In a recent post, I discussed why I thought Facebook Groups were better than Pages for independent direct sellers. I absolutely LOVED the comments (you all have so many great ideas!!!) , but there was one thing that I thought was curious…some of the comments seemed to indicate that without a Page, you couldn’t find [...]
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How to Avoid the Dreaded Social Media Time Suck
One of the things I often hear from the direct sellers I work with is how overwhelming the thought of diving into social media is. Won’t it take a tremendous amount of time? And there are SO MANY social networks that we’re hearing about! How will you and your team ever find time to book, [...]
The Importance of Perspective When Using Social Media for Business
Holidays have been celebrated, New Year’s been rung in, and most of us are back to work for the first time in 2010. (Is that two thousand ten or twenty-ten? I vote for the latter!) After a whirlwind year, I relished the time between Christmas and New Year’s to take some time off to spend [...]
Do Those in Direct Selling and Network Marketing Need Facebook Pages?
This week someone told me that they were advised to set up a Facebook Page as an independent direct seller, because if they tried to use their Facebook Profile for business, Facebook would shut them down. They were told to separate their business and personal completely, in order to comply with Facebook rules. Now I’m [...]
The Accidental Entrepreneur
When a consultant signs up for a direct selling company, she may have several motivations. Some may be a love for the products (and a desire to purchase at a discount), a chance to get out of the house and have some adult conversation, a little extra pocket money, etc. And for the majority of [...]
How to Get Started with Social Media as a Direct Seller
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that social media is the big new thing in direct selling. In so many ways it makes so much sense…our businesses thrive on our ability to connect with new people and build relationships with them. And social media makes it so easy to connect with the [...]
4 Social Media Time Management Tips
When you’re in direct selling, you have a lot to do. You have parties to book and plan, leads to follow up on, opportunity interviews to do, orders to enter…the list goes on. When you consider adding social media to the mix, it can feel overwhelming. After all, you’re already filling every hour of the [...]
