I recently saw an article titled, “Anyone Can Be a Direct Seller”. I emphatically disagree. Anyone cannot be a direct seller. If anyone could, there would be many, many more that do.
Lest you think I am anti-direct sales; on the contrary, I have had a home based business since 1988 and currently lead a large successful organization. I love being in this industry, else I would not have stuck around for the past 23 years. I simply do not agree with the statement that anyone can be a direct seller.
According to the Direct Selling Association (DSA) the average direct seller in the United States earns $2,400 per year. Clearly with any statistics or averages, those numbers tell us what we want them to tell us. And an average means there are plenty who earn far less, as well as plenty who earn far more. Also, less than 9% of all direct sellers work their business thirty hours or more each week. [Read more…] about Can Anyone Successfully Work From Home?