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Customer Service

You may be wondering how you can use your blog to market your products or services. Perhaps you’ve heard that blogging is a great way to connect with your target market and prospects on a new level. This is because a blog enable you to have a more personal interaction with your audience. Using a [...]

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I’m sure you will agree, it is no secret that people love to receive free things. Are you using samples in your direct sales business to promote your products and get the word out? Samples sell, so offering free samples of your products can help you; generate buzz online and off, generate more website traffic, [...]

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As a direct seller, keeping in touch with your customers is an excellent way to ensure that they will book parties with you, re-order your products or even join you in the business. The Internet provides those of us who run a direct sales businesses very simple and convenient ways to stay in touch with [...]

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Capture Screen Images And Video With Jing

by Melody on April 2, 2008

I recently started using some really cool software called Jing to capture images and create videos to share with others, for both entertainment or educational purposes. So are you wondering, what exactly is Jing? It’s a program that is always up and running on your computer so you can instantly capture images on your screen [...]

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Do you keep hearing about word of mouth advertising but you aren’t really sure what it means or how it can help you? We all do word of mouth without even realizing it. Have you ever recommended a good book or a movie to a friend? Have you ever stayed away from a particular restaurant [...]

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How To Create Devoted Customers

by Melody on February 8, 2008

I just found this excellent slide show that demonstrates How To Create Devoted Customers and I had to share it with you! It’s a bit long but I’m sure you will agree it’s well worth watching. | View | Upload your own Bookmark to: Hide Sites

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How To Provide Great Customer Support

by Melody on February 7, 2008

Part of running a successful direct sales business is providing great customer support and service. Do your customer know what to do or where to go when they need help? When you have a good customer support system in place, your customers will feel valued, respected, and appreciated. This means they are much more likely [...]

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Utterz Your Social Media

by Melody on November 10, 2007

My new experiment, adding audio to my blog with Utterz.com a cool new media platform that lets you add audio, photos and videos to your blog, facebook and other social sites with your mobile phone. (Or a regular phone!) Utterz will mashup your audio with your other media to create your broadcast. Like Twitter it’s [...]

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The Secret To Building A Strong Sales Team

by Melody on November 9, 2007

You’ve probably discovered that having a well-motivated sales team is vital to you having a successful direct sales career. When you develop a strong sales team you have the potential for great financial benefits for yourself as well as your team members. So now that you are on your way to building a good sized [...]

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Blog To Improve Customer Service

by Melody on March 19, 2007

Happy customers are repeat customers so what can you do that’s easy, to improve your customer service? You can use your blog to educate and inform your customers! Your blog gives your customers a chance to get to know you better, they can also learn more about your products and the services you offer. Here’s [...]

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