Every WineShop at Home consultant has at some point had this fear (or at least this worry): “What if I don’t know enough about wine to seem educated when I try to sell it?” It’s a big, scary thing for people. And yeah, wine can be intimidating if you don’t know a lot about it; […]

First of all, yes, “Team Leader Explosion” is really the name of this program. No, I did not come up with that brilliant and inspiring name – and no, we’re not trying to blow up our team leaders. But we are trying to encourage them to explode their business! In a good way! (I’m really […]

Everyone does it. I did you. You did it. Future direct sales consultants will do it. We lie to ourselves about this industry. We delude ourselves into believing things that just simply aren’t true when we start a direct sales business, and in some cases, the consequences can mean that a consultant eventually quits. So, […]

When you disengage from your WineShop at Home business, you might as well tender your resignation. That might sound harsh, but in all the years that I’ve worked as a WineShop at Home consultant, rarely have I seen a consultant wander away and disconnect from his or her customers without totally falling off the wagon […]

To all my WineShop at Home consultants and reps for other direct sales companies, I have an important message to share so please read carefully: you don’t understand how great a free trip is until you’ve taken it. Sure, in theory, you think, “Oh yeah, cool, I won’t have to pay for it, sounds fun…” […]

Imagine how cool it would be to raise money for a cause you support while at the same time giving your WineShop at Home business a huge boost in sales. I’ve done it, and in this post, I’m going to show you how to make your fundraising wine tasting a huge success. Most of us […]

You’d be surprised how many WineShop at Home spouses are prickly about their wives or husbands being a wine consultant.   Sometimes it’s because they want their spouse to be home most weeknights, or they don’t want to be responsible for taking care of the kids while their partner is out doing a wine tasting. […]