Well, it happened. One of those direct marketing opportunities finally roped me in persuaded me to join. Over the last few years, people have urged me to be a consultant for the following products: Mary Kay, Pampered Chef, Tupperware, Tastefully Simple, Premiere Jewelry, some other sort of jewelry, some sort of candles, Passion Parties, and now Discovery Toys. I finally caved.
I got the usual schpeel about how much money you can make, but the big clincher on this one is that I finally found products that I believe in enough to sell. I know you can make a lot of money selling this stuff. The lady on the instructional video says so! But I am not going to sell a box of beer bread mix for $8, when I can buy flour, sugar and beer and make 20 loaves for $5. I mean, come on! (If you sell Tastefully Simple products, please ignore this reference.)
If you live near me, I am now the semi-annoying woman Discovery Toys Educational Consultant who will hit you up to have a party. Unless you are my really close friends. My close friends know that I have already scheduled their parties for them.
Seriously, I love to have those damn parties. Some people really despise them, but I love them. Why? Because I love party food. I am a foodie! I love going to these things and finding snacky, munchy dips and crackers and little desserty food. It is heaven. That may be one of the secret reasons I joined. Just don’t tell my husband that.
If you don’t live near me, you can shop on my Web site 24/7. I’m sure that’s where all my dear readers will do their Christmas shopping, right? www.discoverytoyslink.com/neila. The fun Discovery Toys logo at the right is also a link to my site.
So, cross your fingers for me. I am hoping this little venture goes well. I’ve always been curious to see if I can make enough money at a direct marketing job to pay off a credit card. That is my goal! I’m a little concerned that the fact that I hate speaking in front of people might make this a little difficult. But I look at it as facing my fear! And hopefully, most party goers will have the sense enough to serve wine.
Most importantly, there is a huge benefit for my blog readers. Think of the kick-ass stories I am going to have meeting new people. I know there are tons of freaky, nutty whackadoos out there. Hopefully, they will want to have Discovery Toys parties. And I will blog about them. Woo hoo!
To see the salesy side of my Discovery Toys schpeel, you can visit my Money Making Planet blog. (BTW, is schpeel actually a word? If not, I have just proclaimed it as a word. Please try to use it at least five times today.)
Monday, September 25, 2006
Discovery Toys
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8 comments:
I'm so excited you're selling Discovery Toys. I love to get the kiddos in my life (friends kids) educational and fun toys. I'll definitely be doing my Christmas shopping for them on your website! :)
Cool! I was thinking of doing that with a sex toy company. But kids toys are probably a lot different. Best of luck! ;-)
Julie: ya think?!?!?
Neila: cool venture -- I checked out the link, but didn't get too deep into it yet. Question: if I order online, can your company ship the products to Canada, or do I need to have them shipped to me (in the US) and then I ship them. {My nephews live in Canada!}
Just let me know. Have fun!
Julie - I almost did the sex toys, too!! They were Passion products. Is that the same thing you were going to do? I ended up not doing it because you had to spend way too much money to get started (like $500 - $1000). With Discovery Toys, you only had to spend $99 on the starter kit. That is much more my speed!
Morgen - I know you can place an order and have it shipped to a different address in the US, but I am not sure about Canada. I will check into that and let you know for sure!!
hmm isnt spiel??
and I would have been much happier with pampered chef personally, but im not a mommy.
I am a Passion Consultant and you can get started for as little as $100, $250 or $450
I have been with PP for almost 4 years now and it has been amazing!
I know this blog is older...lol...but it caught my eye! ;o)
Feel free to contact me if you'd like more info...or just wanna chat!
Val ~Your Passion Diva
http://www.DivaVal.com
541/915.5532
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