Blog posts of '2012' 'April'

"If you send up a weather vane or put your thumb up in the air every time you want to do something different, to find out what people are going to think about it, you're going to limit yourself. That's a very strange way to live." - Jessye Norman (1945-) Jessye Mae Norman, born September 15, 194...

Cananga Odorata, otherwise called ylang-ylang, is a tree that grows rich and plentiful in the South Pacific and is valued for its perfume. The scent of ylang-ylang is famous worldwide for its sensual aroma and alluring fragrance. It is known to activate the "Cupid" in couples and is a powerful aph...

[caption id="attachment_5302" align="alignnone" width="225" caption="Lela with the Beautiful Smile"][/caption] Our representative at Bethanie Orphanage just sent us an update on two of the many children we support in Congo with your help. Here's her note: Wayne, this is Lela (above). She has been...

"The glory of sport comes from dedication, determination and desire. Achieving success and personal glory in athletics has less to do with wins and losses than it does with learning how to prepare yourself so that at the end of the day, whether on the track or in the office, you know that there wa...

Jumpstart your selling season with these 24 new and sumptuous fragrance oils! Get more customers and grow your sales with these tempting and delicious new scents. All oils are available in 1/3 oz, 1 oz, 4 oz, and 1 LB size bottles. Click on any/each name below and go directly to the 1 oz size w...

The new African Clothing & Artwork and the Personal Care Retail catalogs are both in stock and available now! Besides just handing these books out to your customers and potential customers, here's 3 easy and proven ideas that will help get more customers and generate more sales: 1) You can put a sticker on the book that says “20% off if you call before (date you choose)”. A deadline helps people to act sooner. 2) You can change the offer to $5.00 off on any order of $25. or more (which is actually a smaller discount – if you think about it for a minute). Many people do not figure out percents; or cannot do the math quickly in their head. In hundreds of catalog tests by different companies, giving a dollar amount discount almost always gets better response than a percent off discount. 3) You can change the offer to “Get a free bar of African soap” (or fill in t...

"Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed." - Booker T. Washington (April 5, 1856- November 14, 1915) Booker Taliaferro Washington was an African-American educator, author, and civil rights...