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SUNDAY, JULY 5, 2015 WWW.NEWSANDSENTINEL.COM PAGE 1B
BUSINESSBird finds success with Jamberry
Editor’s Note: Thesethree stories are about threewomen in the Mid-Ohio Val-ley in successful careerswith direct sales marketing.
Each earns more than$5,000 a month and theytalk about how and why theygot involved in the businessand its rewards.
By JEFF BAUGHANjbaughan@newsandsentinel.com
WILLIAMSTOWN — Itwas so simple. Debbie Birdwalked up to the counter atthe Third Street Deli inParkersburg to pay forlunch.“Oh, I just love your
nails. How did you get themthat way?” the lady at thecounter said.Debbie smiled, turned
and said, “I love this part ofmy job,” and slid her busi-ness card to the woman.“It’s really very simple,”
she said. “I’ll explain it toyou when you have somefree time and aren’t so busy.Just call me.”Bird got a call later that
evening.Debbie Bird is a senior
executive for JamberryNails. To call her a distribu-tor would be a puny attemptto describe what she does.She is in the top 1 percent
of leading sellers for thecompany.“There’s more than
100,000 women in Jamber-ry,” she said. “These nailssell themselves. I’ve just gotto wear them and things likewhat you just saw, hap-pens.”Bird has been in the Jam-
berry Nails direct sales busi-ness for more than threeyears.“Jamberry launched in
July of 2011. I was in byNovember and one of thefirst 200 to become a con-sultant,” she said.She’ll earn six figures in
2015 and has more than1,000 people in her downline. The down line team iscalled the Super Chicks andher personal website is deb-biebird.jamberrynails.net/.Not bad for a single lady
who returned to the UnitedStates after serving as aHaitian missionary who hadno job, no financial supportand was a full-time student
at West Virginia University-Parkersburg in the nursingprogram doing clinicals.“I needed something that
was more than a minimumwage job that worked on myschedule,” Bird said.Enter her daughter,
Emily, who was helpingfind the right product.“She said, ‘what about
Jamberry?’,” Bird said. “Sixweeks of research andprayer and I felt this wasit… this was the right prod-uct for me.“It was small. It was light.
I could carry my product inmy backpack to show and Icould wear my product. Itold you, it sells itself,” shestated. “And they had thebest compensation out there.This industry complementsa woman’s lifestyle. It does-n’t compete with it.“She can be a stay-at-
home mom, a college stu-dent, a CPA,” she said.“They can all have equalsuccess. We can determinewhat income we want. If wewant to work it hard, wecan. If not, they can do whatthey have time for.”Bird said she worked on
Jamberry for five to sevenhours a week when she start-ed. She works more thanthat now due to the largedownline.“Maybe 15 to 25 now,”
she said. “That’s with per-sonal and coaching calls but
there’s no time card toworry about.“My greatest success is
becoming the woman Godcreated me to be,” she said.“I get a chance to impactpeople and change lives,help people make a goodliving.”The American-made
product is a fast-changingitem, she said.“People can design it in a
day and it can be availableto distributors two-to-threedays later,” she said. “Wedid a design to help theNepal earthquake relief. Wedo designs for breast cancer,autism, heart health,UNICEF.“We’re encouraged to
give locally to things webelieve in,” she said. “I likethat idea. I get to contributeto what I want to contributeto. Wouldn’t you like to beable to write a check tocover the cost of somethingyou believe in? Jamberryhas allowed to be able dothat and I do it.”Bird said Jamberry is a
green product.
Johnson feels better,finds income withorganic product
Editor’s Note: Thesethree stories are about threewomen in the Mid-Ohio Val-ley in successful careerswith direct sales marketing.
Each earns more than$5,000 a month and theytalk about how and why theygot involved in the businessand its rewards.
By JEFF BAUGHANjbaughan@newsandsentinel.com
VIENNA — SuzanneJohnson spends many Tues-day evenings at Colombo’sRestaurant in Parkersburg.But she’s not there for din-
ner.She and members of her
team gather in a small roomseveral times a month to talknutrition and the companyeach represents – Xyngular.which Johnson calls a “natu-rally sourced, organic prod-uct designed to balance thebody nutritionally. You startwith the detox and you feelbetter. Then the rest of theproducts help you feel con-tinually better and get youhealthy.”“My sister, Cynthia Evans,
was the first into it fromWestVirginia and she just tore itup,” Johnson said. “She wasa lawyer working hours andhours beyond 40 hours. Shesaw the business sense and
just jumped in feet first. Ithink she was pulling close tosix figures her first year. “Johnson was a customer
before she became a distribu-tor.“I started taking the sup-
plements searching for a wayto lose weight and gethealthy,” she said. “I neededto lose the weight because ofhealth reasons and I did. Ilost 30 pounds and foursizes. Migraines… migraineswere a constant source ofproblems. By losing theweight, I got rid of mymigraines. I didn’t get into itto make money. I got into itto feel better. Now I do feelbetter... and the money isnice too.”She got herself healthy but
she said it took a life threat-ening illness along the waywith her son, Nick, to get heron board with being in busi-ness with Xyngular.“I was working 50 hours a
week with a national compa-ny as a sales manager,” shesaid. “So I was not able to bewith him very much when hewas younger. So I tookanother job for less moneyfor more time but having lessmoney caused problems too.“It got to the point where I
couldn’t constantly go to theboss asking for time off totake Nick to doctors’
appointments,” she said.“Life is too short and I wastoo old to be told how tomake life’s dreams cometrue. Sis told me this workedand I believed her. So Ijoined in. Now I’ll regularlyearn $5,000 a month. Manytimes much more than that.”Johnson said early Xyngu-
lar had four products. Thenumber has since increasedto 11. And Johnson’s downline has gone from her tohundreds by her account.“I just don’t know exactly
how many hundreds rightnow. The number keepschanging as people get intofeeling healthier with theproduct,” she said.The Xyngular line of prod-
ucts includes items designedfor a nutritional boost; amulti-vitamin type supple-ment of vitamins and miner-als containing an herbal mixto help suppress the appetite;a fat burning tablet; a detoxi-fication capsule to helpcleanse the body to helpboost weight loss; a mealreplacement protein shakedesigned for weight loss; anda sprinkle powder designedto allow people to eat whatthey want without conse-quences of carbs, fat andcalories.
Farley bringsbeauty to homes
Editor’s Note: Thesethree stories are aboutthree women in the Mid-Ohio Valley in successfulcareers with direct salesmarketing.
Each earns more than$5,000 a month and theytalk about how and whythey got involved in thebusiness and its rewards.
By JEFF BAUGHANjbaughan@newsandsentinel.com
MARIETTA — Threechildren first grade andunder roam around thehome of Joy Farley.She has a home-based
business, as does husbandShane, a video producer.What makes it a bit easi-
er for her, she doesn’t haveto leave home to work herbusiness, which is Beauti-Control. Also making iteasier was the No. 2 rank-ing for sales as a directorshe has achieved.“We were up 189 per-
cent this March over lastMarch. The team did$45,000 in March. Thereare 180 members to Far-ley’s Fabulous Team andmost are here in Ohio andWest Virginia. Andbecause of that,” she said,“I have just acheived a rankof senior director.”Farley has been with
BeautiControl for sevenyears after “watching mymom selling Mary Kay for11 years.” But she didn’timmediately jump in andfollow mother’s path.“No, I went to Washing-
ton State until I was 20,waitressed at Austyn’s andthen I got invited to a Beau-
tiControl party. The experi-ence at the party. OK, I’min.”BeautiControl has over
400 products in the cate-gories of anti-aging, skincare, makeup and bath andbody, according to Farley.“The products will sellthemselves,” she said. “Iwanted a better life for myfamily.“At BeautiControl, we
talk about our motivational‘why?’ What ‘why’ drivesyou?” she said. “My ‘why’is to remain a stay-at-homemom. It’s the commitment Ihave made. This is mymindset. I am driven. I willnot let anyone or anythingdiscourage me.”Checks for the last two
months have each totaledmore than $5,500 andthat’s not counting personalsales, which is a whole lotof encouragement.And her drive is a leased
red, two-door Mercedes250 C-Class. That’s whatshe has received fromBeautiControl for herefforts.It’s a step up from the
Chevrolet Cruz she hasbeen driving. BeautiControlwas taking care of that caretoo.“I haven’t had a car pay-
ment in the last four yearsbecause of BeautiControl.They have been taking careof the cars,” she said. “I gota Mercedes because as adirector I hit a certain salesgoal with the team. Initial-ly, the car is leased by themso they pay the lease. I payhalf the insurance. If Imaintain certain goals, I getthe title to the car.”
Farley said she works afull day with BeautiCon-trol, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.Monday through Friday.“I began working my
business like a business lastyear. I make deliveries,make calls, answer emails,do coaching calls,” shesaid. “I do it because Ichoose to work my busi-ness that way. I have to beconsistent with my work.There will be highs andlows and you must perser-vere.”Persevering has included
a lot of social media. “I amjust rocking Facebook,Instagram, everything,” shesaid. “I’ll post 30 secondvideos on makeup tips,product uses. I try to makeeach post something ofvalue. Nothing is wasted asfar as time devoted to help-ing my team succeed indi-vidually and as a whole.”Farley said in order to
lead, to teach the business,she also “has to be willingand eager to learn.“I have a personal busi-
ness coach, and have hadfor the last two years —Becky Spieth from Hous-ton, Texas,” she said. “Sheis a certified part of theJohn C. Maxwell team. Shebuilt a multi-million dollarbusiness, but wanted to domore with her life. I’vegotten a lot of value fromher.“You have to spend dol-
lars to make dollars,” shesaid. “I’ve spent thousandswith her and look where Iam. She has helped guideme where I am today.”
Photo by Jeff Baughan
Joy Farley of Marietta and her downline, known as Farley’s Fabulous Team, are risingnear the top for sales with BeautiControl. Farley works out of her home and due to herefforts in building her business, received a leased red, two-door Mercedes 250 C-Class.
Photo by Jeff Baughan
Suzanne Johnson of Vienna steadily pulls in more than $5,000 a month from her businesswith Xyngular, a nutritional supplement company.
Photo by Jeff Baughan
Debbie Bird of Williamstown will be earning six figures thisyear from Jamberry, which produces decorative naildesigns.
∫ SEE BIRD, PAGE 7B
∫ SEE JOHNSON, PAGE 7A
∫ SEE FARLEY, PAGE 3B
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