Direct Sales is a Marathon, not a sprint......
Quite often you are stuck in limbo, feeling like nothing is moving, or progressing. In short you are getting nowhere.
I had been a Star Consultant with Scentsy since August 2012 with a good sized team and I was working hard. Along side working full time at the hospital, and of course being a mum to 2 young boys....and the rest. I loved it, I was working my Scentsy business everyday but I just felt stuck. I wasn't getting anywhere. Or so I thought.
It had been a hard summer, low on sales but who am I kidding, right? I had got a free trip to The Med on a 5 day cruise! So, I must have been doing something right....right? Well, it didn't feel like it. I was earning money from Scentsy, my team were sponsoring new consultants and selling, but it was a slow summer. A story we have heard all over the world, for everybody. |
| Convention Liverpool 2013 |
Convention happened in August 2013, in Liverpool. Everyone there had been talking about how hard it had been this year, how they hoped this Christmas it would all fall into place. I was hoping too. This was hard work and I so wanted it to pay off.
The new catalogue launched in September 2013, and my team sprang in action. The top Direct Sales selling months are October and November, we can sell up to 50% of our entire years sales in those 2 months - that's mega! So when I hit Superstar Consultant in September with our best ever team sales and my own personal best sales for a September I was over the moon! This was the boost I had been looking for. The justification for all the hard work I had put in, all the sparks I had left in my path over the last year were starting to ignite!
Then October came. BOOM! Highest team sales EVER!!! I hit Director. The bench mark that we call aim for. Once you hit Director you are in complete control of your team, they look to you for training and advice and you are officially a leader. I was in a little fairy happy land.
I have trudged on with a song in my heart and a spring in my step through the hardest year business wise. Then BOOM! Super star Consultant! BOOM! Director! From stagnant to elated in 2 short months and still a full Christmas induced frenzy of November and part of December to go! THIS was Direct Selling, THIS was Scentsy, THIS was what makes the hard, slow months worth it!
Since I started out on my little Scentsy journey, I have kept hearing the same things. "You only fail when you quit", "It gets really hard, just keep going and it will be worth it", "People will come and go, don't be the one who goes - be the one who stays". All true. I am telling you.
This year my commission not only covered Christmas for the 3rd year in a row, it also paid for my plane ticket to Cancun. All those promotions had earned me Director and the opportunity to attend an all expenses paid trip to Cancun. But that's another story....
As a family that had always lived month to month, with more month always seeming to be left over once the money had run out, it has been a huge relief to know that we not only have extra income coming in to cover those unexpected essentials, but to be able to SAVE! This is a whole new world for me and my family.
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| The UK girls representing at Cancun, Leadership retreat. Cocktails with Mary Christensen! |
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