Monthly Archives: October 2015

Believing You're Capable Demands Doubting Yourself

by Ray Hennessey • October 12, 2015 • 0 Comments

It’s almost never a lack of faith that will sink you. It’s a lack of doubt and a lack of understanding of what faith and belief really are.

5 Ways to Help Employees Make the Best Use of Benefits

by Matt Straz • October 12, 2015 • 0 Comments

Ample benefits are a lure to top talent, yet research shows employees often don’t take full advantage of what’s offered.

5 Mistakes to Avoid as an Entrepreneur

by Zechariah Newman • October 12, 2015 • 0 Comments

Are you chasing the wrong success? Time for a reality check.

In Your Next Board Presentation, Here's What to Lead With: People

by Duncan Lennox • October 12, 2015 • 0 Comments

Sure, PowerPoint data presentations will impress. But what’s your ‘people strategy’?

Worried About a Cyberattack? What It Could Cost Your Small Business

by Successful IBO • October 12, 2015 • 0 Comments

A new report estimates a cyberattack costs a small business, on average, $38,000.

4Life Fortify Now Feeding Children in 13 Countries

by mallen@directsellingnews.com • October 12, 2015 • 0 Comments

With the recent addition of El Salvador, 4Life Research is now providing meals to malnourished children in 13 countries worldwide.

European DSA Appoints New Exec Director

by Ramya Chandrasekaran • October 12, 2015 • 0 Comments

The European Direct Selling Association (Seldia) has announced the appointment of Katarina Molin as its new Executive Director.
Katarina Molin is of Swedish nationality and has extensive EU policy and communications experience. Before joining Seldia, she worked as Director General for the Association for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE). She has also previously worked as Environmental Strategy Manager for Hewlett Packard and as policy adviser in the European Parliament.
Ms Molin will manage the Seldia office and will oversee the association’s advocacy policy and actions to ensure that direct selling continues to be acknowledged as a trustworthy channel of distribution offering unique independent business opportunities to men and women without any distinction.

Katarina Molin comments: “I am delighted to join Seldia. I look forward to actively engage with EU policy-makers and other stakeholders

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German Direct Sales Expected To Surpass 1 Million Distributors By 2019

by Ramya Chandrasekaran • October 12, 2015 • 0 Comments

Nearly 100,000 new distributors have joined direct selling opportunities in Germany in 2014, bringing the total number of direct selling professionals to 823000, a 13% increase over the previous year. This number is expected to grow by a further 25% until 2019, according to a new study.
It is expected that more than one million sales partners will be working in the direct selling industry in Germany in the next four years. These are the results of a study conducted by the University of Mannheim on behalf of the Direct Sales Federatino of Germany (BDD).

“The figures clearly reflect the crisis-resistant nature of the industry.” says Prof. Dr. Florian Kraus of the University of Mannheim. “The increase in total industry sales at an annual rate of 8 per cent over the last seven years from 2007