The Authentic Networker

Having lost most of his team in October of 2011, Andi Duli was down on his luck. Then, with the help of a workshop that Richard Brooke held in that same year, he launched his business and his MINDSET. Within 90 days he built a new group of 189 people, which has grown to over 15,000 active distributors. Now his team consists of 21,000 actively preferred customers on a current monthly auto-ship and...

Valerie Edwards is at the rank of Executive National Vice President in her company, having joined in 2002. Prior to Network Marketing, she owned and operated a licensed daycare out of her home. In addition to her own two daughters, she was watching 8 other children, and soon found herself 25 years old and "somedaying" her life away.     After an amazing product experience, Valerie decided to start...

Jay Coburn, a former journeyman carpenter and master mechanic, has been building his Isagenix business since 2002. He got off to a blistering-fast pace, personally enrolling 30 people in his first 90 days and 174 by year 4. Today he is a member of the Isagenix Legacy Club with a team of more than 85,000 active distributors and 280,000 customers.    Jay was first introduced to Network Marketing at...

In 2009, April Pointer of Young Living started out like most people in Network Marketing: as a customer using the products. This busy stay-at-home mom, who was also homeschooling her two kids, was not interested in building the business. But in 4 months of teaching classes at the request of friends, she “accidentally” met the 4th rank (out of 10) in the company, and when she hit rank 6, she stoppe...

Lisa DeMayo spent 14 years juggling a career as a successful pharmaceutical sales representative and coach. But this busy mom was desperate for more time-freedom and less exhaustion. Oddly enough, it was a board game that sparked her vision to build a Network Marketing career. As a student of personal development from the young age of 13, Lisa was able to reach the top of her company at the time i...

Even though they both had successful careers, Anna and Yvan Lozano were not happy or fulfilled climbing the corporate ladder. Always a self-described “side hustler,” Anna started meeting female entrepreneurs around Toronto, Canada, in 2010. Fascinated by the energy of one in particular, she immediately said “yes” upon being introduced to USANA. Even though she was petrified of what people would th...

“Leapfrog” your way to success. As a former hairdresser, Shauna Ekstrom had been prospected a million times and began to think of networkers as “weird.” But when a good friend approached her with an opportunity, she trusted her enough to just take a look … and soon, began to build her Isagenix business.     Momentum really took off when she met and fell in love with Dr. Scott Peterson, who conside...

  Episode Summary: How do you go from graveyard shifts and crushing medical debt… to leading a team of 65,000 and living your purpose? In this episode of The Authentic Networker Podcast, Richard Bliss Brooke talks with Sue Brenchley–a Triple Diamond Executive with ASEA and a 25-year network marketing veteran–about the wild, winding road that led her to success. Sue’s story is one of resilience. In...

What do you do when you’re suddenly broke, homeless, and borrowing money just to buy milk? In this episode of The Authentic Networker Podcast, Richard Bliss Brooke sits down with Kierston Kirschbaum–doTERRA leader, speaker, and purpose-driven powerhouse–for a raw, inspiring look at what it really means to rebuild your life from rock bottom. In one day, Kierston’s world collapsed. Her husband’s com...

Before Network Marketing, Laurenda Eddy was an armored guard, moving money in and out of banks for four years. She worked 14 hours a day, 6 days a week. After receiving a message on Facebook from a total stranger, Laurenda decided to check out Younique’s products. She quickly fell in love with them and started working the business.    But Laurenda made some major mistakes early on. She was getting...

“Are you kidding me? Those things are pyramid schemes!” That was Esther Spina’s initial response when her 25-year-old son joined a Network Marketing company. But once Ether finally agreed to “just take a look,” she was BLOWN AWAY. It was so different than working in the dog-eat-dog world of outside sales like she had been. After saying YES, she went on to build a team of more than 60,000 customers...

When Jenifer Furness, an overworked occupational therapist, became intrigued about Network Marketing through a random Facebook post, she soon found a stranger at her house, sharing her story and showing her “cheesy videos.” But Jenifer wasn’t even watching the videos. She was just watching the woman sitting on her living room floor, smiling and HAPPY! Jenifer kept thinking, "Why am I not happy? Wh...

This Hero Maker went from bankrupt to beach front through Network Marketing. He is now passionate about training others to be heart driven, successful leaders.

Since 2008, Brenda and Dr. Scott Schuler have built a Young Living team of more than 110,000 members with 10 leadership legs and 154+ personal enrollees. How did they go from feeling embarrassed and wanting nothing to do with the business side of essential oils … to putting on their blinders and building with no fear?    Find out from this power couple what they did to get past their skepticism an...

Episode Summary: How do you build an empire on your lunch break? In this episode of The Authentic Networker Podcast, Richard Bliss Brooke sits down with his wife Kimmy Brooke, author, coach, and network marketing leader, for a story that’s equal parts grit and grace. Kimmy was a single mom working 60+ hours a week, living paycheck to paycheck, and quietly hoping something would come along to...

Golden Hero Call! In honor of our #50 call, we turned the tables in a pretty cool way. Your host of the Network Marketing Hero Series, Richard Bliss Brooke, was interviewed … by none other than the amazing Kimmy Brooke! Don’t miss everyone’s favorite chicken chopper to CEO sharing his incredible story and nuggets of wisdom.

Adam Green of “The Green Team” built a Young Living team of 50,000 members strong, with 4,000 people joining each month … all before the age of 30! This record-breaking Canadian and author of “25 to Life: Jailbreak Your 9–5 & Escape to Financial Freedom” became Young Living’s youngest member to reach their highest rank of Royal Crown Diamond at age 25!    So how did this former personal traine...

In Sinead Kavanagh’s first year in Juice Plus+, she personally sponsored 100 people and another 100 in year two. By year four, she had 300 personal sponsors and built a team with 5,000 active reps and 200,000+ customers across 20 countries … and she did 99% of it through social media! Sinead's Network Marketing journey began in 2013. She was an unhappy, unhealthy office worker who decided to start...

Jeff Altgilbers went from cleaning floors to building a team of 20,000 distributors in just four years. Today this Network Marketing superstar of 4Life has 500,000 distributors in 56 countries. But Jeff's journey was not without some bumps in the road! He dabbled in various Network Marketing companies for years while running his cleaning business. When Jeff’s business went bankrupt, he sold an old...

Never underestimate the power of all out massive action! For Sharon McDonald, not even a breast cancer diagnosis could stop the magic of duplication in her Network Marketing business. In her first 90 days, she sponsored 45 people, which led to a team of 2,200 her first year. That early momentum carried her through during her breast cancer journey in years 3 and 4, and by year 6, Sharon had a team...

Efrosyni Adamides built a Network Marketing team of 5,500 by the end of year one. Despite the ups and downs and lots of learning lessons along the way, she built a beautiful Four Year Career with a team of 42,000 active reps … by only personally sponsoring 65!    Now 11 years in the biz, Efrosyni is at IMD Rank with WorldVentures and has created a Network Marketing sales force of over 400,000 reps...

This former stutterer with a speech impediment went on to be a Hall of Fame Speaker in the National Speaker’s Association, an award-winning host and producer of the TV show “Success Strategies,” president of Arbonne International for 20 years, and presenter of over 1,000 seminars globally. If you’re ready to do more, earn more, and share more, don’t miss this chance to learn from the one and only...

By building her biz entirely through social media, along with embracing personal development and company events, Katie Louise Hamer of Younique was able to build a team of women 53,000 strong in just two and a half years.    It’s a complete 180 from her life in retail management, working 6 days a week, stuck in the daily grind, and wishing she could give her baby “the moon.” Katie said she “wanted...

Are you letting fear dictate how you build your Network Marketing biz? Break through it with one of the most popular speakers and trainers of our time … the great Todd Falcone, author of Fearless Networking. Don’t miss this incredible opportunity to learn from the Fearless Networker himself, Todd Falcone. He’s laying it all out on this week’s episode of the Network Marketing Heroes Podcast, hosted...

If a former drug addict and felon could overcome his obstacles, immigrate to a new country, and build a Network Marketing team of 22,000 promoters with 23 leader legs and 140,000 customers in six years ... what do you think YOU could do?    This is one of the most inspiring Network Marketing Hero calls Richard Brooke has ever hosted. Don't miss this opportunity to hear Ricardo Jimenez's story of g...