Leadership Magazines doTERRA Issue 33 Barrus | Page 58

NEW dōTERRA DIAMONDS Nathan & Joanna Geigley CENTREVILLE, MICHIGAN, USA “Treat it like a business! Go to work, be consistent, and don't quit.” A HEART TO SERVE L ike many others, when Joanna Geigley first found dōTERRA ® , she was not interested in the business side of oils. After a chance meeting with a Wellness Advocate, Joanna fell in love with dōTERRA products. From the first time she used the products, she remembers being immediately amazed at their effectiveness. As she started to learn more about the oils, she knew she wanted to regularly use them herself, as well as make them a part of her family’s life. Joanna’s husband was the first person to push her toward building her own business. While she was excited about a business model that centered on relationships, Joanna was not excited about the sales aspect of growing a business. A month after signing up to be a Wellness Advocate, Joanna enrolled three people by genuinely sharing oils with those around her; she was not intentionally selling! After those first three people expressed how much they loved the oils, Joanna decided to host her first class. Joanna’s first class could not have gone better. She was amazed at the end of the class when she enrolled seven people. What started out as an impossible feat now seemed entirely possible to Joanna. She was no longer worried about telling people about oils. She knew it wasn’t 58 dōTERRA ESSENTIAL LEADERSHIP I JULY / AUGUST 2018 about selling but sharing her honest opinions about oils, and seeing how that could positively affect so many people. After that first class, Joanna developed a system that worked for her. She found that following up with people was the most important thing for her business. She says, “Follow up, follow up, follow up! Everyone is busy. People actually feel cared for when you follow up; their need is important to them, and when you follow up, they see their need is also important to you.” Joanna has found that being willing to follow up in different ways is key. Every person she talks to about dōTERRA is different. Watch for the needs of each person, she says. “Everybody is different, but you should follow up with a call, text, or coffee within three days.” Teaching classes quickly became the with class members, she can ask who most important way for Joanna to might want to join her business. She connect with new people. For her, says that teaching class and doing teaching on a consistent day and follow-ups are the little steps that can time is helpful. By making her classes determine success. consistent, she discovered that she was able to work her life around business easier. When it comes to teaching the classes, she says, “You don’t need to know everything. Learn as you sample and follow up with people. For me, it was freedom not As her business has grown, Joanna has found the financial freedom she always dreamed of having. Starting out, her goal was to be debt free; as that goal was achieved, she soon realized there was so much more she could knowing everything. We could learn do. Joanna began looking for ways she from experience whether a specific oil could serve her community. “In the worked or not, and we could switch beginning, I did not know how God it up. Everyone’s body responds would use dōTERRA to touch so many differently, and everyone can build a lives,” she says. “I have always had the dōTERRA business differently. That is heart to serve others, and I did not the beauty of dōTERRA.” Joanna has realize that this opportunity could be learned that by creating relationships the vehicle to live out my dreams.” SIMPLE THINGS MAKE THE DIFFERENCE DON'T GIVE UP. “Commit to never quitting on a bad day. Promise yourself, if you quit it will only be on a good day.” FIND A SUPPORT SYSTEM. “My husband and upline both believe in me, even when I do not believe in myself.” FOLLOW UP. “Everyone is busy. People actually feel cared for when you follow up; their need is important to them, and when you follow up, they see their need is also important to you.” Results not typical. Average earnings are less. See dōTERRA Opportunity and Earnings Disclosure Summary on doterra.com. doterra.com 59