Sparkplugging is starting a new tradition called ‘Spark an Idea Thursday’. Each week we’ll be sharing some great ideas for a topic of interest to our readers. We invite you to grab our image and carry the tradition through to your own blog! If you do, please link back to this post so we know [...]

I have a new seven week old basset hound puppy named Bella. It’s exciting; she’s adorable; and she’s a lot of work. As I spend many hours watching over this new, little bundle of fun it makes me think about the direct sales industry.
1.    We spent many hours researching puppies.  We’ve had bassets before but [...]

Working at home is awesome. The only drawback is that you burn less calories working at home than at a traditional job (unless of course you have a personal training business at home). Further the fridge is just a few feet away making access to food too easy.  Couple that with the weight that mommies [...]

Sparkplugging is starting a new tradition called ‘Spark an Idea Thursday’. Each week we’ll be sharing some great ideas for a topic of interest to our readers.� We invite you to grab our image and carry the tradition through to your own blog!� If you do, please link back to this post so we know [...]

One of the fun parts of starting to work-at-home, is to outfit the home office. Buying software, gadgets, and tools can make you feel like that dream of working at home is becoming  a reality. But if you’re not careful, it can put you deep in debt before you’ve taken your first order. Fortunately there [...]

As direct sellers we are always looking for holidays and calendar dates that could be great gift giving events. Looking ahead we’re coming into a season of Memorial Day, Father’s Day, Fourth of July and Labor Day.  None of those are typically big gift giving days for direct sellers (unless you sell ties, golf related [...]

If you’ve never baked a cake before, how would you know what ingredients to add, what size pan to use and how long to bake it if you didn’t read the directions?  Could you imagine gathering to play a game of football where every single player had never seen a game before and had no [...]