Becoming A Consultant!

[leedsforever]

Hey there,

Long time no post but I wanted some advice before I travel to an opportunity event on sunday to become a Slimming World consultant.
I was made redundant 2 weeks ago and have picked up some promo work as part time. I have got it in my head that I no longer want to work full time for someone else and what better way to keep myself busy and potentially make some money than becoming a Slimming World Consultant?! I would think.

I have lost 7 stone in total and I am all about motivating others and hearing about success stories so it is definetly something I would be very very passionate about. My whole career has been sales, customer focused, "people person" background and I would not shy from the "hard work".

However the initial costs are something that worries me... and also the chance of it failing even though I put in hard work.

Would love some advice, experiences from others? And a better idea of upfront costs before taking the first step.

Sorry if posted in wrong area.

Thanks guys

 

[Jaq]

Thats an excellent thread called 'a diary of a slimming world consultant' that I think will answer all your questions.

Its in the diaries section I think.

 

[leedsforever]

Thank you very much... will have a read through that

 

[lovehirano]

Yeah I read through the diary of a consultant and was very good reading!

It seems like VERY hard work and I know some of the ladies were saying they only made £15 a week after all costs taken out.

But everyone is different and every situation is different and you don't know until you have tried People make great success from it and I'm sure it would be very rewarding too!

Let us know what you decide

 

[leedsforever]

Thanks chick .. I'm going to have a read of it later.

It's more the up front costs that worry me at the moment , some reading up to £1000?!? Eeek

 

[jaylou]

You are looking around £600 for the cheaper option to £1000 for the full package. This is for a single franchise.
Then add in hotel stays and travel for the training - 6 days in total split into 3 lots of 2 over about 6 months and you are looking at upwards of 12-1400 pounds.

 

[leedsforever]

Thanks for your response .. This is what I feared ! It is defo not something I can consider at the moment unfortunately :-(