Si usted está iniciando o creciendo una compañía de mercadeo de red o reuniones en casa, o seriamente considerándolo comenzar empresa de venta directa, necesita de los mejores recursos para crear, lanzar, y hacer crecer su negocio nuevo. La meta es el éxito, y para ser exitoso necesita hacer muchas cosas bien. Comience Aquí Comience…
MLM Startup Guide
If you are starting or growing a network marketing or a home party plan company, you need the best resources to help you to create, launch and grow your new business. Your goal is success, and to be successful you will need to do many things well. Start Here Start Here is our 250-page direct selling textbook with forms…
What Will I Learn At Direct Selling Edge?
The Direct Selling Edge Conference has become the best and most informative two-day school for new and young network marketing and party plan companies. MLM lawyer Kevin Thompson of ThompsonBurton and MLM compensation plan consultant Jay Leisner of Sylvina Consulting invite owners and employees of network marketing and party plan companies to attend their two-day direct…
Ask Victoria: Can You Grow With Easy Requirements?
Some people who start companies believe that they need to be really nice to their representatives. Their MLM startup or new party plan company is not going to be like the others. Their philosophy is to offer an opportunity that is easy on performance requirements and expectations. The thought is that if we don’t ask…
What Direct Selling Companies Can Learn From Shark Tank
As a business consultant who teaches people how to start and grow direct selling companies, I really enjoy providing wisdom and guidance to help my clients improve their businesses. One of my favorite television shows is Shark Tank. For me, watching Shark Tank is not just entertainment; it’s education. I like learning about different business models…
A Map To Get You To Your Gold
In California’s early gold rush days, miners knew the gold was there, but they were unaware of many of the obstacles that were ahead of them. Even so, they forged ahead, many without adequate supplies, information, or even maps. If you are starting or growing a party plan or network marketing company, you are in…
Ask Victoria: Who Do I Hire First?
When you are starting a new direct selling company, you know you are going to need to hire employees. What types of people should you be hiring? Who should you hire first? Interestingly, the skills you will need in your first employees are the skills you don’t have or the skills you don’t want to…
Do This For Project Failure
At some time in your life, you’ve probably read about what it takes for a project to be successful. Equally important, however, is knowing what you should not do. Whether your project is an MLM software implementation, the launch of a new direct selling company or the relaunch of one, a marketing campaign, or anything else…
MLM Software Shopping: Questions To Ask
Shopping for software for your network marketing or party plan company is a lot like shopping for a spouse. To choose the right MLM software for your company, you need to ask the right questions. In this post, there are questions you should ask (a) yourself, (b) prospective software providers, and (c) clients of prospective…
Ask Victoria: When Is It OK To Launch With A Multiplier Less Than Five?
Your profitability as a direct selling company and the richness of your multilevel compensation plan each depend on your multiplier. What Is A Multiplier Your multiplier is the average number you get when you divide the retail price by your landed cost. For example, if the retail price for an item is $50 and your…
Direct Selling: Positives and Negatives
Whenever I need to make an important decision, I look carefully at the positives and negatives. Analysis is a skill we use every day when we serve the needs of our clients, both startups, and established direct selling companies. If you are thinking about starting a network marketing or a party plan company, you might be…
Never Put Yourself Into Your Company’s Genealogy
Most of the articles I have written over the last 28 years while working with network marketing and party plan direct selling companies haven’t been controversial. This is NOT one of them. The Issue Several times each year, we learn that a client of ours or a prospective client is planning to (or already has)…