What I want you to know about Direct Sales
It's 4am and I'm not sleeping thanks to post-op narcotics so I thought I'd give you each a brief window into my mind. Lately I‘ve been reading many articles in support of the direct sales model. There’s a cute little parody video going around, too, even though they used a wicked candle to represent Scentsy, the nerve! The common thread I’ve noticed in the articles, to say nothing of the many comments in response to the articles, is that there’s a lot of confusion about the expectations vs. the reality of direct sales. I’d like to address that in this blog post. Of course, I‘ll be talking about Scentsy because it's my heart, but this can be applied to any direct sales company. Before I get too far into it, a caveat: I’m not going to try to talk anyone into selling Scentsy. I’ve found the best success I’ve had with adding team members is to simply lead by example; most of my team are folks who’ve come to me because they’ve watched my posts, seen my success...