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Bob Hipple’s direct sales industry experience spans over 30+ years as a distributor, keynote speaker, company executive and business consultant. He built a sales organization for thirteen years in the financial services industry with Primerica, www.primerica.com . In 1996 he left the field to enter the corporate side of the direct sales industry where he was the Vice President of Sales for two of the largest direct sales technology companies. From 2008-2010 he was the VP of Sales for Scentsy, www.scentsy.com, during their early massive growth period. Bob has served on the Education Committee for the Direct Selling Association and been a speaker at numerous DSA events (www.dsa.org). He was a co-founder of Perfectly
Posh, www.perfectlyposh.com, a party plan company that sales personal care products. He was the CEO of Damsel in Defense www.damselindefense.com until 2017 when he left to serve an eighteen month mission with his wife for their church.

His focus in direct sales consulting is:
• Compensation plan design
• Guiding new direct sales companies thru the start-up and launch phases
• Helping companies grow once they have slowed down
• Assisting in the selection of direct sales technology

He has developed keen insights to many aspects of what is needed to start, run, and grow a direct sales company from the representative’s perspective as well as a company executive.

bob@bobhipple.com
801-712-0737

Articles by Bob Hipple

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  • March 14, 2016

    Party Plan vs Network Marketing

    There are two primary business models in direct sales: party plan and network marketing. They represent the largest share of companies in the industry. Over the years, these two have evolved... Read more

  • December 8, 2013

    Why Do You Want to Own A Direct Selling Company?

    Why do you want to own a direct selling company? One motivation for starting a company in this industry is obvious. Other than a home-run technology company, few businesses have such fast up... Read more

  • November 7, 2013

    Organic Growth vs Rapid Growth

    In the past couple of years several prominent direct sales companies have closed their doors, despite having pre-established brand equity and strong financial support from a successful corpo... Read more

  • September 27, 2013

    Make Sure Opportunity Knocks! By Bob Hipple

    In the MLM business, of course, you have to have a great product! That is very, very important. But really, the best product you have to offer is the business opportunity because, at the... Read more

  • September 26, 2013

    Direct Sales Software

    Direct sales software is an area that will make you or break you. Some well meaning programmers will tell you it is no big deal to build it yourself. You might be tempted to do this. DON’T... Read more