Congratulations!  But let me ask you an honest question:  How’s it going?  Are you earning as much income as you would like?  Or do you get the feeling you could be making much more—if only you knew how. I know exactly how you feel.  I felt like I was working hard but getting nowhere.  Some months, I actually spent more than I earned on my direct sales business.  I knew there was great income potential. I saw other people achieving their goals.  But I felt stuck.

Sound familiar?

Maybe you have a business you truly enjoy.  Products you believe in.  A company you’re proud to represent.   Yet…you aren’t experiencing as much financial success as you had hoped.  Could it be that, for the exact same amount of time investment, you could be earning far more?  To actually invest less time in your business while earning more income?  Is it possible to work smarter? 

The answer is absolutely YES!

You don’t have to stay stuck. Whether you’re currently earning a few hundred or a few thousand per month.  This powerful 7-part audio series will empower you with the mindset and skillset you need to take your business to the next level of success.  Discover how to work less…and earn more!

In this powerful intensive course on Direct Sales Success, you’ll discover proven techniques that have enabled others to earn six-figure incomes working from home without working around the clock.  By the power of duplication, you can work just four hours a day and enjoy success beyond anything you currently imagine. 

Here’s what you’ll master:

Session 1: How to Sell without Selling: The Power of Your Story

Session 2: Contacting Your List

Session 3: The Power of Scripts and 3-Way Calls

Session 4: Closing Skills

Session 5: Successful Events for Your Home Business

Session 6: Building Your Direct Sales Team

Session 7: How to Work Less and Earn More through The Power of Duplication

• 15.1 million people in the U.S. are involved in direct selling (At least 10 million of those are women)
• $29.6 billion in total US sales
• $114 billion sales worldwide
• 77% of sellers have been with their company 1+ years
• 80% of sellers say direct selling meets or exceeds their expectations
• 85% of sellers report a good, very good or excellent experience with direct selling
• 74% of US adults have purchased products from a direct seller

*  According to Direct Selling 411 website

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/donna-partow/2010/03/18/building-a-successful-direct-sales-team 

1. Choose your team members wisely. Stop desperately trying to sell your products and start interviewing, as if you are an Executive Recruiter. If you were hiring for a traditional business, and the payroll was out of your own pocket, would you hire the person you are trying to recruit?

2. Recruitment drives build momentum on your team and enable you to conduct more efficient group training.

3. Help people get paid quickly, so they are encouraged to press on in building their business.

4. Find out who your team members are. Determine their personality types, along with their priorities, goals and commitment level. Take time to conduct New Team Member Orientation Interviews.

5. Host team events, including a weekly conference call for out-of-state team members. Team events should FIRE people up:

Fun – upbeat music, socializing
Inspiration – success stories
Recognition – set specific targets; honor achievement
Education – provide constant training

6. Help team members establish a Daily Method of Operation. What do people need to do each day to achieve their annual goals?

7. Let your team members shine. Identify and acknowledge strengths. Catch people doing something right and celebrate them publicly.

8. Direct Sales is a business of duplication. What do you want to duplicate? Ask yourself: How would my business be doing if everyone on my team was doing what I’m doing?

9. Be real and realistic. Avoid hype. Under-promise and over-deliver.

10. Make a long-term commitment to daily actions. Put it in writing and share it with your team

Learn how to create Residual Income. I’ll train you, drawing from my 20 years of work-at-home experience, when you join my team.  To find out more, email info@donnapartow.com noting “Teach me how” in the subject line.  Someone from my team will contact you immediately and help you get started.   You’ll be in business for yourself, but not by yourself

If you are working with a direct sales or MLM (multi-level marketing) company, and someone insists “It doesn’t work”…how do you respond?

Here’s some advice from MLM expert, Tim Sales:

1. Listen through the objection.

The more you can get them to talk about their M.L.M experience the better. Listen very carefully because they will probably mention THE issue that’s really bugging them. You’ll also probably hear them talk around the subject or task they couldn’t do.

2. Confirm your understanding of what the ACTUAL objection is.

Many times people fail at handling objections because they handle the wrong objection – therefore their prospect is still sitting with the objection. The "pyramid" objection is not the same as the "M.L.M doesn’t work" objection. They are both "M.L.M" objections, but you must make sure you understand that prospect’s exact objection. So if someone tells me how awful M.L.M is (step 1) but I never really hear their actual objection then I would ask, "So what was your bad experience, specifically?" To that he replies, "It doesn’t work!"

3. Make the question or objection valid to the prospect.

"I understand your concern on this. Of course you wouldn’t want to do something that doesn’t work."

4. Handle or facilitate handling.

When someone has the M.L.M objection "it doesn’t work" then what you have to do first is try to find out "what about M.L.M doesn’t work?" (from their view of course). It could be something they’ve read or they’ve tried it and couldn’t make it work. There is a big difference in these two responses – and how you handle it. So you can ask, "Are you speaking from personal experience or is this someone else’s experience?"

If it’s from someone else’s experience: If it’s something they’ve read or someone else’s experience then they are an observer and do not have a working knowledge. Therefore you need to give them facts. The facts are, there are 49.9 million people in direct sales that sell 89.2 billion dollars in sales. There are 475,000 new distributors joining each week. Then gently, not sarcastically ask, "What part of M.L.M do you feel doesn’t work?"

You see, if it’s someone else’s experience or something they’ve read, you can not ask them "Does it as in industry work?" prior to giving them facts because they will just repeat what they’ve read or heard!! So they will say to you, "No it doesn’t work."

If it’s from their own experience: If in helping them with their objection they tell you that they personally had a bad experience – ask them to tell you their bad experience. "What happened?" When they tell you, listen for clues of lack of training. You can even ask, "What were you not able to do?" Or, "what did they fail to train you how to do?" When you can finally get them to reveal this to you – then and only then can you ask them the question "Does M.L.M by itself, as an industry work?" Then, "What do you feel it takes for a person to make it work?" If they give you a "type" of person that M.L.M works for – then ask them, "How is that person different than you?" What they tell you is what YOU WILL HAVE TO TRAIN THEM HOW TO DO!

If they tell you "No it doesn’t work" after you’ve given them the facts, then you conclude the conversation and move on.

Someone who can not see that 89 billion dollars worth of products are moving to consumers… doesn’t want to see it. They don’t want it to be true, although it is. Why don’t they want it to be true? Because they don’t want to fail or fail again. They would prefer to blame it on the industry rather than that there is simply something that they failed to learn how to do.

When the first super microscope was introduced, scientists looked through it at a piece of steel and saw that steel was actually moving! Many scientists could not accept that to be true – even though it was true and they were looking at it. Same thing occurred when a telescope revealed that there were more planets… many more… than scientists had thought before. It’s nothing new for people to not see what’s in front of them.

You just can’t build a business off of people who can’t see what’s in front of them.

Learn more about the direct sales and network marketing companies I personally endorse.

This video does the best job EVER of answering the common question: Is multi-level marketing a pyramid scheme? 

Some of the advantages include:

1. Save time, money and work

The company has already researched and developed the products. They’ve already created the marketing material and will give you a ready-to-go website.

2.  Professional Development

A solid direct sales company will provide access to sales and professional growth training.  Some of the top trainers in the world are featured at their conferences.  One company I admire puts it this way: “We’re a professional development program with a compensation plan attached.”  True that!

3. Teamwork

One of the major disadvantages of working from home is the isolation.  So partnering with a direct sales company gives you the opportunity to be part of a larger team.  You are in business for yourself, but not by yourself.  That’s powerful.  Take it from someone who has worked solo for most of the last 20 years, having colleagues to partner with is a beautiful thing.  It’s like having employees without the headache of a payroll.  it’s the best of both worlds.

Some companies I like and people I know who are succeeding with them:

Mary Kay Cosmetics – this company has empowered more women to achieve a 6-figure income than any company of any kind on the planet.  If you are interested in the beauty industry, take a closer look. Their training program is outstanding and rumor has it half of their meetings are more like revivals.  I highly recommend National Sales Director Joan Paterson.  Email her at jpaterson@new.rr.com or visit her website: www.marykay.com/jpaterson 

Isagenix – This company’s nutritional cleansing products are absolutely life changing.  They are, without question, the best nutritional and weight loss products I’ve ever found.  They have a fantastic personal and professional development program headed by the amazing David Wood.  Contact Kimber King at kimber_king@msn.com or visit her website: www.kimberking.com

Efusjon Energy Club – This is the company I am partnering with and am hoping to play a role in helping them develop their personal and professional development program.  The products are fantastic but what I like about it is that it’s a very simple business.  Anyone can learn to teach others how to “shake well or tumble gently”   It’s also a business that’s easy to involve your husband with; in fact, the company is currently very male-dominated.  You can email me, donna@donnapartow.com or visit my website: http://www.fullfusjon.com/ld6/?go=donnapartow