Business Opportunity
The principle owners of millenniumlighting are fully aware of the tough economic times currently facing the USA and the adverse effect it is having on the employment picture.
We have carefully devised a business career/opportunity plan that will help the right
individual earn financial success with minimal financial risk.
Carefully ask yourself the following questions:
- Are you currently unchallenged by your current position?
- Do you dislike being told what to do by your superiors?
- Are you not being fairly compensated by the hard work and contributions you make to your current employer?
- Are you fearful that you may lose your job or be offered a buyout?
If you are high self-motivated and have a genuine entrepreneurial spirit and possess
a strong desire to own your own business, you may want to consider owning your
own lighting distributorship.
millenniumlighting offers highly specialized training to help you, the independent
professional, achieve success without the high costs normally associated with starting
a business. There are no franchise fees or excessive overhead expenses normally
associated with running one’s own business.
The current energy crisis has created a huge demand and Interest in
energy-efficient green lighting products.
Fact: Standard incandescent bulbs and flood lamps convert only 5 to 10% of its consumed energy into light. The rest goes out as heat, hence a great waste of energy. CFL’S (Compact Florescent Lamps) use up to 75% less energy and outlast standard incandescent lamps by up to 10 times.
As an importer and well-established national distributor of high quality energy-efficient lamps and fixtures, millenniumlighting has positioned itself to help you, the independent lighting professional, in your specific geographic location.
Why you can benefit as a distributor of these products
Although CFL’s are widely sold now, many people are still unaware of the energy-related benefits of these products. Through seeing customers in the field, you are far better equipped to market and sell these products.
millenniumlighting offers far better quality in its CFL product line than is currently being offered by major retailers such as Home Depot and Menards’, etc. For example, it’s Par Flood Lamp uses a high quality aluminized reflector which emits 25% additional light output than what is commonly sold. We specialize in full-spectrum color which eliminates eyestrain and fatigue and is a far healthier light source. When demonstrating these products in the field, it is far easier to convince the customer of the benefits of these lighting products. You, the lighting distributor, can greatly benefit; earning a healthy profit margin!!!
Being in the forefront in lighting technology, millenniumlighting equips you, the lighting professional, to be ahead of your competitors. New products, such as our LED lighting strips, are widely accepted and make it far easier for you to make money quickly.
Take advantage of the huge demand in the marketplace for green lighting products. Let us help you sell and develop your own energy efficient product line that will assure you a solid income stream and healthy profit margin.
To guarantee your success as an independent lighting distributor,
we strongly recommend a two day in field training in your own location.
Training would include the following:
- Product Knowledge and Orientation
To insure your success, the distributor would be given extensive product
information. Lighting is a widely diverse field. The focus of this training
would be on energy efficient lighting products that are currently in demand
in the marketplace and which would command a sizeable profit margin.
millenniumlighting offers wholesale and below wholesale buying
connections to its trained professionals.
- Effective Sales Training
Regardless of one’s previous sales background, the lighting business
is different and unique. While many people are fearful of cold-calling,
millenniumlighting has found that if done with a service-oriented and
caring approach, it is a highly effective way to open up new accounts and
to quickly earn income. Appointment setting to larger accounts is also
important. Effective phone techniques will be taught to help the lighting
professional get in front of the qualified buyers to save time and maximize
his/her efforts.
The Sales Process
- Qualification of Buyer-Instruction on how to properly qualify prospect, including how to “break the ice” and establish rapport.
- How to get by the gatekeeper
- Delivering of a concise, interesting sales presentation
- How to effectively convince customer to see product demonstration
- Effectively Closing the Sale and how to overcome objections
What are the best target markets for Full-Spectrum and Energy-Efficient Lighting Products?
- Develop list of specific account types and names of businesses in distributor’s own geographic area.
- Develop work plan to effectively cover retail, industrial and commercial accounts in distributor’s locale.
Review other important areas in developement of business plan
- Development of Company Name with professionally designed logo.
- Suggestions for invoices including terms and conditions and warrenties
- Recommendations for Incorporation, legal and accounting assistance
- Recommendations for product mix for initial starting inventory
- Recommendations for pricing structure along with product cost analysis and profitability
- Any other areas of concern necessary for successful operation of lighting distributorship.
Policies and Procedures
millenniumlighting offers complete and comprehensive training that will insure
success to the independent lighting professional that makes a sincere commitment.We take this training process to be a vital part of a person’s developement as a lighting professional
Any representative that wishes to use our training services is charged a fair
and equitable training fee. In addition,as we are Chicago based, the agent is
expected to cover reasonable airfare, hotel and meal expenses during the
two day training period.
millenniumlighting will cover initial shipping of product to agent’s home
residence in advance of arrival. Any profits from sales during the two day period are to go directly to millenniumlighting. However, the accounts that are opened during the two day training period are the property of the agent and will not be sold in the future by millenniumlighting .
