I’d like to take a moment to recognize my team for their various accomplishments in July!
Top Sales
Angela (Saskatoon) – Over $1700!!
Amanda (Ohio)
Lynn (Regina)
Lynn is also new to the team in July, and was recruited by Angela. Welcome!
Angela hit her Quick Start 2 in regards to sales, and will earn 100 dollars of product free from Gold Canyon! She also made Quick Start for recruiting, and she will get even more free ($50) product!
I had issued a challenge to see who could sell the most pod warmers this month, and Angela won this as well with 79 pods sold! I will be sending her a gift for this accomplishment.
Showing posts with label business. Show all posts
Showing posts with label business. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Friday, June 4, 2010
Home parties have come a long way since Tupperware parties
The heydays of the Tupperware party may have gone the way of the 1950s poodle skirt, but home parties are still hopping.
Instead of peddling plastic containers to seal in freshness, there are now a slew of glamorous items available to in-home shoppers, ranging from designer jewelry and country home decor to kinky adult sex toys.
And it's not just stay-at-home moms or retirees buying and selling the stuff to friends and families on Sunday afternoons. Some full-time professionals are so impressed with the quality of the merchandise, they either sell it on the side to earn a few extra bucks or host their own parties to collect free gifts.
Read more: http://www.thestarphoenix.com/life/Home+parties+have+come+long+since+Tupperware+parties/2782777/story.html#Comments#ixzz0pvLUG4lN
Instead of peddling plastic containers to seal in freshness, there are now a slew of glamorous items available to in-home shoppers, ranging from designer jewelry and country home decor to kinky adult sex toys.
And it's not just stay-at-home moms or retirees buying and selling the stuff to friends and families on Sunday afternoons. Some full-time professionals are so impressed with the quality of the merchandise, they either sell it on the side to earn a few extra bucks or host their own parties to collect free gifts.
Read more: http://www.thestarphoenix.com/life/Home+parties+have+come+long+since+Tupperware+parties/2782777/story.html#Comments#ixzz0pvLUG4lN
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
OTTAWA — Stay-at-home moms are more and more turning into work-at-home moms — using their education and pre-motherhood job experience to launch magazines, develop new products and otherwise remove the stigma of being absent from the 9-5 world by writing their own paycheques.
A survey done by Leger Marketing for eBay Canada ahead of Mother's Day found that 33 per cent of Canadians know a mother who has either started her own business or would like to — though only 14 per cent have done so.
"Deciding whether to put your career on hold after having children is probably one of the most difficult decisions a mother has to make," said Tiffany Lemay of Victoria, who started a home-based business selling items on eBay.
British Columbia-based Women's Enterprise Centre notes that one-third of self-employed Canadians are women, and half of them work from home.
But while home sales are certainly an attractive option for "mompreneurs," as they're called, that's certainly not the beginning and end of their business model.
"I find in my conversations that the general population and policy-makers think women only run micro-businesses and home-based ventures that don't have a major impact," Tracy Scarlett, CEO of Alberta Women Entrepreneurs, writes in a note to members on the group's website.
The Internet has played an important role in opening up the workplace to stay-at-home moms. MOMpreneur magazine was launched online in 2006 by a group of Calgary women who had started meeting to share information and network; the website savvymom.ca was launched in 2004 by two former university roommates who wanted to start a publication that dealt with "the ever-present challenges of modern-day motherhood."
Many mompreneur businesses stem from women's frustration at not being able to find existing suppliers of products they want: for example, Robeez baby shoe company, was established in 1994 by a new mom, recently laid off, who couldn't find shoes for her baby and started making her own. According to the company's website, Robeez now does $15 million in annual sales.
There is a wealth of resources online for work-at-home moms, including opportunities to network with other women doing the same thing, links to grants, information about writing business proposals — even advice about maintaining that all-important work-life balance, a problem many women thought they had solved by staying at home.
A survey done by Leger Marketing for eBay Canada ahead of Mother's Day found that 33 per cent of Canadians know a mother who has either started her own business or would like to — though only 14 per cent have done so.
"Deciding whether to put your career on hold after having children is probably one of the most difficult decisions a mother has to make," said Tiffany Lemay of Victoria, who started a home-based business selling items on eBay.
British Columbia-based Women's Enterprise Centre notes that one-third of self-employed Canadians are women, and half of them work from home.
But while home sales are certainly an attractive option for "mompreneurs," as they're called, that's certainly not the beginning and end of their business model.
"I find in my conversations that the general population and policy-makers think women only run micro-businesses and home-based ventures that don't have a major impact," Tracy Scarlett, CEO of Alberta Women Entrepreneurs, writes in a note to members on the group's website.
The Internet has played an important role in opening up the workplace to stay-at-home moms. MOMpreneur magazine was launched online in 2006 by a group of Calgary women who had started meeting to share information and network; the website savvymom.ca was launched in 2004 by two former university roommates who wanted to start a publication that dealt with "the ever-present challenges of modern-day motherhood."
Many mompreneur businesses stem from women's frustration at not being able to find existing suppliers of products they want: for example, Robeez baby shoe company, was established in 1994 by a new mom, recently laid off, who couldn't find shoes for her baby and started making her own. According to the company's website, Robeez now does $15 million in annual sales.
There is a wealth of resources online for work-at-home moms, including opportunities to network with other women doing the same thing, links to grants, information about writing business proposals — even advice about maintaining that all-important work-life balance, a problem many women thought they had solved by staying at home.
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Why start a business?
Why people get into direct sales or any other business?
A lot of people don’t just get into direct sales to make money, and that may not even be their first concern. They get in because they are looking for something:
Adult companionship - Maybe someone is a full time stay at home mom and just wants something to do to get away from their kids for a few hours and have some adult conversation.
Skill Set – A person may have leant a certain skill set but not had a chance to use it. Direct sales can allow a person to get out and use this skill.
Self esteem – Sometimes people feel that there is nothing that they can do or that they are not worth it. They can get into sales and really make a difference. Maybe it isn’t in money, but helping someone improving their life, its amazing how that can make you feel.
Fun – You will find the occasional person who got into direct sales just to have a bit of fun!
So what is your reason and what is holding you back?
A lot of people don’t just get into direct sales to make money, and that may not even be their first concern. They get in because they are looking for something:
Adult companionship - Maybe someone is a full time stay at home mom and just wants something to do to get away from their kids for a few hours and have some adult conversation.
Skill Set – A person may have leant a certain skill set but not had a chance to use it. Direct sales can allow a person to get out and use this skill.
Self esteem – Sometimes people feel that there is nothing that they can do or that they are not worth it. They can get into sales and really make a difference. Maybe it isn’t in money, but helping someone improving their life, its amazing how that can make you feel.
Fun – You will find the occasional person who got into direct sales just to have a bit of fun!
So what is your reason and what is holding you back?
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