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But incorporate it I have, even if I’m not yet sure how to express it. So bear with me…<\/p>\nNot since a high school summer job have I done anything connected to sales, and I hemmed and hawed mightily over how I could incorporate something as new-to-me (that’s a kindly way of saying “alien”) as network marketing or direct sales into my life.<\/p>\n
But incorporate it I have, even if I’m not yet sure how to express it. So bear with me…<\/p>\n
Over the past five+ months, I’ve become a dedicated (and I mean<\/em> dedicated) user of Usana<\/a> products: the Essentials<\/a> (nutritional supplements), the Sens\u00e9<\/a> skin and hair care line, and a variety of the diet and energy<\/a> products. They’re all great – and I’ve benefited a lot from them. I feel better, more energetic, haven’t been sick for yonks (even though I’m around people who are), and look pretty good, too, imnsho. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n Ok, so I’m a fan. I love the products.<\/p>\n But can I sell them? Can I reach people who want to sell them?<\/p>\n The DNA of network marketing is that you “clone” yourself: you find other people who want to sell the product, too. Instead of opening bricks-and-mortar stores, you and your friends and like-minded allies are the sales force. Can I clone myself?<\/p>\n It’s a system that does work – if you can do it. Frankly, I’m still figuring it out. And keep in mind that I’m simultaneously trying to re-style my intellectual thinking cap, too …while popping those amazing supplements, of course! Meanwhile, at the back of my head there’s my inner Adorno, the \u00fcber-critic bemoaning my capitulation to sales and capitalism. Like, this is news that I’m a capitalist? No, of course not. But inner voices are funny that way.<\/p>\n Here in Victoria we have a fab team of people who use and sell the Usana<\/a> line. It’s really a team-like, cooperative effort, and we host monthly events (the lunchtime “Lunch & Learn” and the\u00a0 “spa” evenings). This month, heading into the new year, we’re doing a Reset Challenge<\/strong>. The team put together a great information flyer<\/a> (PDF), and I wrote a little blurb about it on my other site<\/a> (the one that has been “under construction” for months and months – I plan to change that this year, promise).<\/p>\n