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I was on a conference call tonight with my good friend Elizabeth Marshall (she is so wise and wonderful - just love her!)

Elizabeth was talking about a book she just read and how that applied to direct selling.

The book is called, “It’s Not About the Coffee: Leadership Principles from a Life at Starbucks” by Howard Behar

Starbucks has truly become a leader in the industry by realizing that they are not in the coffee business at all. It’s not about selling coffee , but about building relationships and working with people.

While there is coffee to be made and lattes to be served, anytime their employees think more about the coffee then the people they are serving, they are pulling away from the mission.

It’s really about….. Making a difference. Building relationships. Making connections.

Here are the key principles the book discusses. Think about how they relate to you in your direct selling business.

1) Wear one hat - know who you are. Clarity and integrity. Where do you want to go. What do you offer. What do you stand for. Find the one hat and be true to it.

2) Know why you are here. Do things because they are right, not because of what others will think. Too often we focus on the tactics and techniques rather then developing relationships with people in business.

3) Importance of thinking independently. How can we help people choose the right way to use their product in a way that will grow their specific business.
Focus on outcomes and the reason’s behind them.

4) Build trust and care like you mean it. People can sense your authenticity. Care about them from the heart first, business second.

5) Listen for the truth. Keep commmunication lines open. Listen in a way that you can uncover real problems and not symptoms

6) Be accountable and practice radical transparency.

7) Think like a person of action and act like a person of thought. Starbucks has had a lot of new drinks. Despite market testing, they found out new drink was good as a sample, but too rich for a full sized drink. Can you listen and take advice to find new innovate ways that better serve the client.

As we face challenges, stick to your principles. As you hit the wall, hold onto what your values are - what you feel is right. That will ground and guide you during the tough times.

9) Importance of leadership and daring to dream. Be bold. Help others be the leaders they were meant to be. Empower others. Lead by example.

I’m definitely going to grab a copy at Amazon. Thanks Liz for the great book recommendation. You rock my dear!

Kristie T

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I’d love to introduce you to someone I really admire and respect…. and that is my friend Jordan Adler. He just turned 50 years old (can you believe it? that’s him in the chair on the beach on the cover — he looks so YOUNG!).

And on Jordan’s birthday he is giving US a gift. Jordan just released a cool book called “Beach Money Creating your Dream Life Through Network Marketing.” In this book, Jordan Adler tells us exactly what he has done to create a million dollar success story in network marketing. And let me tell you, Jordan is awesome at breaking down his system into a blueprint that anyone can follow.

Using the strategies in this book, you’ll learn how to create a cash machine from your direct selling business so you can enjoy the lifestyle you’ve always dreamed of.

Jordan is the real deal. I am 1000% a fan. Using his strategies, I have become one of the top 50 reps nationally for the direct sales company I work with. And I’m going on a Bahama cruise this weekend with Jordan Adler, and my other friends from this awesome organization.

Now here’s the really cool part. Jordan isn’t keeping a single penny of what he is making from the sale of the book. He is donating 100% of the book proceeds to charity. Isn’t that amazing? That’s the kind of guy Jordan is. He is smart, authentic, and a really generous individual — the kind I am proud to call my friend.

Pick up a copy today of Beach Money Creating your Dream Life Through Network Marketing here at www.beachmoney.com/

I hope you’ll enjoy this book as much as I do. I’ll share pictures from my Bahama’s cruise next week on the blog.

Wishing you blessings and outrageous success.

Kristie T

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Have you ever dreamed of being on the cover of a major magazine? Well now you can! MagMyPic.com is the coolest tool. Just upload a picture and instantly create your own magazine cover. Man is this fun. There’s another site that does this too FakeMagazineCover.com These sites make it fast easy and fun to create your own magazine cover. You’ll have a blast!

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Hey, if you are a direct selling mom, I have something totally awesome to share with you. The first annual Party with your Kids week is coming Oct 20-27 - hosted bye the Direct Selling Women’s Alliance.

And you get something free too just for participating. It’s called the Family Business Tool Kit! Click here on the link to check out the Party With Your Kids Week website.

This special holiday honors that fact that owning a home-based business is one of the most powerful ways to teach our children important life skills while bringing the family together. It’s a celebration of the freedom, independence and opportunities for personal growth that a home-based business offers.

Party With Your Kids Week is sponsored by the Direct Selling Women’s Alliance who has put together an awesome collection of bonuses, some of which are listed below:

- Inspiring tele-classes on turning your home-based business into a “family business”
- Family-focused articles on balancing family and business with ease
- Seek & Find games and crosswords for kids as well as teens
- Family Goal Poster Night instructions for an evening of family fun and dreaming
- Articles from top leaders on how to engage your kids in your business
- A drawing contest for kids
- A photo gallery where you can share a photo of your child helping you in your business
- Helpful Tips for running a home-based office with kids and Much, Much More!

Don’t wait! Click on the link to join in on the Party With Your Kids Week festivities and get f-r-e-e instant access to these fun bonuses! You don’t have to wait until the week of October 20th to start celebrating!

What a neat idea and a way to share with our kids what running a direct selling business is all about.

Hope you’ll celebrate with me!

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Ladies, if you want to seriously jumpstart your direct selling business, you’ll want to check this out.

Profit, Purpose and Beyond is a virtual event for direct selling moms that kicks off Sept 12 featuring 9 weeks of calls with top direct selling experts.

Never before has such an incredible line up of speakers been assembled for a direct selling event like this. Imagine being able to listen in right from your living room as top gurus reveal what it takes to have BIG success in the direct selling business.

You would pay $1000-$2000 a ticket to see any one of these experts in person, but at this event, you’ll get to hear them all — right from the comfort of your living room on our special event phone line.

You’ll get to hear top success experts like:
• Tom Barrett, author of Dare to Dream, Work to Win
• Les Brown, author of Live Your Dreams and world renowned motivational speaker
• Kim Fulcher, President, Life Compass Coaching
• Les Hewitt, co-author of The Power of Focus
• Cynthia Kersey, President, Unstoppable Enterprises and author of Unstoppable
• Kristie T., Creator of Webmomz, Author of I Love My Life, Marketer Extraordinaire
• Michael Port, author of Book Yourself Solid
• ….and One TBA speaker who is so super-busy that we are still working out the details

Is that lineup awesome or what?

I have arranged a special discount just for my Webmomz members of $100 off the price of admission for the next 24 hours only. This special pricing is not published anywhere else, is only available to Webmomz members, and will not be repeated.

Space is limited to 500 participants
Special Offer ends Midnight Thursday, August 9th.

So if you are even THINKING you might want to attend, I would grab your ticket now.

Grab Your Event Ticket and Save $100 Now with your Special Webmomz Discount Here

I look forward to seeing you there at the event!

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Attention Direct Selling Moms - If you want to take your direct selling business to the next level, you’ll want to check this out…

Grab a copy of the book, “More Build it Big: 101 Insider Secrets from Top Direct Selling Experts” (with contributing author, Kristie Tamsevicius of Webmomz.com) and you can grab $500 in bonus gifts!

The straightforward advice, cutting-edge insights and innovative business practices will help novices or experts set goals, fire up teams and boost revenues in direct selling.

It includes 101 insights on how to make it big with your direct selling business.

If you own a direct selling business this book is for you! From how to fill your calendar with appointments to mastering the art of running your business from home, this book brings you never-before revealed strategies and tips on how to take your business from zero to warp speed with limited finances and a part-time effort. Imagine being mentored by the most successful leaders who have walked the path and are living the dream – that’s what you will find in this book.

Learn to:

· Ignite your business by building stronger relationships
· Schedule more business and get greater results in less time
· Organize your office and get control of your finances
· Integrate your home life and business with ease
· Avoid the common pitfalls of working from home

By ordering More Build it Big, you will not only learn insider secrets from industry leaders- for just $12.95; you will also receive over $500 in bonus gifts!

These bonus gifts are yours…but this is a limited offer – so don’t miss out if you’re interested.

Here is just a sample of what you’ll enjoy…
* Success-enhancing audio MP3 programs on growing your business;
* E-courses that will greatly impact your success;
* Money-saving coupons
* A library of e-books, manuals and resources from the most respected experts in the direct selling profession.

If you want to take your direct selling business to the next level, you’ll want to check this out…

CLICK HERE TO BUILD IT BIG AND GET $500 in BONUSES FREE!

Kristie T

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We had a great call with Senior Executive Demarr Zimmerman from Send Out Cards. During the call Demarr shared some reasons why Send Out Cards is an easy way for moms to make money. You don’t have to by inventory. You don’t have to process payments and do bookkeeping. You get weekly paychecks. You can earn money without leaving your house (even while on vacation *grin*). It’s a product that is great for business and personal use. And for those who put 1 hour a day and use Demarr’s 123 sales technique, you can earn an income in 1 hour a day.

Listen as Demarr explains what Send Out Cards is, how it was started, and why it’s a great money making opportunity for moms.

You can listen to this free information about the Send Out Cards business opportunity recording here:

And we have a special deal that anyone who decides to personally work with Kristie T on her Send Out Cards team and signs by 5 pm Thursday, July 25 will receive over $2000 in incredible bonus items (stuff so juicy I can’t even MENTION it by name).

To start earning money sending cards as a member of Kristie T’s team, just go to SendOutCards.com, Click Join and enter this code 20706.

Go to SendOutCards.com
Click on Join
For User ID put 20706
Then hit Submit
Choose the $398 Entrepreneur Package
with the $31 Autoorder - you need to be on this package to earn commissions and be “active”

Add some postage into your Expense Account - $10-$25 is good to start
Enter your contact information
Choose a password

The $35 Automatic Renewal Program needs to be checked. That’s a $35 annual fee for your mini website that helps you track your sales, customers, and team members.

Leave the Distributor Only options BLANK - don’t check them.
Click “I Agree”

Click Continue
Enter your payment information
Submit Payment

That’s it - you are a team member
Write down your Distributor ID and the Password you chose.

Thanks!

Kristie T
Webmomz.com

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I hope you’ll join me for an exciting event called Profit, Purpose and Beyond coming up this September.

It’s a one of a kind event for direct selling leaders who want to go to the next level.

I will be joining eight other nationally- and internationally-known business leaders, coaches and luminaries about what direct sales moms need to know to create more freedom, more time and more money.

The best part is it’s a virtual event that you can attend right from your home office that’s happening on Sept 12 – Nov. 5, 2007 .

Did you know that direct sales (also called network marketing or multi-level marketing) is a $30.47 Billion a year industry. And yet many direct sellers struggle to make a full-time income.

That’s why business coach Sarah Robinson has put together this lineup of speakers to share their innovative strategies for business and life success in direct selling.

The lineup of speakers includes:
- T. Harv Eker, author of Secrets of the Millionaire Mind and lasts for 9 nine weeks.
- Tom Barrett , author of Dare to Dream, Work to Win
- Les Brown , author of Live Your Dreams and is a world renowned motivational speaker
- Kim Fulcher , President, Life Compass Coaching
- Les Hewitt , co-author of The Power of Focus
- Cynthia Kersey , President, Unstoppable Enterprises and author of Unstoppable
- Kristie T., Creator of Webmomz, Author of I Love My Life, Marketer Extraordinaire
- Michael Port, author of Book Yourself Solid
- ….and One TBA speaker who is so super-busy that we are still working out the details

Sarah Robinson of Hot Pink Success is coordinating this event. She says that direct sellers “want strategies and blueprints that they can apply immediately to start working smarter rather than harder. They also want to learn from experts who understand the specific needs of a direct selling leader. Profit, Purpose and Beyond delivers all of this and so much more. And the best part is, direct selling leaders can access it from anywhere in the world without costly travel expenses. All they need is their telephone.”

Space is limited to 500 participants. For details go to http://www.webmomz.com/profitpurpose.htm .

Don’t miss this incredible event for direct sellers. Hope to see you there!

Kristie T

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As you know, Webmomz is a big fan of the Direct Selling Women’s Alliance and all they do to support irect sales moms. Well, they have a great event coming up for direct sellers that you’ll definately want to know about. This even can esily double and even triple your business.

It’s called the DSWA Education Celebration on April 20-22, 2007 in Los Angeles.
You won’t believe the amazing line up of trainers they have for this event.

Look at the list of topics to explode your direct selling business:- how to book more shows
- starting your millionaire mind makeover
- building your wealth
- creating sucessful home parties
- mastering your phone skills
- using a power hour to skyrocket your success
- inspire others as a leader
- prospecting with power

You can click hear to listen to a short audio by Les Brown about what you’ll find a tthe Education Celebration Event.
Click here to be inspired by Les Brown:

You can see for yourself the awesome direct selling speakers they have lined up:

Or if you’d like to go, you can reserve your spot here at the DSWA Education Celebration - but hurry this event is coming up FAST!

This awesome event is coordinated by the divas of direct selling - Jane, Nicki and Grace at the Direct Selling Women’s Alliance - www.dswa.org

Are any of you planning on attending?

Kristie T

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If you are a direct selling mom or network marketer, you’ll want to listen grab the free download of this call with direct selling expert Jane Dueber of the Direct Selling Women’s Alliance. In this free call, she shares how direct sales moms find themselves as accidental leaders with a volunteer army when they become team leaders.

Listen to this free call as Jane shares how direct selling directors can:

- Open up to more good things in your business by letting go of the fear that you cannot manage a large, thriving team.
- Discover a surprisingly simple model for understanding your role as leader.
- Use this model to discover your strengths as a leader and then learn to build your business around them.
- Begin the personal journey of becoming an empowered leader who succeeds by leading others to their dreams.

So, listen now to this free call about direct selling leadership.

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