It’s Not to Late to Reach Your Goals! Finish the Year With a Bang

Category : Direct Sales Tips, Direct Sales Work at Home Business Tips, Home Party Plan Tips

The end of the year is looming! Are you on target with your goals?

It’s not too late to reach your goals!

If increasing your sales is on your goal list this year, make sure to bring your books, samples of your products or at the very least business cards when you are visiting family and friends during the holiday break. IN your general chit chat you can mention what you are working on. Every one loves looking at catalogs and you can get some sales. Many ladies get Christmas cash they may want to spend on something just for them! Why not spend it with you.

If increasing your team is on your goals this year, chat up how great your business is and ask everyone to join your business. You never know who needs extra cash especially with Christmas bills to pay in January. IT is an excellent time to start a new business!

These are just 2 of the more popular goals that direct sales reps have on their radar each year. What other pressing goals do you have on your list? Do something before the end of the year to work towards making a difference with them.

Be proactive right up to December 31 and you can attain what you want.

Capturing Your Holiday Sales Using Specialty Shows

Category : Direct Sales Tips, Home Party Plan Tips

The Holidays are an important time in a direct sellers life. Sales during this time can equal up to 30% of your entire years sales. It can impact your entire business is a massive way.

My article on It’s Never to Early to Get Ready for Holiday Sales in Your Direct Sales Business can give you important information how to impact your sales in a positive way this year.

One very useful tool to gain bookings and to sell some product for the holiday selling season is to book specialty shows such as a craft show or a local farmers market. Even getting together with several other direct sellers and holding a giant open house is a wonderful way to draw new contacts for Holiday Bookings and sales.

If your plan is not cemented for the holiday season on how to capture some of the sales available to you, now is the time to get busy, get on the phone and get creative. You will not want to miss this! It only comes around once a year!

Its Never to Early to Get Ready for Holiday Sales in Your Direct Sales Business

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Category : Direct Sales Work at Home Business Tips, Home Party Plan Tips

Copyright Chris Carroll and DirectSalesTalk. If you see this on any other site without my byline, please let me know.

I know it is scary to think about it, but the Holidays are really right around the corner. With October knocking on our door, 3rd quarter is when direct sales and party plan businesses can really make an impact on sales. Starting to plan your sales now means you can make some serious cash and take your business to the next level.

Many of the direct sales businesses have their holiday books out or shipping very soon. One of the first things you want to make sure that you do is to purchase any demos you need now, before they are sold out. Holiday product are in limited supply since your company does not want left overs so your demos are in limited supply too.

Next get your calendar ready. Mark out your party days, plan your Open Houses and get prepared to sell. Check your supplies and work ahead in the next few weeks gathering items for drawings or special promos that you may want to incorporate into your parties or Open House.

Get your lists ready for invitations to your Open House and any special events that you are attending or holding. Work on any special mailings needed for post card or flyer announcements and order supplies for that or work on your graphic if you are printing them yourself. Also place your holiday card order so those can go out early so remind people of your services.

Order your cello wrap for gift baskets and products so you can wrap purchases as gifts, if that is a service you offer.

Start booking your Holiday parties now before the crush in on. Let you hostesses know that booking now will guarantee them the perfect spot and some great gifts too. Lots of new items to excite them! Get your new catalogs in to the hands of your customers now so they can be excited too and plan their purchases.

Talk to people about starting their business now in time for the holiday sales. By adding recruits before the holiday is here, you are setting them up for success. Big sales during the holidays help make it harder for people to leave or slow down after the holiday is done not to mention they love making money for Christmas!

By taking some time now to plan for your busiest sales quarter, you are going to be ahead of schedule and have no stress going into the big Holiday push. Plan your work and work your plan will mean serious success in growth and sales in your direct sales party plan business this holiday season!

copyright Chris Carroll 2011

Home Party Consultant Meeting Training Ideas by Deb Bixler

Category : Direct Sales Team Training Tips, Home Party Plan Tips

Home Party Consultant Meeting Training Ideas

Home Party Team TrainingAs a direct sales or home party consultant, your business thrives on bookings and sales. To make more profits and ratchet up your business to a higher level, you can build a team of sales consultants. Having a team will help your business grow exponentially and put more money in your bank account.

However, having a sales team also means more work; to have your sales team working effectively you need to have regular home party plan training meetings for all your sales consultants.

It doesn’t matter what line of products you sell, having a team of sales consultants is financially rewarding. The better the training, the more the team will sell. The more they sell, the more profits you and your team members make.

How to Train Party Plan Business Consultants

Effective home party plan training should simulate the actual booking. It is extremely important to provide your team members with the opportunity to learn in an environment that is close to the real thing. You can have meeting training topics on:

  • Teach the speech
  • Body language is the language of sales
  • Simulate a party
  • Play with the products
  • Practice and preparation

During training, the starting point should be the speech. This is often the most difficult part of the sales presentation. Many people have issues with public speaking. The speech should be written out and practiced over and over, and over again. Team members should write out short speeches and then practice giving them to each other. Another important part of the presentation is to work on body language. Teach them how to stand, what gestures to use, and how to make eye contact with a room full of people. Body language should always appear as open and as inviting as possible.

During home party plan training it is beneficial to hold your training sessions in an environment that is similar to one in which the booking will take place. Most bookings are at someone’s home. By holding training sessions in someone’s house, your team will feel more comfortable when they go to a home for a presentation.

Team members should also spend time using and learning about the products. They should know how to use them and be completely comfortable discussing all the details about every item in the product line. Training sessions can include time to learn about the products, but trainees should also be required to do some homework as part of their training.

The last key to successful sales training is practice and preparation. Practice the speech, the demonstration, the various games to play, and the processing of orders. Teach them how to prepare for a party and how to organize the products, the props, and the paperwork prior to a booking.

Use Technology To Leverage Team Training Time

The CashFlowShow Game is a party plan training program that is duplicate-able. It will leverage your time as you put your team through a progressive learning style that guarantees success.

Home party training should be as comprehensive as possible. The better trained your team members are in all aspects of home party sales, the more bookings they will get and the more products they will sell. Effective training means more money for everyone.

Copyright 2011 by Deb Bixler

Keep Your Work at Home Business Out of Debt

Category : Direct Sales Work at Home Business Tips

Copyright Chris Carroll and DirectSalesTalk. If you see this on any other site without my byline, please let me know.

We all know that the reason so many of us work from home is to earn money, but it is critical to our business health that we keep our business finances in black and put some away for a rainy day as well. We need to keep our business account out of debt.

We work hard and celebrate when our business makes money. It is important to pay ourselves with some of the proceeds on a weekly or bi weekly basis to validate your hard work. It is also just as important to save a portion of your income for other expenses, such as taxes, business expenses like hosting, graphics creation, and other issues such as returns, if you sell product. I think it is important to keep a slush fund as well for any unexpected expenses that can pop up.

One great thing about having our work at home business is that we can add to the family income and take over a specific bill or two just to alleviate the pressure. We also need to make sure that we are using part of our business income as savings for the family as well. Setting yourself a business budget can really make a difference in how you look at your business.

First, pay yourself and your family. If your income varies on a weekly or bi weekly basis, set a percentage rate that you should take for your payday. It can be 60-70% of your income. Next set aside at least 20% for your expenses and an additional 10-15% for taxes. Whatever is left over, leave it in your account to accrue. You never know when additional expenses will pop up and that 5-10% can really come in handy to cover some of that. After 6 months or when you have a nice slush fund built up, transfer it to a savings vehicle for your family and continue to save in your business account.

If you sell product, set a limit on how much you can spend on yourself. Yes, it’s nice to be able to save by getting your goods at a discount. But remember, if you spend it, then that is less that you are paying yourself in cash each week.

By following these suggestions, you will soon be seeing some money adding up in your account. It will feel nice to know that you are covered in case expenses come up and it will impress your spouse as well! Running your business in the black and debt free is a great feeling. Turn your business into a healthy savings machine today and reap the benefits tomorrow.

Copyright Chris Carroll 2011