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Motivational events are critical to maintaining dealer enthusiasm in
the network marketing world. Send Out Card reps are expected to attend
motivational seminars led by founder Kody Bateman. Shields said he’s been
to several “life-changing” sessions led by Bateman.
Although he’s a salesman at heart, Shields said business owners
should try network marketing to improve their sales skills.
“You pick up on the passion about a product,” said Shields, who lives
in Ouray, Colorado, near Telluride. “In network marketing, you end up
meeting a lot of people with pizzazz.”
Before you sign up for any network marketing opportunity, please
speak with as many reps as possible to find out about their experiences
and actual sales. Then, contact the Better Business Bureau to see if any
complaints have been filed against the company.
GREAT
IDEA
Cross-Promote Your Products
or Services
Ever tried a Blue Pearmain, Wolf River, Liberty, or
20-ounce Pippin apple? You would be munching
away if you were a member of an apple CSA. CSA stands for communitysupported
agriculture.
For six weeks each fall, 55 members of the Out on a Limb heirloom
apple CSA head over to the Rabelais cookbook store to pick up their apples.
Members of a tomato CSA stop by to collect their bounty during the summer
months.
“It’s been a fabulous thing,” said Samantha Lindgren, co-owner of the
specialty bookstore located in downtown Portland, Maine. “It’s a perfect
fit and a great way to bring customers into the store who might not know
about us.”
Although she can’t say exactly how much sales have increased, offering
the store as a pick-up location has definitely attracted new customers. “This
is the second year for the apples, and we’ll certainly do the tomatoes again.
It’s been so popular we could have handled triple the (CSA) business.”