Quick Follow Up Check Up

Lately I have been talking to direct sellers a lot about follow up and finding out that they are not doing enough of it often enough. Know that the longer it takes you to follow up the less likely it is you will get the booking, the order or the recruit.

Looking for low cost networking opportunities?

No matter what kind of direct selling business you have, you are likely to find new prospects at grand openings for new retail establishments. Whether you are looking for customers, hostesses, or recruits, they are all likely to show up when a new business is opening in your area. Check out the calendar on your [...]

Make Your Direct Sales Business Resolutions Stick

By Caterina Rando, MA, MCC I love the new year! I love resolutions and I love the optimism and possibility thinking that goes along with them. I have seen many times that they can work, and believe in making them. Just like in your personal life you probably have some ideas for what you want [...]

Build Champions to Get More Referrals and Profits

You have customers that love your products and love you. Put your attention on turning those loving customers into champions for you and your business. A champion is someone who is on the lookout for customers, hostesses, and new consultants for you.

Are You More Sales or More Marketing?

If you are like most direct sellers, you love to do your shows or parties, you love to go out networking and you enjoy doing tradeshows or fairs where you can show people your opportunity or talk to them about your fabulous products.   I want to make sure that you recognize that there is [...]

Getting Clear About Who You Want on Your Team

Right now is a great time, thanks to the economy, to find people who are looking for an additional income stream, or even a way to create their own job. Listen to this podcast to find out what criteria to use to find those extraordinary business builders to invite onto your team.

Job Fairs – Your New Recruiting Frontier

As you know, the economy is down and people are losing their jobs. Guess what? That could be the good news for you. The direct selling industry thrives when the economy is down according to one Direct Selling Association study. People are out there looking for the answer to the question of how they are [...]

Podcast: How to Grow Your Team with a Recruiting Blitz

Listen to this podcast for step by step directions for having a recruiting blitz with your team, or even with one other person.

Podcast: Tailgate to Find New Direct Selling Prospects

Click here to listen to Caterina talk about how to tailgate to find new prospects for your direct sales business (11:13 minutes)

How to Grow Your Team Now – Right Now

By Caterina Rando, MA, MCC The other day I was in the middle of a recruiting sandwich. I was on a three way call with my upline and a super star in my downline-or as us more savvy direct sellers call it: my success line. You know how the next part of this story goes. [...]