Let's face it: you are probably working for far less than
you need to. And the sad thing is, you may not even be aware
of it or the options you have! As of now, we're going to
change that for you, and possibly share with you not only a
thought but a vehicle that can change your financial life.
We are going to show you how to get much more out of your
sales time investment.
This probably applies more to the part time, home based
business person than the professional...but we have seen,
met, and talked with professionals who really are under-
valuing their return on time investment. I know.. we are
using that "time investment" word alot all ready. But you
MUST consider it just as you do a cash or money investment.
In fact, it's even more important because once spent or
invested, you can't ever get that particular moment or
minute back. It's gone. You can always invest more money,
but you only have so much irreplaceable time. Your sales
time investment is one of the most precious ones you can
ever make.
As we look at business models, we find on one end, the
model that proposes high volume but low profit per sale.
Walmart has certainly shown this works, and many, many, many
supermarkets work this same way. It will work if you have
the ability to create large volumes of sales. The question
is: Do you. If you are a individual sales rep or a small
business, just how much of an opportunity do you have to
create really large volumes. The appeal to the small
business person is to do this by creating some type of a
multi-level (also and probably incorrectly referred to as a
pyramid) sales organization. In the ideal world, IF you can
do this, you can create volume. But this could take years to
accomplish, and still never guarantee any income or security
because (1)The company behind it could go out of business,
be taken over.. or any number of things, (2) The pay plan
could change, or (3) The group suddenly dissolve,
particularly if or when a heavy hitter or group leader
decides to switch to another business and takes his
distributors or sales force with him. Did you make a good
sales time investment if you chose this model?
Of course you still have the ability to sell the product or
service yourself, but (1) Can you do volume, and (2) Is the
profit per personal sale worth your time?
The second business model, at the other end of the spectrum,
is one that provides a relatively high profit or earning per
sale. Sometimes we think of real estate people and car sales
people in this category, as well as sales people of
specialized capital equipment. But that's not the majority
of us.
The downside here is that if we are thinking about selling a
high ticket/high profit item, we have to ask (1) Is there a
large market and prospect base? and if we are thinking in
terms of an ability for a part time person--possibly a "stay
at home mom", can this high ticket, high profit product or
service be first mastered in terms of the technology, and
second, is the customer prospect base readily accessible?
In most cases, the answer to those two questions is "no, not
available".
But if it is or was, then here's a fact that can be
virtually carved in stone:
IT TAKES NO MORE TIME OR SKILLS TO SELL THE HIGH PROFIT
PACKAGE THAN IT DOES TO SELL THE MASS PRODUCT WITH ONLY
PENNIES OR DIMES IN PROFIT!
Think about that! This is ALL relative to your sales time
investment, and once more: It's the MOST IMPORTANT
investment y ou have to make.
Ask yourself: "Am I working for pennies or dimes when
instead with the right vehicle I could be working for
dollars?"
If the answer is yes, and this is so true of particularly
home based business entrepreneurs who are involved in sale
of nutritional supplements, skin care, fad gadgets, etc.,
then ask yourself, "Am I doing this because I want to earn
a nice income, and do it as quickly as possible... or am I
kidding myself about that goal and I just want to get
products wholesale or discounted and have some fun?"
Nothing wrong with that, by the way, if you have an hones
assessment of what you are doing and why.
But..... If your goal is in the area of $4000-$5000 a month
or more, and you also don't want to spend all your waking
hours "working your business", then it's time to change.
As your article writer, I can tell you this is an article
written from the school of hard knocks and one that really
had us so emotionally involved with the businesses. Rah rah
rah; recognition, pins, etc. Amway. Free Life. Primerica.
Herbal Life. Been there, done that. Made some money? Yes,
but far, far, far less than in other options. And that's
just the part time side of things we did to supplement our
"real" job. Made some money, but had no security, and worked
for far less than we could have been doing. Plus we just
sold our time for money there. No residual income.. but
that's the subject for another article.
We hope this has helped you focus some thinking and our
resource block will point you to one tool that will let you
change your life.
J Leech has been involved in both conventional and home based businesses for over 40 years. He offers sound advice from his experience and at his website at http://www.wideworldinfo.com/abundant/opty.html he offers a way to do what he writes about.