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Direct Seller, Avon, Globally For Brand Recognition

The list of the top ten most successful brands for 2009 recognized worldwide was released last month by 247WallSt.com. Beating out McDonalds in the number ten spot was the direct sales giant Avon, which ranked 9th in the prestigious survey. Avon was the only company in the direct sales industry placed in the top 10.

Top 10 Most Successful Brands 2009

1. Amazon: Beating out Walmart for online shopping.
2. BlackBerry: I love mine!
3. Nike: This goes without saying.
4. Goldman Sachs: investment banking
5. Oracle: software industry
6. JPMorgan Chase: financial services
7. Google: we all know them!
8. Ford: which surprises me!
9. Avon: The direct selling industry icon was also recognized two other times in 2009, placing number one in both the Direct Selling Power 50 as well as the industry’s Women of Power awards.
10. McDonalds:  McDonalds is adding close to 200 stores a year worldwide. This means we are spreading our poor eating habits around the word!

Direct selling Growth Worldwide

According to the Direct Sales Association, there are more distributors worldwide selling wares out of their homes, at parties, and door-to-door than ever before. In the U.S. alone the ranks of professionals in direct selling grew by 100,000 last year, to 15.1 million reps. The fact that Avon is ranked as one of the most successful brands globally is a tribute to the industry and to Avon.

Avon, Direct Sales Leader

Avon, founded in 1885, is based in New York, NY.  The company is a trendsetter and a leader in the direct sales industry. One of the first direct sales companies to embrace technology and the internet, their forward focus is certainly a reason for their successes. While other direct sales companies are fighting social networking and fearfully regulating their sales constants’ online activities, Avon has paved the way for a guaranteed future by harnessing the collaborative resources available on the internet. Avon deserves to be one of the top 10 most successful brands for 2009.

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Direct Selling Women’s Alliance, Founder Nicki Keohohou

Direct Selling Women’s Alliance founder and president Nicki Keohohou has invited me to join the DSWA as a team partner.  The Direct Selling Women’s Alliance is a group of successful entrepreneurs who joined together to advance and promote professionalism in the direct sales and network marketing industry on a global scale.

DSWA, An Association Of Entrepreneurs

Based in Kailalua, Hawaii, the DSWA co-founders Nicki Keohohou and daughter Grace Keohohou both have a background of success in the direct selling industry.  The DSWA is literally an association of independently successful entrepreneurs who collaborate to bring a wide variety of expertise into the Alliance.   With each professional bringing something different to the association, and working from their location worldwide,  the team partners are dedicated to providing resources to direct sales companies, consultants and women of the industry.

DSWA, Search Engine Optimization Expert

Nicki has asked me to be the DSWA SEO expert.  My first project with the DSWA will be to bring the Direct Selling Women’s Alliance’s websites to the top of the search engines.  Currently, the DSWA is only receiving first page search results in Google and other search engines for their name, Direct Selling Women’s Alliance and DSWA, which means that all search engine traffic that they are getting already knew where they wanted to go.  They just did not know the address.  My job is to bring the Direct Selling Women’s Alliance to page one of Google on other keywords like ‘direct sales training’, or ‘direct selling resources’ so that when someone is looking for what the DSWA has to offer, they will show up on the first page of the results.  This will bring search engine traffic to the Direct Selling Women’s Alliance who did not even know that the DSWA existed. I just put up a new website to feature SEO Services.

As the DSWA search engine optimization expert, I will be providing SEO education and website optimization services to companies and individual members at a significant DSWA member discount, providing SEO tele-seminars and webinars, and other web services specific to the direct sales industry.  As a direct sales expert, the SEO services I will provide will be even more effective to home businesses because of my complete understanding of the industry.

Direct Selling Mission-Direct Sales Marketing

The mission of the Direct Selling Women’s Alliance  is to advance the professionalism of direct sales and network marketing industry while impacting the lives of women and ultimately families.  This is compatible with my personal and business mission to improve the quality of family life, now and into the next generation through good-for-you food choices and increased cash flow into the home.  I am really excited to have this opportunity to work with the greats in the direct sales industry.  The Direct Selling Women’s Alliance has a multitude of direct sales resources and education provided by industry success stories from all over the world.

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Powerful Direct Sales Women

The Direct Selling Live, Women of Power Awards are the first annual awards designed specifically to recognize the successful women in the industry who have achieved so much.

For more than 100 years direct selling has had millions of distributors come and go. The majority of these distributors have been women. Today almost 80% of all consultants in direct sales are women.  Around the world it has been women who have bought more products, sold more products, used more products and built more businesses in the direct sales industry. Yet frequently it is the men who receive the most recognition.

Successful Women Of Power

The direct selling industry attracts every race, nationality, color, religion, age, economic standing, educational background, political view and sexual orientation.  The POWER 30 celebrates and honors all the differences of successful women in all walks of life.  The awards highlight the women’s success stories that have shaped direct sales and network marketing into the massive community and industry that it is today.

Power 30 Direct Sales Awards

The Power 30 direct sales awards honored 31 influential women in direct sales.

The 31st honoree is Madame CJ Walker – The Mother of Network Marketing & The Worlds First Female Self-Made Millionaire.  Madame CJ Walker was the daughter of former slaves and started her own business selling hair care products.  She quickly started recruiting sales consultants to sell her products. At a time when direct selling companies were using door-to-door sales techniques, Madam C.J. Walker taught her “Walker Agents” how to recruit and how to train others to do the same.  They used a demonstration to sell their products to customers, most of which could not read, thus introducing the basic network marketing business model.

Women Of Power

Other successful women recognized in the Women of Power includes:

• #29 Kara Kowalski – Openly Gay Distributor, Pre-Paid Legal
• #27 Dr. Traci Lynn – Founder and President, Traci Lynn Fashion Jewelry
• #26 Tami Longaberger – Chair of the Board and CEO, Longaberger
• #24 Deb Bixler – Direct Sales Speaker, Coach and Trainer
• #23 Linda Lucas – Director of DSWA International Area Chapter Program
• #20 British Ford-Hill Founder, MLM Black Woman, Author & Entrepreneur
• #18 Doris Christopher – Founder, Pampered Chef
• #17 Nicole Walker – Voted 2008 Worlds Greatest Direct Selling Leader
• #15 Lisa Nichols – Life Coach, Author and Speaker
• #9 Marcia Wieder – Life Coach, Speaker and Author
• #8 Nadine Thompson – Founder and CEO, Soul Purpose Lifestyle Company
• #7 Cookie Lee – Founder, Chairwoman and Chief Designer
• #4 Grace Lee Keohohou – Co-Founder, Direct Selling Women’s Alliance (DSWA)
• #2 Nicki Keohohou, Co-Founder Direct Selling Women’s Alliance (DSWA)

Most Powerful Women In Direct Sales

#1 Andrea Jung – Chairman and CEO of AVON

The DirectSellingLive.com’s Power Person of the Decade 2000 – 2009 is the number one recipient of the Women Of Power Award Andrea Jung.  Andrea has placed as the number 1 most powerful direct sales professional in the Direct Sales Power 50, which recognized influential professionals in the industry (men and women) two years in a row and is now being honored in the Women of Power as well.  Avon is truly a global influence in the direct sales industry with the largest worldwide organization with millions of sales reps.

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Successful Direct Sales Leaders

The 50 most influential people in direct sales and network marketing have been named for 2009 in the Direct Selling Live, Power 50 Awards.  The second annual awards were brought to the industry by Keeper, founder of the Direct Selling Live.  Direct Selling Live is a community that supports the professionalism of direct sales and network marketing. It is a place that direct sales professionals can learn, grow, network, make friends and build their business.  It is a community of that provides the industry with real power  through it’s unity and clarity of purpose.

Avon Leader, Andrea Jung, #1 Direct Sales Professional

Andrea Jung was the #4 recipient of the Power 50 2008 award.  President of Avon, Anrea Jung truly is one of the most powerful direct sales professionals worldwide.  This year she earned the number one position for her consistent contributions to the direct selling industry.  Avon’s global sales force and company is a driving force in the direct selling industry that is always on the cutting edge of the future.

Direct Selling Association President #2

Neil Offen, President of the Direct Selling Association (DSA) heads the most powerful organization in direct sales.  Neil makes sure that the industry is represented in Washington by being the political voice of the industry.

Bob Proctor, Author of The Secret

Bob Proctor received the # 3 award in the 2008 Power 50 award.  Bob overseas the most powerful and fa reaching self development team in the world.  Offering books, coaching, training, CDs, videos and live events it is no wonder that Bob received this position 2 years in a row.

DSWA, Nicki Keohohou

#4 Nicki Keohohou, Founder and CEO Direct Selling Women’s Alliance. Nicki is a tireless inspiration to all direct sellers. Her organization is the second most powerful direct sales association in the world.

Direct Sales Success Stories

There are more success stories on the Power 5o list of influential direct sales leaders than I can list here. Here are a few of my personal friends and collaborators:

• # 15 Grace Keohohou, President, DSWA
• #41 Keeper created Direct Selling Live as tribute to the millions of distributors worldwide who are in network marketing/direct selling.
• # 47 Lisa Nichols, Author “No Matter What!”
• # 50 Nicole Walker, Lia Sophia Sales Leader

Direct Selling Live, Power 50-Honorable Mention: Doris Christopher, Donald Trump and Deb Bixler!

There were so many good nominees to the DSL Power 50 that they selected 10 honorable mention recipients. The Direct Selling Live honorable mentions for the Power 50 list included Doris Christopher, founder of The Pampered Chef, Linda Lucas, DSWA chapter head, Donald Trump and myself, Deb Bixler! 

Grateful To Be Included In DSL-Power 50

Wow!  I am so grateful to be honored by the DSL Power 50 award along with such greats as Donald Trump and Doris Christopher!  I would like to thank everyone who voted for my nomination and made this possible!! This is truely an honor!

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Esio Beverage New Party Plan Start Up Company

The new party plan company that I have been consulting with is Esio Beverages. They are in the process of starting their home party division of the Esio Beverage company. Esio Beverages is a new division of O Premium Waters, the largest bottled water company in Arizona. Their Drop and Drink technology makes Esio the perfect system of dispensing beverages to an active family with a variety of beverage tastes. The aseptic beverage packs are environmentally friendly, low calorie and have a shelf life of up to one year. The economical pricing and home delivery is perfect for any family.

A Ground Floor Opportunity

In direct sales and MLM we often hear about “getting in on the ground floor” which means being one of the first few consultants. Over the past six weeks while collaborating on this project I have often thought about that. This is the first time I have ever had the opportunity to see a direct sales business that is truly a ground floor opportunity. I wonder what the very first show was like 30 years ago for some of the established direct sales companies! Many of the direct sales giants were started almost by accident. Moms who wanted to create income without leaving the kids, for example. They had no idea how many lives were going to be impacted by their efforts. Imagine being the very first representative for a company who now has gone on to achieve what Mary Kay has achieved! Hannah, the first consultant with Esio, is in a position of massive potential.

Esio First Home Party

We actually did the very first home party for Esio last night. I did the presentation and the Esio team learned and took notes. Hannah the first rep for the new company is benefiting from the support of a well-established company, as well as the experience of an expert home party plan professional. She truly is in on the ground floor and has a future to be excited about.

Picking A Good Home Party Plan “Start-Up” Company

Home party plan companies are starting up every day. When you get in on the ground floor of a new company, do you really have the potential to do what these established companies have done? That depends on the company. I am sure that for as many successful home party companies there are these days, there are twice as many that have failed. Here are the questions to ask when joining any party plan company and especially a new company:

• How long has the company been in business? This is important for many reasons including all of those that follow. Like Esio, is the party plan a new branch of a well-established company, or is it a lonely vision starting out in someone’s garage?
• Does the start up company have the financial ability to stay afloat? New companies in any business need the working capital to make it through the rough times which are guaranteed to happen. Companies with cash flow from other sources are likely to get through bad times.
• What kind of support is offered to the sales representatives? At this point, Esio Beverage’s party plan division is a work in progress. The very fact that they hired me to teach them the ropes and train their first 100 consultants shows that they are committed to team training and support.
• Does the company have an internet presence and is it open to consultant interaction? The internet is here to stay. Any company that does not embrace the internet will not be in existence in ten years.
• Is the company committed to branding and marketing on all levels? A company which is starting out of someone’s garage is not going to provide the branding that is required in today’s marketplace.
• Is the structural support in place to grow? Again, Mom and Pop start ups are usually cute, but do they have the staff and structure in place to support the growth in customer service as well as sales consultant service?
• Is it a viable product? I have been contacted by many people starting home party plans with niche type products which may have some appeal on some levels. Is the product line supported by the manufacturer? Has it been tested? What kind of warranties are there?

As I mentioned at the beginning of the list… is the company financially capable of providing you with all the support you deserve in a new business venture? Ground floor opportunities are only good if the floor does not fall out from under you after a couple of months or years.

Esio Beverages has proven to me that they are a viable business opportunity. I would recommend them to anyone interested in learning more about the product. I am not a party rep, nor do I “work” for the company. As a consultant for Esio, I am excited to continue to work with their sales force and guide them in their first year of party plan start-up.

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Join Our Social Networking Club

I have been asked several times to create a social forum for Cash Flow Show visitors.  Today when I was networking in another forum something came over me and I clicked the button that said create your own NING social site so now we have it.  A social networking club for frequent visitors to Create A Cash Flow Show. This is for you to network, collaborate and get to know each other.  I will continue to add more features as we grow in membership.  Visit the NEW Social Network for Cash Flow Show networking. The site is designed to enhance your Cash Flow Show experience by giving you a forum to chat and talk with other like minded professionals who frequently visit the Create A Cash Flow Show website to grow their business and train their team.

Network and Collaboration

The purpose of the forum is to provide a safe environment to get feed back and and ideas from like minded professionals.  The site is not for sales, recruiting or finding bookings so please don’t join to solicit from the members.  The new forum is your section of Create A Cash Flow Show, so join in and add your input.  I hope you are one of the first 50 and part of the Charter membership. Check out the Cash Flow Show Forum.

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Create A Cash Flow Show Work At Home Opportunity Directory

A new home business opportunity directory is now linked from the sidebar of the Create A Cash Flow Show website. Due to the many people coming into the website on keywords like “how to make money at home” or “work from home,” I decided to create a directory of opportunities to make money from home. More and more people are looking for work-at-home opportunities in an effort to balance family and finance. Working at home and direct sales is one of the fastest growing industries of the 21st century for that exact reason.

List Your Business WAH Directory

The work-at-home directory is a category within the speakers’ directory. So, opportunity seekers may access it from this site or from the Speakers’ Directory. The directory will list any money-making opportunity that is WAH. That includes MLM programs and affiliate programs, as well as home party companies and other direct sales companies.

There are two ways to list your business opportunity in the directory

1. Free Listings: List your website and your business opportunity in the directory for free with a reciprocal link to this website or to any one of my other websites from your website or directory.
2. Buy a listing: List your business opportunity for one year for only $90.00. This includes a listing in two other categories as well.

I am excited to say that the directory has been in place for about a month and I know of at least one new consultant as a result of a directory listing. Hooray!!   When someone joins your organization from a directory listing, let me know.  If you want to List your business in the directory click here or send me an email.Deb (AT) DebBixler.com

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