have these questions crossed your mind?

How do I reach new customers?

What can I do to increase my paycheck?

What systems can help me work smarter – not harder?

How am I going to get to the next level?

feel like your business is not growing fast enough?

Sounds like you’ve established your business and are ready to take it to the next level. Leveling up is hard, so let’s help accelerate your growth.

Getting outside your friend circle, marketing your business and creating systems to help you grow can feel daunting — especially without a degree in marketing, amiright?

Let’s dive in to what you can do to take your direct sales business to a whole new level – with ease! Make today the day that you learn something new!

tools of the trade

Not an established direct seller? Check out this training for newbies or leaders.

Reconcile Consignment

Congrats, you sold some books! Woohoo! Now, it’s time to reconcile consignment. While there are rumors that this process is so daunting, it’s totally do-able. It just takes some practice! Here is the step-by-step process for reconciling your consignment!

Spring BOOK-CAMP 2017 Recap

Did you miss the Spring 2017 BOOK-CAMP for Usborne Books & More consultants? No worries! Take your time catching up on the videos and content. Happy Spring!

Consignment 101

If you’re just starting to get into doing booth events or book fairs, you might have heard about this perk called consignment! It can be a bit of a mystery or even may sound intimidating to you, but it is an amazing opportunity that home office provides to us to help us grow our businesses – especially with a limited budget.

Book Bucks

Did you or your customer get book buck with your order? A book buck is a notation on your yellow packing slip and a letter with your shipment indicating part of your order went out of stock between placing your order and receiving your order. Bummer! While getting a book buck can be disappointing, it is fairly easy to redeem a book buck. As a consultant, it is your job to redeem your customer’s book bucks. Watch this training to learn how to easily redeem a book buck.

Focus on the Future With Our Income Projector

When you are first starting out and have a couple slow events it is hard to envision how an Usborne Books & More business can be a viable option. Once you understand the growth potential by promoting and building a team your perception will change and you’ll be focused on the future. You can also see what you could be making as your team grows by using the Income Projection Calculator included in this post!

Preschool Book Fair

This post is for team members on how to run a preschool book fair with Usborne Books & More. Book lady confession: I LOVE PRESCHOOL BOOK FAIRS. For real. To watch preschool faces light up when they see the book fair set up is simply the best. Whether you have been in this business for a few weeks or a few years, you CAN do a preschool book fair. You don’t even “need” a ton of inventory on hand to make it work. While this training video is longer than most of my videos, a preschool book fair isn’t super complex. It’s fun and easy! Ready to dive in?

Booking Bags

Looking for more strategies to book parties? Look no further! Make a few booking bags! Booking bags are a great way to generate excitement about booking a party.

Use a Barcode Scanner with Square

When you are checking people out using the Square App on your phone you can search for titles by typing the titles on your keyboard. If you want a faster and easier way to checkout, you can pair a barcode scanner to your phone and simply scan the barcode on the back of the books to look up the titles. This can save you a ton a time over typing manually.