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Direct Sales Done Right

Katy Ursta www.katyursta.com

The Direct Sales Done Right Podcast with Katy Ursta is for female entrepreneurs and network marketers who want to grow a thriving business without losing sight of what matters most along the way.


With over 12 years of experience (and a 7-figure business built through storytelling and strategy), Katy brings unfiltered lessons to the mic — sharing what actually works when it comes to marketing, and how to build success without sacrificing your top priorities: your family, your health, your relationships, and your joy.


Each week, you’ll walk away with relatable stories, real-life strategies, and the kind of honest advice you’d expect from a mentor who’s been exactly where you are — who’s made mistakes, learned the hard way, and figured out how to rise after a setback.

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Episodes

Episode 220: How To Overcome Self-Limiting Beliefs In Your Direct Sales Business

Sometimes we struggle to overcome the self limiting belief, so Katy and Melanie are helping you out this week. On this week of the Direct Sales Done Right Podcast, the ladies are chatting with you about your mindset. This episode is all about working towards a positive mindset to help you achieve big goals in your biz. You will learn about powerful and practical strategies to overcome your own limiting beliefs.Download your free guide now and learn our way of inviting, the direct sales done righ...

Jun 01, 202324 min

Episode 219: Keeping Your Customers Close: Best Practices for Direct Sellers

This episode is not one you want to just glaze over, Katy and Melanie are talking all things excellent customer service. On this week of the Make Chic Happen Podcast, Katy and Melanie are driving home the importance of your customer service because your lack of customer service can really make a difference not only in your income, but your business as a whole! The ladies are giving you their top 3 tips for keeping your customers happy, heard, and understood so they can eventually become spokes p...

May 25, 202331 min

Episode 218: The Secret to Creating Engaging Instagram Stories: Keep Your Followers Coming Back

This week is all about successful strategies for using your social media stories! Katy and Melanie are sharing their experiences with using their story platforms to help convert people to their products and services. They are discussing the purpose of stories, how to drive the conversation for conversion, and how to connect more with your followers on a personal level. Sign up here for the How To Get Your Business Summer Ready Masterclass: https://services.chicinfluencer.com/offers/qLFBe8Dv/chec...

May 18, 202332 min

Bonus Episode: How I Recruited More Team Members In The Past 5 Months Than All Of Last Year!

How I recruited more team members in the past 5 months than all of last year!When you have the systems to scale and a mentor in your corner helping you troubleshoot, you can skyrocket your success. In today's interview with Direct Sales Leader, Lauren Hale we discuss how she has gained momentum in her personal business and team growth in the past five months of working together.To join the leadership mastermind click: leadershipmastermind.chicinfluencer.com

May 12, 202330 min

Episode 217: The 8 Rules Your Upline Didn't Tell You

The one thing we are focusing on is inviting! Inviting has to be done in the direct sales industry, but you can have a process that makes you feel good! On this week of the Direct Sales Done Right podcast, Katy and Melanie are sharing their 8 golden rules and practices that they have found for inviting. The ladies are giving you questions to ask yourself and new tactics to implement into your business practices today. Check out the leadership mastermind here: https://chicinfluencer.com/direct-sa...

May 11, 202330 min

Episode 216: Breaking The Limits: Overcoming Limiting Beliefs & Achieving Success

It doesn't matter if you just started in direct sales or you've been in the industry for 12 years like us, limiting beliefs can creep no matter where you are at in your business. On this week on the Direct Sales Done Right Podcast, Melanie and Katy are chatting about mindset today. Katy is sharing a personal story that she is currently working through. She is going to share with you how you are the person who is writing your story. Melanie is sharing practical tips to help with your mindset work...

May 04, 202330 min

Episode 215: Called Out! You’re Quiet Quitting! (3 Things to Do TODAY to snap out of it!)

Melanie and Katy have noticed that there is some quiet quitting going on in the direct sales space right now. On this week of the Direct Sales Done Right Podcast, Melanie and Katy share more about quiet quitting, what it means, and how they start to notice someone quitting. The ladies give you 3 strategies to implement on how to own it, then snap out of it if it is something that you might be doing in your business. Do you struggle with finding your message and getting heard above all the social...

Apr 27, 202328 min

Episode 214: The NEW Way of Posting for Sales: 3 Tips from Your Content Coach

Alysa is on the show this week because The Chic Branding Experience has reached their 100th client! This is the perfect time for Alysa to come on the show and spend some time chatting about all things content. On this week of the Direct Sales Done Right, Katy and Alysa are diving deep into what they do best, social media content! The ladies are giving you their top 3 strategies that they have found true for their Chic Branding Experience clients when they are working 1:1 with them!Do you struggl...

Apr 20, 202332 min

Episode 213: The Secrets To Network Marketing Success

It is officially Q2! Over the next couple weeks on the Direct Sales Done Right podcast Melanie and Katy are giving you their foundational principles that they believe will really help you make sure you are dotting your I's and crossing your T's to see success in your business. On this week's episode, Melanie and Katy are breaking down 4 of the foundational principles of building a business in direct sales. Join our free webinar and discover the 10-day proven plan that will turn your dreams into ...

Apr 06, 202331 min

Episode 212: Is Going Into Business With Your Bestie A Good Idea?

On this week of the Direct Sales Done Right, Katy and Melanie discussing a question they got in the DMs about how the ladies work together as best friends with their company, Chic Influencer. The ladies are walking you through some suggestions and strategies on how you can come to the conclusion about if you should work solo or consider doing business with somebody else. Do you wonder what tasks you should be doing in your direct sales business every day in order to see success?! Do you need a s...

Mar 30, 202330 min

Episode 211: Do This If Sales Posts Make You Feel Icky

With social media these days, it is constantly changing. A few years back, social media use to be about likes and follows, now Katy and Melanie know that it is about quality over quantity for content. On this week of the Direct Sales Done Right Podcast, Katy and Melanie are diving into why your quality content is the most important metric to help support and grow your business and goals. Check out the Chic Branding Experience more here: https://chicinfluencer.com/personal-branding-for-direct-sal...

Mar 23, 202330 min

Episode 210: How To Overcome Fear and Self Doubt in 4 Simple Steps

Katy and Melanie are talking about over come fear and self doubt! This episode is going to be a starting point with 4 simple action steps that you can implement today to be able to reflect on the fears that are holding you back in your business. The Chic Branding Experience with Katy Ursta is uniquely designed for women in direct sales who aim to clarify their unique brand messaging, craft niche content and stand out in the industry. This fully customized experience consists of 4 phases to creat...

Mar 16, 202327 min

209: How I Sign 22 Distributors in One Quarter and Doubled My Income: Interview with Lacey Hansen

Bonus episode!!! No matter what or where you start, or how long you've been in direct sales, your time has not passed. You can hands down achieve success! On this week of the Direct Sales Done Right, Melanie is interviewing one of her students from the Rockstar Recruitment Course, Lacey. Lacey Hansen is crushing it in her own direct sales business. She has been a BODi partner for 4 and a half years. Melanie is interviewing Lacey about her recent success, and how her recruiting numbers have incre...

Mar 13, 202332 min

Episode 208: How To Post About The Business Opportunty Before You Have A Team

Melanie and Katy are talking about recruitment again on the Direct Sales Done Right Podcast this week! On this episode, Melanie and Katy are hitting head on about what to do when you don't feel necessarily confident about posting because you haven't had the level of the success that you want just yet. The ladies are using the "Blessing Of The Business" strategy to help build your confidence around posting about the business opportunity. The Rockstar Direct Sales Recruitment Course is the ONLY st...

Mar 09, 202327 min

Episode 207: Top Tips For Attracting and Enrolling Business Builders To Your Team

We are specifically talking about the art of recruitment this week on the Direct Sales Done Right Podcast. Katy is putting Melanie in the hot seat to answer some questions that the ladies have consistently received about recruitment over the past few years. It is time to stop feeling frustrated by your lack of results when it comes to building your team. Building a thriving organization doesn’t have to be exhausting, frustrating, and overwhelming. This is why we created the Rockstar Direct Sales...

Mar 02, 202325 min

Episode 206: STOP Trying To GROW Your IG Following! DO This Instead!

Katy is hosting this week solo and she is talking about something pretty controversial inn the social media world, specifically with Instagram: following! Katy is talking about why it may not be that important to really "grow your following". In this episode of the Direct Sales Done Right Podcast, she is sharing some changes that have been noticed and what you can be doing to convert your followers into consumers, as well as, some other areas you can spend your time on.Katy is giving you 3 steps...

Feb 23, 202322 min

Episode 205: How to Handle A Significant Other Who Doesn’t Support Your Business

This is the most requested topic for an episode for the Direct Sales Done Right Podcast! Melanie and Katy are discussing spouse support this week. Melanie is going to share her story with her husband when she first started out in her direct sales business. The ladies will be giving you insight and action steps into how to better communicate with your spouse about your business. Are you new in direct sales? Or maybe you've been in the business, but just feel like you are spinning your wheels on t...

Feb 16, 202332 min

Episode 204: Creating the Habits That Will Actually Grow Your Business

Katy and Melanie are back in the studio together. They are sharing with you their top habits to help you grow your business because everything rises and falls on your habits. The ladies are giving you a step by step break down to evaluate your habits that you have right now to help create new habits that are more aligned with your business. Are you new in direct sales? Or maybe you've been in the business, but just feel like you are spinning your wheels on the right activities you should be doin...

Feb 09, 202328 min

Episode 203: When Month One Didn't Go As Expected

Melanie is hosting this week solo! Get your goals out that you set for 2023, we are holding ourselves accountable.On this week of the Direct Sales Done Right podcast, Melanie is going to walk you through a reflection on how to break down how January went for you and how to have a more successful February. She is giving you the hard hitting questions to ask yourself! Are you new in direct sales? Or maybe you've been in the business, but just feel like you are spinning your wheels on the right act...

Feb 02, 202333 min

Episode 202: 5 Tips To be More Productive In 2023

One thing about Katy and Melanie is that they never give fluff, they always shoot straight! On this week of the Direct Sales Done Right Podcast, Katy and Melanie are giving you 5 tips that when applied can make a huge impact on not just your business, but also your priorites how you schedule your day, and even how you look at your business. Snag your planner here: https://chicinfluencer.com/direct-sales-done-right-planner/One daily serving delivers a comprehensive blend of core health products, ...

Jan 26, 202332 min

Episode 201: 2023 Trend Alert

Customers, Consumers of our social media: have their habits actually changed?! On this week of the Direct Sales Done Right Podcast, Melanie and Katy are talking about some of the up and coming trends that they feel will have an affect on the way you are posting your content for your consumers! This episode is for anyone who is finding themselves in a place of saying "What worked for me before, isn't working for me now". Snag your planner here: https://chicinfluencer.com/direct-sales-done-right-p...

Jan 19, 202326 min

Episode 200: How Long Can I Expect Before seeing Direct Sales Success?

t is Episode 200!!! How CRAZY is that we have 200 episodes!? We want to thank you for taking time out of your day to listening to our podcast always! On this week of the Direct Sales Done Right Podcast, Katy and Melanie start off this episode by sharing a little bit of what they have learned through hosting their own podcast. During this episode, the ladies are walking you through the natural cycle of change. They are giving you a few ways to become more comfortable with change in your direct sa...

Jan 12, 202333 min

Episode 199: Avoid Our 5 BIGGEST Direct Sales Goal Setting Mistakes in the New Year

On this week's of the Direct Sales Done Right podcast, Katy is reliving her earlier days of direct sales experience by sharing her top goal-setting mistakes in her direct sales business and how you can avoid making the same mistakes this year!It’s official, the Direct Sales Done Right Academy is now open for enrollment. Industry leaders Melanie Mitro and Katy Ursta will be your mentors through 5 proven direct sales course modules that will help you overcome self-limiting beliefs, set quantifiabl...

Jan 05, 202338 min

Episode 198: How To Have A Fresh Start In Your Direct Sales Business

Melanie is talking about what to do when you're starting over or when you feel like you need a fresh start. This episode is about how you can either support yourself through transition or how you can support your team when they need a fresh start in creating a strategy to help get started right in the new year. It’s official, the Direct Sales Done Right Academy is now open for enrollment. Industry leaders Melanie Mitro and Katy Ursta will be your mentors through 5 proven direct sales course modu...

Dec 29, 202226 min

Episode 197: The Million Dollar Vision Practice

Katy is hosting solo this week! On this week of the Direct Sales Done Right podcast, Katy is talking about why your vision matters in your business. She is going to break down 3 questions to ask yourself when it comes to the vision you are casting for your business. One daily serving delivers a comprehensive blend of core health products, working together to fill nutrient gaps and deliver the foundation for better health.Get your AG1 by Athletic Greens here: fbuy.io/ag/32thgdqwThe Ultimate Direc...

Dec 22, 202217 min

Episode 196: The Skillset Required For Selling On Social

We are half way through December, and getting ready to go into the new year. It is time to make the decision: we are either going hard with our direct sales business or we can continue to treat our business like a hobby. Melanie and Katy are sharing 4 key areas of social selling that are needed to be done in order to see profitable results in your direct sales business. How to Triple Your Direct Sales Income in 90 Days:The Proven 3 Step Framework For Success - https://chicinfluencer.com/triple-y...

Dec 15, 202229 min

Episode 195: 4 Key Ways To Turn Missed Goals Into Opportunities

On this week of the Direct Sales Done Right Podcast, Melanie and Katy are talking about your end of year goals that you had set in the beginning of the year, but may be out of reach this year. Melanie and Katy have found a way to let their missed goals, elevate them. They are going to share 4 tactical ways that those missed goals can become opportunities for you and your business to learn and grow from.The First Edition of Direct Sales Done Right: 52 Week Business and Marketing Planner is offici...

Dec 08, 202232 min

Episode 194: How To Run Profitable Monthly Virtual Events

On this week of the Direct Sales Done right podcast, Melanie is interviewing Leigh Ann, Chic Community Membe, a Leadership Mastermind and a Chic Branding Experience participant. Leigh Ann is a former Tax Accountant who built her business while working 80+ hours per week and enrolled in a double Masters Degree Program. She has owned her direct sales business for 18 years and reached the top 2% of her company in 7 months. When she started her business in her early 20s, she had just moved to Miami,...

Dec 01, 202254 min

Episode 193: How To Recruit 5 Direct Sales Members in 5 Days

On this week of the Direct Sales Done Right Podcast, Katy and Melanie chat about building your organization. Katy is asking Melanie some questions about her recruitment strategy and why you need to focus on recruitment in your direct sales business.The First Edition of Direct Sales Done Right: 52 Week Business and Marketing Planner is officially here! With feedback from hundreds of women in the direct sales industry and their own 11+ years of experience in network marketing, we’ve created a comp...

Nov 24, 202227 min

Episode 192: 3 Strategies To Nail Your Niche

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!!!! The Make Chic Happen Podcast is officially niching down, Katy and Melanie decided that the new podcast name is going to be The Direct Sales Done Right Podcast!!! On this episode, Katy and Melanie are giving you the behind-the-scenes of how they came to the decision of changing the name of the podcast through a niching down process, and why you should niche down right now! The ladies are giving you 3 specific strategies for you to implement right away when you are making the ...

Nov 17, 202229 min
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