Things have the potential to get pretty hot and heavy when someone jumps the gun. Why? When someone acts or reacts before they understand the full picture, it’s like diving in two feet of water. OUCH!
Such was the case at Texas Tech University recently. That is exactly what happened when an Executive Associate Dean on [...]
The title of an April 4, 2010 article in the New York Times caught my eye. It was “Growth of Unpaid Internships May Be Illegal, Officials Say,” by Steven Greenhouse.
Obviously, through working with thousands of college students who participate in Southwestern Company’s summer sales internship, this title jumped out at me. Not so obvious to [...]
Rory Vaden, a Southwestern Company alumnus and co-founder of Southwestern Consulting, was recently invited by Zig Ziglar to share his “Take the Stairs” philosophy on Zig and team’s show, Success 2.0.
While dining with Zig, his wife Jean, and son, Tom, Rory pulled out a Flip camera and conducted an impromptu interview, asking about direct selling [...]
A headline like this makes you a little curious, right?
As someone closely affiliated with Southwestern Company’s storied door-to-door sales program, I was quite entertained by a recent article I read on www.pembrokexpress.com (see article link below), the website for Pembroke Express, a paper in Pembroke, Massachusetts.
Peter Shurdut, a budding entrepreneur, was recently approved for a solicitation permit [...]
So, about an hour ago, my phone rang. The young man on the other end politely asked a question: “Are the students independent contactors?”
To this I confirmed that, yes, the students who participate in Southwestern Company’s summer sales program are independent contractors who run their own independent businesses.
He then said, “So, your company does not [...]
Once again, Southwestern Company is supporting the Federal Trade Commission’s National Consumer Protection Week (NCPW) March 7-13, 2010.
Through the Direct Selling Educational Foundation (DSEF), Southwestern Company along with other members of the direct selling community, will pool resources towards a first-ever Internet-based “treasure hunt.” This year’s NCPW theme, “Dollars and Sense: Rated ‘A’ for All [...]
I ran across an interesting blog about some of Southwestern Company’s products the other day… and it got me thinking.
On the Hooked on Phonics blog on February 1, 2010, Southwestern’s “Ask Me” series was featured in a post titled “Sunday’s Story Surprise.” In summary, it’s about a mom reading to her three-year-old son as he [...]
In the February 2010 Direct Selling News “Top Desk” column, Southwestern Company President, Dan Moore, addresses a new idea with very old roots.
It has to do with the introduction of entrepreneurialism to young people. According to Dan, this is something that has been happening at Southwestern Company for a long time – 142 years to be exact.
One [...]
Now and then, I’ll receive a correspondence from someone a Southwestern Company independent student dealer has met in the course of running their business who does not have a complete understanding of our summer sales program or the dealer’s intentions. Why? My experience leads me to believe, more often than not, they are not listening or wanting to understand. That’s a shame. It [...]
In an article on December 16 by Reuters titled, “Avon calling: More US workers try direct sales,” there is an interesting dichotomy regarding the direct sales industry.
With the economy dipping the way it has, more U.S. workers have tried their hand at running a direct selling business. In fact, 15.1 million – 100,000 more than [...]
