November 18, 2019
Guest author Alan Luce is Co-Founder and Managing Principal of Strategic Choice Partners (SCP), a consulting firm that provides strategic support and services to help today’s direct selling companies thrive. Alan is a US DSA Hall of Famer, and member of the DSEF’s Circle of Honor. He’s served in executive roles at Tupperware, PartyLite, DK Family Learning and other companies, […]
Read MoreNovember 4, 2019
Managements at direct selling companies are no exceptions when it comes to making mistakes. Some of these are minor in nature so they might not hurt the whole operation much. However, some others can make real damages. Below are six areas where if mistakes are made, the consequences on the sales organization might be disastrous: […]
Read MoreOctober 28, 2019
Jeffrey A. Babener, of Portland, Oregon, is the principal attorney in the law firm of Babener & Associates. For more than 30 years, he has advised leading U.S. and foreign companies in the direct selling industry, including many members of the U.S. Direct Selling Association. He has served as legal advisor to various major direct selling companies, […]
Read MoreOctober 21, 2019
Rick Loy is a sales strategist and training specialist with more than 20 years of experience as a Senior Executive in direct selling. As an Associate with Strategic Choice Partners, Rick helps companies update their sales efforts in a way that works in today’s direct selling climate while also taking into account the quickly moving […]
Read MoreAugust 12, 2019
Growth is important in all industries, no doubt about it. In today’s challenging business environment, this is crucial at least to prevent complete failure. That said, growth is probably more important in direct selling than it is in many other industries. And this is especially so on the acquisition of sales force members. We generally […]
Read MoreJuly 22, 2019
Guest author Steve Jamieson is the Chief Executive Officer and Founding Partner of WorkingSocial, offering innovate and transformational business, sales, marketing and digital strategies to network marketing companies at every stage of success. Steve has a 20+ year career in direct sales that included working as the CEO at three prominent network marketing companies and […]
Read MoreJune 24, 2019
A well-designed compensation plan is vital for a direct selling company’s success. There is no doubt about it. The direct selling industry (at least in general) has learned this lesson so far. It has been proven so many times that it is impossible to sustain a successful direct sales business without it. A compensation plan […]
Read MoreJune 3, 2019
Author Steve Jamieson is the Chief Executive Officer and Founding Partner of WorkingSocial, offering innovate and transformational business, sales, marketing and digital strategies to network marketing companies at every stage of success. Steve has a 20+ year career in direct sales that included working as the CEO at three prominent network marketing companies and as […]
Read MoreMay 27, 2019
Jeffrey A. Babener, of Portland, Oregon, is the principal attorney in the law firm of Babener & Associates. For more than 30 years, he has advised leading U.S. and foreign companies in the direct selling industry, including many members of the U.S. Direct Selling Association. He has served as legal advisor to various major direct selling companies, […]
Read MoreApril 29, 2019
Legitimate direct selling and pyramid schemes have often been confused. While there are clear distinctions between the two, pyramid scheme promoters do everything possible to disguise what they really do and to represent themselves as legitimate network marketing activities. We will go over some of the most frequently asked questions on this topic: 1. What […]
Read MoreApril 8, 2019
Early this year, what the individual direct sellers had been earning abruptly made the headlines. There was a report from the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) in the U.S., according to the news. The US Direct Selling Association responded to this, saying there was no such report and there was “actually a comment submitted by a […]
Read MoreOctober 15, 2018
“Cost multiple” has been a very popular concept in direct selling. For those who are not that familiar with this concept, it is a numerical value showing how much retail sales is to be achieved with “one unit” of product cost. Direct selling consultant Dan Murphy says in his article The Implications of a Trade […]
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