Archive for January, 2012

How to Make Time for Marketing – Five Easy Ways to Market Your Business More Effectively (And in Less Time)

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Do you feel you just don’t have enough time for marketing? Yo’re not alone. Still… if you’ve been skimping in that area, it’s time to get back into the swing and get your marketing ramped up… especially if you want to grow your business! It’s understandable. With all the demands of a business, it can [...]

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Tips To Aceing The Direct Sales Recruit Interview

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Many top team builders in direct sales companies attribute much of their success to using the recruit interview. Email is a fabulous tool and should be used to the maximum for your business but there is nothing like a meeting or phone call to take your recruiting from just average to super recruiter. By using [...]

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A Seemingly Harmless Tactic That Ruins Credibility in Direct Sales

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Being viewed as a pushy sales person was my biggest concern, when I started my direct sales business. Yes, I was more concerned about being pushy than I was about getting business! Because I already have an outgoing personality (sometimes my children would call it overbearing), I knew it wouldn’t take much to convince people [...]

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Direct Sales – Recruiting Online

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When I began in direct sales the online world did not exist. I spoke to people, one at a time. Some said yes, some said no and some became great friends of mine. Online the exact same formula should apply. Direct sales is a relationship business. Some people will say yes, some will say no [...]

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Host Coaching Success: Text and Mobile Marketing

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Direct sales consultants often complain that they don’t want to appear “pushy”. This is the number one reason they use for not staying in frequent contact with their hosts. Their reasoning makes sense at a certain level. How would you feel if someone were to call you every other day for two weeks? No wonder [...]

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3 Easy Tips to Help You Manage Your To-Do List

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It’s so easy to get side-tracked when we fail to sit down and write out a specific to-do list. We end up wasting hours away during our business work hours. And consider this…if you were to get paid for all those lost hours, you might be a millionaire! There seems to be two main extremities [...]

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How Ideals Block Your Effectiveness in Direct Sales and Network Marketing

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Have you ever pictured your ideal vacation? Perhaps at one time you have pictured the ideal holiday celebration or the ideal vacation. Surely you have a concept of the ideal direct sales or network marketing business. However, while you might have thought of the ideal sales presentation, the ideal recruit, or the ideal customer, you [...]

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Use Your Direct Sales Business to Make a Profit, Not Give It Away

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Direct Sales is a business model for those that work at home or want to supplement their income. One fact that is for sure and is found throughout the industry, is that most people that are in a Direct Sales business are in it for the money, and believe me, there is money to be [...]

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Selling Yourself Short

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Many women that I run into seem to have this problem. I often wonder why some women are prone to undervalue their services and their own work. Why are we afraid to charge what we are worth? What can you do to increase your self worth and get the price you deserve? Focus on your [...]

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Read All Instructions Before Use

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I just received a new 1.5” Digital Pocket Viewer as a gift. It’s pretty nifty in that I can load pictures of my children onto it and then carry it in my purse. It’s the modern day version of the accordion wallet file of family photos. The first page of the little manual reads: READ [...]

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