When you join a company to represent, sell for, and make some money in, the first thing you want to know is what to do.
The number one thing to do is to start learning. Every person who comes into Origami Owl does not know everything there is to know.
There are a couple of ways to go about this:
One way is to have your sponsor/mentor/the person you signed up with as your guide and walk you through some form of orientation. They explain to you the products, the lingo, the back office, ways to share and ways to maximize your limited time by helping you focus on income-producing work.
The other way is to go about your business with little to no contact with the person you signed with because you want to do it all on your own time, pace, and want no one’s say in how you go about your day.
All information is in the company’s back office. Everything important is in there or at http://Origamiowlnews.com. If you’re self-driven, like to learn on your own pace and figure it all out on your own, you can.
In the 7 years I’ve been with Origami Owl and with people signing up with me, I’ve had all ranges of teammates in between these 2 spectrum of “walk me through everything” to “Let me be, I got this, don’t need anything from you, thanks!”
I have no problem how teammates want to go about their Origami Owl business from the start. I am good either way. If you ever change your mind in your chosen method, make sure to let me know. Never be afraid to ask for help. I love to teach but I hate the thought of getting in people’s way.
There are people in this company that talk to their whole team daily or weekly through zoom or private FB groups. I, by default, am not like this unless it’s asked of me from a teammate who wants the daily deets or constant interactions.
Unless I’m told otherwise, after a couple of contacts via email or texts left unreturned or unanswered by a new designer in my team, I back off. In these emails or text, I ask new teammates what their expectations of me are. I’m not a bugaboo and if I don’t hear back, I take the silence as an answer and I leave with another email in the lines of, “I’m here for you and always happy to help. Please reach out when you need me,” and leave my text friendly cell number. I don’t do well with the mind-reading or the thoughts that I should know what someone wants. So please, ask.
Whichever approach you take here are Top 10 Things to Do or Learn:
1. Read company welcome letter. It includes our mission statement, gives you a first impression feel of the company, and gives a sense or feel of how to go about with Origami Owl
2. Take note of your Person you signed with. Save their info on your phone. They are there for you. Respond to their messages and let them know of your intent, goals, and what you’d like and expect from them.
3. Redeem your free jewelry credits and any other perks that came with your sign up package. Even the FREE Kit promotion going on right now has free jewelry for you. It’s exciting to get free jewelry just for trying out Origami Owl. It’s even more exciting when wearing your jewelry out and about, you meet people who want it too and you make a commission – or even a new teammate who wants to sell it too. The free Origami Owl Kit is good until May 13. Pay it forward! People can join with you – also for FREE!
Ps. If you want a catalog and a couple of things on hand to share along with the free jewelry you’ll be wearing, there’s an optional $5 package you can order in your back office. Again, this is optional. You can do the business fully online and paperless.
4. Read. Get to know what’s going on with the company for customers and for yourself. Lots of news written for you for customers can be found at http://origamiowlnews.com. There is a company-run Facebook group for all designers. Chrissy and Bella pop in there Live from time to time for product reveals, customer specials, and just to say hello.
Another way to know what’s going on is to read the company’s internal policies and procedures for all independent designers. This sounds so daunting and heavy but it actually is freeing. It saves so much time in the long run because you don’t have to undo something you thought was ok to what they recommend or require. It tells you what you can’t do but it will amaze you with all the things you can do when representing Origami Owl.
5. Learn your back office and what things mean. Knowing what PV, TV, and getting acquainted with the library resources available to you make this journey so much better. Knowing these terms lead to freebies every month (even with as little as 2-3 average locket orders). The back office also allows you to set up jewelry bar links so that your customers can enjoy some perks and freebies too, when their friends and family love the jewelry as much as you do.
6. Use the hell out of the images and marketing materials the company provides you for free. There is an optional app that’s free to all new designers for 3 months. After that, it’s $25 for the year. I highly recommend this expense for those wanting to do this business fully online and on the go. I rarely even touch my desktop anymore. And when posting images, remember to think like a customer. What are the words, images, or persona that would get you to look at the jewelry you are posting about? See all my social posts on my social media accounts @locketsNcharms for ideas on how to post but remember to make it sound like you.
7. Do not bug your Facebook friends and family to buy from you. You may get a sale but you will lose more than you gain. Think like a retailer. Retailers do not hit up their close family and friends to buy their stuff. Retailers must “fish beyond the reef” in order to remain alive and thrive in their Origami Owl business.
8. Connect with your mentor and fellow teammates. So you don’t want to get on the phone or be walked through anything one on one, that’s fine. I do recommend being connected online in the team Facebook groups with other Origami Owl designers. This helps you stay connected to the company, know what’s going on at the moment and near future, and can help your journey from seeing others’ success and hurdles in sharing Origami Owl.
9. Be ready to learn beyond the company. For example, if you want to share Origami Owl on social media, be willing to learn how to use your social media platform of choice. Learn how to open up an account and post pictures if you don’t have Instagram already. Learn how to work YouTube or iMovie platforms if you want to make videos. Learn how to use photo app on your phone in conjunction with other apps to make nice pictures if you prefer your own to the company provided images. And lastly, I would recommend learning how to connect with others that have nothing to do with sales. People buy from people they connect with and people they like. Learn to be likable online and offline.
10. Carve out time to work – and be consistent with it. With anything we want to grow, we need to give it time. How much time? That is something you have to figure out on your own. It all depends on what you have and what you can give. Start from there. I will say that it is better to give a little bit of time every day than it is to give it lots of time once in a blue moon. Have you read the book Atomic Habits? In a nutshell, it states that all life-altering things that come to be, started with the smallest of things, done over a long period of time, consistently. Little Time + Much Consistency = Desired Results.
So there it is…. my list of what to do after joining Origami Owl. Learn these things on your own or with the person you signed with. If that’s me, I welcome you to connect with me. Email me, respond to my text messages I sent you or send me a message on any of my social accounts @locketsNcharms.
Xoxo,
Jennylou Raya ID#1186
LocketsandCharms.OrigamiOwl.com
