March 6, 2010
In direct sales there are always opportunities to become a leader of
other people. Sometimes known as down line or recruits, they become a
part of our team. Sometimes leaders feel compelled to become
responsible for their teams overall performance. They fret and
sweat and break their own backs to try and make others successful.
Giving others [...]
March 4, 2010
When we first start our Direct Sales business, we have made a commitment to that company by writing the check and ordering the starter kit. While signing on the dotted line of the agreement is a commitment to that company, it is a commitment to you and your business?
Have you committed to any of the [...]
February 27, 2010
It can be overwhelming the first days of a new Direct Sales business. There is training to complete, product information to learn, business tools to order and create and most of all, notifications of your new business to be sent out. We always want to let our friends and family know about our new [...]
February 25, 2010
Here is a post by a guest blogger, my friend, Deb Bixler . Enjoy!
Define Sales Marketing
Sales is the art, science, and skill of creating more and more desire in the market place for your opportunity, product or services. Sales comes from a Scandinavian word that means to serve. Sales is a service business. [...]
January 31, 2010
I saw this article posted on a forum the other day and asked the author, who happens to be my upline in a past business, if I could repost it here. Jackie Ulmer has created and developed her business online and has mentored hundreds, if not thousands of people in the years she has [...]
January 26, 2010
The Direct Sales business can be a bit tough at times. Tough to get started after you go through your warm market. Tough to get new customers all of the time. Tough to get sales online. And sometimes it is tough to promote yourself.
How do you think a couple of hundred or thousand people seeing [...]
January 21, 2010
Do you know what the best thing about having a direct sales business?
When you need some cash, you can have a party and get paid right away!!
Don’t party? Well, have a phone sale!
Point being, we are in control of the cash flow. Not your company, not your upline. You do! [...]
January 15, 2010
Successful fundraising can be accomplished online as well. If you are one of the direct sellers that focuses her business online only, you will want to be able to offer fundraising as an option to your business plan. So how do you go about finding potential clients?
First and foremost, networking is going to [...]
January 2, 2010
We hear from all of the guru’s that we are to set goals at this time of year for your business. It is amazing to me the amount of posts, emails and tweets I get about goal setting.
But I have a few questions… If we do set these goals, we then have to [...]
December 22, 2009
We all have a certian vision of what we see our business looking like when we created it. Money coming in. Customers buying product. Lots of referrals. Big website with tons of traffic. Lots of people that join your organization. Steady growth each year.
Sound familiar?
How far off of your vision has your business [...]