up online under Adam here
You will be signing up under an active duty
Air Force distributor.
If you sign up in the states and get transferred overseas, your business
will follow you providing we can use the military address system as stated
above.
This makes so much sense and the company, Nuriche and I, will support you any way we can.
Endorsed by
Chris Hoke of the
Pittsburgh Steelers
Nuriche LiVE and ReVIVE were introduced this year as a result of
the new Nuriche branding from a nutritional formulator who had been
manufacturing the whole food elements for 30 different companies
over the past 20 plus years.
Heat kills
enzymes. In fact, if you cook vegetables at 117 degrees for over
three minutes, the enzymes, phytonutrients, minerals and naturally
occurring vitamins will degradate and any live nutrients will die.
ALL Commercially
available liquid juices have been heat pasteurized over the 117°
kill temperature. Most powdered nutritional supplements have been
dried using excessive heat, including freeze drying.
Nuriche LiVE and
ReVIVE were created using a process that converts live whole food
juices to whole food solids in 30 seconds at an average temperature
of 80 degrees, well below the 117° enzyme kill point.
The Nuriche Instafresh™
Difference
As a result of two decades of ongoing R&D, the
Nuriche exclusive
Instafresh™ Process has emerged as the most
nutritionally protective way of creating Whole Food Powders. In less then
30 seconds and at temperatures below 100° F, fruits, veggies and sprouts
become blendable powders waiting to be brought to life by the water you
add.
Nuriche. No Hype. No Health Claims. Just
Whole Food Nutrition!
Fruits and Veggies processed over 117 degrees start to degradate and you suffer Enzyme Loss. Our Instafresh process
prevents this.
The Nuriche 3 Part Niche:
1) The Proprietary Instafresh
Process
2) The Proprietary Formulation
3) The Amount of Active Ingredients
Delivered Per Serving
The idea is simple.
Walk out to your garden. Pick a red, ripe tomato, rinse it off, and take a
big bite, juice dripping down your arm. It tastes so good, and it is so
good. Now do that—again and again—several times a day, for the rest of
your life. Nuriche weight loss energy
Nothing to it. If only you had a garden. And knew a thing or two about
growing a red, ripe tomato. Year-round. Nuriche
Now imagine that you don’t need that garden—or the tomato plant for that
matter. And imagine that you can get the full nutritional benefit of that
tomato—and another 70 vegetables, fruits, seeds, sprouts and nuts—by
adding a delicious powder to a clear glass of water You’d be well on your
way to getting your full daily requirement of fruits and veggies—that’s as
many as nine servings a day according to many doctors—all in a single,
great-tasting supplement. You’d maybe miss out on the juice dripping down
your arm, but you’d immediately have a more wholesome diet than you had
ever had in your life. Nuriche
More General Information below on Military
Home Based Businesses
Active duty military spouses find it
difficult to remain consistent in the workforce. Military of all branches
endure frequent moves due to the base needs for personnel and spouses are
handicapped when trying to help support their families.
Active duty spouses, are looking for alternate options to traditional
employment. Military spouses begin a home based business to assure
employment. The option is portable since active duty military and their
families can be deployed anywhere. Spouses that find themselves overseas
may experience difficulty finding acceptable work due to gender and
personal safety issues. Spouses must find work inside the military base
but they outnumber job availability, which makes a home based business a
perfect solution.
Home based businesses provide convenient, flexible schedules rather than a
structured, conventional employment site. Availability is 24/7, 365 days
of the year. Spouses who have small children can work around the family
schedule.
There are innumerable home based businesses that take the start up fee
then provide no further support to make the business successful. Nuriche
has NO start up fees with a great training and support system Launching a
home based business is an ideal way for military families to provide for
their families and anyone interested in following this concept may find
more information by following this
link.
EXAMPLES OF HOME-BASED BUSINESSES:
(Regulations vary by location as to what is allowable-- This list is
intended to provide some starting ideas.)
Child Care, Tutoring, Eldercare, Scheduled Transportation
Bookkeeping, Billing, Medical Insurance Coding
Food Preparation: Catering, Cakes, Specialty Foods
Sewing, Tailoring, "Concierge" Services
Housecleaning, Lawncare, Painting, Home Maintenance, "Odd Job Bob (or
Betty!)"
Organizing Auctions, Tag Sales, Appraising Antiques & Collectibles, Estate
Sales
Hair cutting & styling, manicures/pedicures, facials, therapeutic massage,
personal fitness coaching
Graphic Design, Architecture, Engineering, Management Consulting
Lessons: Art, Music, Voice, Dance, Sewing, Crafts, Needlework, Computer
Skills, English as a Second Language, Foreign
Languages
Sales: Toys, Books, Lingerie, Specialty Items, Insurance, Real Estate,
Telecommunications Services, Nutrition
Manufacture & Sale of Crafts and Specialty Items
Word Processing, Medical or Legal Transcription, Information
Brokering/Competitive Intelligence
Employee Recruiting/Headhunting, Executive Coaching
Writing, Publishing, Computer Programming, Website Development
Electronics Repair, Computer Maintenance and Troubleshooting, Computer
"Help Desk" Service
Import/Export Brokering, Business and Professional Consulting
Is a Home-Based Business the Choice for You?
A home-based business could be just what you are looking for. Working from
your home is well-suited to the military life style. It can provide
flexibility, independence and when the orders come, portability. The new
guidance greatly reduces the obstacles to running your home-based business
while living in military housing. Asking yourself some question will help
you to decide if a home-based business is a good choice for you.
Am I self-starter?
Can I take responsibility and follow through?
Can I make decisions?
Can I get along with most people?
Am I a good worker?
Can I separate my home and work environments?
Am I a good organizer?
What Kind of Business is Best for You?
Home-based business can be anything from childcare to word processing.
There are excellent resources available to answer all your questions from
how to get started, to paying taxes; but, before you get the right
answers, you have to ask the right questions.
What are your goals: money, personal satisfaction, experience, contact
with other people, fun, or availability to your family?
What are your special talents and abilities?
Do you want to sell your own product or service, or someone else's?
How much demand is there for your product or service?
What can your afford to invest? How much time can you give to your
business without compromising the quality of your family life?
What are you permitted to do within your installation's regulations and
local zoning and licensing requirements?
How much space is available to make your product or provide our service?
How will you advertise and sell your product or service?
How portable is your business?
Some of these questions only you can answer, while some can be answered
only by your installation and local government agencies.
Once you have decided on your home-based business, the next step is to
contact your installation's commanding officer or housing office for
assistance in complying with the Service's regulations and the specific
requirements of your installation.
Your installation's legal assistance office is a good source of general
information, especially about liability and taxes. However, legal
assistance officers are not authorized to provide specific detailed
assistance for private commercial enterprises.
To find out what your state and local requirements are, look in the blue
pages of your telephone book for state, city and county headings. There
will be listings for business licenses, taxes and zoning offices.
RESOURCES
Checklist for a Home-Based Business
From Military.com
You've just received your next PCS orders to another station and you know
that you'll have to quit your job, once again, which will put your career
on hold.
Like most military spouses, you've had issues finding stable employment
because of frequent relocations. But, there's a way for you to find
gainful employment that is portable — home-based business.
Home-based businesses are the predominant form of small-businesses,
reports the Small Business Association (SBA). In fact,
two-thirds of all sole proprietorships, partnerships, and S Corporations
are home-based businesses. And, if you have to relocate
because of your spouse's PCS orders, you can take your business with you.
However, if starting a new venture in the middle of your busy military
life is too much to bear right now, PowerHomeBiz.com has 5
ways you can begin your new home-based business without stretching
yourself thin.
1.) Start your business on the side: Moonlight in your spare time while
keeping your day job. Try to work on your business on the
side until you have built up enough earnings to leave your full-time job.
2.) Get a part-time job: A part-time job can provide you with a base
income, while you're building up your home-based business.
3.) Enlist the help of your family: Request help from family members to
help support your family until the business starts to earn
income.
4.) Never Burn Bridges: The right people can open doors for you. Any
former employers, fellow military spouses, or friends can
become potential clients for your business.
5.) Treat Your Business as a Work in Progress: Start your business on a
slow path. Continue working on it everyday, and nurture the
business. If you're lucky and diligent you will see your business grow.
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Military Wives and Home-Based Business
By Jamie K. Wilson
When your spouse is in the military, you can look forward to several
hardships. He (or she) may be deployed or out to sea frequently, leaving
you alone for months on end. You'll move often, and sometimes to
less-desirable locations. You may find yourself thousands of miles from
family and friends, with little or no safety net when you need help with
your health, hardships, or kids. This is all manageable. In many ways,
single parenthood isn't terribly different from having a deployed spouse.
But there is one enormous difference, agreed to by most spouses I've met
in the military: The career path suddenly sucks.
Think about it. If you're a professional, you build up a clientele in the
area you live in. Office worker: you want to move up the ladder in a
company. Teacher: you're certified for one or maybe two states. But in
almost every career, you're tied to a specific geographical location if
you want to advance in your job. You may be able to move to a different
region and transfer your job to
another branch, but you still have to be able to select the area of the
country you're moving to. Enter the military into your life. Suddenly, you
have little or no control over where you're going to live. Your spouse may
be able to determine your posting to a limited degree, but what if your
company doesn't have a branch in Sugar Creek, Albuquerque, or Pensacola?
If he chooses an overseas posting for professional reasons, or the needs
of the military dictate he move to Alaska and then has an unaccompanied
tour to Korea?
When I got into this myself, I didn't think it would be a big deal. I have
great skills and a college degree. For years, though I'd restlessly moved
from job to job, I had always increased my base wage, sometimes as much as
fifty percent. I would not, I thought, have trouble moving around with
portable computer skills. I did not count on three things. First, in my
previous positions, it was easy to pick up the phone and call the guy
across the city to check on my performance. It's harder for someone 900
miles away to verify they're talking to an actual employer. Second, I ran
into bias against me, both as a military spouse (they have a bad
reputation in some regions) and because I have a fairly strong Kentucky
accent - similar to Loretta Lynn's. Third, military spouses move a lot.
When a prospective employer finds out you're a milspouse, he assumes
immediately - and usually correctly - that you will not be staying long.
Suddenly, my wage offerings were halved or
worse. That's if I could get an interview. Many of the regions I moved to
were hurting for employees, but it still took months for even a temp
agency to place me. Find a job on my own? Forget it! I tried the meager
services offered by the base - but they were primarily focused toward
people who needed entry-level jobs, not those like me who had significant
experience already. At last, I gave up and moved online. I found that I
was not alone.
Military Spouses Online - And Independent
Do a quick survey of online workers - writers, web designers, programmers,
and others - and you'll find time after time that owners of small-time
online businesses are military spouses, or started their businesses while
they were military spouses. Having your own online business eliminates
most of the problems faced by military spouses in the employment market.
Your
business moves with you. You can operate from virtually anywhere, even on
vacation or while traveling. Your spouse is deploying? The kids can stay
home with you while you write or design or sell or auction or whatever it
is you do. Privately, spouses are trying to help fellow spouses find jobs
and training doing these online jobs, or finding other work at home. In
Denver, one spouse - not coincidentally, a previous Secretary of Labor in
Puerto Rico - started a group to find military spouses customer-service
call center work at home. This is the direction the military should be
moving in.
Alas, the powers that be in the military are hopelessly old-fashioned.
Though they have a task force focused on spouse employment, the answers
they are providing mostly aim in three directions: first, for spouses to
run home daycares (while many women are suited for this, I'd lose my
mind). Second, for spouses to find work in the government system, starting
as low-paid G-2
employees at the commissary (McDonald's pays more). Or third, for them to
work with temporary agencies - giving them the opportunity to work jobs
that will never get better and never provide independent benefits. It's a
system that ensures military spouses remain dependent on their husbands,
isolating them even further in a lifestyle that already uproots women and
children for
long stretches of time.
Instead of being trapped in this life, I urge military spouses to look at
the hundreds of online opportunities available: writing (like here),
website design, small home crafts businesses, data entry, transcription,
eBay businesses, and others. By moving to the virtual world, the military
spouse can create her own professional niche that moves with her when her
husband is transferred,
providing at least some stability in an unstable lifestyle.
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Home Business Opportunities for Military
Spouses
Overview
Tips to help military spouses start home businesses.
* Is a home business right for you?
* Types of home businesses
* Getting started with your home business
* Resources
Military spouses often find it difficult to pursue a career while they
move across the country -- or around the globe. Setting up a home business
is one way to earn extra income and have a career that will move when you
do. In the last few years, new technologies have made it easier for
military spouses to work at home. If you're thinking of starting a home
business, the following information can help.
Is a home business right for you?
A home business can be the perfect solution for a military spouse on the
move. But starting a home business is hard work. A career assessment can
help you determine if starting a home business is right for you. One kind
of career assessment -- the DANTES Discover assessment -- is offered free
through your installation's Family Employment Readiness Program or
education office.
As you consider home business opportunities, you'll want to ask yourself
these questions:
* What are your goals? Think about what you want to get out of your home
business. Home businesses can be time consuming, especially in the
beginning. Writing down your goals will help you focus on what's
important.
* What are your abilities and interests? Do you have a skill that can
translate to a home business? Do you have experience that is marketable in
a home business?
* Can you sell yourself and your business? Whether you're selling products
or providing a service, you'll need to market your business to potential
customers.
* How much can you afford to invest? Most home businesses require at least
some investment. Your start-up needs will vary depending on the type of
business and may include a computer, a printer, a phone line, and
high-speed Internet access. You'll also want to budget for advertising
expenses and for equipment specific to your home business, such as
age-appropriate toys for a child care business.
* Do you have a support system? Your decision to start a home business
will affect your family members. Before you get started, you'll want to
talk with them and explain what's involved. Having the support of your
family will go a long way toward making your business a success.
Types of home businesses
The type of business you choose will depend largely on your skills and
experience. Computer-based -- or virtual -- businesses are popular with
military spouses because they can take the business with them easily when
they move. But don't ignore a traditional business if your skills and
experience are better suited to that type of work.
* Virtual work. Computer-based businesses have become more common with
faster Internet connections and better computer technologies. There are
many virtual work opportunities available, including:
* administrative services, such as scheduling, data entry, and bookkeeping
* computer programming, database maintenance, or Web site design
* medical transcribing
* test grading
* writing, editing, or proofreading
* graphic design
* translation services
* call center services (See Resources for companies that provide business
opportunities for call center representatives.)
If you're looking for virtual work through the Internet, watch out for
work-at-home scams. Be suspicious of anyone who asks for money up front --
you shouldn't have to pay for work. One way to avoid these scams is to
subscribe to a newsletter that screens home work opportunities, such as
the one distributed by StaffCentrix at www.msvas.com .
* Traditional services. With traditional services, you probably won't be
able to take your client base with you when you move to a new duty
station. But if you can make your business successful in one location,
you'll have the tools to make it successful again. These business can
include:
* child care
* catering
* photography
* tailoring
* housecleaning, lawn care, or painting
* lessons, such as piano, dance, or foreign language
* sales, such as Nuriche®
Getting started with your home business
Starting a home business requires a significant amount of time and effort
-- often long before you see your first paycheck. As you set up your
business, you'll need to understand the rules that regulate home
businesses and create a plan to market your business to potential
customers.
Policies and regulations for home businesses
Before you begin, you'll want to research the regulations that govern your
home business:
* Licenses and permits. Depending on your business, you may need a license
or permit. For example, if you're opening a catering business, you will
need to check on local health regulations. A child care business may
require a state license. Check with your local Small Business
Administrative (SBA) office for information on local requirements.
* Taxes. As a business owner, you'll need to withhold taxes from your
income. Your tax liability can include federal taxes, state taxes,
self-employment taxes, and local or usage taxes. Your installation's
financial counselor or your local SBA can provide more information on the
tax requirements for your business.
* Zoning. Local zoning regulations may restrict signage and the number of
visitors to your business. Your local SBA office can provide information
on zoning ordinances in your area.
* Installation housing regulations. Policies that regulate home businesses
in military housing vary from installation to installation. In overseas
locations, a SOFA (Status of Forces Agreement) may affect the type of
business you can operate. However, requests are usually approved as long
as they don't jeopardize security in the housing area or compete with
existing installation services.
* Types of business ownership. A majority of home-based business are
operated as sole proprietorships. As a sole proprietor, you use your
Social Security number for the business and assume all the liability. Some
businesses are set up as corporations or Limited Liability Companies,
often called "LLCs." These types of businesses can be more expensive to
set up, but will limit your personal liability. For a detailed explanation
of types of business ownership, visit the SBA's Web site at www.sba.gov
and follow the links under "Starting."
Marketing your business to potential clients
As a small business owner, you probably don't have a lot of money to put
toward marketing. Developing a solid plan will help you focus your
resources. Your marketing plan should include:
* Your target audience. Identify your potential customers and direct a
marketing plan that will best reach them.
* Advertising. Look at different kinds of marketing, including mass
mailings, e-mails, fliers, signs, and Web sites.
* Promotions. Pass your business card out whenever you get the chance. And
look for opportunities for free or low-cost promotions, such as writing an
article for a local newspaper or sponsoring a local school function.
* Tracking. Keep track of which marketing strategies work -- and which
don't. With this information, you'll be able to focus your marketing plan.
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Military Spouses Residency Relief Act Passes
House Vote
S 475 passed House suspension vote on November 2nd at approximately 11:23
PST. The Military Spouses Residency Relief Act has headed to the
President's desk for signature. We don't know when the signing will be but
we will keep you posted as we get more information.
A recap of the life of S 475 and HR 1182:
* May 21st - The Senate VA Committee passes S 475
* August 4Th - The Senate floor passes S 475
* October 8Th - The House Economic Opportunity Subcommittee of the House
VA Committee passes HR 1182 and reports it favorably to the full House VA
Committee
* November 2nd - The House floor passes S 475 on suspension
* November ____ - The President signs S 475 into law*
*At this time we don't have a date for the signing but as soon as we hear
we will let you know. There is a slight chance that the President could
veto the bill but we are very optimistic that won't happen.
The Coalition was able to obtain 207 cosponsors before receiving this
exciting news.
Please check the coalitions Facebook Page for the the Press Release from
Congressman Carter's office and from Senator Burr's office on the passing
of S 475 on the House floor.
Military Spouses and Families:
Please pass on this exciting news to members of your Spouses' Club and any
other military spouses you know.
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Building businesses through networking
New nonprofit association aids self-employed military spouses
By Kathie Hightower and Holly Scherer - Special to the Army Times
There is a long tradition of military spouses stepping up to the plate to
help improve things for other military spouses and families.
Important programs such as Army Family Team Building, Tragedy Assistance
Programs for Survivors and the National Military Family Association were
started by military spouses.
Thanks to the NMFA’s efforts before Congress, for example, we have many
benefits available, including the Survivor Benefit Plan, space-available
travel for college-age children and our dental benefits.
Now, three more military spouses are working to leave a lasting legacy for
other spouses.
Lanette Lepper, Joanna Williamson and Rebecca Poynter each own a business.
Their paths crossed, and they started meeting informally by phone to
discuss business and financial topics and, of course, military lifestyle
issues such as deployment dates. They enjoyed talking to each other,
sharing business tips and staying motivated in the process.
They discussed the time and energy they spent “reinventing the wheel” as
they started their businesses. They could have saved one another a lot of
time and effort if they had met sooner. They decided they wanted to help
other spouses, so they wouldn’t have to learn so much the hard way. Plus,
they wanted to help military spouse businesses more easily network with
one another for leads, joint work projects and continuing support and
inspiration.
From those early informal meetings, the Military Spouse Business
Association was born.
It’s a potentially large network when you consider the numbers. An
estimated 50,000 — or nearly 10 percent — of active-duty working military
spouses are self-employed.
There are other ongoing initiatives that will increase those numbers.
Military Spouse Virtual Assistants training (http://www.staffcentrix .com)
and medical transcription training (http://www.trsinstitute .com) are
examples.
MSBA serves all military spouses, not just military spouse business
owners, and includes businesses and organizations that support military
families.
This nonprofit organization provides business and financial information
suitable for the military lifestyle. MSBA can help military spouses in the
same geographic area or area of expertise network with one another. The
really wonderful thing is that some of these members may become your
“virtual water cooler” friend, virtual project partner, business mentor,
customer or supplier. The organization also provides the opportunity to
make military families and others aware of a business service or product.
“One big goal we have is to educate members about how business ownership
can provide family income now, fund financial goals and develop individual
retirement savings,” Poynter said.
MSBA’s Web site,
http://www.milspousebiz.org, includes forums on business success,
self-motivation and financial readiness, with experts providing answers to
questions. There will be free online seminars, as well.
The founders welcome any military spouse who would like to get involved in
the growth of the association. Because this is a nonprofit and every
member has her own business, “our goal is to ask something, but not too
much, of each person who wants to get involved in the association
development,” Poynter said. But it’s OK to join and take advantage of the
benefits without taking part in development efforts, of course.
Military spouses can list their businesses in an external directory and
find other military spouses in an internal directory.
As two military spouses with separate businesses who have been partners
for years and have worked with other military spouse virtual businesses on
projects, we applaud the new association.
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Spouses
Disclaimer- These
statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. This product is not intended to
diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. This business opportunity is not
endorsed by the US Military. All military home based business regulations
are being followed within this business model. It is up to you to do the
same.
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