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Posted By: Kelly Sutton <ladypenguin@hotmail.com> In Response To: Kelly Sutton, can you step in here? (MaaMaw)
Friday, 17 December 2004, at 7:13 p.m.
I actually prefer the term network marketing to MLM--as we network with other people, showing them Watkins products, telling them about the benefits and advantages of using the products, and telling them about how there's a viable business opportunity attached to the business itself, allowing others a chance to sell Watkins products and make money from home as well.
However, what's one of the biggest differences between Watkins and a lot of other network marketing or MLM companies is that we don't have to use hype to draw others into the business. It's a business--it requires work, time and patience. We have great products, but they're not the latest fad products--they're tested, tried and true. Some of our products are being made the very same way now for over a century. The company has a GREAT reputation as being one of the best in the industry.
I sell products to people in my community, and yes, as a Manager, I have a sales quota of sorts in order to receive commissions from my team. However, even if I didn't have a team, I could still go out and sell products and make money. If I don't make my monthly sales quota, I don't get a commissions check, but that still doesn't stop me from selling products and making a profit.
I train and coach people who come into our business to show and sell Watkins products, point them toward additional group training (our training is free--Watkins corporate does offer some paid training, but this isn't mandatory, and our group training, business building websites through our training group are free for the asking)...and because I show others how to run their own businesses, when they sell products, I make a percentage.
I hope this clears things up. I don't have to keep any inventory on hand (I keep very little actually--a couple of salves, a couple of liniments, things that the old folks always call me for). I use a lot of the products myself in my own home--even though it's not required of me to do so. I'd use the products even if I didn't sell them--they're really that good.
Any other questions? E-Mail me!
Watkins--136 years of GREAT products!
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