So you want to really succeed at this business?  A lot of people say they want success but they really don't want to put in the work necessary.  And it is work but it is SO rewarding.   Here's some tips that were taught to me a long time ago and I was reminded of them by a recent acquaintance at a vendor fair who leads a team of people in another direct sales company.

Celebration in Dallas

Team Time with fellow directors in Dallas

1.  Ask yourself - Would you be super excited if you sponsored/recruited YOU!? (Determine what qualities you are looking for in a Business Partner, then work on being that Person)!   Or would you want to be YOUR client?   Why would you want to be your client?   Do you take care of your clients and offer great customer service?
 2.Become a true Student of BeautiControl (This path has been walked by many, let’s learn what holes to skip over).
 3.Immerse yourself in an environment in which you are constantly learning from leaders who have walked this walk before. (Repetition truly is the Mother of Skill)! Get on conference calls, watch webinars, turn your car into a learning library.
 4.Embark on a continual personal-growth journey (How many times were we uncomfortable this past week? That’s a clue. Remember, we only grow when we’re uncomfortable. That’s means we’re pushing the cocoon more and more, until we build up the strength to break out and fly.)
 5.Work consistently on your communication & listening skills…and…Pass them along! (This is the most rewarding investment we can make in ourselves!! And the only pathway to real mastery is through real experience and getting into all out action!)

I love this business.  It has taught me a lot and rewarded me a hundredfold.
Speaking of learning - here's a great call that will help you with verbiage on how to recruit using our $50 SPA ON THE SPOT kit.  http://recordings.freeconferencecalling.com/mp3/960002/732174/MN2124_10232012190037268_1051527.mp3   

TEAM NEWS FROM SEPTEMBER

  Some of you have probably tried to get into our www.wiemanndreamteam.com website the past few months and not been able to find it.   After looking at the number of hits, and the amount of time it takes to keep a website update I decided to discontinue our site.   I will be using this blog instead for updates and when I finally figure out WORDPRESS we'll be able to share files.  Another reason is that there are some AMAZING team websites from some national directors that you can find the same, if not better info on.  Please mark these websites as favorites for finding great photos and information like "How to do a Vendor Fair", How to do alternative spas like detox and sculpt spas, and so much more.
www.spacinations.com (Rachael Streif)
www.teamostwinkle.com (Saralyn Ostwinkle)
www.hermannunit.com (Lisa Hermann)
www.spafairies.com (Michelle Jones)  username: sailaway; password: sailaway

Our Celiac Conference table

SPEAKING OF VENDOR FAIRS!!!!  It is the season for vendor and craft fairs.  I'd never spend more than $50 for a fair, and they're fun to do with another consultant--simply split the price, split the leads, split the sales.   All of the sites above give some great tips for vendor fairs and I wanted to share with you a couple of photos from my most recent one that Carolyn DeHoogh and I did together.  It yielded $394 in sales and several appointments we'll be holding over the next month. This was a selling event--you have to determine if you're going to sell or if it's more of an obtaining leads event.  People who came here were specifically looking for gluten-free items to take home; but we also (and we ALWAYS) had a drawing to get names to add to our mailing lists and to call for follow-up spa appointments.  You may notice an awesome poster - it's a poster I have that shows before/after photos you are always welcome to borrow when not in use as I have two!!   Check your local newspaper, talk to friends and other direct-sales consultants and google or do a search on Craigs List for local craft fairs if you want to exhibit this fall.   You'll reap some great new leads. 
OUR TEAM MADE MONTH #1 MERCEDES TOTALS FOR AUGUST BUT HAD A MISS FOR SEPTEMBER - sad face.   This month our team needs to sell $33,354 which is going to be a huge stretch but if we can some new team members and we start selling and recruiting again it can happen!!!  I'd love to earn this fantastic Mercedes and trust me, if I do each of you can have a ride and drive it! 

SEPTEMBER RECOGNITION
TOP FIVE SELLERS - CONGRATS TO EACH OF YOU!!!!
Merrilee Hartzer $1527
Carolyn DeHoogh $1131
Dolores Angerer $1081
Eileen VanKooten Schmitt $1063
Debbie Longseth $1026

NEW TEAM MEMBERS
Elise James & Betty Blume - Recruited by Carolyn DeHoogh
Libby Pappas - Recruited by Julie Wiemann

GO EXTREME

  I get SO excited when we come out with fabulous new products that really make a difference in our skin.  I've loved the new BC Spa Facial products since we came out with them.  The ultimate compliment that I know our products are working is when women question me about my age.   The older I get the more skincare I sell which is so fun!  Women want to look beautiful!!  Don't be afraid to introduce them to your products when you receive a compliment about your skin and/or makeup.

  The new TFF Extreme is absolutely unreal.  Look at this picture of my friend Carolyn.  Compare the right side of her face with the left side of her face---look at how one side has more lines around her eyes and how one cheek is more lifted.  Pay attention to the line along the side of her nose/mouth.
  To learn more about this new product click here--you don't have to watch the whole thing but watch the first 15 minutes:






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  Ladies, if you're not using our skincare and anti-aging products and going elsewhere to buy them you are using a lesser quality product.  And I've used our makeup for 22 years as well.  It's phenomenal.  
  What fun I have sharing our products with women.  Women love to look beautiful, and when I sit down with someone and help them look and feel great it makes me happy to see them feel good about themselves.  
  As we were reminded by Tupperware CEO Rick Goings in Dallas last week, being involved in direct sales is a Personal Development course.  On days when I don't feel like doing a spa I remember what it feels like to make someone feel good for just a little while.  Always I leave feeling better about myself and SO GRATEFUL that I could love on someone for awhile.   Order EXTREME TFF #18089 from BeautiControl.  You'll be so glad you did!

WHO HAS INFLUENCED YOUR LIFE?

Celebrating BC Color - and fun team time!

  This fall I'm looking forward to helping other women learn what it's like to be a BC Spa Girl, and I can't wait.  Living in this great country gives us SO many opportunities, sometimes almost too many, and I think we often want things to happen easily and not have to work for them.  I grew up on a farm, so I knew what it was like to work hard.   I helped with chores on the farm, fed the summer field help while my mom was at work, babysat to make money, and had to buy my own clothes and pay for all my own school activities because depending on the year and if farming was down or up my family didn't have a lot of money.
  That's one of the things I love about BeautiControl - it's continued to show me the rewards of working hard, the self-satisfaction of a job well done, and the blessing of showing many, many others the same.  Who would have thought that I'd still be doing it 21 years later.  I've had other opportunities, and haven't always had this as my full-time job but I guess I've learned that I've become a role model for many through my leadership role with BC.   I've had lots of role models in my life too - some personally and some simply through reading their books and learning from their lives.
   We had the wonderful opportunity recently to listen to the family of Coach Ed Thomas (the Parkersburg, Iowa coach who was shot and killed in May of 2009).  A new book called "Sacred Acre" tells the story of this remarkable man and how his attitude and his integrity made such a difference in the town's recovery from a devastating E5 tornado in 2008; and how his family was influenced by Ed's faith and leadership during his too-short life. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a38WDMjtIsA.  Ed believed that his life was not just about teaching kids football; but it was about teaching them how to do life.  I'd encourage you to read the book- it's excellent!
  This is what I believe about BeautiControl.  I don't look at myself as just a woman doing spas to make money.  I look at "doing spas" as an opportunity to build relationships and influence both my clients and my team members by the life I lead.  It's a beautiful gift I've been given, and it's so rewarding when I see others on my team do their businesses in the same way.   It's a trickle-down effect; one that I feel very called to do. I had the fun opportunity to be filmed by BeautiControl this past summer.  Four hours of videotaping and this was the output--very fun to share with you!   http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=125450050881413
  Will you join me this fall in making a difference in others' lives.  Yea, we can make a difference by helping women feel better about their skin and makeup - love that too!  But more importantly when you use the platform BeautiControl has given us to help you be all that God wants you to be and to help others be all they are to be it just doesn't get any better than that! 

Oprah's Influence Will Continue to Inspire

   I have never spent a whole lot of time watching Oprah.  In fact, quite honestly, I've never really understood the whole Oprah craze.  However, I do know that I really wanted to watch her final 3 shows and so thanks to my new DVR I was able to record to watch later. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oprahs-last-show-delivers-highest-192626

   Never before have I taken notes when I watched a talk show.   But I did on Wednesday night.   And her words were inspiring and in direct relationship with why I do what I do.  Because what I heard her say was things like "you are directly responsible for your life" and "you need to discover your calling and get to the business of doing it" and "what is God whispering to you?" and "live out of the heart of yourself".  Now maybe her writers wrote these things, but I would venture to guess that on this her last show she did truly speak from her heart.   And as I told my husband, no, I am not putting her on a pedestal nor am I idolizing her, what I am doing is acknowledging her and appreciative for the many lives that she did inspire to be better men, women, and children and to influence others.  

   I have believed that in myself for years.  Through the platform of BeautiControl that I was presented nearly 21 years ago, as well as the church our family helped plant 13 years ago I am grateful that I've been able to become a woman of influence.  God called me out and I've taken what I do daily very seriously.  Whether it's teaching my children (who are now grown), or  teaching women how to spa and how to become self-employed and to believe in themselves, or showing women how to take care of themselves what I do is SO MUCH MORE than sell skincare and makeup.  What I always do is try to get into their lives a bit.  Sometimes I'm able to do that more than others.  Many women have walls; many women come to a party simply thinking that the consultant is just trying to sell them something.  Many women start this business and very quickly decide they don't want to work that hard and that they want it to come easily.  The same thing happens in bible studies and womens' groups.   Some decide to take the journey for the long haul; others throw in the towel quickly and go back to old ways and old habits and old narratives.  I'm always disappointed for them on what they may miss out on but such is life whether parenting, being a wife, or being a business owner.  That's where prayer and faith come into play as well because I am not the one to control (even though heaven knows I've certainly tried to do that way too many times).   Your will be done.........
   Thank you Oprah for inspiring me today.   Thank you for your words in sharing your faith in God/Jesus and thank you God for using some of the things she said on her last show to move me to some new action today because I realized that I had recently been waiting for someone to fix or change a current situation I'm dealing with and her words encouraged me to move forward instead of sitting in the state of inactivity and blame.
   May God bless you in your new endeavors Oprah.  You are a woman of influence.

What a Powerful Why Can Do

   21 years ago when I started as a direct sales consultant with BeautiControl I had a big dream.  My dream was to quit my job to stay home with our two children.  At that time my husband was working as a construction worker, probably making about $6/hour.  We had a stack of medical bills, a daughter with juvenile diabetes that required a lot of monthly medical expense, and no money in savings.   But I kept dreaming, and I never gave up.

   Now after all these years I get to sow into women of all ages who still have big dreams.  And it excites me to help women set their goals and then go for them.  For some it's an extra $50 a month; for others it's much more.  My dreams have changed considerably.  I still desire to stay home, but now our beautiful home that we built four years ago is my "WHY".   We're creating a backyard oasis, and if it weren't for BC, this project would definitely not be possible.  Knowing that we still have a bridge to build, plants to plant, and lots of fun other house projects keeps me motivated and gives me a reason to get on the phone scheduling spas, working with team members and taking reorders.   
   What is your why?   Do you have a clear vision on what you plan on doing with your spa money?  Maybe it's to pay for college, or to make a car payment, or a mortgage payment, or to pay medical bills.  Or maybe it's to have girlfriend time away from home.  Whatever the reason, don't give up on the dream.  With hard work, persistence, and with God's will great things can happen to you too!

Life is never dull

   Life is never dull if you are interacting with people.   Doesn't matter if it's men or women--we are all uniquely created and the reality is, most of us like to believe that we're right and that we have it all together.   Truth be told, do we??  I certainly don't.
   The older I get the more time I spend trying to live less and less out of my own selfish wants and desires and more into realizing that it really isn't about me.  I was reminded of this again this morning when a young woman called me regarding a relationship issue with another woman.   Her point was that she often feels invisible around people--that she feels like she always has to be the person to reach out and say "hi" or "how are things going with you" or "how would you like to go have lunch".  That she can be kind to someone and then the next time she's around them she feels like she's totally invisible because they won't even acknowledge her presence.  And so of course then the self-pity comes into play of wondering why you even try anyway!
   There are a lot of people who treat me that way too, and when I was younger it bugged me to no end.   But the older I get, and probably the more I've been in the sales field and really studied and led bible studies, I realize that it is I who must reach out.  It is I who must be the first to say hi or introduce myself or shake a hand or give a hug.   And I will do it whether I feel like it or not and whether or not someone will be kind to me in return.  Sometimes there is reciprication and sometimes there isn't.  My husband and I regularly invite guests to our home for dinner, for games, for multiple activities. It is rare that we are invited to someone's home and then I find myself thinking "nobody likes me...what's with that?!?!?  Self pity sets in very easily.
  I was listening to a woman by the name of Julieanne Jones talk about direct sales and how to make home parties fun.   I loved what she said..."change your focus. You are not there for yourself.  It's not all about you!!!  It's about them."   How many years did I go into a party thinking "I need XX in sales" or "I want a recruit" or "I need some bookings".   And her words were a gentle reminder to me once again that you know what "life in general really isn't about me" so I need to get over myself and continue to be kind and loving and caring and hospitable.  Nope, that doesn't mean getting walked all over...because I certainly do have boundaries, but this business has taught me so much about consistently being a sower into others' lives.   The reaping....well, it never ends.