Let’s face it: even though being a WineShop at Home consultant is pretty much the best job that has ever existed (hello, incentive trips? Getting to drink wine with your friends? Setting your own hours? Yeah… you know what I’m talking about) there will still be crappy days.
Hey, I’m just being real. Show me a job that doesn’t occasionally feel challenging and I’ll show you the scam of the century.
Fortunately, when you’re a consultant for WineShop at Home, there’s always a smooth glass of vino waiting for you at the end of the day. As consultants, we become experts at wine pairings … and this week, I’m taking that expertise a step further.
Ladies and Gents, I present to you the Top 6 Wines to Pair with a Crappy Direct Selling Day.
Pair a Day of Phone Calls with Screw Top Table Wine
Ahem… they don’t call it “liquid courage” for nothing! Our Table Wines are not only de-licious, they also have a special feature that any hard-working consultant can appreciate.
They come with a screw top.
That’s right – when your hands start shaking as you peruse your list of prospects that you have to call, a corkscrew may feel just a bit too dangerous to operate. Thank God for the screw cap and glug, glug! Those calls will go by quicker than you ever expected.
Pair a Last Minute Cancellation with Wine Club
You were so looking forward to that party tonight. You know, the one where all the girls are getting together and you were pretty certain you’d sell a bundle and recruit at least one eager wine consultant. You hired a sitter, you took a shower and you even did your hair.
And then they cancelled two hours beforehand.
Nothing stinks quite like a party getting cancelled at the last minute but those last minute emergencies are exactly why God invented Wine Club. So you already scheduled a sitter, great! Now’s the time to let her do her thing while you crack open a bottle of our famous NAME OF WINE CLUB WINE and turn those sour grapes into a party with your neighbor friends or your sweetheart (who knows? You may even spontaneously score that new recruit!).
Pair a Lost Prospect with Fleur Blue Chardonnay
Oh boy, this one’s a doozy when it happens. You’re nurturing a new recruit – a real go-getter on your team who’s gung-ho about making it to her next promotion – when she suddenly declares that she’s pregnant and quitting . Ouch!
This situation really stings, because as a mother myself, I know what a tremendous benefit WineShop at Home can be to budding families. But ultimately, we can’t control other people… we can only control ourselves.
Show some self-control with a bottle of Fleur Blue Chardonnay and you’ll feel immensely more compassionate for yourself. I promise.
Pair Crazy Children with our Petit Cadeau Semi-Seco
When you’re desperately fighting the clock to get to a tasting only to realize that you’re missing half your items, the toddler is clinging to your left leg and the baby just spit up on your favorite shirt… well, if you manage to make it out the front door, you deserve a little treat.
Petit Cadeau Semi-Secco is the perfect wine for this situation. A little bit of bubbly when you make it home to mark your achievement goes a long way! Not only did you make it out of the house, but hey, your kids are still alive! And you know I love it with popcorn!
Pair a Team Member Loss with a Deep Red
Almost nothing stings more than when you’ve pinpointed someone who would be great for your team but before you reached out to her, you find out she joined another direct sales company.
That is not fun.
The pain of losing a potential teammate can be softened with a deep red, and I’m partial to our new Fleur Bleu Seven Petals Blend. This situation calls for some big girl panties and big girl panties call for some big girl wine. Sit back, savor and think about what you might do differently next time.
Pair a Dollar Short with a High-End Wine
There have been times when I or one of my team members thought they had snagged the incentive trip or earned Mag Seven only to find out, when the final numbers come in, that they were short by some stupidly small amount of money.
Like, $0.50.
When you didn’t make the cut by such a ridiculously small amount of money (maybe a check got lost in the mail!), there’s no time like the present to crack open an extra-special bottle of high-end wine. Artisan 5 is the only cure for a situation like this, my friend.
Whether you’re already a WineShop consultant and you’re purchasing from yourself or you’re involved in another direct sales company, please remember to support your local direct seller and buy from WineShop at Home!
And if you’d like to chat with me one-on-one about opening your own WineShop at home business, click HERE. I can’t wait to see where this incredible business takes you!