Keeping Your Team Motivated

A popular question among direct sales representatives is how to motivate your team or downline. Here's a couple of ideas that might lend a helping hand ;-)

Companies often have incentives for reps, but sometimes that isn't
enough. To keep your team motivated, you could do a number of things:

- Hold your own personal incentive for your team
This could be something as simple as a a gift certificate for the one
who sells the most in a month.

- Set up a message board just for your personal team
A great way to keep in contact with everyone. Many wahm boards already
have a section for your company, so if you don't have the time to set
up your own you could use a specific board for your team.

- Send out a monthly newsletter to your team
Keep it personal and let them know how you are doing....motivate them
by explaining some of the ways you have advanced durring the month.

- Contact your downline on a monthly basis
Personally contact everyone and see how they are doing. This is a good
idea even if some in your team are making sales without your help. Just
check in and see if anyone has questions or problems - they may be
afraid to ask for help.

Excerpt from The Direct Sales Success Kit