The Value of Motivating your Team
Congratulations, you’ve decided to start sponsoring team members to increase your income. A well-motivated sales team can be the cornerstone of a successful direct sales career and gives you the potential for great financial benefits as an up line leader. As you continue to build a good sized sales team you’ll need to think of […]
Secrets To Creating A Successful Online Hostess
One of the secrets to having a great show or party is to make sure your hostess is excited about the product, motivated to get her hostess perks and encouraging her guests to have fun and buy lots of stuff while they’re looking at the catalog. The same holds true if your hostess has her […]
What Can My Up Line Do For Me Anyway?
Choosing the correct up line leader is one of the smartest moves that you can make when you decide to get into the direct sales industry. The person you choose as your leader is the person responsible for teaching and mentoring you. Make sure you choose someone you like and respect as well as someone […]
Using Technology To Keep in Touch With Your Customers
The Internet provides direct sales business owners a very simple and convenient way to stay in touch with their clients. When you are involved in direct sales, keeping in touch with your customers is an excellent way to ensure good customer service. And good customer service means they might be more willing to book a […]
Using Online Parties To Grow Your Direct Sales Business
Hosting online direct sales parties can be very smart especially if your hostesses are finding it hard to get your friends and family together in the same spot on the same day. Some direct sales companies even offer online parties to make it easy to pool sales together, but adding an online chat as part […]
Keeping your Direct Sales Calendar Full
As you probably already know, the way to money and success in a direct sales business is to keep your calendar full and happy with parties, vendor fairs or other events focused on selling your company’s products. There are many ways to insure a full calendar when you first start with your company: 1. Host […]
Be Cheap and Easy When it Comes to Marketing Your Business
photo credit: justinlai In direct sales, the work at home market and especially in this economy, you can be effective by being cheap and easy when marketing your business. While we are all in business to make money, sometimes our budget can leave a lot to be desired. Dropping your advertising budget in this economic […]
Creating Your 2009 Home Business Plan
Home Party Businesses Need Business Plan I replaced my full time job with my home party business in about 9 months. I am often asked “what is your secret?” referring to my successes in my home party plan business. The secret is that I treat it like a business or a profession. There are certain […]
25 Steps to Sucess for the New Direct Seller
You’ve just signed up for your new direct sales business opportunity. Now what? Here are 25 things that you can do right now – many of them even before your starter kit arrives – to get you started on the road to success. [ ] 1. Call your sponsor [ ] 2. Find your way […]
10 More Ways to Promote your Direct Sales Business Everywhere You Go.
In our last article we talked about some ways to get the word out about your direct sales business without spending too much money. As a direct sales business owner you want to have the opportunity to promote as much as possible and as naturally as possible! 1. Ask for referrals at your parties – […]