DOOR-TO-DOOR SAFETY TIPS FROM SOUTHWESTERN ADVANTAGE! In researching traveling sales crews, I often find a commonality with them: many of their paying customers don’t get the magazine subscription they ordered. To me, that’s a problem. That is one of the many problems and is a contributing factor as to why rogue door-to-door sales companies tarnish [...]
With the proliferation of traveling sales crews in recent years, I have run across some towns that are putting more strict rules in place for door-to-door sales. As I’ve touched on before with this blog… is this really fixing the issue or is this simply a band-aid to make the public feel like city leaders [...]
Due to the nature of Southwestern Advantage’s business model, I am aware of local ordinances many towns enforce when it comes to door-to-door sales. While they vary from town to town, they often have some of the same elements: a registration process which may include a background check, a moderate fee, and enforceable hours of [...]
Guest blogger to Southwestern Difference: Christine Martin, Corporate Recruiter for Southwestern Advantage Coppell, Texas’ Kyler Henderson made a goal to be the top popcorn salesperson in Cub Scout Pack 841. Henderson set his eyes on the prize of winning a Cowboy’s football or Dallas Maverick party for his friends. He realized what he would have [...]
The Better Business Bureau of Middle Tennessee celebrates its 50th Anniversary this year. In 1961, Southwestern, along with 509 other Middle Tennessee businesses pledged $50,200 for the first year’s operating budget for the new charter of incorporation for a Better Business Bureau [...]
A message about Online Product Billing: The integrated learning systems our student dealers sell during the summer include educational reference and children’s books, software, and an online membership website. Each book or software purchase this past summer also included a trial period for the website. The trial period duration was for the summer months and [...]
The Direct Selling Association invited Southwestern Company, among other respected companies in the industry, to participate in an ethics panel discussion at their 2011 Looking Forward Conference in Arlington, VA. The session was titled “The ROI of Ethical Business Practices” and focused on the distinct marketplace advantages companies experience when in compliance with DSA’s ethical [...]
In a newsletter from the Direct Selling Association (DSA), newly appointed President Joe Mariano wrote of the importance of the government relations function to the members of the organization and the industry as a whole. While doing so, he called attention to the small group of direct selling executives that make up what is called the [...]
I have blogged before about the alarming ways magazine traveling sales crews purposefully dupe homeowners into buying their subscriptions or taking their money with no intention of signing them up for magazines. This time, I want to focus in on one way in particular that makes my stomach turn – they associate themselves with a [...]
In training over 2,700 college and university students each year in “Sales School” as they embark on running their own business, we focus not just on subjects pertinent to that business, but also value-added content that will carry with them throughout life. Part of the life-skills training Southwestern Company offers includes a session on ethics and integrity. [...]
