On the surface, allowing a customer or prospective new distributor to search for a nearby consultant appears as smart. The customer/new distributor purchases from their consultant of choice, and the consultant benefits from the purchase or new team member. Corporate isn’t getting calls from consultants asking to move orders and people. Everybody wins! When we […]
Affordable Software Solution – Direct Sales
We’ve always welcomedstartup party plan and direct sales companies. Direct sales software is a necessity for direct sales companies, especially party plan companies. If you know Easy Party Plan Software, then you know that we started out as a party plan company. We couldn’t afford the $25K to $35K starting points for entry-level party plan […]
Protect Yourself and Your Company from Cyber Terrorism
Cyber Terrorism is Real You go to great lengths to protect your company’s data from cybercriminals. We go to great lengths to protect your company’s data from cybercriminals. Still, encryption and firewalls are worthless if a legitimately logged-in user introduces a bug. A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. Every device connected […]
Outstanding Service
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 […]
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