Finding the Best Direct Sales Company to Suit your NeedsWritten by Stefanie Fauquet
Choosing a direct sales company might be one of hardest parts of starting your own home party business. There are so many choices now a days, and a company for every product imaginable, this can be a very daunting task. The most important thing for you to remember is to do is your research before joining any direct sales company. There are many factors involved in what type of company you want to be apart of. How will you know what company is right for you? Take in consideration some of these factors, and you will be well on your way to starting your own home party business.What products interest you? First and foremost, you will want to find a direct sales company with a product that interests you. If you actually enjoy what you are selling, this will come across to your customers. Just think back to a time when someone you know raved about a new product she had found to you, weren’t you interested in trying it out for yourself? This is same concept. Your enthusiasm for your product will make others want to try it too. Passion will keep your business strong. What are costs involved with joining? Money is almost always an issue when joining a direct sales company. Most companies have some kind of initial investment. This does not give a company any less credibility. Keep in mind cost of joining and starter kit and what it includes. Make sure to take note if a company website is included. This will come in handy later on when you want to branch out and do some online networking. You will also need to think realistically on what other costs may be involved in weeks and months ahead. What kind of inventory will you need? Do you plan on advertising? What other promotional items may you need to get started? Also make sure to find out if your chosen company has any monthly or quarterly quotas you have to meet. Do these seem realistic to you? Make note if there are any minimums when placing orders as well. If for any reason any of company’s requirements seem unrealistic, take a look at another direct sales company in same category. They are all a little different somehow. What is commission rate? This is a biggie, and a very important factor to consider when selecting a direct sales company. How much money are you actually going to make? What is their commission plan? Ask yourself, “If I sell $1,000 in product at 25% commission, is $250 worth it to me?” Typically you would want to find a company that has highest commission rate for products you are interested in selling. Are you compensated for building a downline? Is there any benefit to you in recruiting others and building a downline? Residual income can be one of easiest ways to make money with a direct sales company. It is only way to go to make money long term. Have you ever heard of woman making $100,000 or more a year in direct sales? They are all making this because of recruiting, building a downline, and living off of residual income. Basically residual income is when you are paid for signing up other people underneath you and building a team. You are also rewarded when your team members build their own team, and this goes on for however so many levels. Often you are paid a percentage of what they sell/buy from company. The more team members you sign up, and more they sell, they higher your residual income checks will be. This is easiest way to make money with out ever selling anything yourself. Take note of percent of residual income you make per member, and on how many levels this goes down.
| | Email Newsletters: Privacy and Unsubscribing Written by Robert F. Abbott
As you likely know from personal experience, value of email has been greatly tarnished by spam, unsolicited messages, online junk mail. So, many subscribers and would-be subscribers care very much about exposure of their email addresses.Since this issue is so important, articulate a privacy policy for your newsletter. Will you rent, sell, or exchange names of your subscribers to other organizations or persons? While most of us have no plans to do so when we are small, that opinion can change as we grow our list. Quite frankly, once your list gets to a certain size, you may be able to earn quite a bit of money by renting it out. Many magazine and subscription publishers find that difference between a profit and loss is list rental income. If you do decide to keep list names strictly to yourself, post a message to that effect somewhere, either in email newsletter itself, at sites where you collect names of subscribers, or both. By posting, and adhering to, a privacy policy, you will get more subscribers. To read an example, go my newsletter’s web page at http://www.abbottletter.com . If you’re not sure whether you will or will not sell or rent addresses, then put a note to that effect instead. Many companies do this by saying something like this: “Would you like to receive information messages by email from our valued partners?” To that, of course, you add a checkbox. The default position should be off, which is to say, subscribers have to click on box to receive those mailings. And, needless to say, you must then respect choice they make.
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