Top 10 Tools For Direct Selling Success

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1.  VoiceMail - You will be receiving more phone calls, people who want to have parties, people interested in the company.  Make sure your VM reflects your business!  Not just your name.  For example, "Hi, I am Kirstin with At Wicks End Jewelry in Candles, I am sorry I missed your call..."

2.  Business Email - Separate from your personal email.  It needs to reflect your business and tie you with your business.  Easy to spell, and memorable and short and sweet.  Avoid numbers and underscores as they can be difficult to remember.

3.  Social Media Accounts - These are very important in keeping in touch with your customers and keeping a close connection.  Reveal videos are a great selling tool to post.

4.  Business Bank Account - keep your business and personal funds separate.  You wouldn't want a customer check to bounce and mess up your personal finances!  Or you wouldn't want a home bill to automatically withdrawal and take away your ordering money for your business!

5.  Filing System - A 2 drawer filing cabinet is all you need.  Once you start having sales you will have paper!  For the candle business, folders can be as easy as:  Hostess folder, recruiting folder, customer files, corporate files, and taxes.

6.  Marketing Tools - Business cards, catalogs, party plan information, samples, key chains, flyers, and personalized little candies.  Always have them with you as opportunity can knock at anytime.  

7.  Mobile Office - This is a MUST HAVE - Portable file box, pens, highlighters, markers, hostess packets, recruiting flyers, business cards, catalogs, order forms, calculator, and "gardening materials".  Keep this in your car.  This way you always have what you need at your finger tips.

8.  Party Supplies - Demo Table, table cloth, ink pens, tweezers, paper towels and lapboards.  Not every budget can cover these items right away.  That is ok!  Just make it a goal to work toward!  Another suggestion for candle sales, would be a money box.  Some people will want to pay in cash so you may need change!

9.  Small Generic Warmer - The smell will start to fill the room, they see it melting, and while it's melting you talk about the company, yourself, our "I" story, what you are wanting to do with the company and your income.  Withing 10-15 minutes, you will have a reveal with tarts from AT Wicks End Jewelry in Candles.  In that "moment" you have them!

10.  Carrying Case - Demo kit, warmer, catalogs, order forms, lapboards, etc.  You want to make it look easy.  Maybe find a suitcase with wheels!

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