Direct Sales Done Right

Have you heard of the summer slide? Katy and Melanie are helping you avoid that on this week of The Direct Sales Done Right! 

The ladies are chatting essential strategies for success, starting with the importance of time management, time blocking, and establishing an effective morning routine. 

Katy and Melanie expand on the concept of time blocking for the entire week and underscore the significance of setting clear, achievable goals. Recognizing that not everyone has a flexible schedule, they offer practical advice and encouragement to women juggling multiple responsibilities. The episode can help with the vital insight that energy is everything, emphasizing the need for proper self-care, nutrition, and a positive mindset to sustain high energy levels throughout the day to be able to grow your direct sales business the way you have envisioned. 

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HIGHLIGHTS: 

2:45 - Katy's First Summer in Direct Sales
Katy shares her experiences and lessons learned from her first summer working in direct sales, providing insight into the challenges and rewards of this field.

5:10 - Tip Number 1: Time Management and Time Blocking
The ladies discuss the importance of effective time management and introduce the concept of time blocking as a strategy to increase productivity and maintain a balanced schedule.

7:36 - Tip Number 2: Morning Routine
The conversation shifts to the significance of establishing a morning routine. The ladies explain how a consistent morning routine can set a positive tone for the rest of the day.

8:25 - Katy's Morning Routine
Katy outlines her personal morning routine, sharing specific activities and practices that help her start the day with focus and energy.

 10:48 - Melanie's Morning Routine
Melanie describes her morning routine, offering a different perspective and additional ideas for listeners looking to optimize their mornings.

15:45 - Tip Number 3: Time Blocking for the Week
The discussion expands on the concept of time blocking, with practical advice on how to plan and allocate time effectively throughout the entire week.

16:32 - Tip Number 4: What Are Your Goals?
The ladies emphasize the importance of setting clear and achievable goals. They provide strategies for goal setting and discuss how goals can drive motivation and success.

19:25 - To the Woman Who Doesn't Have That Much Flexibility
Acknowledging that not everyone has a flexible schedule,  Melanie offers advice and encouragement to women who need to balance numerous responsibilities and find creative ways to manage their time.

22:32 - Tip Number 5: Energy is Everything
The final tip centers on the idea that energy levels are crucial to productivity and well-being.  Katy share tips on maintaining high energy through proper self-care, nutrition, and mindset practices.

The biggest mistake Katy and Melanie see direct sellers make is that they go to their annual company convention and they don’t post the entire time they are there!  They see convention as an opportunity to hang with friends, party, and have a good time but they forget that convention is a HUGE opportunity to build your business.

On this week of The Direct Sales Done Right Podcast, Katy and Melanie are chatting about the importance of your company's convention to grow your business. They are giving you their 3 part strategy that always you to think about before, during, and after the convention, social media posts, and mindsets to have during the event.

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HIGHLIGHTS: 

3:14 Tips for before convention. 

9:20 Tips for during convention. 

11:57 Showcasing the convention. 

17:19 Importance of your energy. 

17:44 Tips for after the convention. 


23:26 Reminders for post-convention for momentum.

Katy is in the hot seat today!! A few months back, Katy was interviewed by Sonya Eickel on the Direct Sales Success Formula. Katy dives into her specialty, branding for direct sellers. She shares her story, talks about social media platforms, and how to successfully drive leads to your products through the content you post. 

HIGHLIGHTS: 

2:27 Katy's story of how she got into direct sales. 

5:47 What Katy does and how she helps direct sellers.

7:32 First steps to take when starting on social media. 

10:04 BES Strategy. 

14:23 Platforms Katy recommends. 

16:30 Instagram strategies. 

19:01 Facebook stratgies. 

21:13 What are engagement posts?

23:40 What are brand awareness posts? 

26:39 What are sales posts? 

30:50 Advice from Katy when creating content. 

34:20 Staying committed to your goals. 

37:54 Becoming intentional with your time. 

40:12 Advice from Katy to you about your direct sales business!   


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HIGHLIGHTS: 

2:45 Meet Aisha! Learn about who she is and where she is in this life season. 

4:54 What is the Butterfly SZN Transformation Journal?

 11:10 Detaching your worth from your work.

14:20 Being proactive in your work. 

15:48 What are the seasons of Butterfly SZN? 

22:28 Meeting your own needs. 

27:04 Meditate and Manifest 

29:35 Awareness and Action 

34:20 Discomfort you feel now vs. a year from now - what discomfort will you have in the future if you don't make a shift now? 

39:52 Being stuck in the 'cocoon' 

43:55 Asking yourself if you are happy with the work you are doing. 

Lauren went viral being herself! On this week on The Direct Sales Done Right podcast, Lauren Hale is sharing her story about how she changed her content to be more aligned and authentic to be able to build her connections on Instagram.


Lauren Hale is 43 years old and a self taught makeup artist specializing in teaching women over the age of 40 how to use and apply makeup to their changing skin. She also shares how she is navigating the 40’s talking about loving your chamging skin, perimenopause, anxiety and raising teens all while operating multiple businesses.


Lauren thoroughly enjoys helping women learn to love the skin they are in. She has also grown her social media following organically to over 600k on multiple platforms by being authentically herself. She has been featured on GMA, The Sun, multiple podcasts and The NY Post for her makeup tips.


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HIGHLIGHTS:

4:33 Start Of Laurens Direct Sales Journey

8:24 Lauren first using social media

13:06  What made Lauren grow her interactive following on Instagram

16:46 Sales for Lauren once she went viral

20:36 Mindset work with Lauren

21:39 Ah-ha moment for Lauren

22:50 Mindset blocks that Lauren overcame

26:15 Strategy that Lauren follows for her social media content

32:36 Building trust with your content



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Jillian was a master in the sales world for over 28 years before covid hit leading her to unfortunately lose her job. After losing her position at her corporate job, Jillian took it upon herself to help anyone in the sales field learn how to sell better! She started a private Facebook group and the rest is history. Tune into this week of the Direct Sales Done Right Podcast to learn how Jillian was a powerhouse in sales in the corporate space to how she moved to on and offline selling!

Jillian talks about common mistakes in sales, how to strengthen your selling practices, tweaking your messaging, and using your social media to make the connections that move your business forward. 

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HIGHLIGHTS: 

7:00 Jillian's common mistakes in sales. 

8:53 The process to go through to strength sales practices.

11:15  What are you excited about?

12:50 Sales process through the DMs from Jillian.

16:30 Content that has a purpose. 

20:00 How to know when to invite. 

24:35 Showing up on social media authentically

26:12 Go to advice for objections 

31:07 Emotion of why someone might need your product 

31:26 Questions to ask back to objections 

32:43 Tone to asking questions about objections 

Katy and Melanie have a special guest today on the Direct Sales Done Right podcast. Nicole Dobransky is the featured speaker in the monthly session for this month in The Collective; she is talking about niching down. Nicole makes niching down sound simple and doable. Tune in to hear her share her story and how she rose to the top with her niche.

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HIGHLIGHTS: 

5:23 Meet Nicole! Her story and how she got into direct sales. 

7:02: How Nicole started her P90X journey and blog 

8:17 Nicoles ah-ha moment around health and wellness 

10:11 How Nicole starting coaching with BODi 

11:54 What Nicoles business first looked like, what her content was based on, and the results she had 

14:32 How Nicoles niche has changed over time 

19:11 Strategy and data behind changing niche 
24:10 Going back to Nicoles start with health and wellness

28:37 Why Katy believes niche is so important 

29:20 How Nicole talks about the business opportunity 

33:50 Why Melanie believes mindset work is so important 

35:05 How Nicole would guide someone to gain clarity in their niche 

This episode is all about relationships! How would your relationship change with people around you, specifically your spouse, when you are creating a direct sales business? Katy and Melanie are giving you the scoop through their experiences.

Melanie has been in a season where her husband did not support her business which then affected their relationship greatly. She has learned through more ways than she can count since then and wants to make sure you are prioritizing your relationships!

Katy and Melanie discuss being in a season where your spouse isn't supportive, they might be on board because it isn't impacting the relationship that much yet, or someone who wants to make changes in some prioritizes because a relationship is being affected. This episode of The Direct Sales Done Right podcast will give you ways to help your relationship grow through the season of starting to build a business to then implement throughout the journey of growing your business.


HIGHLIGHTS:

3:55 Melanie's post that went viral

7:30 Katy's husband story

9:26 Resentment with Melanie and Matt

14:48 How Melanie and Matt learned to see eye to eye

16:17 Katy and Mike supporting each other

17:36 "Show Them The Money"

21:23 Being aware of how much time you are spending on your business


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Since energy contagious, are you showing up authentically on your social media?
On this week on the Direct Sales Done Right podcast Katy is interviewing Danielle Natoni.


Danielle opens up about her start in direct sales. It took her about 8 months into her business to make a positive shift that in return made her more authentic in her story. She began to cultivate relationships and build a community that is based around her authentic self. She chose to show up as the example of the products and programs rather than just selling her products.


Danielle shares how she went from selling fitness to showing up authentically to build her business to the place she is in today.


Danielle shares her journey over the last 14 years in direct sales, how she's evolved, and the way she runs her business in this season of her life!

HIGHLIGHTS:

2:58 Danielles story about starting direct sales.

7:39 Energy is everything.

9:58 Sharing over selling.

12:45 Consistency on stories - what selling looks like on social media as serving.

15:39 Rise & Energize.

17:53 Outside perspective of your social media.

19:18 Speaking inclusively.

20:22 Interaction on social media.

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29:30 How Danielle runs her support and accountability groups

33:50:  Danielles biggest palm to forehead moment.


Follow Danielle on Instagram here:  https://www.instagram.com/daniellenatoni/



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Leigh Ann David has been in business for 20 years! She is a wealth of knowledge on the Direct Sales Done Right Podcast this week!

Mary K is a business model that is more face to face, but Leigh had enough of that back in 2019. She took it upon herself to change up the way she was doing business. She then created a private Facebook groups to run her direct sales business which then in return blew up her sales, team, and momentum.

On this weeks episode of Direct Sales Done Right, Melanie and Katy have Leigh Ann in the hot seat to share more about turning her in person business to more social media based to reach more ladies authentically. Leigh Ann drives home the importance of selling vs. building your community.

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