Give to Your Customers a Wonderful Ride

[The following is something I wrote for this week's Inner Circle newsletter for our Dolce Mia Designer Reps.]

Hi Reps!

 

I wanted to use my space here to share a terrific Forum post from this week, by Dandrea Margaret. Not only is the content of the post inspiring but it echoes several things [...]

Dear Dolce Mia Rep,

We can all think of things we once set out to accomplish but then lost steam in a few months. And you know you are smart enough, and capable enough to have done them all. Think about if it Would have helped if you had taken a long-term view from the beginning, if you [...]

Dear Dolce Mia Rep,

Is Christmas going to be great for you?

Yes! It is only a question of how good. Most people take time to warm up to a new idea. Think about any of the purchases you made recently. There was probably a process, perhaps lasting several months, in which you soaked up the idea. Maybe [...]

Feeling Low Because a Sale Didn’t Pan Out? Do More Prospecting.

 

The above photo is from a special project we are working on with a high-end retailer in San Francisco. For this client, Dolce Mia’s ability to customize our product, and to deliver outstanding design services (we love you Jenny!) made Dolce Mia the line they were looking for.

Interestingly, this is [...]

Conference Call Recap – Overcoming Objections

Thank you everyone who showed up for the conference call today! I personally value this time with you very much. It’s so nice to hear voices, to put with emails. Someday for all of you Annual Consistency Award reps we’ll have "in-person" to add to this list of ways we connect, at our spring [...]

Should I pay for a booth at a show?

I often get asked by our sales reps, There’s a show I want to do, but the booth is expensive? Does Dolce Mia help with the cost?

As an independent rep, whether or not you do shows like this is your decision, and the booth fee and other costs are your responsibility. Generally, my [...]

Salespeople have Moral Obligations to their Clients not to Make Assumptions

One of our reps asked me the other day,

Are you planning on taking the sulfates out of your Luxe shampoo? My shampoo doesn’t have sulfates in it, and I like it better.

It took me a moment to respond. I had gotten so used to hearing great things about our shampoo, [...]

Gift-giving as a Marketing Tool for Salespeople

Gift-giving as a Marketing Tool for Salespeople

At Dolce Mia, we’ve found that Luxe makes it a lot easier to give gifts to customers, and giving gifts is perhaps the best marketing for our line there is.

Salespeople for other products give gifts too, they’re just not always lucky enough to have the gifts [...]