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Women Enterpreneurs Take To Direct Selling

Posted on 30. Apr, 2007 by Ty Tribble in Network Marketing News

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Here is a great article about direct selling from the Seattle PI:

After a few years of working as a special education teacher, Tomika Quigg knew she was ready for a change.

Teaching children with behavioral issues had become too stressful, Quigg said, and she had grown interested in fashion and the arts. So the Seattle woman, who also has a master's degree in social work from the University of Washington, traded the classroom for the living room.

		Meryl Schenker / P-I
	Gina Tenerelli gets help trying on a Lia Sophia necklace from Caroline Moore during a jewelry homesale by Tomika Quigg at the home of Lisa Conner.

Today Quigg sells jewelry for Lia Sophia at in-home events, and the 29-year-old is among a growing number of entrepreneurs, most of whom are women, who are involved in direct selling.

"I plan on doing this as a career, especially when I have my own kids," Quigg said.

Whether it's jewelry, beauty products or Tupperware, direct selling has been a part of America's retail scene for years. One of the country's oldest direct sellers is Avon, which began in 1886 as the California Perfume Co. and now has more than 675,000 U.S. sellers.

Direct selling typically is a part-time job and nearly 65 percent of all sales are done in a home, according to the Washington, D.C.-based Direct Selling Association, a trade organization. Another 15 percent of sales are done by phone, and 12 percent are done online. Direct selling also provides flexibility, and it can produce a steady income.

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