MYTH:
Everyone who gets involved in direct selling wants an easy way to make money
FACT :
People choose to get involved in direct selling for a lot of reasons. Some hope to make it a full-time career, but most sign up to either earn a little extra money or to receive a discount on their own purchases.Legitimate direct selling companies are very careful to represent earning potential accurately. The DSA Code of Ethics requires companies and their salesforce members to provide potential independent sellers with accurate information about the company’s pay structure, products and sales methods.And no one should be fooled into thinking direct selling is a way to make money with little or no effort. Don’t be convinced by ads or people who tell you you’ll instantly make thousands of dollars just by signing up or recruiting a few people. As with any business, it takes time to establish a customer base and build a business.While direct selling is not an opportunity to get rich quick, you can be successful if you establish your goals and a plan to reach them. Legitimate direct selling opportunities offer the flexibility to set your own goals and achieve them on your own terms.
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A little myth buster for ya according to the DSA'a news site
DirectSelling411.com
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Saturday, April 26, 2008
First Steps to Success
That's right... I've registered for Dani Johnson's First Steps To Success Seminar coming up here in Portland, Oregon. For those of you who don't know who she is, Dani Johnson is one of the leading coaches, trainers, and authors of the home based business industry. She began her career in her late teens and has a powerful story of coming from homeless to earning over a million dollars in 2 years. Since then she has multiple 7 figures and has now dedicated her life the empowering others... phenomenal right!?
My story is not such a rag to riches over night story... but I have been in the industry off and on for about 7 years now with nominal success. No where near where I would like to be... So what's my next step!? Do like any successful business owner would do... Hire a professional coach and get some consulting in the direction he or she would like to go... After years of being a know it all, I'm on my way to learn a few more tricks... I will keep you guys posted!
Jarmar...................
My story is not such a rag to riches over night story... but I have been in the industry off and on for about 7 years now with nominal success. No where near where I would like to be... So what's my next step!? Do like any successful business owner would do... Hire a professional coach and get some consulting in the direction he or she would like to go... After years of being a know it all, I'm on my way to learn a few more tricks... I will keep you guys posted!
Jarmar...................
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Why I Chose A Home Based Business
While there are a plethora of reasons why I believe I decided to get into the home based business industry I think there are a few things that stand out amongst them. I'll probably churn out a few more reasons later but for now these will do... Here goes...
I get to... well... WORK FROM HOME:
This may seem like an "Oh Duh!" reason but I think there is more that goes into that. For example, someone generating $60,000 a year from home compared to someone generating this at their job is a staggering difference. Mainly because you can take that $60,000 so much further while being based at home. I think about the 40 miles to work I drive each morning and the apparent depressing drain that has on my 'usable' income. Clearly, there's no need to mention the pocket raping gasoline is employing upon us right now. Going further... the lunch or breakfast I need to purchase if I was too lazy to get up early enough to make beforehand. This probably happens more often than I would like but I'm getting better! Being somewhere I'm not necessarily comfortable at is another aspect and I probably won't mention that the people aren't always my favorite people. Working completely from home doesn't require an extensive wardrobe... while I'm on that point... my new clothes would stay newer longer because the lack of wear and tear. If an individual didn't want to buy a car they wouldn't HAVE to. (I'm in Houston so that may not applicable here.) Basically working from home keeps your expenses down and you can use that capital towards advertising or other business development practices all from the comfort of your underwear.
I can work from ANYWHERE:
This, I believe, is another self-explained statement. For content sake allow me to elaborate... With a computer, internet connection, and a phone I can work my home based business from ANYWHERE with a signal. This is even easier for me because I have access to all I need in my little cell phone which can fit comfortably in my pocket. There is no need for me to BE somewhere, in some place, or building if I don't want to be. I'm a free spirited busy body so it's natural for me to want to mobile.
I don't have a BOSS:
BIG for me! All my life I've had a problem with authority. Not that I don't respect authority or anything, it's just I hate when people abuse it or use it to attempt to manipulate. Since we are human beings I come to realize it will happen from time to time. I, personally, just choose to keep the chances as far at bay as possible. This can also be a bad thing for some people too... Free spirits like me tend to drift on tasks and need accountability. With that being said, a good support group or accountability partner will be great for most us.
VERY LOW OVERHEAD:
Those of you who have run a traditional business before know what I'm talking about. I was looking at some stats that showed the average cost of a franchise is approx. $158,000 initially then you have you worry about employees, pay roll, additional taxes, inventory, real estate, paying fees, inspections, yada yada yada... In a home based business the most difficult part is finding one with a franchise-like system that's simple to follow but the overhead is no where close. Not to mention it's suggested that you have at least 18 months of living expenses set aside before you start a traditional business because you're not looking even profit until almost your 3rd year. Home businesses range anywhere from $50 to $20,000 initially and that's get you a fully structured company that handles your payments, accounts receivables, deliveries, basic customer service, marketing material, product/service training, legal stuff, and so on and so on. Any additional overhead will just go towards increasing exposure and skill... SWEET DEAL!!!
I can WORK VERY PART-TIME!
This is probably one of the biggest privileges... With the ability to create full-time income with no cap on a part-time basis is HUGE. So much of our decisions are based on our income and when our income is based on time we have to take away time from the people we love and the things that matter most in order create substantial income. Follow me!? In the home based business arena you have available to you the tools and business structures that allow you to leverage yourself in EVERYTHING. At my job I get paid when I show up and work... Only when I work! My job income is linear and completely relies upon me, my effort, my ability to be there, to train others, to solve the problems & etc... Mind you I have no problem with either of my responsibilities but I do realize the vulnerability of it. In my home business many of my responsibilities can be outsourced or leveraged... my income is residual it comes whether I physically show up or not. My customers pay each and every month (mainly because they literally can't live without my product/service). I can go on all day but I think you get the point... for less than 20 per week you can make gangster money legally!
This is why I chose to work from home... why wouldn't you!?
Jarmar.................
I get to... well... WORK FROM HOME:
This may seem like an "Oh Duh!" reason but I think there is more that goes into that. For example, someone generating $60,000 a year from home compared to someone generating this at their job is a staggering difference. Mainly because you can take that $60,000 so much further while being based at home. I think about the 40 miles to work I drive each morning and the apparent depressing drain that has on my 'usable' income. Clearly, there's no need to mention the pocket raping gasoline is employing upon us right now. Going further... the lunch or breakfast I need to purchase if I was too lazy to get up early enough to make beforehand. This probably happens more often than I would like but I'm getting better! Being somewhere I'm not necessarily comfortable at is another aspect and I probably won't mention that the people aren't always my favorite people. Working completely from home doesn't require an extensive wardrobe... while I'm on that point... my new clothes would stay newer longer because the lack of wear and tear. If an individual didn't want to buy a car they wouldn't HAVE to. (I'm in Houston so that may not applicable here.) Basically working from home keeps your expenses down and you can use that capital towards advertising or other business development practices all from the comfort of your underwear.
I can work from ANYWHERE:
This, I believe, is another self-explained statement. For content sake allow me to elaborate... With a computer, internet connection, and a phone I can work my home based business from ANYWHERE with a signal. This is even easier for me because I have access to all I need in my little cell phone which can fit comfortably in my pocket. There is no need for me to BE somewhere, in some place, or building if I don't want to be. I'm a free spirited busy body so it's natural for me to want to mobile.
I don't have a BOSS:
BIG for me! All my life I've had a problem with authority. Not that I don't respect authority or anything, it's just I hate when people abuse it or use it to attempt to manipulate. Since we are human beings I come to realize it will happen from time to time. I, personally, just choose to keep the chances as far at bay as possible. This can also be a bad thing for some people too... Free spirits like me tend to drift on tasks and need accountability. With that being said, a good support group or accountability partner will be great for most us.
VERY LOW OVERHEAD:
Those of you who have run a traditional business before know what I'm talking about. I was looking at some stats that showed the average cost of a franchise is approx. $158,000 initially then you have you worry about employees, pay roll, additional taxes, inventory, real estate, paying fees, inspections, yada yada yada... In a home based business the most difficult part is finding one with a franchise-like system that's simple to follow but the overhead is no where close. Not to mention it's suggested that you have at least 18 months of living expenses set aside before you start a traditional business because you're not looking even profit until almost your 3rd year. Home businesses range anywhere from $50 to $20,000 initially and that's get you a fully structured company that handles your payments, accounts receivables, deliveries, basic customer service, marketing material, product/service training, legal stuff, and so on and so on. Any additional overhead will just go towards increasing exposure and skill... SWEET DEAL!!!
I can WORK VERY PART-TIME!
This is probably one of the biggest privileges... With the ability to create full-time income with no cap on a part-time basis is HUGE. So much of our decisions are based on our income and when our income is based on time we have to take away time from the people we love and the things that matter most in order create substantial income. Follow me!? In the home based business arena you have available to you the tools and business structures that allow you to leverage yourself in EVERYTHING. At my job I get paid when I show up and work... Only when I work! My job income is linear and completely relies upon me, my effort, my ability to be there, to train others, to solve the problems & etc... Mind you I have no problem with either of my responsibilities but I do realize the vulnerability of it. In my home business many of my responsibilities can be outsourced or leveraged... my income is residual it comes whether I physically show up or not. My customers pay each and every month (mainly because they literally can't live without my product/service). I can go on all day but I think you get the point... for less than 20 per week you can make gangster money legally!
This is why I chose to work from home... why wouldn't you!?
Jarmar.................
Monday, April 21, 2008
Job Security?
On the way to work this morning I'm listening to the radio and I hear, "AT&T ready to lay off nearly 5,000 of it's employees... many coming from middle management positions as AT&T plans to streamline operations". Let me say..."WOW"... There a couple things I saw in this scenario...
So after being downsized and/or cut loose what do people do? What are their options? Well most continue to get back in the race and attempt to find another gig... preferably one that pays, at the very minimum, an equal salary but in most cases that just won't be the case. Unemployment rates continue to rise as incomes lower and yet inflation continues to grow at alarming rates. I saw on Good Morning America some interesting facts. Home heating oil is up 13.1% from last year... Soap up 2%... Gas up 1.3%... Tomatoes 19%... Milk 26%... and a dozen eggs up 41%... We're seeing a 25% increase in retail store closures across the board... Not sure what all this means to you but to me its clarity and evidence to what is actually happening in our country.
I hate to be the fear mongrel that our government has been for years but there has got to be some attention paid here.
I'm actually not complaining believe it or not... This is good for business in a sense. The home based business industry is booming like never before! It strives in bad economic times and the pickings are golden when times are great... 175,000 individual will start a home based business this week in the U.S. and 475,000 world wide. The dream and my hope is that those who want more out of life, and wish to design their futures, will see the light before they get downsized. Most home based businesses take very little capital to get started and can be worked very part-time along side a career. I work my home business about 10 hours a week and my J.O.B. 45+ hours per week. While we're at it... let me straight forward and honest... there is nothing EASY about running a business from home. Like anything you want to get into a SYSTEM that is SIMPLE to follow for anyone willing to run it. NOW if anyone comes to you offering you a business opportunity that all you have to do is check your email and you can make $60,000 this month... RUN! Don't get me wrong, I'm a big dreamer but come on!
ANY business takes a usable product and/or service, proper professional training (if you plan on making a professional income), support, and a system that'll take some of the guess work out of it. This is vitally important if you already have a demanding lifestyle, you have no time for trial and error. Additionally anything worth having will come with growing pains... This is true about EVERYTHING in life! Anyone who thinks it'll be otherwise with running a business is fooling themselves.
This is the truth and if the truth is what you're looking for you've come to right place. Hopefully I can continue to share with you what I know and am committed to learning in this ever transforming world we live in. I wish you great success in life and thanks for coming by...
Residually yours,
Jarmar.......................
- Even being employed by the largest telecommunication company in the U.S. does not provide as much security as people are led to believe.
- The jobs they are cutting are 'from middle management' which is another word for middle class wage earners. Just another CLUE, if you will, for the middle class... that's as far as I'll go there.
So after being downsized and/or cut loose what do people do? What are their options? Well most continue to get back in the race and attempt to find another gig... preferably one that pays, at the very minimum, an equal salary but in most cases that just won't be the case. Unemployment rates continue to rise as incomes lower and yet inflation continues to grow at alarming rates. I saw on Good Morning America some interesting facts. Home heating oil is up 13.1% from last year... Soap up 2%... Gas up 1.3%... Tomatoes 19%... Milk 26%... and a dozen eggs up 41%... We're seeing a 25% increase in retail store closures across the board... Not sure what all this means to you but to me its clarity and evidence to what is actually happening in our country.
I hate to be the fear mongrel that our government has been for years but there has got to be some attention paid here.
I'm actually not complaining believe it or not... This is good for business in a sense. The home based business industry is booming like never before! It strives in bad economic times and the pickings are golden when times are great... 175,000 individual will start a home based business this week in the U.S. and 475,000 world wide. The dream and my hope is that those who want more out of life, and wish to design their futures, will see the light before they get downsized. Most home based businesses take very little capital to get started and can be worked very part-time along side a career. I work my home business about 10 hours a week and my J.O.B. 45+ hours per week. While we're at it... let me straight forward and honest... there is nothing EASY about running a business from home. Like anything you want to get into a SYSTEM that is SIMPLE to follow for anyone willing to run it. NOW if anyone comes to you offering you a business opportunity that all you have to do is check your email and you can make $60,000 this month... RUN! Don't get me wrong, I'm a big dreamer but come on!
ANY business takes a usable product and/or service, proper professional training (if you plan on making a professional income), support, and a system that'll take some of the guess work out of it. This is vitally important if you already have a demanding lifestyle, you have no time for trial and error. Additionally anything worth having will come with growing pains... This is true about EVERYTHING in life! Anyone who thinks it'll be otherwise with running a business is fooling themselves.
This is the truth and if the truth is what you're looking for you've come to right place. Hopefully I can continue to share with you what I know and am committed to learning in this ever transforming world we live in. I wish you great success in life and thanks for coming by...
Residually yours,
Jarmar.......................
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