The Mini Plan for Success - For Consultants with Home Party Plan or Direct Sales Business
Congratulations! You have decided to start your own business as
an Independent Consultant, or as an Independent Representative
for a direct selling company. This is a very exciting time, you have
endless possibilities with income and the future of your business.  
To help you on your way, we have added a mini plan to get you in
the direction you want go.

Why do a mini plan?  A mini plan is like your manual on how to run
the business.  This will be helpful if you get a little off track with
your business. If you are not getting the customers you want and
you start to get discouraged, you go back to the mini plan and go
forward.  If you are getting more customers then you though, and
you are feeling overwhelmed,  check the plan to see where you
wanted the business to go.  

The Mini Plan for Success
(examples are given, please write your own)

About Your Business

What product are you selling?
Kids Products

Who is your target market?
Parents, grandparents, daycares, people with lots of nieces and
nephews.

What is your objective for the business?  
I want to be able to stay home with my kids and earn extra
money.  I want to work full time.

What are your business goals?  List three or more
I want to make $1000 a month
I want to let every know about my business
Host two parties a week.
Handout 50 business cards a month
Handout 20 brochures/catalogs a month.

Now break down your goals, with ways you are going to       
 achieve them.

I want to let every know about my business
- Sending in email to everybody I know, calling my friends and
family with kids, advertising on a few websites where my target
market may go, telling my local paper about my business.
Handout 20 brochures/catalogs a month
- Give them out to my host, give out three at each party, call and
  ask if I can leave a catalog at my doctors office, dentist, hair       
  salon, electrolysis, friends and family who may want to order       
  something or host a party, the bank teller when I open my         
  business account.

Breakdown List

How many days are you going to work?
Five days a week.

How many hours are you going to work a day?
Three hours a day.  One hour while the kids are napping.  Two
when the kids are in bed.
A party.

How can you advertise your business?
Place ads on a few websites like The Shopping Parent
Hand out business cards and catalogs
Place ad in local paper
Go to next week's flea market
My Website

Spending

How much are you going to spend in advertising a month?
$100 for the first month (business cards, web ads, website, ad
local paper)
$40 for the rest of the months.

How much are you going to spend on inventory or products
for showcase per month?
$40


Feel free to add your own questions.  Once you reach your goals,
make new ones.
The Mini Plan for Success
~ Independent Consultant Edition
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Mini Plan for Success

What type of product are you
selling?

Who is your target market?

What is your object for your
business?

What are your business
goals?

What are you going to do to
achieve your goals?

How many days are you
going to work?

How many hours a day are
you going to work?

How are you going to
advertise your business?

How much are you going to
spend per month on
Advertising?

How much are you going to
spend per month on
inventory or products for
show case?
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