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How to be a successful direct sales consultant

15/12/2018 By Savanna Robinson Leave a Comment

Have you been struggling with your Direct Sales or small business company? Do you feel like you need a kick in the pants about your direct sales business to get you moving in the right direction, not act all spammy and actually get some real customers, team members and sales? Trying to figure out the world of social media marketing can be confusing, conflicting and downright costly at times. The solution to this – The Elite Suite! How to be a successful direct sales consultanthow to be a successful direct sales consultant

That’s how I’ve been feeling for some of my time doing Direct Sales or MLM companies (I’ve tried a few over my adult years). There are some really big sellers out there that do all the stuff you hate to see -post on their personal timeline ALL the time, message all of your friends. SELL, SELL, SELL all the time and don’t worry if others unfriend them! Yes I bet you’ve seen some of those people around! They might do well short term, but they haven’t formed any relationships with their customer base and will burn out in the long term as everyone turns away from their spammy selling behaviour.

A good place to start

That’s where the Socialite Suite entered my life just after starting with Jamberry. It is all about learning how to market yourself without those irritating tricks that annoy all your friends. I lurked for a bit, bought a few courses at very reasonable prices about using different social media platforms better. And then this year, after being a Suite member for 18 months I decided to take the plunge and join their premium coaching group- The Elite Suite as I still felt I was struggling with what to do next.

I was just going to try it for a month! That’s all. But there is so much value with video tips 5 days a week, graphics, and the support of others who are truly trying to step up their game to be a successful direct sales consultant too! So I stayed another month, and another. I joined up in March, and it’s now August and I’m still there. Everything is self-paced too, which makes it easy to go work on the things I need help with!

Too good to keep to yourself

Then I invited my team mate who was struggling as well with our company going through some big changes. She was going to try for a month and ended up staying. That’s how great the value is of this group is to support you in becoming a successful direct sales consultant! You just don’t want to leave The Elite Suite! And of course Brenda is da Bomb and has her finger on the pulse of the Social Media world!

So if you are feeling like you need that kick in the pants to be a more successful in direct sales, then jump on in to The Elite Suite! It will give you the tools and strategy…but just remember you still have to put it all into place!

Jump into The Elite Suite, check it out for a month and see if it helps you. And you can cancel at any time.

What are the perks?

This is what you get with The Elite Suite membership:

  • Live, guided coaching every weekday,
  • Exclusive, monthly Planning Your Monthly Sales Strategy live training session,
  • A monthly graphics pack,
  • A highly-engaged and supportive community

So jump into The Elite Suite now! And learn how to the best! How to be a successful direct sales consultant that can rock their business!

Come learn more about Direct Sales here.

Like to see more of my stuff – My community hang out here, but I also use Pinterest and Instagram. (Who doesn’t, hey?).

This post was originally posted on Sassy Direct in August 2018. It’s now December 2018 and I’m still in the group, even without being in Direct Sales due to the fabulous community and support I’ve found there.

 

Filed Under: Working from home Tagged With: direct sales

A peek at the Direct Sales World

12/11/2018 By Savanna Robinson Leave a Comment

It’s a strange thing, the Direct Sales world. Companies may sell via catalogues only, websites, or through party plan. Some even do a mix of those three or even more ways. As the world has opened up more with the advance of the internet and social media, so have the avenues through which you can find a direct sales company. If you know where to look, they are EVERYWHERE!A peek into the direct sales world

As a consultant you are trying to find your footing in the world of sales based from home (usually), and compete with all the big businesses that have huge advertising budgets. As a small business that sells via party plan or website only, you can sometimes be seen as inferior to those bigger companies. And due to the nature of some people in the past, can be seen as spammy or ‘one of those annoying party companies’. So you try to find your own way and voice to be heard over the thousands of others out there!

Not all Direct Sales companies are the same. They all have their own brand values and conditions for consultants (and clients too sometimes). Such a vast range of products can be bought from a Direct Sales company these days too! Beauty products, clothes, food, jewellery…even toys for grown ups. Of course, not every company is available in every country (though potential customers wish they would do so! and soon).

Just as all companies are different, so can the culture of being someone’s ‘Only’ consultant. Those that carry the same products with every consultant strongly cling on to their customers, and it’s even frowned upon in the rules of the company to poach anyone else’s customers. But then there are companies now where each consultant has their own stock, which is likely to be different to any other consultant in the area. With these companies they are encouraged to share their customers around to be able to find items or patterns they are searching for. But whichever type of company, if you don’t look after your customers, they may not return ever again. It is essential to build relationships with them, and make them feel valued (which they are! Without customers, you don’t have a successful business).

Word of Mouth and great reviews can do wonders for whatever type of Direct Sales company you are with. So if you buy a product from someone who does right by you, let them know what a great job they are doing, and let your friends know who to go to. Your consultant will love you for it! Because you are not just lining the pockets of some big company director- purchasing with someone in direct sales  is helping them send their kids to dance lessons, to buy a coffee with friends, to finally have a family holiday together!  You are helping someone who’s trying to make ends meet and pay their monthly bills. You are helping someone just like you!

 

Filed Under: Working from home Tagged With: direct sales

How to do Direct Sales without being pushy

24/11/2017 By Savanna Robinson Leave a Comment

Marketing strategies for your work from home businesshow to do direct sales without being pushy

Starting out in the Direct Sales world can be exciting, but can also be scary as anything. You want to start making money, but have no idea how to market yourself, don’t know how to use half of the social media platforms around and feel like you’re barely keeping afloat out there in the world of Direct Selling. Even those who have been in it a while can wonder they their warm market dries up and don’t know what to do to get things rolling along again or where to start anew with marketing strategies. Here is my advice on how to do direct sales without being pushy or driving your friends to block you.

My experiences

To start with a little background of what happened with me in my journey into the Direct Sales World. I first tried doing Tupperware before social media even became a thing, but wasn’t a salesy type person (what introvert is) and all the tips I got from my Team Leader didn’t sit right with me. I couldn’t book the parties I needed and pretty much just ended up buying stuff to be able to stay on as a consultant. This happened twice! Second time my sponsor/leader was better, but still was floundering in it.

Then I signed up for Avon a little while later as I bought a lot of their stuff. There were no areas local to me available to deliver catalogues to, so I just sold to myself and family. And the same thing happened when I was introduced to Nutrimetics. I just did it for the personal discount and stocked up on my favourites.

When I signed up with Jamberry though, it was with the intention that I wanted to try and replace some of my income from teaching with it. So I did everything I could to try and learn how to market myself and not turn all my friends off at the same time by being pushy. I really wanted it to work as it fitted around my personal health needs better having multiple sclerosis.

My sponsor Joanna found a course to learn about using Facebook Live when it first started out, and many of our team joined in a 30 day challenge to learn how to go ‘Live’ and be more comfortable with that new medium.

Who’s Brenda?

Through that course I then learnt about Brenda Ster and the Socialite Suite. A place to learn how to do all these things I wanted, without being spammy!

Brenda offers lots of free value advice in her big group, and it just hit the 100K mark of people who have chosen to be in the group (they won’t accept anyone being added by someone else!) There are also other groups to join up according to the area where you live, if you’ve purchased courses, and a premium paid coaching group called Suite Sassy Pants (with all the pants jokes to go along with it).

But she also offers a lot of great paid programs about different areas of your small business. There are courses for the main social media platforms – Suite Success with Instagram video course, Winning with Pinterest video course, and Epic Live Facebook Parties video course. There is a branding with graphics course – Brand Yo’Self with Suite Graphics video course. There are live coaching calls! Design and web services! They pretty much have a one-stop shop there for people working a small business!

I’ve taken 5 of her courses so far, and they are so worth the money she charges compared to some other programs out there on the web! And I have learnt so much! I am better at marketing myself, and have branded myself separately to my company so that I stand out from the crowd a bit more. And I’m still persisting in my business nearly 18 months later. (That’s excellent in my books considering most people drop out of direct sales in their first year).

The latest course I completed was Blogging Bootcamp where you learn how to set up your blog, what to write, pretty much everything needed to get it up and running! Brenda is a firm believer in not giving you a website that you then have no idea how it works or what to do with it! (Look out for the link back to this when it comes out in January!) They even can design your logo if needed. Here’s a link to the review on their design of logo for my blog website.

Pink Friday Sale

(This sale is no longer on, but courses are still available at their regular price).

This weekend is the Black Friday sales weekend (or Flash Event in Australia). And as so many other business do…they are having a sale on a few things! But because all things in the Suite are generally pink, it’s Pink Friday!!!

If you’d like to read up a bit more on any of the courses (and possibly buy while on sale), follow my the links below to what interests you. You might want one for yourself, or are looking for special presents for your team.

Social Marketing for Direct Sellers: 7-Session SeriesSocial marketing for direct sellers video series
Includes:
Attraction Marketing
Personal Branding
Understanding Funnel Strategy
Hostess Coaching
Sponsoring Strategies
Fortune in the Follow-up
Team Leadership
With approximately 8 hours of video content.

 

Suite Success with Instagram
A self-paced Instagram course for direct sellers and solopreneurs. Help broaden your Instagram channel with these strategies.

Suite Success with Instagram course

And if you want to check out all courses available click here.

Enjoy your Black Friday sales! And hope to see some more Direct Sales and Solopreneurs join us over in the Suite! And drop a comment below if you decide to come be part of this amazing group that is taking the spam out of direct sales. And please share this post with your team, family or friends who could benefit from learning about how to do Direct Sales without being pushy.

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