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Running Your Direct Sales Back Office

For years I was a head-down, “git-er-done” sort of chick. If I’m totally honest, I still have a lot of that girl in me and I honestly fight against her fairly often. Let me explain. While it’s great to have that type of drive and determination, what I learned a few years ago was that [...]

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Storage is always at a premium no matter how big of a home office space you have. It seems as though the clutter grows to meet the size of the room. It is not always easy to wrangle it back in and get your things organized. That is why finding and organizing your things in [...]

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If you own a home business and have an illness or disease do you have an obligation to tell your clients? Lest I look like a total insensitive boob, let me start off by saying that I am very sympathetic when someone or someone’s child gets sick or if there is a death in the [...]

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You are a home-based business owner in the Direct Sales industry. The commission on your sales is 50%. So, when you sell $1000 worth of products, you should have $500 in profit. Right? Wrong! As a business owner you have other expenses. First, I advise you to track every business (Mary Kay, Lia Sophia, Thirty-One [...]

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In a direct sales business, there is a lot of responsibility and tasks that need to be done to keep the business running smoothly. When the business first starts out, the consultant may be able to handle it on her own. But as the referrals keep rolling and the business starts to grow, the consultant [...]

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