NEW dōTERRA DIAMONDS
SUPPORTING YOUR BUILDERS
Dr. John & Jennifer Accomando
TAMPA, FLORIDA, USA
Avenue for Growth
“Relationships are hands-down the
number one most important thing in
this business.”
A
s a homeschooling mom with five
kids, Jennifer Accomando used social
media to keep up with friends, family,
and the outside world. Her husband is
an oncologist, but she had been feeling
the need to help their family live cleaner
and healthier. One day, she saw an article
on Facebook about the natural health
benefits of oregano, and reposted it on
her wall. Her Facebook friend Stacey Lane,
whom she had met once at a coffee shop,
commented on the post to ask her if she
had ever heard of dōTERRA.
As Stacey told her more, Jennifer’s interest
was piqued, and she eventually met with
Stacey’s mother-in-law in the same coffee
shop. But Jennifer already knew she wanted
to buy. She bought a kit and set up a monthly
order, then slowly let her growing collection
gather dust on a shelf. She says, “I was
still so confused about all the different
options that I just didn’t use it.” Eventually,
she started trying them on her family
and saw their effectiveness. She enrolled
her best friend, Carol-Ann Mendoza, and
everything took off from there. Carol-Ann
started getting involved with the business,
and she encouraged Jennifer to join her.
“My downline and I are in a partnership together, and
we have been since day one. We’re cohesive, it’s like
they’re a part of the family.”
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dōTERRA ESSENTIAL LEADERSHIP I JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2015
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REACH OUT TO THEM.
“I’ve gotten into the habit
of looking at my tree and
reaching down to those
business builders that are
very motivated.”
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ACKNOWLEDGE THEM.
“I ask how I can help.
If I see that they’ve
advanced, earned their
Power of 3, or gotten
a new enrollment, I
congratulate them.”
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4
MAKE THEM FEEL
SPECIAL. “If someone is
just starting as a Wellness
Advocate, it’s a good
feeling to know their
Diamond leader is paying
attention to them.”
STAY IN CONTACT.
“In this business, you
can’t let weeks go by
without talking to your
business builders. They
need to be in the loop
and know that they have
your full support.”
and wanted to create awareness about.
Before long, people were coming to
her with questions because they knew
she had the answers. She would point
those people to her Facebook group
and her virtual classes, and wound up
enrolling the majority of her business
builders this way. She says, “I like getting
relationships started that way, because
who better to be in business with than
people who are already like-minded.”
by fear. She was afraid of speaking in
Today, her husband is more supportive
public and was reluctant to reach for
and has taught several classes along-
the higher ranks. Carol-Ann encouraged
side her, specifically speaking on
her to make Diamond her goal, and so
Frankincense and On Guard. She
Jennifer put it on top of her vision board
loves that through dōTERRA they are
just to make her happy. She says, “It’s
able to give more freely, and she can
like I was put in this position that I was
help others who might be struggling
reluctant to fill. Carol-Ann told me I was
find financial freedom. She says, “I’ll
a leader and people want to hear from
never forget where I came from. I’ll
me.” She started teaching more classes
never forget what it meant to hit Elite.
and tried to support her builders. She
Carol-Ann and I were screaming on
Even as she found an avenue for
growth, Jennifer was still held back
tells them now, “Don’t ever let fear hold
the phone. We try to keep that same
you back. God has a lot waiting for you.”
excitement alive.”
“This business is so
much easier when you
have a partner.”
Without her husband’s support at home,
Jennifer struggled to get out and teach
classes. She says, “My only means of
growing that I felt was in my control was
social media.” Jennifer especially enjoyed
Instagram, and built a following by posting
things about wellness that she believed in
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