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Direct Sales and the Family

Does your husband and family buy into your business? Are they
flexible with your business or do you always feel like you are
inconveniencing them if you have a party one night and hubby has to babysit? Does guilt play into the way you run your business? 

You are Not alone!

Many, many direct sellers have experienced this issue! It is especially hard during holidays or when you first start your business. We want to be the perfect parent and always be there
for the kids or spouse. But we also owe it to ourselves to develop
our business as we want to.

So what is the answer? Well no one has The answer as every marriage is different and so is each business. But here are a few tips for you to help!

A lot of direct sellers schedule parties only on certain days.
Personal times are blocked out and no parties are held on those days.

Double book your parties. If you are doing a party, schedule 2 in
one night and 2 - 3 on Saturdays to pack in as much as you can in one party day.

Trim your shows so you are not talking a whole lot at the party, but allowing enough information along with ample buying time. Successful shows can be as short as 1 hour.

Utilize lunchtimes for business people. Some places of business
allow you to use the lunchroom to set up and do mini parties.
Utilize book parties to the max. Provide the hostess with full size
products to assist in capturing the most in orders.

Pack a large basket and visit businesses or set up mini displays in shops, restaurants or beauty shops. Make friends with your local businesses!

Get your kids and spouse to help you create new ideas for getting your product out there and not having to rely solely on parties. They may have some awesome ideas you haven't explored yet.

Take your older kids with you as helpers or to be "Vanna". It is
exciting for them to be involved in your business and will grow
their entrepreneurial spirit.

Involve the kids in choosing the theme or products to show. Have
them help get the books done and the postcards out. They can even help pack the car.

This is just a few things to get you going. There are plenty of
creative women out there that have come up with ideas to lessen
the time away from home or to involve the family in the show. The
more you involve them in the business, the less likely they will
feel like you are choosing to go somewhere without them or that
your business is more important than they are. Soon they will know that you are doing this so you CAN be with them more and the few hours away "working" is much better than the 40 hours away the alternative job will be.

Copyright 2007 by Chris Carroll
Chris is a direct seller through and through and loves sharing and teaching others to grow their direct sales business as well.  She does this through her site at http://DirectSalesTalk.com

These articles are free to be used as long as you keep the author bio in tact and provide a live link to the Direct Sales Talk website.