Posts by Nancy Tobler
Soliciting Your Team for Another Business is Unethical
In other words, the direct seller in question was working two businesses, and was soliciting people in one business to join the other. The leader who had been approached was annoyed. She was very dedicated to her business. She also didn’t want to lose the effort and attention of her existing team by having them…
Read MoreAct Like an Anchovie
It’s a great outlook to have in business. Being a fearless mentor is a way to guarantee that your business will perpetuate. When a school of anchovies senses danger, it swims together in a tight ball, with the fish on the inside more protected and those on the outside facing greater chances of being consumed.…
Read MoreFive Ways To Heat Up Your Cold Distributors
Author Michael S. Clouse outlines The Sponsoring Rule of Five—his way to light a fire under distributors who have “gone cold.” Water has always fascinated me. Freeze it, thaw it out and watch it return to its original form. Liquid to solid to liquid once again… Now try that with an egg! Indeed, that wonderfully…
Read MoreWhat Does it Take to be a Direct Seller?
Sure you’ve probably heard about the benefits of a career in direct sales. You get to make your own hours. You never need to worry about being downsized or laid off. You get to determine your income by your choosing your level of effort. You can earn opportunities to travel and other rewards. But what…
Read MoreThe Key to Being Truly Successful in Direct Sales and Network Marketing
Why are some people so much more successful than others in direct sales? Level of effort certainly has something to do with it. But it’s more than that. The most successful people care deeply about their business and the impact it can have on people’s lives. They’re not just in it for themselves (even if…
Read MoreCorporate Feature: Picking your Partners
So you’re ready to plan out your new MLM business with must-have product, the hottest comp plan to hit the streets, a rock-solid business plan, and startup financing. You are going to work for the next few months on getting ready for your launch. Wait. Before you go one step further, you need to make…
Read MoreKeeping Peace With and Between Your Distributors
Most people think that an MLM’s compliance department exists primarily to keep a company from getting in trouble with the FTC and other agencies and to make sure its distributors follow its rules. This is only partly true; the other major purpose for a compliance department is to keep peace between its distributors—when they start…
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