What You're Doing Wrong with Your Direct Sales Business

SPAM

This is a word that people are familiar with, but don't actually always know what it looks like. This is especially true of people who are in direct sales. The definition of spam is irrelevant or inappropriate messages sent on the Internet to a large number of recipients or a canned meat product made mostly of ham.

First of all if it's mostly ham then what is the rest of it? I looked it up, it's chopped pork shoulder, ham meat, potato starch, sugar, salt, and water. Now you know and we can move on.

So here is what spam looks like to most people.

Hi I need you to click this link please (link) from a person who doesn't know you from Adam and might not even be acquainted with you on social media.

In reality that is spam, but so is this.

Hey, thanks for the friend request. I see you are in company A, my company is  awesome too, I want you to join my team. Here's the link for you to check out.

This is spam whether you know the person or not, but especially when you have just either added them or they added you. NO! Just don't do that. People don't want to be sold after becoming your friend.

Talk to them about what they do, find out their interests. Say hi for crying out loud before you throw your business on them.

If you focus on relationships instead of trying to sell someone then you will come out ahead. The more friends and contacts you make, the more likely someone is to join your business or purchase from you.

<3 DSP

The Truth About Consultant of the Month Groups

The first thing you might be asking yourself is, "What is a Consultant of the Month group?"

I'm glad you asked. It is a group on Facebook in which you purchase from other direct sales divas in order to get them to buy for you. That's it in a nutshell, there are several different types of them. You can find party groups, trains, comt and games, and much more.

I just started with my companies a little over a month and a half ago so I was blown away that this actually existed.

What did I do? I signed up for 3.

One is a group that you are placed into a group of 12 and each month 11 people buy from one person in their group of 12. The month that is yours you will get 11 sales. This is great in theory and you have to be willing to buy things you don't need. I now own Tupperware, origami owl, thirty one, and jamberry due to cotm groups. I have basically decided to use these groups as places to find Christmas presents for everyone.

I will have to do another post about trains because that's a whole other animal.

Look at it's little computer! ^^^ I get distracted easily.

So you are going to join a COTM group and you pay the person who referred you to get in. That is your initial purchase. You now will be in a group, and it will be time to buy from the first consultant. In my case that started in August. I bought from 3 different people to fulfill the groups I committed to. I recommend one, because this is going to go on every month now.

One group I am in is only 6 months so it's less of a commitment. You can also get sales from referring people to the group. This is something you can choose to do to boost your sales when you need it.

The groups are good ideas, and so far I haven't had a problem with them. I am going to work out a spreadsheet on what I have spent vs. what I have earned in commission. That will be where the real data is. I will get back to you about that after my months come up. I think one is October, one November, and one January!

Thanks for taking the time to read, if you have any questions about direct sales or how any of this works then you can comment below or find me on Facebook. Until next time!


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