As I drove down to Notre Dame this past weekend, I encountered four different construction zones.  Though seeing as a majority of my trip entailed travel through Michigan, and Michigan is known for our two seasons of driving: “snow” and “construction”, I shouldn’t have been surprised.
Needless to say, I had a plethora of time to [...]

Sparkplugging is continuing our 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 where [...]

We all get appointments to make a difference in people’s lives.  Do you boldly take advantage of these opportunities when they are presented?
While I was on vacation this week I was a mere few car lengths away from being involved in a horrific auto accident.  Instead of being a victim, I was first on the [...]

I love over-the-top Customer Service, don’t you? I had a great experience with technical support yesterday and it’s a great reminder for each of us.
I use Vonage as my phone provider. It runs through my Comcast Internet service provider.  I didn’t have any phone or computer connection, which is rare. I’m generally very happy with [...]

Sparkplugging is continuing our 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 where [...]

Most Direct Sales companies introduce new seasonal catalogs at least twice each year.  While each company operates slightly different with individual catalog transitions, there are some universal guidelines to follow in order to survive a catalog change-over.
Expect a Few Bumps
Whether the company is young or a veteran in the industry, whether the consultants are new [...]

Sparkplugging is continuing our 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 where [...]

Think selling candles, kitchenware, spices and purses is women’s work?  Think again! Certainly women make up the brunt of direct sellers but it’s definitely not gender exclusive.  Many men in direct sales are earning a decent supplemental (or more) income.
Men, hear me out.  Before you stop reading, proclaiming, “I’m not peddling any sissy girlie stuff”, [...]

Seven Important Success Factors to Include on Your Direct Sales Website
In continuing with our discussion about company sponsored replicated websites, while we previously discussed what not to do, it’s equally as important to talk about important factors to include on your direct sales corporate, replicated website.
One could read these seven success factors below and consider [...]

Many direct sales companies are becoming more web-friendly by providing their consultant base replicated websites.  A replicated website is basically a website template that gets copied at the home office for consultants to use.  Most of the time, that website template has information that can be changed with unique information for consultant (URL, name, welcome [...]