Military wives have a unique challenge when it comes to working–we focus on careers, not jobs. When our husbands move, we go with them, regardless of whether we have a job we want to leave or not. In a few years when my husband’s contract is up, if the military sends us back across the USA I will go with him.
But I won’t be leaving my job–my job will be coming with me. When we move back to Malaysia in 15 years to become dorm parents, my job will come with me.
This is the beauty of working from a mobile office. It’s a pretty sweet deal, and when I add in the fact that with limitless income potential one day my husband and I will be able to buy a castle for our retirement in Scotland, it really couldn’t get much better. We’ll be able to bless people immeasurably and I work a job I love to do it.
Intentionality has been the focus of my Young Living business recently–I am intentional about using my oils as much as possible so I can learn how to use them. My personal successes with oils are the most powerful business tool I have, and if you want to start your own business, you need to love your product. You also need to use your product and if you want to get started with essential oils, I’ve written about how to do so here.
Say you have begun using Young Living oils and you’re blown away by how Frankincense got rid of your headache instantly or how Gentle Baby calmed your screaming child down when nothing else could and you’ve told all your friends and now they want to start with essential oils as well. If they order their oils through you, you have just started your own business.
It begins with purchasing a premium starter kit with 11 Everyday Oils and a diffuser. Doing this will get you a Young Living membership–24% off the retail price of every Young Living product and the opportunity to earn commission through sharing oils with others. You cannot start a Young Living business without ordering a premium starter kit. Second, once you receive your kit you’ll need to begin using the oils and when you find something that works for you, tell others!
When you are ordering a premium starter kit, you must understand that the third vital part of starting your own Young Living business is finding someone to train you. This is the person who you will enroll under–you buy the Premium Starter Kit through them. Perhaps sharing comes naturally; you won’t need anyone to help you find people interested! But what happens when you have a new customer who wants to order through you? Follow up with new customers is crucial–you need to walk them through the steps to get signed up, you need to send them resources to learn how to use their oils, you need to offer the support they need and answer their questions and educate them on how to use their oils safely and effectively. It doesn’t matter how brilliant you are, if you’ve never done this before you will need help to learn how to do it properly. Jennifer, my enroller, has been absolutely invaluable, helping me answer my customer’s questions and teaching me how to teach others.
This is what I want to do for you. My business is to help others–not just to introduce them to essential oils, but to teach them about the different ways to use oils and to train them so they can start their own businesses. I want to equip you to succeed. I can help you order your essential oils and I will send you a 64-page full color book on how to use your oils and colorful informational tri-folds to share with others who are interested. You will also be given full access to our exclusive essential oils education group on Facebook (so it is accessible to everyone). This group is chocked full of success stories from people on my team and there are regular mini-classes hosted on oils for beauty or romance or emotions or sleep. This is how you learn. New customers don’t want to buy their essential oils from someone who has no idea what they are doing–they want to purchase from someone who can help them. I will train you to help them.
Once you have customers underneath you, encourage them to start sharing oils as well. The customers underneath you are called your downline. If you enroll Person 1, they become part of your downline, and if Person 1 enrolls Person 2 and Person 3 underneath them, they become part of your downline as well, and those that Person 2 and Person 3 enroll will be too–it continues on and on. Soon your downline will begin to branch out like a tree, and as your business grows, your commission from levels in your downline will grow as well. Everyone always wants numbers so here are the two that encouraged me to get my business going.
- Selling one Premium Starter Kit to a new Young Living member will earn you $50 commission. Sell to just three members, and the cost of your own Premium Starter Kit is already covered.
- The Young Living income opportunity is limitless. This is Young Living’s 2015 worldwide income disclosure and when I realized I could make this kind of money sharing a product I was passionate about, that was all I needed to get off my butt and get started.
Young Living’s worldwide income disclosure for 2015.
This video does a fantastic job of simply explaining Young Living’s compensation plan. It’s not something you need to understand immediately, but if you’re detail oriented like me, you will find this helpful. You earn the highest percentage of commission from those who you enroll directly, but you will also receive commission from the people underneath them. As your business grows, so will the percentages of commission you receive. Once your business reaches a certain level, you qualify for additional bonuses.
Let’s recap:
Buy a Premium Starter Kit from the person you want to train you. This person will be your enroller.
Allow your enroller to teach you how to use your oils and train you to give your new customers the support they need. I would love to help you with this!
Start using your essential oils as much as possible and share your successes with others.
As people start purchasing their own Premium Starter Kits through you, give them the education they need. Don’t know what education they need? This is why you enroll under a person who can train you.
When customers in your downline are ready, encourage them to start sharing as well. The larger your downline, the more commission you will receive.
Follow up with your downline. You are their customer support.
There are many ins and outs of starting a business. It doesn’t happen overnight and you won’t understand it all immediately–that’s okay. When I first started out with essential oils, I didn’t know anything except that essential oils could keep my baby out of the doctor’s office. Then I started working the business and all I knew was that if I enrolled a new member with a Premium Starter Kit I would make $50. We don’t get official job training so we listen to our enrollers and learn as we go and there is nothing wrong with that.
This is not your typical corporate America job. As I travel and move all over the world, my job will come with me. I share a product I am passionate about and it makes me want to tell others about it–sharing is natural. Because I am able to earn limitless income without relying on promotions for pay raises, I have the motivation to work as hard as I can to make a paycheck that covers all our expenses with tons left over to be stupid generous towards others. God has blessed my business and I am going to use my business to bless as many people as I can.
Best of all, I don’t have to miss a moment with my favorite little guy. Not one moment.
