Posts by tonyaa
Network Marketing and the Next Generation
Network marketing is a general term for selling products directly to consumers and receiving commissions as a result of your sales and those of your team. Teams can put in lots of effort and create a supportive environment to help each other grow their businesses. It is that simple. In recent years, I have started…
Read MoreHow to Prevent Online Reputation Problems Before They Happen
“It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.”—Benjamin Franklin Online reputation has a massive impact on your bottom line, and for most established direct selling companies, it’s a problem. Over 80% of buyers research the company online before joining. Over 60% of those start their…
Read MoreStart By Designing Your Business Card
In our recent articles about personal brand, we talked about apps you can use to develop a consistent look and feel to your branded material. At that time, we didn’t talk about perhaps the most powerful digital solution for your graphic design needs, Photoshop (and its budget friendly counterparts, Pixlr and GIMP). If you’ve never…
Read MoreGame your Goals: Breaking Down the Gamification Process
Recently I wrote at length about Piers Steel’s procrastination equation as a tool for hacking your goals. Here it is for those of you who haven’t read that article: Today I’d like to go into a bit more detail on a clever way to increase the value of an activity that has been getting attention…
Read MoreGamification: What is it and how is it used in direct selling?
In direct sales, using rewards to motivate distributors is not new. Each compensation plan is an intricate system set up to reward specific behaviors. However, sticking with pure monetary rewards leaves a good deal of value on the table. In recent years researchers have brought to the forefront the idea of using technology to create…
Read MoreHack your goals
Akrasia Weakness of will; acting in a way contrary to one’s sincerely held moral values. (Dictionary.com) Akrasia. The word is as old as philosophy itself, showing up in Socratic’ dialogues and persisting all the way to the present day. We know it more commonly as procrastination, and it is the single most pervasive source of…
Read MoreHow to Succeed Without Setting Goals
Did you make New Year’s resolutions this year? How did you do with last year’s? Are you among the 8% who successfully achieved them? Or the 92% who didn’t? 92% of people fail at this simple act of goal-setting! (That kind of puts MLM income statistics into perspective, doesn’t it?) So it’s no surprise that,…
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