Why would anyone ever consider joining a direct sales training course? Isn't your company or your upline supposed to train you? Teach you the ropes? Let you know exactly what works and what doesn't? Isn't your upline supposed to help you succeed because when you succeed, they succeed? Some recruiters and uplines are fantastic [...]
How to use Go for No to grow your business I have to admit when I started looking into Go for No, I wasn't expecting to find what I found. I was expecting the whole Go for No book/story/premise to be on getting as many nos as quickly as possible. I thought, ugh, that [...]
When was the last time you received something in the mail, the physical mail, not email, that made you smile? In today's world, bills don't even come in the mail anymore; everything's electronic. So, basically, most of the mail you receive is junk mail. Wouldn't it be nice to be surprised one day and [...]
I’ve learned a lot about accounting, tracking inventory, and doing taxes for a Norwex business over the years, since my wife has been a Norwex consultant since 2013. In the beginning, we had no plan for her accounting because she didn’t plan on sharing Norwex as a business. Like many consultants, she signed up [...]
As with a lot of businesses, sometimes the paperwork and accounting can be more work than actually building your business. In our story we talked about how we built Direct Sidekick based on my wife’s experience when she starting her direct sales business. Tracking her income and expenses was not something she was used [...]
Direct sales inventory management. Learn how to track your inventory, how to handle personal use inventory and how to handle giveaways and incentives.
Have you ever had a string of small parties where you started to wonder "what am I doing wrong?" Or even worse, cancellations, ugh. I am here to tell you that this is normal, and it happens to everyone in direct sales at some point. Follow along below to learn host coaching for big parties AND how to automate it so you never miss a beat!
If you have been in direct sales long enough it’s likely that there’s been a time or two where you’ve had a difficult time filling your party calendar. This article’s main job is to give you tons of ideas on how to get bookings for home parties.
If you read to the end of the article you will also see this article has a secondary job; to help you gain exposure for your business!
Would you like an easy way to save $300 to $1000 this year for your direct sales business? In our Direct Sales Tax Deductions article I wrote about the mileage deduction and the phone app I use to track my mileage. This article is my MileIQ Review where I discuss why I love using this app as well as how exactly it works.
If you drive 20 miles each way to a home party, you can write-off $21.40 per drive from your taxes. If you have 2 parties per week for 50 weeks a year, you can write-off $2,140 per year! That saves you over $300!!!