Monthly Archives: October 2014

Plexus CEO Highlights 4 Strategies To Business Success

 
In April, Plexus Worldwide made its debut on the Direct Selling News (DSN) Global 100 list of the world’s largest direct selling companies. In August, Inc. magazine ranked it No. 8 on its Inc. 500 list of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. In a recent interview with DSN, CEO Tarl Robinson shared some of the key factors he feels have been paramount to that success.
Build a bond with your field.
 
Plexus prides itself in having a partnership-style relationship with its salesforce of Plexus Ambassadors. Robinson said the company relies heavily on an advisory board of seven Ambassadors, chosen by the company’s top leaders. The executive team is in contact with the advisory board at least monthly, with three in-person meetings each year.

Make quality hires internally.
Because Plexus has made a name for itself in the Scottsdale, Arizona, market as a company with good compensation and benefits packages—not to mention its alluring growth story—the company has had no lack of applicants as it has grown. “It’s a unique and exciting position to be in as a company, that we really get to be selective about who we place in a role and take a lot of time and effort and thought process around

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Darin Kidd Inspires Success With Nerium International

 
A dwindling sales territory meant fewer dollars in Darin Kidd’s pocket, and then came the layoff. Soon he was awaiting eviction and applying for public assistance to feed his family. Kidd felt hopeless. But network marketing lifted he and his family out of that pit 15 years ago, and today he’s dedicated to creating hope for others through Nerium International.
“I love helping people and helping them reach their full potential. That’s a big driving force for me,” Kidd says. “I love seeing that spark in their eye when they realize they could be a stay-at-home parent, retire with someone they love, or give to their church or a charity they care about.”
As a Nerium 5-star national marketing director, Kidd and his wife, Cheryl, lead a team comprised of people from all walks of life. For them and their teammates, building a Nerium business is a big equalizer to success. Kidd says, “It doesn’t matter where you live, your education or lack of education, you can do network marketing.”
Nerium’s record-breaking industry success in the U.S.—based on a simple business-building system and fabulous training program targeting those new to direct selling—illustrates why Kidd believes this. So too does his personal financial success,

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