Hi Tonja.
Wonderful reply thanks!!.
You said, MOST people do not place their order until you "notify" them they are about to become "inactive".
"Most" you said...and hence thats my point exactly!
Most folks need prodding,reminding,whatever.
Most people do nothing...edspecially with the Free deals.(Or VERY low monthly quota's)
This business by and large is a COACHING business. We are not just in sales.
It involves a lot of personal contacts,follow up's,reminders etc..
One successful networker friend of mine refered to it as babysitting sometimes. lol
Also I agree with you 100% that you absolutely have to believe in what you are selling,otherwise you feel like you are "begging".
How can you sell products that you dont really like and believe in yourself?
That company is not for you then...and thats ok.
There are THOUSANDS of Direct Sales companies out there to choose from.
I have never begged anyone,family,friends,whoever to buy products from me.
I SHARE what I have.
If they are interested in what I have to offer and they feel they have a need they buy,if not they dont.
No big deal.
I dont "chase" people with my business.
I have two great product lines to offer people.
The best aloe based skin care and now great food products of over 150 to choose from!!
There is something for everybody and everybody has to eat!.
Just like with your business Tonja,you said that people still need to use soap!.
All they have to do is switch stores.
I guess I dont understand why this is so difficult.
It makes total sense to me.
If the products were something that they could NOT use on a daily basis and they were being asked to spend $200.00 a month or more on products that they dont need or want and they have bills due then I can understand that edspecially when they are first starting out.
This business is very simple but people (me,you,everyone) tend to complicate it.
I have been in this industry on and off for about 10 years.
I have been with companies that folded on me and...when I was doing so good too.
I have been with high quota,high volume companies and I have been with free to join,tiny quota companies too and believe it or not the most successful businesses for me was with the high volume companies!.
They joined,bought hundreds(some thousands) of dollars of products,went to work,recruited a storm and my volume went through the roof.
They NEVER complained that they could not afford it.
Wild huh?
Thats just been my experience and that of many other networkers I know.
You see with a free to join,you dont have to buy anything program it is so EASY to just not do anything,to not take it seriously.
It takes incredible SELF MOTIVATION and CONSISTENCY to do this business and that goes for me as well.
It takes incredible focus.
If you join a company and you spend hundreds of dollars you are going to want to recoup that money back,you are really going to FEEL like you are in business.
You have products on hand to show people,you have business tool etc.
I know people who join companies with 0$ and say well I will sign up TODAY but I cant place an order until next week or two weeks from now.
In that case I tell them not to sign up then if they are feeling the "pinch" of being low on money (Hey I have been there a lot)
I tell them to join when they have some money to spend because if they join WITHOUT buying a thing the CHANCES of them ever buying anything EVER is next to nill.
Plus I dont want to see a bunch of names in my downline group in my back office who all ordered NOTHING.
Thats nuts.
Anyway, Im rambling so I will get off my soap box now.
Its Sunday..
Great reply Tonja!
Deb