Create Connection to Build RAVING Fans

Guest Post:  Elian Evans

I’ve talked before about connecting with your clients through a website for your business and have mentioned the use of an email contact service like MailChimp. I love MailChimp for their humor and I refer my clients to them all the time. Best of all, for small lists, their service is free.

Connecting and establishing positive rapport with your customers is so very important. You want them to shop with you over and over again. You want them to refer all of their friends to you. You want to be “top of mind” to them. You want them to be your RAVING fans regardless of what company you represent and what products you offer. By developing and nurturing your relationships you will create that long term connection. Some quick tips to do that:

Increase Sales: A Fun Way to Interact With Your Customers

Guest Post:  Jen Fitzgerald

I am always looking for creative ways to interact with my customers either at a home show or by sending out an email to get them excited about something!

Here is an idea I love and a way for your customers to think they are playing a game while you get them to look over your catalog.

At a home show or through an email to all your customers (this will work in either situation) tell them to look through your catalog and count something to give you a total.  Here is an example of what I mean:

Three Core Needs Of Every Consultant

Direct sales consultants come in a variety of shapes and size, creeds and colors, but there are three core needs that every direct seller needs when it comes to their leaders. In fact, these needs are so vital that if you don’t understand and meet these needs for your consultants, it’s very likely that they won’t stick around, or worse, they’ll be that thorn in your side for years to come. A strong leader focuses in on meeting these needs for their team members, which, in turn, causes a deep, lasting bond between consultants and leaders alike. If you’re struggling with loyalty and consistency on your team, consider how you are meeting these three core needs of every direct sales consultant:

Does Your Direct Sales Business have a “Junk Drawer”?

Guest Post by Melissa Dery

Even if we don’t want to admit it, everyone has one: that one drawer (or even a room) in the house that collects “stuff.”  And you know what kind of “stuff” I’m talking about:  everything from the “clearly outdated” that we somehow can’t let go of to all the gadgets we’ve collected to make our lives easier.

Have you collected a junk drawer full of tools and gadgets for your direct sales business? Here are a few common ones I see:

Creating Connections with a Website

Guest Blog by:  Elian Evans

Last time we talked about an overall strategy for tapping into free or low cost resources to connect with your growing team and customers.

Today we will dive in further to the topic of utilizing a website to connect. Like I mentioned before , I recommend Blogger. It’s simple to operate and there is no charge to use it. If your time is limited, I would start with developing a site for your customers.

Here are some considerations:

Get Rid Of Your Inner Critic Once And For All

I can’t tell you how many times I second-guessed myself.

As a kid, I remember when my oldest brother was kicked out of the house. I swore I would never “abandon” my kids like that – no matter how bad it got.

Well, things got pretty bad with my oldest kid, and 25 months ago, we enrolled him in a wilderness camp for boys with emotional issues.

You might think that this is something unsuitable for a direct sales blog, but you’d be wrong. Allow me to explain…