Starting a Home-Based Watkins Business

Posted on June 13, 2009 
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There are many options for home-based business these days.  Some are good, but most are really bad choices for a variety of reasons.  The purpose of this article is to not run down one company or another, but to share with you several reasons for considering Watkins Incorporated as your choice for a home-based business.

I began my Watkins home-based business only 15 months ago and have quickly built a part-time business that will one day grow into a full-time income while working just a few hours per week.   What led me to choose Watkins over many home business opportunities I reviewed were the following attributes and personal criteria I seeked in the company I wanted to represent:

  1. Watkins has an outstanding reputation for producing quality products.  The company was founded 141 years ago in 1868.
  2. Watkins has a strong management team that truly cares about its associates.
  3. Watkins manufactures a huge line of fantastic products, 350 in all.
  4. The products Watkins makes are traditional products for the home, family and personal use that every household uses.  This is very important, because so many times you see one-product companies and companies that make products that are difficult to sell because no one uses them regularly, or no one has ever heard of them.  Watkins makes detergents, window cleaner, toilet bowl cleaner, vitamins, diet products, lotions, hand creams, insecticides, natural supplements, and hundreds of other products every American or Canadian uses at home.
  5. Watkins has an outstanding compensation plan.  You can literally begin earning money during your first week in the business.
  6. Watkins uses a network marketing business model, so you can build a six-figure income in 3 to 5 years if you introduce others to Watkins, as you earn residual income from anyone you introduce to the business, and anyone they sponsor as well.
  7. Watkins offers a money back guarantee on every product it manufactures.  The company is great about standing behind its product line.
  8. Many families have relatives that have used Watkins products all their entire lives, so you don’t have to waste a lot of time educating your customer base about Watkins.
  9. Watkins offers all associates an online e-store to sell products online, but also accepts orders by phone or mail as well.
  10. Watkins has never had a single product recall in its 141-year history.  Thus, manufactures all products it makes according to very high standards.
  11. You do not have to quit your job to begin a Watkins business.
  12. You can operate a Watkins business under 10 hours per week and still build a successful Watkins business.
  13. You can pick and choose the hours you work, thus time flexibility is a very valuable asset and reason for joining Watkins.
  14. Watkins product quality meets such high standards and its products are so good that you won’t have to worry about repeat sales.  Watkins customers quickly become Watkins lovers, making repeat orders easy.
  15. Watkins training, through both Watkins and the Watkins Summit Group, will teach you many ways to market Watkins products.

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Building a Watkins Downline Sales Organization

Posted on May 27, 2009 
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To succeed in network marketing it is essential that you enjoy meeting and communicating with people.  Why?  Because you’ll need to do both to sell products and sponsor new associates.  To build a downline it is essential that you can lead by example, meaning “practice what you preach.” 

To make a lot of money in network marketing it is essential that you recruit and sponsor new associates regularly, and train others how to do the same.  This is true regardless which network marketing organization you might join or belong to at this time.   All successful network marketers make the bulk of their income from commissions or bonuses on downline sales, not from personal sales.  This does not imply that you don’t have to sell product yourself, for if you can’t sell product, you likely won’t be able to teach others how to sell product.  Instead, my statement simply means that the “power is in the numbers.”   If you continously focus on building your downline sales organization, it only stands to reason that the day will come when your income from your downline will exceed any income derived from personal sales.

But how does one build a downline continously?  Like sales and recruiting in any line of business their are multiple paths that lead an individual to success and stardom.  But there are common traits and attributes shared by all who reach success in network marketing.  I’ve listed below some I feel are most important:

  1. Always be honest with your downline, never lead them astray or feed them a line of bull.
  2. Provide prompt and courteous service and support at all times.
  3. See that all downline members are properly educated and trained.
  4. Welcome their questions, phone calls, emails and comments.  A quite downline is a downline that will ultimately disintegrate and collapse.
  5. Communicate with your downline regularly.
  6. Be innovative and create new learning, sales and marketing tools for your downline.
  7. Your relation with your downline is like a partnership, treat it like one.
  8. Follow the golden rule with your downline members at all times.
  9. Focus first and foremost on supporting those members that are actively building their business and/or seeking advice.
  10. Give every downline member ample chance to succeed by training them well.  But if they later prove to be couch potatoes and not willing to put forth an effort, pull back and spend more time with those that hold promise and exhibit a desire to succeed.

Network marketers can be split up into four groups of people:  (1) those that love to sell product, (2) those that love to recruit and sponsor new associates, (3) those that enjoy direct sales and recruiting, and (4) those that don’t enjoy selling or sponsoring (what many call retailing and recruiting).   Obviously, the group of the four will not succeed in network marketing.   Thus, spend your spare support time in training members in Groups 1 and 2 on how to become good at selling and sponsoring (retailing and recruiting).

In the end, building a successful network marketing business is no different than building a successful business of any type.  Namely, good service and support regularly and consistently will always result in business growth at any level.  So do your Watkins business a favor and raise your personal income from Watkins by focusing on support and service to your downline members at all times. 

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Gourmet Pistachio & Apricot Oatmeal Cookies

Posted on April 22, 2009 
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Ingredients:

Instructions:

Put oven racks in upper and lower thirds of oven and preheat oven to 350°F. Butter 2 baking sheets.

Beat together butter and sugars in a large bowl with an electric mixer at medium-high speed until fluffy, then beat in Watkins vanilla. Add egg and beat until combined well. Stir together flour, baking soda, salt, and Watkins cinnamon in a small bowl, then add to dough and mix at low speed until just combined. Fold in oats, apricots, and pistachios.

Spoon rounded tablespoons of dough about 2 inches apart onto baking sheets. Bake cookies, switching position of sheets halfway through baking, until golden brown, 16 to 18 minutes. Transfer cookies with a spatula to racks. (Cookies will crisp as they cool.)

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Watkins Products in the News Media

Posted on April 16, 2009 
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Several excellent magazines have featured Watkins products in their monthly publications recently.  Body + Soul magazine featured J.R. Watkins Apothecary’s Natural Lemon Cream Body Cream in their “Stuff We Love: Less than $10″ section, publishing it in both their magazine and on their website at WholeLiving.com.  Body + Soul had this to say about Watkins Natural Lemon Cream Body Cream — “Smooth and indulgent treat unto thirsty skin and soak up the benefits of more than 10 natural oils and extracts — apricot, avocado, babassu,  and more.”

Canadian Living and Family Circle magazines had wonderful things to say about J.R.Watkins Natural Apothecary Peppermint Rejuvenating Foot Cream.   In fact, Family Circle has featured the Peppermint Rejuvenating Foot Cream in two recent publications. 

Family Circle’s Associate Editor, Laura Serino, recently had rave reviews for J.R. Watkins Aloe & Green Tea Natural All-Purpose Wipes, saying . . . “There’s no cleaner I haven’t tried, but these aloe-and-green-tea infused wipes are my hands-down favorite.”

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