7. Business Name: Decide if you want a name for your YL business or if you would like to "Brand" yourself. This is NOT necessary, but for some people a company name can cover multiple services offered or describe their niche market.  For example you may be a health coach, personal trainer and YL Distributor.  One business name can help brand you and relate to your market what it is you do.  Company names can also describe your niche market to your targeted audience better than just representing yourself and these names allow social media followers to find you and immediately know what you are about.  Some of our favorite names; "Dr. Mom", "We Stopped Popping Pills and Started Using Young Living Oils", "There's an Oil for That".  We would recommend combinding both company and your name so everyone knows that you are the person to get their oils from.

 

8. Business Cards: Visit sites like www.VistaPrint.com or become a member with Send Out Cards and buy from yourself and order some inexpensive cards (not too many).  Try these cards out and document how they are working for you.  We've found that many new distributors will rework their cards numerous time before they really like it.  Business cards should include: Your name, Young Living Independent Distributor Member #, Phone Number, Email, Website.  A nice tag line and picture of yourself and an essential oil can help your prospective member remember who you are and what you are about.   TIP: Never give without receiving. The biggest mistake you will make is handing over your card without getting the prospective member's card or contact information.  You may well have thrown your card in the trash.  

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9. Email Account: ​Create an email account that has a professional name, is easy to remember/type​ and represents your business.  It can be as simple as Sallysoils@gmail.com.  Set up a Distribution List for specific groups you would like to target emails to.  For example: YL Broadcast (this group would include everyone in your YL organization  Product Users & Business Builders), YL Business Builders, YL My Home Area (this would include emails that go out for local events near your location), YL East Coast, YL Mid-west, YL West Coast, etc.   Decide if you want to use an email program like "Constant Contact" or use the email program that comes with a Marketing Scents account.  Create Folders in your email account to collect important information so you can quickly and efficient retrieve it.  Some suggestions are: YL Members (put your emails from YL that give you details about new enrollees), YL Events (put your emails about upcoming events so you can locate them quickly), YL Product emails (make multiple email files. One for Oils, NingXia, Skin Care, Thieves, etc.), Business Building Emails (YLSS Newsletter, Network Marketing Emails), etc.  Click Here to read more about Professional Websites & Email Campaign Companies. 
 

10. Become a "Product of the Product".  Every month try a different product.  Adopt the Young Living Lifestyle and blog, Facebook,Tweet, InstaGram, Google+, Pinerest and LinkedIn about it.  Salesmen don't use their products; sharers share what to do and what they are.  We’ve heard many a YL member say, “Facts tell, stories sell.”  You can’t share your story if you don’t use the products.  Keep it simple and share your story.



11. Tax records: the IRS allows deductions for home-based businesses. You may wish to seek tax advice. To get started you need a bookkeeping system on paper or on a computer. Expenses such as supplies, travel, and phone are deductible. Keep a file for your records. You can measure square footage of your home office and calculate the percentage of your home expenses such as electricity, heat etc. Keep records of your travel and car expenses as they relate to your businesses. There are many phone apps that will do this for you. Take a photo of yourself in your home office for your files. Keep receipts of training seminars, convention, webinar trainings, and purchases of any training material. Your monthly Young Living rewards order is a requirement for compensation and commission. It is also considered your network franchise overhead expense. You can deduct $100 a month rewards plus the cost of other products you use for your business. You will receive a 1099 form from Young Living for compensations paid to you during the year.  Click Here to visit the Must Have Apps page to learn more TaxBot (an online & phone app program that is set up to track your home-based business. YL members receive a discout).  

  Click Here to download your own Tax/Accounting Recording Keeping Sheet.

11. Banking: Open a bank account dedicated to your business and keep it separate from your home finances. When you become eligible, Young Living will provide a direct deposit option.  You can also use a credit card just for your business purchases to make it easier to keep track of your business expesense.

12. Filing: Have a place where you can file your brochures, marketing material, business and flyer handouts, blank enrollment sheets and training manuals is a must to keeping an organized office.

   Electronic Files/ Computer: Set up folders in your computer to store your documents, presentations and pictures.  Start by having a Young Living Folder on your desktop and add subfolders as you need them for each category you need to access.

Suggested Young Living Folders Include:

·         Business Builders 

       Subfolders: Taxes, Comp plan, Downline Chart, Documents for Business Builders (Labels, Enrollment Forms, Essential Rewards Brochure/details, 100 Squares), Prospect Handouts, New Member Handouts ~Click Here to view downloadable documents for your business (110 ways to use the Everyday Oil Kit, Personal & Pet Awareness Journals  Presentations. Classes. Workshops, Marketing/Prospecting

      Subfolder Business Builder: Presentations. Classes. Workshops

         Subfolders: Presentation. Classes. Workshops (these are examples): Sign-in Lists for Events , Types of presentations: Oils Presentation, Thieves, Slique, Personal Care, Kids, Dr. Mom, Business Prospecting Presentation, Athletes

      Subfolder: Marketing/Prospecting Documents: 100 Squares document

         Subfolders: Marketing/Prospecting: Logos, Social Media, Flyers. Postcards. Invites (can be subdivided into events or product line, ie Thieves), Disclaimers (for website/emails/newsletter), Prospecting, Brochures, Business Cards

      Subfolder Business Builder: Follow Up Documents: Awareness Journal, Label for Follow Up Binder

      Subfolder Business Builder: Training: TriHarmony Success Training, Heart Center Training, Scripts, any other training documents

·         Product Info

      Subfolder for Product Info:  Suggested files. Essential Oils, Products Pain Relief, Products for Children, Products for Pets, Clean home, Thieves, NingXia Red, Athletes, Beauty Care, Personal Care, Oils for Gardens, Oils for Professionals (subfolders: Chiropractors, Salon, Spa, Physical Therapist, Personal Trainers, etc), Emotional Healing, Comparison Fact Sheets, Supplements, Weight Loss & Cleansing, Allergies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13. Smartphone: Organizing your phone apps into folders will also help you become more efficient with your time management.  Suggested Folders:

Social Media, Texting, YL/Essential Oil Apps, Shopping, Camera/Video, GPS/Travel, Utilities (ie Calendar, Compass, Voice Memo), Music, Recipes, Games, etc...



14. ​Pictures: You can save pictures to your computer from sites like Facebook and Google Image.  To do this, just right click on the picture you would like to save, Organizing your pictures for Marketing, Product Education, Emails, Social Media or your website can also make your business more effective and is a great way to manage your time.

Suggested folders: Oils, Supplements, Thieves, Slique, Weight loss, Skin Care, Personal Products, Pics for Websites, Pics for Social Media, Business Building.  To find high quality pictures to use for your marketing/educational material visit YL's Flickr account.  Click Here