A work at home career as a direct sales consultant for one of the many fine companies is hard work.  It takes time to build a business, build a downline, and an income.  But there are tools available that can help you get ahead quickly, and make wise decisions.

I want to let you all know about a great resource, Party Plan Divas.  The Party Plan Divas is a community that helps direct sales consultants from all companies, all over the world.  The Party Plan Coach, Lynsey Jones, has developed a system to help any one in direct sales business work their business in just 30 minutes a day.

Lynsey has taken great care in developing her coaching program and forum.  The resources available on the membership site are numerous.  As a former consultant for a few direct sales companies, I can truly say this is an invaluable resource.  I wish I knew about the Party Plan Divas when I needed the help and support!

There are many wonderful components to the Party Plan Divas program.  First, there are daily tips that can be sent to your email on how to build your business.  Some of the tips have been advertising options, customer prospecting ideas and yellow page directory suggestions.  The newsletter is chock full of helpful tips to help any one grow their business.

And I have to mention now, is that the most impressive thing about the resources provided by the Party Plan Diva, is that it can be applied to any direct sales business.  There is a paid membership option that is very reasonably priced.  The resources available as part of the membership program is huge.  Anything you ever needed or wanted to know about building a business is in there.

The topics covered are for the beginning direct sales consultant, to the experienced.  There’s a special section called Getting Started that details how you can start your direct sales business, how to get organized, what should be in your home office, and how to start marketing your new business.  But that’s just the beginning.  There are even scripts to help you get started and get comfortable with your presentations for selling, booking parties and recruiting.

Then, there are ideas for booking parties, how to have a successful party, customer service, party games, recruiting ideas, goal setting, time management and leadership success.  There are also the templates, a huge library of forms and tools to use in your business to collect customer data, organize party information and advertise your business.  The templates are even categorized by business type like skin care, candles and home decor, scrapbooking, etc.

Like I mentioned before, I wish I had known about this community when I was in direct sales.  This would have been a great resource for me to learn how to build my business and network with other direct sales consultants.  My upline did not stay in the business too long after I joined.  And before she left the company, she moved and I never really heard from her again.  Now, ultimately, it was my responsiblity to work my business to be successful.  But when I was just starting out, I needed more support.  I needed someone to brainstorm with.  I needed someone to share their success stories and challenges.  I wanted someone to show me programs that worked so I could try them for my business.  The Party Plan Divas does that – for any one in any direct sales business.

Why do I keep mentioning that the program is for everyone?  Because it’s one of the few communities I have seen that is not company specific.  As a matter of fact, I have no idea what company Lynsey represents.  That shows true passion and dedication to help direct sales consultants.  Not to mention the fact that you know that someone is not going to try to recruit you and invite you to change companies.

As it has been mentioned several times, any work at home career is hard work.  No matter what you choose to do, you own your own business and need to work at it every day.  Having a support system and resources is critical to your success.  If you are in direct sales, you need to check out the Party Plan Divas!

As a special bonus, Lynsey has offered to giveaway a FREE one year membership to the Party Plan Divas – that’s a $49 value!

Here’s how to enter:

NOTE:  Please come back here and leave a comment each time you enter.  Every action is a separate entry for more chances to win!

MANDATORY ENTRY: Visit Party Plan Divas and sign up for the FREE newsletter.  (REMEMBER to leave a comment here to let me know you did this. )

1. Follow this blog via Google Friend Connect – 1 entry
2. Follow @PartyPlanDivas on Twitter www.twitter.com/partyplandivas- 1 entry
3. Follow me, @ivettemuller01 on Twitter www.twitter.com/ivettemuller01 – 1 entry
4. Become a fan of the Party Plan Divas on Facebook www.facebook.com/PartyPlanDivasInc - 2 entries
5. Tweet about this giveaway – 1 entry per tweet (limit of one tweet per hour) “Enter to win a one year membership to the Party Plan Divas Membership Program http://bit.ly/PPDgiveaway“

Contest ends Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at midnight EST.  Winner will be chosen at via http://www.random.org/.  Make sure you enter your email address on each entry so we can contact you if you are the winner!

GOOD LUCK!

Disclosure:  I was given a two week trial to review the Party Plan Divas membership program and review the templates available for this review.  This did not influence my opinion.  As a former direct sales consultant, this is my honest opinion of the resource.