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Michael Guydish
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My Personal Summary/Highlights to Start Up as a Consultant

1) You must purchase a start up kit (starting at $199). It is actual product plus marketing material such as brochures and catalogs. The startup kit price is approximately the cost of just the product alone. Consultant Starter Kit Price List

The "Deluxe" starter kit contains the 72-hour 2-person survival pack and 72” Harvest shelf sold at cost. I started with the "Value" kit and within a month, bought the additional items in the “Deluxe” kit at a higher total cost. I wish I realized I would want and need those additional items up front.

2) To receive your monthly commissions, you must be signed up on the Thrive Q with a minimum of $50 in product, meaning you should expect to set your Q budget to at something over $60-$65 to include tax (where applicable) and shipping.

3) Parties can be virtual. As a consultant, you can assemble orders from your individual customers into parties from your Consultant interface. You are the “Host” of a party that physically never happened. This is to recognize that you are putting the equivalent effort to selling the products for you to benefit as your own host for “a la carte” orders. I equate this to an additional 10% payment.

TIPS:
1) Read the Statement of Policies and Procedures
1a) Highlight: Your marketing material must include "Independent Consultant" on your advertising. Shelf Reliance requires a review of your advertising, but they are very easy to interact with. They are simply looking for gross issues and "Independent Consultant". Email your items for review to customerservice@shelfreliance.com.

2) Make yourself your own customer as soon as you are an Individual Consultant. You will immediately start making 10% on your own personal purchases. (As your sponsor, I only get commissions from your Q)

3) If you see anything related to Q Platinum, which is the bells and whistles that decorate The Thrive Q (“The Q”), you are automatically at Q Platinum level as a Consultant.

4) Make your Q delivery date at the end of the month. I advise my Customers to do this so they have time to react to the Q-pon of the month. However, for a Consultant who achieves a new level of sales (rank), their Q must keep up to the personal Q requirement as summarized below and is in the Consultant handbook. This will allow you to increase your Q if your new rank surprises you near the end of the month to qualify for your new rank.

5) Keep track of your customers in a separate artifact such as a spreadsheet. Do not rely solely on the back-office to retain your Customers. I recommend redundancy and fault tolerance and keep a customer list yourself. That way, you can also keep notes on them too. I also keep the date I met the customer, where I met them, and what they are interested in.

6) Business cards. You get what you pay for. For starters, you can use Vistaprint, which is great for most people. For not too much more in cost, and for noticeably higher quality materials, overnightprints.com is the way to go. If you use overnightprints, use my referral if you don't mind. (www.overnightprints.com?A=main&userId=1406200). For both companies, keep an eye out for discounts, and get on their mailing list to get their sale notices, which are constant, so you should never pay full price on either vistaprint or overnightprints. I have examples of both.

Feel free to call or email me with any questions.