If your Facebook Group has been hitting the snooze button lately, these 7 easy fixes will help you wake up your members and take them from sleeping to active. Get the right people in your Group The spammy practice of adding everyone you know to a Facebook Group could be the cause of an inactive Group. The easy fix is

Jingle all the way to a booked calendar by hosting an annual customer appreciation event. Planned well, an appreciation event can help you build customer loyalty, book parties, generate sales, find new recruits, meet new people, and (bonus!) motivate you to get your home holiday ready. That’s right, I’m talkin’ ‘bout an in-person customer appreciation par-tay in your home. If

Have you ever heard the saying, “What you focus on is what you get?” It’s true. Whenever I struggled to attract motivated hostesses and consultants, it was because I was focusing on the minimum. Minimum party sales to earn the minimum amount of products (“You only need a $250 party!”), or a minimum amount to pay for a starter kit.

All the holiday fun at this time of year makes it easier to put off making comfort-zone-breaking booking calls, and can take the focus off of IGAs – Income Generating Activities. We’ll get to that tomorrow, or the next day, because there are cookies to bake and shopping to do. The reality is, tomorrow usually doesn’t come until after the

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and for many communities, Direct Sellers are at the forefront of supporting the cause. Whether it’s supplying auction basket donations, donating a percentage of party/product sales to breast cancer organizations, or a team breast cancer walk, I’m proud to say that our industry makes a huge difference in fighting the fight. This Essential Guide

There’s a new way to recognize your direct sales team and customers for being awesome, and it will even help you improve your Facebook Group engagement and interaction. Best of all, it costs you nothing. Want to know the secret? It’s called Gamification. According to Small Biz Trends, Gamification is: …a process for integrating game mechanics into something that already exists