Selah Scents
Monday, August 20, 2007
Do I have a plan to succeed?
There is this woman in Mia Bella that always asks people, "Do you have a plan?", "How do you plan on getting your business off the ground?"
When I first read this I was like, "go away, please you ra ra cheerleader" but now I am seriously thinking about My Plan. I went into this business without a plan. No plan- gets you no where, I learned this the hard way. I tried retailing, fundraising, and team building. And when one didn't work out I moved to the next, got frustrated and then went back and so on and so on. So now I need a plan......
What do I plan on acheiving in a month?
Thanks for reading,
Jarmelia Ladson
http://www.selahscents.com/
When I first read this I was like, "go away, please you ra ra cheerleader" but now I am seriously thinking about My Plan. I went into this business without a plan. No plan- gets you no where, I learned this the hard way. I tried retailing, fundraising, and team building. And when one didn't work out I moved to the next, got frustrated and then went back and so on and so on. So now I need a plan......
What do I plan on acheiving in a month?
- Have a team of at least 1-2 more people on my downline
- Sell all of my inventory
- Get my name everywhere possible, without paying a dime
- Book at least 2 fundraisers
- Never have another "don't do nothing day" again, always be doing something
- Pass out brochures and flyers for the Holiday Season
How do I plan on getting all this done on a month?
- Call organizations and send out more information
- Order more brochures and catalogs and hand ALL of them out
- Send more emails and "reminders" to my leads and potential Team-mates
- Listen to the team calls and take notes and "Just Do It"
I am going to start tomorrow- 8-21-07, I have over 10 leads at the moment that I need to get some information to and have 1,000's of organizations I need to tell about our fundraising program.
Tonight I need to listen to our team call, I'll be back here with some of the notes I take and give some feedback!Thanks for reading,
Jarmelia Ladson
http://www.selahscents.com/
Its been a while! But, I am back!
Hello all, I am back!
I went off into La La Land and took my business with me. At the moment I am at a point in my business that is called "the make or break". Coming off of a Summer with little business and lots of people "falling off the face of the Earth", I am trying to find my WHY?. I am trying to find my reason for being in Mia Bella. Why do I like this company so much? Why am I even trying to build my own business at such a young age? Why in the world am I even trying! ( feel the agony of it all)
My WHY?- My family, my husband. I want to help him with the bills. I want to help take some of the stress off when it comes to "that time of the month" ,when all the bills are all due at once... I want him to be able to go into our bank account and pay the bill with ease. He can do this now but it gets stressful at times (like now) I think if he asks me to make a $50 grocery bill one more time I am going to cry!(what in the world can you cook for 2 weeks with $50 worth of food?) Or if he looks at me and says, I don't think we have enough for another Candle Of The Month, I will be beside myself. I want so much to help contribute, but .......(insert whatever you want here, I don't know why I can't help except for pure laziness!)
On top of all that, we have to move in a couple of months. I am soo excited for the move and can't wait, but things will be different and we will have to start from scratch. So we are trying to build our bank account now so it won't be sooooo rough.
I am starting to feel guilty for even staying at home and not working outside of the home. I mean those women have a steady income, make a biTTT more than me, for the moment and can honestly say "I contribute to this HOME!" but me all I can say is, "I have this ca ca ca candle business and I KNOW it will take off in a year or 23 or fu-or." As I want to go run and hide my face with shame.
But I won't give up, I will continue to push myself and make this "Little Candle Business" work for me! I think this business is helping me inside and out, to build my confidence, to look past my whiny days and immature tantrums and do what I need to do to help my family! This is something I never had to do before I was married, I never had a care in the world. I am guessing this is the difference between an woman and a teenager? Hmmmm..... But I do know it is possible to do and that I am not alone in this. I have a friend who is very successful, she always is, in everything that she does. Its because she is DETERMINED to make whatever she does work. I actually have 2 friends like this and both of them never fall for my excuses and I won't fall for them anymore either!
Join me on my journey as an up in coming Business Woman, who owns her own business and is becoming a woman, in more ways than one, Spiritually and Mentally.
Disclaimer: Journey may be long and drawn out but you better stick with me alllll the way through.
I went off into La La Land and took my business with me. At the moment I am at a point in my business that is called "the make or break". Coming off of a Summer with little business and lots of people "falling off the face of the Earth", I am trying to find my WHY?. I am trying to find my reason for being in Mia Bella. Why do I like this company so much? Why am I even trying to build my own business at such a young age? Why in the world am I even trying! ( feel the agony of it all)
My WHY?- My family, my husband. I want to help him with the bills. I want to help take some of the stress off when it comes to "that time of the month" ,when all the bills are all due at once... I want him to be able to go into our bank account and pay the bill with ease. He can do this now but it gets stressful at times (like now) I think if he asks me to make a $50 grocery bill one more time I am going to cry!(what in the world can you cook for 2 weeks with $50 worth of food?) Or if he looks at me and says, I don't think we have enough for another Candle Of The Month, I will be beside myself. I want so much to help contribute, but .......(insert whatever you want here, I don't know why I can't help except for pure laziness!)
On top of all that, we have to move in a couple of months. I am soo excited for the move and can't wait, but things will be different and we will have to start from scratch. So we are trying to build our bank account now so it won't be sooooo rough.
I am starting to feel guilty for even staying at home and not working outside of the home. I mean those women have a steady income, make a biTTT more than me, for the moment and can honestly say "I contribute to this HOME!" but me all I can say is, "I have this ca ca ca candle business and I KNOW it will take off in a year or 23 or fu-or." As I want to go run and hide my face with shame.
But I won't give up, I will continue to push myself and make this "Little Candle Business" work for me! I think this business is helping me inside and out, to build my confidence, to look past my whiny days and immature tantrums and do what I need to do to help my family! This is something I never had to do before I was married, I never had a care in the world. I am guessing this is the difference between an woman and a teenager? Hmmmm..... But I do know it is possible to do and that I am not alone in this. I have a friend who is very successful, she always is, in everything that she does. Its because she is DETERMINED to make whatever she does work. I actually have 2 friends like this and both of them never fall for my excuses and I won't fall for them anymore either!
Join me on my journey as an up in coming Business Woman, who owns her own business and is becoming a woman, in more ways than one, Spiritually and Mentally.
Disclaimer: Journey may be long and drawn out but you better stick with me alllll the way through.
Thursday, June 7, 2007
Hi All!
Hi All!
I have decided to give this blogging thing a try! So bare with me. I am WAHM that is wonderfully married and enjoying staying at home. I am distributor for Mia Bellas Gourmet Candles . This blog is going to be for other WAHMs to get to opporunity to "talk" about their woes and what it is like being a WAHM! So stay tuned and keep an eye out for all the new things I plan to bring to you!
Thanks for stopping by!
Jarmelia
Selah Scents
I have decided to give this blogging thing a try! So bare with me. I am WAHM that is wonderfully married and enjoying staying at home. I am distributor for Mia Bellas Gourmet Candles . This blog is going to be for other WAHMs to get to opporunity to "talk" about their woes and what it is like being a WAHM! So stay tuned and keep an eye out for all the new things I plan to bring to you!
Thanks for stopping by!
Jarmelia
Selah Scents
