The Difference Between your Action List vs To-Do-List
Feel like you’re at a stand-still with your business?Ever wish things would just move a little faster? If you are conscientious direct selling consultant, I bet you got one heck of a to-do-list.That is terrific, but I have to ask: do you have an action list? There’s a big difference between a to-do list and an action list. The items you put on your to-do list are usually broader. The items on that list may be on that list for some time. That alone may create a feeling of being overwhelmed, or just creates inertia because you need huge blocks of time. Here are some items on a...
Read MoreIs Your Email Address Shooting Yourself in the Foot?
Take this email checkup: -Is your email address hard to remember? -Is it hard to type if someone is trying to copy it from a business card, brochure or catalog?-It is a jumble of letters and numbers that don’t make sense? -Is it something left over from college or high school? (BoozerCorona@IamStillDrunk.com) -Would it make someone think twice about opening it because it looks like a spam? This morning I went nuts trying to send an email to a romance consultant. My email program does remember email addresses, but it doesn’t remember anything if you don’t start typing...
Read MoreIs it Real Work or Busy Work?
I once had a secretary who loved to rewrite her notes, then type them, put a frilly border around them, assemble them into a colored folder, and then would do it all over again on different color paper. She did not last very long.There’s a difference between making busy work and doing real work. Making busy work can be an excuse not to do what you should really be doing. Real work is something you do that has thought, purpose, an action that creates an action, response. In our home party business, busy work may feel like it’s less stressful, more fun. If you are constantly...
Read MoreMagic Booking Techniques
Let’s start with buying a pair of jeans. Have you done that lately? It’s insane! There’s mid rise, low rise, boot cut, straight leg, short, tall, full hips, no hips, stretch. It so overwhelming it makes me walk out the store! People like choices, but frankly, but all they want is someone to come up to them and say “You want the low rise with a boot cuff or straight leg?” Give them ‘this or that.’ The same question and technique applies when you try to book a party. You want to turn your customer’s thought from-“Do I want to have a...
Read MorePut Down the Bat
The scene: a hard sell salesperson, shoving a business card and catalog into your hand.A minute with them and you feel like you’ve just been hit over the head with a bat. Ugh.Oh, you can pick them out right away.They can be seen shoving a catalog or business card into every person’s hand they come across. You know them online.All their posts on Facebook are about pushing their products or service. The hard-sell sales person is all about “Me, Me Me!” But networking is about building relationships, not dumping your wants and needs onto others. I Check out this article...
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