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The Dangers of “Taking a Break” From Your Business
By JasonC on November 17, 2013 in Business, Direct Sales, Direct Sales Husbands’ Handbook, H.O.T., Small Business, Thirty-One Gifts
Around this time every year I see a pattern start taking effect in the direct sales business. The months of September, October, and November (especially early) are a flurry of activity. Everyone’s having success. It’s a great time to sell, to recruit, and to promote. Honestly, autumn in the direct sales business is a wonderful […]
The Ups and Downs of Direct Sales
By JasonC on October 3, 2013 in Business, Direct Sales, Direct Sales Husbands’ Handbook, Small Business, Thirty-One Gifts
Direct sales is like most other businesses in more ways than not. One of the biggest differences is to what degree the direct sales consultant is in control of the outcome of their business. Generally speaking, the harder you work, the better your results and the better your income. But it’s not always that way. […]
Newsletter Notes For Direct Sales Leaders (Part 3)
By JasonC on August 22, 2013 in Direct Sales, Direct Sales Husbands’ Handbook, Geeky, Small Business, Thirty-One Gifts
This is the 3rd in a series of posts about Team Newsletters for Direct Sales. Check out Part 1 and Part 2 if you haven’t had the chance to see them yet! Newsletter Notes For Direct Sales Leaders (Part 3) Things You Shouldn’t Do With Your Newsletter Don’t Do This: Overwhelm the reader with long passages […]
Newsletter Notes For Direct Sales Leaders (Part 2)
By JasonC on August 21, 2013 in Business, Direct Sales, Direct Sales Husbands’ Handbook, Geeky, H.O.T., Small Business, Thirty-One Gifts
This is the 2nd in a series of posts about Team Newsletters for Direct Sales. Check out Part 1 if you haven’t had the chance to see that yet! Newsletter Notes For Direct Sales Leaders (Part 2) Things That Make A Newsletter Work Do This: Remember to keep it recognition-focused Keep it as short as […]
Newsletter Notes For Direct Sales Leaders (Part 1)
By JasonC on August 17, 2013 in Business, Direct Sales, Direct Sales Husbands’ Handbook, H.O.T., Small Business, Thirty-One Gifts
As a leader in a direct sales company, you’ve worked hard to build a team. The people who belong to your downline are incredibly valuable to you because they are the key to achieving big dreams with your direct sales business. That makes keeping your recruits (and their recruits!) engaged one of the most valuable […]
The 3 T’s of ATTiTude
By JasonC on August 12, 2013 in Business, Direct Sales, Direct Sales Husbands’ Handbook, Small Business, Thirty-One Gifts
I recently had the opportunity to hear a great former coach (Bruce Pearl, former head coach of the University of Tennessee men’s basketball team) speak for a high school football team and really had some good take-aways that I think would be great for the direct sales consultant or small-business owner. Bruce started out by […]
What is a H.O.T.?
By JasonC on August 3, 2013 in Direct Sales, Direct Sales Husbands’ Handbook, Small Business, Thirty-One Gifts
A H.O.T. Is a Husband of Thirty-One emotionally supportive of his thirty-one wife always striving to help her achieve the most she can in her business (& life!) proud of his wife’s accomplishments confident in his manliness (despite being able to name every fabric pattern in the Thirty-One catalog on sight! But not the thread […]
The Jason Cox Facebook Page
This has to be one of the “weirdest” things I’ve done. I just created a Facebook Page for myself (really directed more towards this blog, though). Jason’s Facebook Page Why did I do it? 1. I had a surprising number of people come up to me and ask me about it at conference. “Do you […]
One H.O.T.’s Goals For The Year To Come
By JasonC on July 31, 2013 in Business, Direct Sales, Direct Sales Husbands’ Handbook, H.O.T., Home & Family, Small Business, Thirty-One Gifts
In the past I’ve blogged about the importance of setting goals in your business. (Here are links to Part 1 and Part 2of the Goal Setting posts). All that is important for the H.O.T. to do personally as well. The more intentional you can be, the better! My Personal H.O.T. Goals for 2013-4 1. Intentionally […]