15 Free Ways To Promote Your Direct Sales Business
When you’re first starting your direct sales business or even after you’ve established yourself you want to focus on getting the word out and maintaining momentum. Obviously you can invest in some paid advertisements, but there are some great ways to get the word out about your business that don’t cost anything but a little […]
The Hunt for the Perfect Customer
Ahhhh, the elusive customer. Sometimes it seems like we go through so much time, effort and money to find a new customer. If we sat down and figured out how much that customer cost us, it would be scary. It is especially scary if that customer only shops one time. So what is obvious is […]
Home Business Owners Must Manage Email
Manage Your Inbox Is your email out of control? Does it take you longer to sift through your inbox than you have time to spend in the office? Don’t be afraid to turn your computer on! I did a tele-seminar a few months back on time management. During the call we spoke very briefly on […]
Success in Direct Sales – Part 5
In this final installment on our series of posts on finding success in Direct Sales by being persistent and working consistently, I wanted to talk briefly about something most women (and people in general) dread – some even more than public speaking. And that thing is – picking up the phone to make business calls. […]
Success in Direct Sales – Part 4
Success in Direct Sales – Part 4 As we continue on our series of posts on finding success in direct sales by being persistent and consistent I wanted to give you a quick overview on one of the easiest ways to work your business consistently. We talked about it briefly on the first post here, […]
Success in Direct Sales – Part 3
Success in Direct Sales – Part 3 In our previous discussion I mentioned a little free online service called I Want Sandy.com. I’m still not quite sure how I discovered this little gem but I will tell you, it’s a direct sellers dream come true. First, it’s free – that’s enough reason to give it […]
Success in Direct Sales – Part 2
In our last article we talked about two important characteristics of a successful direct sales representative. Successful direct sellers must be both consistent and persistent. When we talk about consistency in our business it really just means having a plan to work your direct sales business and then working that plan. It doesn’t have to […]
Success in Direct Sales-Part 1
I’m a big believer in working a direct sales or network marketing business as a real business. Unfortunately too many times moms, in particular, jump into direct sales without any real plan of how to really make it work as a business and so they end up either doing nothing, becoming a wholesale buyer and […]
Bookings, Bookings, Bookings The Most Popular Topic Of All Time!
Party Plan Training-Bookings Deb Bixler teaches sale professionals in home party plan businesses how to create a consistent income from home. Did you ever wonder why some people have more bookings than they can handle and why others can not keep a show on their calendar? There are more bookings out there for you if […]
The Biggest Network Marketing Event In The World
I am surprised at how many sales consultants in home party plan businesses are reluctant to take advantage of the world wide web. WWW is the largest network marketing opportunity in the world yet direct sales party plan reps usually fail to take full advantage of it. Successful business owners take full advantage of every […]