I never could understand the moms who used to say they can’t wait for school to start, until now. I could not wait for the first day to come. The kids were getting so bored and all they wanted to do was watch tv, and fight. Today was the second day back, woo hoo!! It’s nice and quiet, everyone is in bed, tired out from their busy days at school.

It was a very exciting first day of school though. My son started kindergarten and he couldn’t wait for the bus to pick him up. He left feeling very much the big shot he is, you see he’s five now. That’s what he tells me: “mommy I can do it, I’m five”. Oh, and he gets a lunch box too, a very cool Pirates of the Caribbean one.

The Princess herself was also feeling very grown up seeing she’s now seven and in second grade. She loves her class and her teacher. That’s all I can get out of her right now. For some reason second grade is very hush hush. So can’t wait for them teenage years!!!

 So, seeing that school is started you would think I would be able to work on some crafts right? Wrong! My little guy (2yr old) realized he is now the only one in the house and decided that he doesn’t have to take a nap.

Right now I am working on a boot sock and trying to get a lace pattern sock done. I forgot I was working on the lace sock (just found it) before I started the boot sock. I think I will finish the boot sock then switch to the lace sock, so I can have two! I also have requests for three more pairs of socks, so I best get knitting.

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Are you marketing natural products as a direct sales representative? Are you gathering your own leads and marketing yourself with a website? If so, congratulations. You’re going to get a huge jump on the competition. If you’re not, give me a few minutes to convince you why not having a website of your own, or relying on a company replicated site, is a huge mistake.

Two Words: Free Traffic, Free Leads
Ok that’s four words, but the point is the same. When you’re an online marketer, traffic is the name of the game. Free traffic is especially nice! If you have your own website, you can design it to be search engine friendly so that it will get lots of visitors from natural search results. Replicated sites generally don’t get listed in search engines. Why turn down a wonderful source of new recruits and sales?

And if you’re currently paying out cold hard cash for recycled leads, forget that! You can generate tons of leads for free with your own website. And they’re actually interested in what you have to say instead of just having filled out some “work at home” form somewhere that they quickly forgot about.

Branding
How are you going to separate yourself from the hundreds of other people marketing natural products online? By establishing yourself as an expert and developing your brand. An excellent example of this is my friend Diana Walker. She markets Chinese herbal food products made by a direct sales company, but to make herself unique she is branding herself as the Cravings Coach. Now isn’t that just a touch more interesting and memorable than “xyz company rep?” You can do the same thing if you have your own website.

Leaving Money on the Table
If you have a website of your own, you can make money even when people don’t buy your products or join your opportunity. How? One way is through affiliate marketing. If noone wants your essential oils, they might still be interested in an ebook on massage, which you can offer them and get a commission on the sale. You can also earn money with the Google AdSense program… but not on a replicated site!

Changes
What if your company goes out of business? It does happen you know… and if you’re using a replicated site, there goes your marketing efforts down the drain. You might also decide to change companies at some point if the company makes some decisions you don’t agree with. If you’re gathering leads for yourself, they stay with you no matter where you go.

Every direct sales company has different policies on marketing the business online. Check with your company and see what they allow. And then get your own virtual storefront going today.

If you want to learn how to launch a site to market your natural direct sales products, visit

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It’s the internet’s only complete tutorial for people who want to earn a full time income in the natural living market. Learn affiliate marketing and even more ways of making money from your direct sales business online!

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When I started writing this blog I told myself that I would post once a week. That worked well didn’t it?! Starting today I am going to write it down on my calendar, that way I will have the time ( and remember)  to sit down and post something, and you will have something new to read!!

I never thought I was the type of person that needed to write down my every move on a calendar, but I’m finding that if I don’t, I’m forgetting something. Of course if I forget anything it is usually pointed out by my 7yr. old (the princess). She’s a good one for saying ” um, mommy? did you forget?” My mom has a t-shirt that is the best I’ve seen in a long time. It has a picture of the scarecrow from The Wizard of Oz (an all time favorite movie in our family) with the words “if I only had a brain”. I love that shirt, I just wish I could find one for me. I repeat that sentence pretty much everyday, usually when I walk into a room and have no idea why I am there. I’ve just come to the conclusion that I will never remember anything anymore, so I caved in and actually bought one of those little calendars that fits into your purse. It is so unlike me, but my friend will be soo proud. Her whole life is written down-which I pick on her about- but now I know why. It’s so she doesn’t forget.

In my last post I talked about dying yarn with kool-aid. Well it works!! Smells pretty good too. My whole kitchen smelled like tropical punch. It was actually really easy. My daughter mixed it up and poured it over the yarn ( in the crock-pot) and we let it “cook” for a few hours and ta-da pink yarn! Here I have a picture of the yarn in the crock pot and one of it all dried.

As you can see, it came out a great shade of pink. My daughter couldn’t keep her hands off of it, can you tell. It should take me the next week to get it out of knots! Little miss princess herself has already claimed it and will be knitting a scarf. She’s so cute when she sits down with her needles, I’m so proud.

 So what am I doing now?? Well I just started a pair of socks for a Christmas present, yes I said Christmas (sad isn’t it?), and I just had two requests for socks yesterday. So that means I get to buy more yarn!! I just saw some new sock yarns too!! I love making socks, I never get bored with them.  I will have a picture of the sock I am working on next week. I promise!!!

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If you’ve been thinking of starting a wellness business you’re choosing a great market that is growing each and every day. But along with this booming market, there are so many opportunities to get into business, but how do you know which one is right for you?

To get help, I highly recommend you download the free guide from Direct Sales Directories entitled “Guide to Starting a Business in the Booming Wellness Industry”.

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* The outlook for this profitable industry.
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