Why direct sales is a great option for WAHMs

If you’ve decided to be a work at home mom (WAHM) you have a lot of options to explore. You might decide to telecommute, work for a company from your home. You could be interested in starting your own business.

Direct Sales Consultant? Why You Need A Website

Picture this: You meet a prospective customer named Ellen in a line-up at your local supermarket. It turns out that not only is Ellen interested in your product, she likes buying from people she knows. She asks for your card and promises to call you.

Are Your Recruits Burning Up Your Time?

Do you sometimes feel burned out from recruiting all the time?
Do you feel like you just spin your wheels from replacing those
that never really do anything with their business? Do you
sometimes feel like you give and give and train and train, but it
is not working? Here is a tip for you.

What Really IS a Fundraiser?

If you are new to Direct Sales, you may hear a lot about Fundraising, but not find a lot of information as to what it really is. Well, I am here to clear up the mystique for you!

Does Voice Mail Hinder or Help Your Business?

The phone can be your friend or your foe depending on how you use it. Does the fear of calling someone make you pray for the voice mail or answering machine to pick up? Do you stumble around when you do get that voice mail? Here are some tips to get that return call you want.

7 Ways to Keep Those Customers Coming Back For More

Have you ever sat down to figure out the cost of your new customer?

I don’t want to scare you, but it can be expensive if you count the cost, the time it took you to find the client, the advertising, the cost of delivery, and all of the other nuances along the way.

7 Tips to be an Effective Direct Sales Leader

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. Here are some pointers on how to be a succcessful leader of others.

Maximize Your Training

If you have been in business for a short time or a long time, you always have to be willing to put some time into strengthening your business skills. Being a small business owner in the Direct Sales industry, there are so many facets to the job

Use eBay to Promote Your Direct Sales Business

Many direct sales companies prohibit the practice of selling their company product line on eBay or other online auctions.  Yet why not use that auction vehicle to sell your non-direct sales items and then include a company catalog and sample along with the winning item? Full Article

7 Steps to Get Out of the Direct Sales Rut

Business not flowing as well as you would like?  Did you have a great holiday rush and now your direct sales business appears to have come to a screeching halt?  Here are seven steps you can take to get out of the rut. Full Article

Understanding Target Markets

Who is your target market? If your answer is “everyone” or “several” then you don’t have a target market. If you try to sell to “everyone” then you’re hurting yourself and diluting your efforts. There are no shortages of markets. If you pick a market to hone in on, then you can refine your marketing and networking efforts for that particular group. Full Article

Direct Sales Recruiting – Take Your Recruiting Online

As a direct sales business owner, you know that recruiting new consultants is an important part of building your business. If you’ve been recruiting out in the real world for any amount of time, you also know that many times it’s not an easy task. You post flyers around town, talk to party hosts and guests, yet still you don’t have the team in place you’d like to have so you can sit back and relax a bit. Do you find yourself asking “Now what?” or “Where can I possibly go next?” Have you ever thought about recruiting for your direct sales business online? Full Article

Don’t Start Over – Just Begin Again

I think summertime must be when many work at home Mom start to think that their business is a flop and begin to look for a new opportunity. This is fine if your business is truly a flop – but chances are, you just need to take a look at it from a fresh perspective. Full Article

Are You Interviewing Your Prospects?

There is nothing more exciting than someone contacting us to inquire about our business. We get so excited infact that sometimes we forget that what we are really doing is conducting an interview to see if our business is right for the prospect. Full Article

Ten Ways You Can Support Your Downline

Very often in direct sales, folks will ask “how can I help my downline?” Here are ten suggestions of ways to support your downline: Full Article

Is Duplication in Direct Sales a Realistic Possibility?

As far back as I can remember, I have heard the phrase “you need to be duplicatable”, when referring to the upline/downline relationship in direct sales. Full Article

Second Impression

You know the old saying “first impressions can last a life time”. Well, I believe that second impressions can be more important than first impressions. Full Article

Are You Talking to Your Family and Friends About Your Direct Sales Business?

If you are looking to your family and friends to make the sales to build your business, you just might be looking in the wrong place. Full Article

Can Article Marketing Help Your Direct Sales Business?

One of the most frequent questions I am asked is “how can I advertise for free?” I have never supported methods such as free classifieds. Nobody reads this. If you look, thousands of folks come and post an ad and never read a thing. Full Article

Know Your Product Line

This article is for those people representing direct sales companies that manufacture more than a handful of products. When I speak to folks involved in network marketing, representing companies that do indeed manufacture more than a handful of products, I often ask them if they know their product line. Full Article