Watkins Products.

I don’t normally post much on this blog about Watkins or it’s products, I do that on “Watkins Ramblings“, but I thought I’d bring the business and products out here as well again. (I’ve done it before, most recently here, but will try not to do it too often… )

Watkins is a 141+ year old company that has great “Green” products for home and personal care, and some of the best spices and flavorings you will ever find. Once you buy any of these products, you will never go back to store bought products!

Now, comes the good part, for a fee of $39.95/year, you can become an Associate and receive a 25% discount on all products you buy for yourself, and you receive at least a 25% commission on any products you sell. You can sell in person, over the Internet, by mail, etc. There is no need to buy products and store them in your already full garage. You take your orders, send the order in and three to seven days later the products are either delivered to you, or if you want, directly to your client/customer.

As you get clients that like to buy a lot of products each month, you talk to them about becoming an Associate themselves, giving them a 25% discount on the products from what they were paying you for them, and they begin saving. At the same time, you receive from 1% to 15% commission on their use and sales of product, provided you are still using or selling the products yourself. (There is no commission just for having a person sign up. Both you and the new Associate need to buy or sell product to earn a commission!)

You can also go straight to a person and share the business concept with that person and have them start out as an Associate. The same principles work here.

Now, the secret, and it’s not a secret, but that is what draws people in right?, is to USE THE PRODUCTS yourself. One, the products are great. The food products taste good, and are of the highest quality and of the best production. The household products are made to Green standards, are all natural and will not cause health issues to the users, or kill pets, etc. The personal care products are great as well. (I know, I may be prejudice, as I’m a Watkins Associate, but it was the products that sold me on it, and caused me to join over 8 years ago.)

Now, I know I’m going to get the nay sayers who are going to say that this business is nothing but a Pyramid Scheme. First off, all business are pyramids in pay structure for the most part. The person at the top makes more money than the person directly below them, and they make more money than the person directly below them, all the way down to the bottom person in the company. In Watkins, you can be “under” someone and make more money than them, by building your client base and selling more product and/or by building your “sales/use” team bigger than that person above you, making you more money than they make. And you don’t make money on the person joining. ONLY when they buy (or sell) product is there any upward commission.

This is not a get rich quick scheme either. It will take you from three to ten years to make a strong business of it, based on a 5 to 20 hour work week. Meaning, you work the business for 5 to 20 hours a week talking to people, and sharing the products. It can be done quicker if you work more. (But in today’s world, who can always put more time in a “side job”?) The first key to this business is to use the products yourself. If you do this, first you get great products that do a great job, and you get your volume in. (If you use the supplements, house cleaning products, and/or personal care products on a daily/monthly basis, you will reach your needed volume without any sales, to earn commission on those you bring into the business. Sales brings you added volume and revenue, so never overlook a sales opportunity!)

Like any business, this business requires money. But not alot. You can start out by buying products you normally buy from the local store from yourself. You can advertise for free through blogs, free websites (and, if you join under me, you are giving, at no cost to you, access to some great marketing tools such as this which help you get leads), letters and emails to associates, etc. You can always purchase leads through various sources, and your best avenue is just sharing the products with others, or products made from Watkins products.

This business is fun, you get a great support team through me, and my up line, which includes access to a great training system (again for free) with tons of tools and information about building your business.

For the past 8 years, my focus on this business has been to use the products I like in my daily and monthly life and acquire new associates who are wanting to do the same, and make money while they are at it. Before becoming a Friar, I had over 300 people in my team, and because I quit being an active user of the products, allowed about 280 of them to go to another team. Twenty some stayed with me, and I’m now growing that team up again.

Here is how I do it. I am on a round of sponsoring 10 people that I will keep directly under me. The next 10 people I sponsor go one each under those 10, and then the next 10 go under them again in a round robin system. Those that follow the system of at least using the product, I continue to place people under as I sponsor more people., putting the next 10 under me, following the above pattern for those 10, then I will start placing the rest under those 20, or at least the ones that are active.

Are you ready to be one of the first 10 in this next round of growth for my business? If so, drop me a line here, and I will help you get started. If you would like to research the business on your own, before talking to me, go here.

I look forward to working with you in building your second income, which may become your main income should you wish to make it so!

E-Commerce Store Down, for good.

Not that anyone was looking at it, I took down the E-Commerce store here that allowed you to buy Watkins products from me. The software was VERY buggy, and those bugs were pretty serious in many cases. If you are interested in great personal and house care product and/or great spices and flavorings, please go to http://www.watkinsonline.com and use my Associate ID of 335373 for your order. You will love the products!!

Working for Yourself, in this economy and job market…

As our economy continues to be pretty weak, and many people are without a job, it is time to look at history and see what one can do to make their life better and to help bring money in.

Over the last several years, I have have occasionally talked about working for yourself. Several years ago TDBell Enterprises, Inc, my company became a Watkins Independent Associate and opened that portion of my business. When I actively worked it, I had over 200 down line Associates (people under me) and had made Manager. I allowed life to get in my way and I pretty much let the business tank. I now have 25 Associates under me as I have not sponsored, or worked the business for almost 3 years for the most part.

First, what is Watkins? Watkins is a 141 year old Direct Sales company that can say they are the start of the Network Marketing system! Watkins is best known for their spices, especially their pepper and cinnamon, and their vanilla extracts!

Now, when I say Network Marketing, over half of you readers will probably run away screaming, and some of you may never come back. I hope not, I only have a couple of Readers! But, Network Marketing is not all bad folks. And this one is not a get rich quick scheme either. It takes time and patience, and a like of the products. Speaking of the products, with few exceptions, and there have been a couple of exceptions, the products are pretty dang good, and in most cases, they are “green” products (as the company is).

After some heavy review of my life and where I am in life, I have decided to get back fully into the Watkins business again. What does this mean? This means that I am looking for any of you that are interested in building a side income from using and selling great products as well as in building your own team of Independent Sales Associates.

I am going to add the next four people I sponsor into Watkins directly under me, and then as I sponsor more people into Watkins I will be placing the new people under these four and two others I already have directly under me. In doing this I build my team and yours, so one in every 6 people that I sponsor (and I use to be good at this, and am betting that I still am!) will end up on your direct team (which is still part of my team, so it is a win win situation), growing your team and your income levels.

Now, what does being an Associate entail? Well, first and foremost, it means you should be buying the spices, personal and home care products that Watkins has from yourself instead of the store down the road. This is the first step. You get a 25-39% discount of the listed prices up front. Next, you should begin selling product to others, via the catalog or on line (http://www.watkinsonline.com/ Associate 335373 if you just want to buy some product from me now to check it out, or if you want to see what is available), in which you get 25-39% commission, paid monthly if purchased on line, 25% paid immediately if your customer buys directly from you (you may be eligible for the remaining up to 14% more which will be paid monthly).

Now, to begin making even more money, you start sponsoring more people under you. Now, keep in mind, that I will be helping you build your down line, but you still need to do the same thing. As you build your team of self users and sellers, your total volume goes up and you make more money. Your goal is to have at least six people directly under you that each have at least six people directly under you that have at least six … and on.

Now, this can take some time. I had over 200 people under me in under two years, some of which I sponsored, and some of which others that I sponsored sponsored, and those sponsored, etc. *** NOTICE *** This is not typical for all teams. *** NOTICE *** It takes work, I worked about 30 hours a week on my Watkins business some weeks, 10 other, and 40 other weeks. It takes USING THE PRODUCTS! Which means it will take some money! Now, this money comes from not buying the same product types from your local store, and redirecting that money to “your own store”. Now, this can be a slow build up or a fast build up. YOU get to set the speed in which you build your business, income, and team.

If you are not interested in being an Associate, I would very much like it if you went to http://www.watkinsonline.com using Associate ID 335373 and check out the products and potentially buy some. For those that do I will send a $10.00 gift certificate on your next order, provided you spend at least $10.00 in the first order, excluding taxes/S&H.

Watkins is a long living, successful company based on Christian principles and one that can help you in making your ends meet.

If you would like to talk about it feel free to drop me a line here, or send me an email. (Drop me a line here, and I will send you my email address.)