Fire Your Boss! Work At Home!

Well Wikipedia says;

Direct Selling is a retail channel for the distribution of goods and services. At a basic level it may be defined as marketing and selling products, direct to consumers away from a fixed retail location. Sales are typically made through party plan, one to one demonstrations, and other personal contact arrangements. A text book definition is: “The direct personal presentation, demonstration, and sale of products and services to consumers, usually in their homes or at their jobs.”

Let me ask you this;

Are you searching for something more meaningful and a way to:

• Make a car payment
• Quit the 9-5
• Pay for a vacation
• Earn EXTRA spending money
• Stay home to raise children
• Save for college expenses
• Pay off debt
• Have FUN
• Develop new skills
• Meet new people

If you answered YES to any of the questions above then SCENTSY maybe for you!

Scentsy is one of the fastest growing party plan companies in the United States – and it’s a company that encourages you to express yourself and use your own unique talents in developing your business. There are no scripts, no right or wrong way to hold your parties. Simply build your business in the way that works best for you! Bring passion and individuality, and create income doing something you truly love – so you can have more time to be with the ones you love!

Build a Brighter Future … Start a Profitable Candle Business!

Simply go to http://www.scentsy.com/alycia Click on “START A BUSINESS”

The Best Lesson I Ever Learned – It Made Me A Millionaire

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I recently came across these 7 little secrets and I wanted to share them with you! I came up with the title from the TV program Magic’s Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed. I love that show my daughter and I watch to see if we can figure out the trick before they reveal it! Do You?

Profit Secret #1 –

Acquiring new customers daily is your bread and butter.

Profit Secret #2 –

#1 Rule regarding marketing your product or service is – Keep It Simple!

Profit Secret #3 –

Prepare for SUCCESS – Have some Basic Business Tools on hand!

Profit Secret #4 –

Don’t be a hypocrite – Use Your Product!

Profit Secret #5 –

Become the “trusted advisor” – You now have clients, not customers!

Profit Secret #6 –

Expose your Business, Product, Service CONSTANTLY!

Profit Secret #7

Nothing gets a customer to buy faster than telling stories.

Remember: The fortune is in the follow up.

Honor Recognizes Scentsy’s Commitment to Simplicity, Quality and Value

DSA Annual Meeting

MERIDIAN, Idaho–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Direct Selling Association (DSA – dsa.org) recently presented its 2009 annual industry awards for outstanding achievement and honored Scentsy Inc. with the first ever Rising Star Award at the DSA Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. The Rising Star Award is presented annually to one up-and-coming direct selling company that has dedicated itself to achieving a high standard of excellence in business operations.

Scentsy opened its doors in 2004 with the idea of offering a safe, wickless alternative to burning candles in homes and offices. Scentsy experienced record growth as customers saw its decorative warmers as not just a safer alternative but as a better alternative. Scentsy’s success can be attributed to a simple and valuable product line sold through independent consultants at home parties.

“We always strive at Scentsy to bring value to customers by creating and selling high-quality products that warm the heart, enliven the senses, and inspire the soul,” said Orville Thompson, Scentsy CEO and co-owner. “We are honored that the DSA awards committee has recognized our singular focus on quality and value in the midst of tremendous growth.”

“This award further validates the success we have experienced,” said Heidi Thompson, Executive Vice President and co-owner. “But our success is merely a byproduct of passionate customers and consultants, and an outstanding corporate team, who have shown great enthusiasm for our products and parties.”

Each year the Direct Selling Association gathers for its annual meeting and hosts its annual Awards Banquet. The DSA presented awards in the areas of technology innovation, partnership, sales force development and program excellence. The five companies honored during the association’s annual meeting were ACN Inc., Mary Kay Inc., Oxyfresh.com, Scentsy Inc. and ServiceQuest. Oxyfresh.com, ServiceQuest and Scentsy are all based in Idaho.

About Scentsy

Scentsy Inc. is a rapidly growing party plan company offering a variety of scented, wickless candles heated in decorative ceramic warmers, and other fragrance products. What began in 2004 in a 40-foot ocean container on a small Idaho sheep farm is now a national company growing 300 percent annually with more than 35,000 independent consultants in the United States, Puerto Rico and Guam. Visit us at Scentsy.com.

I recently listened this these mistakes on a conference call and I thought I would share them with you. I know I am gulilty of  not doing some of these are you?

1. Hostess Coaching

Not keeping in contact with your Hostesess, Once your Hostess agrees to have a home party it is up to you to keep on top of things. Such as mailing invites, does she need more catalogs, did she call all her invitees to make sure they are coming.

2. Talk People Into Hosting Or Joining Your Opportunity

Most people do not like to be “talked” into anything. Plant seeds, water them and they will grow.

3. Talk Too Much

Do you know what a dedicated listener is? No! Be quiet and let them talk, again most people love to talk about themselves. If you are waiting for them to be quiet so you can jump in, then you are not being a dedicated listener. You can find out most things about a person if you just be quiet!

4. Don’t Have A Plan

You joined this opportunity and now what? In direct sales it is not necessary to have a formal business plan, however you should have clear and definite goals that you would like to achieve with your new business.

5. Don’t Use The Support

I know from experience that most direct sales companies offer some type of training. Go to your upline that is what they are there for, use your companies message boards, listen and watch your companies webinars (if they offer them). There is lots of ways to get the support you need, however do not use it as a crutch be proactive and find the answers yourself.

6. Do Not Like To Use The Phone

I know this is me hands down, I feel as if I am bothering people. Because I know when I get calls I want to get off the phone ASAP!  I have learned do not look at it as bothering, they either requested the info you are offering and wanted to learn more. Right! So come at it from that prospective, don’t go right into your spile. Talk about family, what they do for a living, where they want to go on vacation etc…

7. Needers Instead Of Leaders

Once you have began to build your team, it is up to you to encourage your people. That way they want to perform. If you come at from “I need you guys to sell this much, so I can move up in rank” Would you? I don’t think so!

8. Do Not Invest In Your Own Personal Growth

I am not saying you have to go out and buy every single book, cd, eBook, mp3 downloads. What I am saying is if you are running your direct sales business as a business and not a hobby, then why wouldn’t you invest in the best of everything this direct sales world has to offer?  There is a lot of FREE training out there as well, you don’t always have to buy everything.

To your Success!

Alycia