What Type of Consultant Are You?
Are you interested in becoming a consultant with a direct sales company but aren’t sure if you will do enough with it to make it worthwhile. Direct sales companies are looking for all sorts of consultants, so don’t feel that you are out of place! There are essentially three levels of consultant, so see where you fit in. Just make sure you let the person you signed up with know so they are not always hounding you to do more than you want.
Hobby – The hobby consultant does one or two parties every few months, just enough to keep her active and maintain her discount. She is mainly in this for the personal discount, and to make a few dollars. She likely isn’t going to work too hard to get bookings or recruits, and may pass this onto her up line to pursue. You may hear from her whenever she has an event going on to find out the current specials and anything else she needs to know. Hobby demonstrators may also be people who have signed up but aren’t sure about the business or just need a chance to get out once in a while.
Part time – This is a demonstrator that does several parties a month. She could be in the business to make a bit of extra income for bills or just for some fun. It is easy for her to make a few hundred dollars a month by having a show once a week, or doing a few a every month. She likely is informed of what is going on with the company, but may need a bit of a refresher to make sure she understands how exactly things work. A part time consultant may easily move up to a full time demonstrator if something occurs in her life where she needs more money. These are people who want to get out of the house on a more regular basis, people who need more money or people who just love the product and want to share with everyone.
Full Time – The full time demonstrator is someone who is hosting as many parties a month as she can to maximize her earnings. She could be someone who is trying not to return to work after maternity leave, or someone who was downsized and is trying to replace her income. This lady has a “can do” attitude! The full time consultant is going to be attending as much training as she can to make sure she is doing everything she can to earn as much as she can. She will be working on getting her team built up, and have them all working to get some good income from them. This person is going to have to be organized or learn some ways to keep everything in place and on schedule.
Do you fit into any of these categories? You do not have to be a full time consultant doing parties every day of the week to be a consultant within direct sales.