James Dillehay > James's Quotes

“People are not interested in your product or your business; they are interested in solving their own problems.”
― James Dillehay, Guerrilla Multilevel Marketing

“1. 60 percent to existing customers 2. 30 percent to qualified prospects 3. 10 percent to the universe of people you’ve never met. (referring to how to allocate your marketing budget)”
― James Dillehay, Guerrilla Multilevel Marketing

“The quick and dirty formula is to add cost of materials plus cost of labor and then figure 25 percent of that to arrive at a number that will cover your overhead.”
― James Dillehay, How to Price Crafts and Things You Make to Sell

“Naming your packaged products helps call attention to how the deal is special. Call the product bundle a collector’s set, a gift basket, or holiday set, and give each one a name; something like The Artisan’s Selection or Your Name’s Gift Set.”
― James Dillehay, How to Price Crafts and Things You Make to Sell -- Formulas and Strategies for Arriving at Profitable Craft Prices for Selling Online or Off, Wholesale or Retail

“When you are calculating an hourly labor rate, add in an additional thirty percent to that rate cover employment taxes.”
― James Dillehay, How to Price Crafts and Things You Make to Sell -- Formulas and Strategies for Arriving at Profitable Craft Prices for Selling Online or Off, Wholesale or Retail

“When adding descriptions to your online listings or printed materials, lead with benefits and follow with features.”
― James Dillehay, How to Price Crafts and Things You Make to Sell -- Formulas and Strategies for Arriving at Profitable Craft Prices for Selling Online or Off, Wholesale or Retail

“My life is on loan, like money borrowed from a bank. God is the lender, and He retains the right to call in the loan any time. Though I am responsible for taking care of it, I do not own this life; it is borrowed. Why should I fear its loss or the loss of anything else in this world when I must surrender it all anyway?”
― James Dillehay, Overcoming the 7 Devils That Ruin Success: A Sufi Book of a Student’s Experiences

“If you don't know how to take care of your own needs, when you try to give to others, you are giving from a bankrupt account.”
― James Dillehay, Overcoming the 7 Devils That Ruin Success: A Sufi Book of a Student’s Experiences

“Ultimately though, we are not responsible for another's happiness. The unhappy person almost always suffers from self-inflicted pain.”
― James Dillehay, Overcoming the 7 Devils That Ruin Success: A Sufi Book of a Student’s Experiences

“The intelligence of the heart bypasses the intellect in the head which works on assumptions and requires a lot of thinking and confusion and makes a person tired and weak. But, the heart intelligence is not only direct and to the point, it also gives you energy, vitality and strength.”
― James Dillehay, Overcoming the 7 Devils That Ruin Success: A Sufi Book of a Student’s Experiences

“We are highly susceptible to self destruction when we aren’t doing what we really want with our lives.”
― James Dillehay, Overcoming the 7 Devils That Ruin Success: A Sufi Book of a Student’s Experiences

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