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Working Smarter – Pt. 3 Complete Tasks in Bulk
In continuing with the Working Smarter, Not Harder series, remember that having more people to manage doesn’t have to mean working more hours. In order to survive being the leader of a large organization you need to eliminate, mitigate and delegate duties that are not the best use of your valuable time.
We all have non-income producing tasks as part of our business. An income producing task would be activities such as facilitating a home party or attending a vendor event – some action where you are directly earning money. Then there are all the other tasks that are required but don’t directly earn you any income at the time of completion. These are tasks such as assembling hostess packets, updating your bookkeeping records, bagging and tagging orders, etc.
Generally the non-income producing tasks are somewhat mundane and not nearly as fun; yet they still must be done. For example, when someone requests a catalog do you go to your shelf, grab an already assembled info packet, address it and pop it in the mail – bada bing, bada boom? Or, do you grab a catalog, then stamp or label it with your contact info, possibly add a business opportunity sticker to the front, add a recruiting DVD or brochure, add your business card and a sample, grab an envelope, stamp your return address, address it to the prospect and then affix a postage stamp? Continue reading
Sponsor Shopping: Communication via Email or Phone
We often hear how wired we are these days and that we’re losing the human interaction element. It’s also not the first time we’ve heard how we should unplug periodically and relate with people more over the telephone or face to face. Those arguments all have merit and few would argue against those statements. Yet even so, many actually prefer to be plugged in. Several team members would rather receive an email or text over a phone call.
When you are shopping to find a direct sales sponsor who is a good fit, I recommend that you find out if the sponsor’s preferred method of communication is telephone or email. It’s not a big secret that I am much easier to get a hold of over email. I already spend a great deal of my day on the phone so odds are favorable you’ll reach my voice mail before you’ll reach me. You’ll get a much quicker response by email.
But what if you prefer telephone? Continue reading
Working Smarter – Pt. 2 Automate the Answers
In continuing with the Working Smarter, Not Harder series, remember that having more people to manage doesn’t have to mean working more hours. In order to survive being the leader of a large organization you need to eliminate, mitigate and delegate duties that are not the best use of your valuable time.
This blog started as a way for me to answer questions before they were asked. While I appreciate the kudos for providing a wealth of information, it’s really here to save me time in answering individual questions on a routine basis.
For example, one FAQ I get is from potential recruits who want to work their direct sales business using Internet Marketing (yet frequently these same people have zero IM knowledge and want me to teach them everything I’ve learned over the decade). It didn’t take me long to figure out I was eating up a large chunk of my time responding to this same question. Thus the post: My Online Direct Sales Business was developed to answer these questions.
Another question that can be time consuming to respond to is How do you make samples? Voila – the answer is right here. Continue reading
Work Smarter, Not Harder – Pt. 1 Ink Stamps
The more your team grows the smarter you need to be with your time management skills. You will have more people to manage but that doesn’t have to mean that you’ll be working more hours. In order to survive being the leader of a large organization you need to eliminate, mitigate and delegate duties that are not the best use of your valuable time.
One of my favorite time savers are Vista Print Free Self Inking Stamps. I have a nice collection of them and am constantly adding more. Just to name a few, I have:
- Some that have just one scent name on them. I stamp the back of my business cards annotating the name of the particular scent sample that is attached.
- One that I stamp the back of my catalogs – contains my website address and a reminder of secure online ordering, no minimums, low and free shipping.
- One that I use mainly for recruiting on the Getting Started brochures – with the web address of my recruiting website, my email and phone number.
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Always – Burst of fruit followed by velvety vanilla and sandalwood.
Baked Brown Sugar – Warm brown sugar mixed with nutmeg.
Berries and Bubbly – Sweet strawberry aroma with champagne.
Bubblegum – The true scent of baseball-card bubblegum—sugar and cotton candy with a hint of mint.
Carrot Cake – Irresistibly sweet, nutty, warm, and spicy, just like carrot cake. Continue reading
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