Avoid These 5 Critical Mistakes (especially my #1) I read an interesting article this week written by Alan Luce and published in The World of Direct Selling (“5 Critical Mistakes that Plague New Party Plan Companies”). You won’t find any surprises in the article, except perhaps “Mistake #4: Establishing your own in-house warehouse and […]
Pet Peeves: This Response Drives Me Nuts!
We all have pet peeves — seemingly little habits of others that drive us crazy and are worse than fingernails scraping a blackboard! Do any of these irritate you? When someone doesn’t replace the toilet paper roll When a grocery checker blows her nose and continues touching your products When someone overuses hyperbole (e.g., something […]
Real Customers Buy Real Products
Do You Sell Real Products to Real Customers? Well, it happened again on Sunday November 6, 2016. This time, it’s gone viral, and as an owner or executive of a network marketing company, your company should be prepared for some fallout. On Sunday November 6, 2016, John Oliver, host of HBO’s Last Week Tonight, shredded […]
Health Claims and the Law
Health Claims Can Hurt You! Health claims and other claims about healing, curing or treating diseases made by nutritional supplement and functional food companies are regulated by both the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) and the FTC (Federal Trade Commission). Companies that sell any type of nutrition products or functional foods want people to know […]
The 3 BEST Places to Find New Distributors
Where is the Best Place to Find New Distributors and Consultants for Your Party Plan or Network Marketing Company? If you know who your customers and distributors are and you want to find more of them, the obvious place to find them is where they are. “Ok, so WHERE ARE THEY?” Chances are pretty darn […]
What Happens When Your Consultants or Distributors Don’t Recruit?
If you want to be successful, do what successful people do. I heard this wonderful golden nugget many years ago — no idea where it originated, but I have personally taken action on this, and I have trained others on this for years. If you’ve ever been a party plan consultant or network marketing distributor, […]
“Mr. President, Close the US Patent Office!”
Darn! I SO wanted this quote to be true!! You’ve probably heard a version of this story somewhere along your journey: In 1899, the Commissioner of the US patent office, Charles H. Duell, declared that “everything that can be invented has been invented.” The story goes on to claim that the Commissioner advised President […]
“Now I get it! Do you do bar mitzvahs?”
“Easy Party Plan is the only party plan software created by a party plan company!” We’ve been using this slogan for a few years, but to industry outsiders, the slogan is confusing. Even if someone is or has been a consultant/distributor with a party plan company, they’re often misdirected by the term “party plan”. […]
Walk Right Past a Pot of Gold?
You Can’t Judge a Book By its Cover! Person By His Photo! This video* is an interesting study in how 6 photographers had a different bit of information about a subject, and the 6 different inferences they made based on their piece of information. Granted, the photographers each had a different piece of information, and […]
