The Direct Sales Podcast: the BEST advice from top leaders and coaches

Lenika Scott is a top leader and 8-figure earner who has had an incredible journey in direct sales. She started her very first business in 2008, built it to a million dollar business in 2009, and then lost it all in 2011, leaving her and her family on food stamps. She came out of it with even more willpower and determination, started another business in 2013, and managed to become a millionaire again in 18 months. In this episode, listen as she shares what it means to lead by inspiring your team, how to walk the walk, how to tap into your leaders' skills and share them with your team, and how to juggle it all.

Listen now and learn how to build up your team and truly empower them!

You can find Lenika at https://www.lenikascott.com, https://www.instagram.com/lenikascott, or https://www.facebook.com/lenikascott.

Recent inspiration: Buying a home for her grandmother.
Cause she's passionate about: Leaving a legacy and living debt-free. Her own scholarship program for women who have started their own businesses.
Best advice she's ever received: "Treat everyone right. Treat everyone special. Treat them good."

Brooke Hemingway is a former nurse with 5 kids turned powerhouse top leader who is the only person in her company to hit the top rank 3 times. As a Triple Diamond, she leads a team of over 35,000 people, and has even started her own coaching business where she helps her team and other direct sellers succeed. In this episode, listen as she shares how she got started and managed to succeed as an introvert with none of the skills that you normally think you need, how to overcome your challenges and mindset blocks, and the biggest lesson she learned in her career.

Listen now and find out how to succeed as an introvert in this industry!

You can find Brooke at https://www.brooke-hemingway.com or https://www.instagram.com/hemingwayhalfdozen.

Recent inspiration: Seeing the heart and drive of her downline reach for ranks
Cause she's passionate about: Operation Underground Railroad, which rescues children that are sold into trafficking.
Best advice she's ever received: "Just keep going. Don't give up."

Christine Tylee is the top leader at her company with a team that is on track to do over $20 million in sales this year alone. She has been in the industry for 18 years, and started her blog where she shares how to succeed in direct sales in 2016 when her daughter was being treated for leukemia and she realized how she could truly help other parents going through the same thing. She was also named Distributor of the Year by the Direct Sales Alliance, and is just at the top of her game. In this episode, listen as she shares how to go from figuring out your why to actually taking the actions that will bring you to success, all the way from setting short term goals to actually scheduling it all out.

Listen now to learn what systems you can use to truly activate yourself and your team! 

You can find Christine at https://directsalesinspiration.com. You can also find the worksheets she created to guide you through the process for FREE here: https://directsalesinspiration.com/mindset-bundle/

Recent inspiration: She Means Business by Carrie Green
Cause she's passionate about: Redkite and childhood cancer.
Best advice she's ever received: "If you help people feel successful, they will become successful."

Michelle Cunningham was a top leader with a multimillion dollar business who found huge success using YouTube as an attraction marketing tool. She grew her YouTube channel to over 28,000 subscribers, and it ended up helping her recruit many of the top leaders in her team. Since November 2019, she left her business to pursue her passion of helping others succeed, and is now a network marketing coach teaching others how to nail attraction marketing with YouTube. In this episode, listen as she shares how to get ideas for video, what the key to success is on YouTube, and even what equipment you need to get.

Listen now to learn how to get started on YouTube today!

You can find Michelle at https://michellecunningham.com or https://www.facebook.com/DirectSalesMichelle.

Recent inspiration: Rachel Hollis
Cause she's passionate about: Feeding America
Best advice she's ever received: "Successful women feel the fear and do it anyway."

Belinda Ellsworth is a direct sales leader turned coach and consultant with over 30 years of experience in this industry. She has worked with hundreds of thousands of individuals, over 200 direct sales companies, and even wrote the #1 best-selling book, Direct Selling for Dummies. And if you've ever done a power hour before, she's the one who created and trademarked that system. In this episode, listen as she shares how focus, commitment, consistency and organization are the foundation of any successful endeavor, and how to structure your days and treat your business like an actual business.

Listen now to learn how to use these 4 pillars to set the foundation of your success!

You can find Belinda at https://www.stepintosuccess.com or https://www.facebook.com/stepintosuccess. You can also join her Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/successexpressbelinda and sign up for her free newsletter at https://www.stepintosuccess.com/step-community/.

Recent inspiration: Learning from 30 leaders who have transitioned their business entirely online.
Cause she's passionate about: Local community theater
Best advice she's ever received: "Make people continue to come back to training. Tell them to pretend like they are new and starting all over again."

Randy Schroeder is one of the most successful leaders of all time in the entire direct sales industry. His team has done more than $4 billion in sales, and he has personally earned over $40 million in commissions. In order to reach this level of success, he believes in being the best follower and learning from people that he admires, which is how he learned to become a master storyteller. In this episode, listen as he shares how to tell stories in your business, how your truth is enough, and how to overcome your own baggage through daily disciplines and being selective about what you let into your mind and soul.

Listen now to learn how to master storytelling and take your business to the next level today!

You can find Randy at https://randyschroeder.com or https://www.facebook.com/RandySchroederBizOpp. You can also text him at (813) 990 - 7651.

Recent inspiration: New team member who signed up 30 days ago and just enrolled 5 people and received the first check.
Cause he's passionate about: Carmelite Monastery in California
Best advice he's ever received: "Get out of your head and don't be concerned about what people think about you."

Judy Stallings is a leader who hit the top rank at her current company in less than 10 months! With over 10 years of direct sales experience under her belt, she attributes her success to building authentic relationships and supporting her team in order to empower them to succeed. As a self-proclaimed average person, she truly believes that anyone can change their lives with this industry. In this episode, she shares how to help your team build their friends list, how to help them build solid relationships, and then how to provide the training needed in order to duplicate yourself.

Listen now to learn how to support your team for duplication!

You can find Judy at https://www.facebook.com/judystallings.hempworx.

Recent inspiration: Life. Just waking up every morning and taking another breath.
Cause she's passionate about: Animal rescue and cancer.
Best advice she's ever received: "If someone doesn't like you, that's none of your business."

Jennifer Bellingrodt is a direct sales leader who is also a clinical psychologist with over 20 years of experience. In this episode, she shares the 6 animals that cover the psychology behind direct sales, as well as how to overcome any insecurity of emotional trauma you've had in your life so that you can grow your business and happiness.

Listen now and take your personal development to the next level!

You can find Jennifer at https://www.doctorbellingrodt.com or https://www.facebook.com/jen.bellingrodt.

Recent inspiration: Her children.
Cause she's passionate about: Decreasing the stigma associated with mental health treatment.
Best advice she's ever received: "Get over your damn self so you can be happy"

Cyndi Walter has been in direct sales for over 27 years now, and found success only after 20 years of hard work and patience, proving that success really is attainable for everyone. She has been at the very top rank and a million dollar earner for the past 7 years now, and is also a certified mindset coach who has helped over 13 people become 6-figure earners and 4 people earn over a million dollars. In this episode, she shares how positivity draws people to you, how it is important to understand that the industry is difficult and you will face rejection, and how belief in yourself is key to success.

Listen now to learn how to change your mindset for success!

You can find Cyndi at https://www.cyndiwalter.com or at https://www.facebook.com/isacyndiwalter.

Recent inspiration: Christian Advisory Board she just joined.
Cause she's passionate about: Supporting cancer causes.
Best advice she's ever received: "Never ever quit on your dreams!"

David Lee is a direct sales leader, coach, content marketer and writer. He has served as the Managing Editor for national publications like Beckett Media, Success from Home, and Success Magazine, writing columns that help empower direct sellers everywhere. In this episode, he shares the key mindset to dealing with rejection, how to dig deeper and find out the real reasons, and how to address rejection without breaking a sweat.

Listen now to learn how to overcome the hardest challenge in direct sales!

You can find David at https://www.coachdavidlee.com.

Recent inspiration: Crushing It by Gary Vaynerchuck.
Cause he's passionate about: Helping people create streams of income that is their own.
Best advice he's ever received: "You just can't quit".