5 Reasons to Love Direct Sales as Your Unique Business Opportunity

With difficult economic times, women have been looking for ways to make ends meet, but also be able to stay at home.  Direct sales is the perfect answer.  It has great potential and women love it!

In fact, women account for over 75% of the direct sales force in the US. Think Mary Kay, Tupperware, Melaleuca, Arbonne, Avon, Send Out Cards, and Pampered Chef, just to name a few of the thousands out there. All are business examples where someone sells or shares information about a product or service directly with the end-use consumer—no middleman, no retail store.

I’d like to share with you 5 reasons to love direct sales, so you can see where you fit in.

1. MONEY

Direct sales gives you the ability to meet and establish your own financial goals – whether that’s a few hundred dollars a month or a more substantial income. Direct sales is also unique because it provides residual income. Once you have invested the time to create a customer, you benefit from all future sales!

Direct sales usually requires just a small investment to get started. With most companies, it takes very little capital and very little inventory to be on your way. Plus you get tax write-offs from running a home-based business!

2. CONTROL

Direct sales allows you to control your career. You get out of it what you put in to it. You make the choice about how much you make along with how much and how hard you want to work.

You can also work around your family’s schedule. If you’re a mom, you’ll love how having a home-based direct sales business lets you balance your career with your personal and family life.

3. FUN

There are over 30 industries represented in direct sales, so there is certainly something to fit your interests – from books, to finances, to travel, to gourmet food, to wellness products, to scrapbooking… and the list goes on. So, with a little research, you can find the one that meets your needs and your personality. And what could be more fun than sharing your products with your friends and acquaintances through “parties”!

4. BEING OF SERVICE

Women naturally want to share with others when we find a solution to a problem. We enjoy the opportunity to connect and interact with other women and help them get the products they need. Direct sales allows you to provide very personalized sales service.

5. PRODUCTS

Many of the women I’ve spoken with initially got involved with direct sales because they were so enthusiastic about the products. Women love to shop and buy, but hate to be sold to. Direct sales allows you to get your products at a reduced price and/or make a commission for sharing something you’d happily buy anyway.

Having clarity about what drives you is an absolute key to success in direct sales. I encourage you to take a moment and reflect on all of the reasons why a direct sales business works for you – whether it’s the products, the opportunity to share solutions, the ability to balance your career with your family, the chance to make great money or your own unique combination of these reasons. With these reasons clearly in mind you’ll be proud of your choices and eager to share your solutions with others.

As a busy mom Kim DeYoung was drawn to direct sales as an opportunity to make good money running a home-based business. She shares how shifting your inner self will allow you to create, attract and manifest more clients and more profits in a free call. Click here to listen to “Getting Your Head in the Game”.