Using PLR Articles for Blogging

Category : Blogging, Direct Sales Tips, PLR Articles

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

Direct sales reps and work at home business owners often ask me how many posts a week is sufficient to keep their blog fresh and active on Google.

I think if you have been online long enough you have learned that Google is like a picky child. If they don’t get their way and you don’t play right, they take away some of your privileges…. in our world that correlates to traffic. You must keep your posts fresh and relevant to your blog topic.

How many is good enough? I usually recommend at least 2 posts per week minimum and 3 would be better. Now I know you are busy. I am too. But what can save the day when you just cannot come up with any more content that is interesting is PLR articles. I usually keep some on hand when the well ruins dry or I get too busy to post.

The great thing about PLR is that with just a quick re-write you have relevant content any time you need it. It doesn’t cost you a lot of money and your blog is fresh and gaining traffic, More traffic, more money. And these days, I am all about making money.

Next time you are stuck, check out some PLR sites and grab a pack or two. Make sure you customize it to your writing style and in a few minutes you are posting and growing your site. I think that is cool!

Do you use PLR and does it help you?


Copyright Chris Carroll 2011

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Category : Direct Sales Work at Home Business Tips, General Stuff

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Hot Summer Party Ideas for Your Direct Sales Business

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

As the sun heats up the hostesses for our direct sales business may tend to withdraw a bit. The kids are out of school, family vacations abound and there are more family activities as well. But this does not mean that you have to stop doing parties; you just need to be a bit more creative. Here are a few summer fun ideas to get your hostess excited about booking with you.

Take all of the excuses away with fun outdoor activities with your direct sales business. You can offer your hostess parties geared around the kids and hold them in parks, at the pool deck or even in a nice backyard. Find some great themes to incorporate into your parties as well. Some great themes that do well are Wine themes parties; Margarita parties; a 50’s or 60’s pool party; Luau or Hawaiian theme is ever popular.

You can look at stores like Oriental Trading for great party ideas and buy some inexpensive accessories and build a party around it. People love to have fun and if it means that they do not have to cook or clean up much, you are in!

Great your creative hat on, and see what you can come up with for some fun summer themes for your booking your party hostesses. I know that they will be thrilled to do something besides the old stand by and if the kids are entertained as well, that is a double plus! Have fun!

Are You Maximizing Your Profits in Your Direct Sales Business

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

Maximizing your profits in your direct sales or party plan business really comes down to how you run your business. So let me ask you. Are you a sales based direct seller or a recruiting based direct seller? Does it really matter?

I am a sales based direct seller. I believe that sales are the foundation and basis of our business in direct sales. By using customer sales and the growth of your business through sales as the main basis of your income, then you will have a stronger business overall. With this said, I am also of the belief that strong sales will lead to strong recruits who also use sales based business model.

Another important reason that I use a sales based business model is that you actually make more money from your team sales as you are getting paid on their sales as well as any increase in income from adding a recruit to your line. I truly believe that sales drive the whole system of getting paid from your recruits. They will also sell product and make money and start then recruiting, just as their upline shows them. And the circle continues and the strenght of the whole team grows. The more product your team sells, the more money you make as well as the company.

Recruit based income is a hard concept for me sometimes. By putting the most eggs in your basket based on recruiting and then hoping that you will build yourself a team that will support you is tough. How do you make a living in the mean time, while you are building your team? And how does your teammember become good at selling the product, if no one is showing them how to? Also, if no one sold product, how can the company continue to exist?

It would make me nervous to expect a team to support me. What if they all quit? What if they didn’t buy anything next month? What if the party circuit dried up for them and their recruting efforts died? If the product doesn’t sell, the company cannot profit either….

Where do you want your business to go? Have you thought about how you have structured your business? Are you maximizing that structure to the benefit of your income and your recruits income as well? Make sure you look at all sides of the business when setting up your business plan and structuring how you do business and share all sides with your recruits as well. Recruits will tend to follow your lead until they can create their own plan and become comfortable with the business as well as learning to maximize their own profitibilty. We certainly have a responsibility to our new business partners to make sure they are being profitable so that we have a long and mutually satisifying relationship.

So now you know the best of part of being a home based business owner. Maximizing your profits and your recruits profits as well. The more you sell, the more you earn!

A thought for the day… Business Builders

Category : Direct Sales Work at Home Business Tips

I read this somewhere. I wish I could remember where…. Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust. (unknown author)

So, I’m thinking…. What are you doing in your business to overcome these obstacles?

How to you show your customer the Need?
How can you change things to make it easier if they have no Money?
How can you entise someone that has no incentive to Hurry?
How can you make a customer have Desire for your product?
Most of all, how can you build your customers Trust? (this should really be #1)

great thinking points…