“From Avocation To Vocation: How I Turned My Hobby Into A Career” With Mary Beth Simon of Niche Partnership Consulting

An interview with Phil La Duke

If you’re new to direct sales, find a sales coach. I did not think that I needed a sales coach, and lucky for me, my friend told me I did and her husband became my amazing coach. Get used to the fact that you don’t know what you don’t know. Tell your close friends what you’re planning and listen carefully to their feedback. I would not have started the lengthy process of identifying the right CRM tool had it not been for my coach advising I get one asap.

As a part of our series about entrepreneurs who transformed something they did for fun into a full-time career, I had the pleasure of interviewing Mary Beth Simon, the founder of Niche Partnership Consulting, LLC. After more than three decades in corporate financial services, Mary Beth Simon now uses her strategic talents to help local entrepreneurs and individuals navigate unexpected events, build contingency plans that…