In 6th grade I was told I would have to carry a dictionary with me for the rest of my life.
My father bought me the Franklin Speller in 1980 and I couldn’t use it because he said I couldn’t spell wrong – right.
Even with my spelling disabilities, I have published books, written blogs and lead hundreds of downline in my direct sales career.
Find out more about what I feel are good communication skills:
How well do you communicate?
I am in the midst of a Get Booked for Speaking Challenge with Caterina Rando.
I have just finished my NEW Speaker Sheet!
I am looking to speak to Direct Sales and MLM teams through webinars. Contact me to discuss the details.
I am making 3 of my webinars available for YOU to sign up and attend. I hope you will!
Each $5 Webinar will be PACKED with information to help you grow your business! Have a paper and pencil handy!
I hope you can be on the call LIVE, however I know not everyone will be available at the same time. So your registration WILL give you a link to the recording after the call.
Thursday May 23 at 9:30 am EST Irresistible Stories – Using the art of story telling to sell your services
We all have a story to tell. Lisa will help you use the art of telling stories to sell your services. Many people have told Lisa they don’t want her to stop talking because she is so entertaining. Her stories draw you in. Lisa can teach you how to tell your own irresistible stories.
Thursday May 30 at 9:30 am EST Successful Direct Sales – Branding Yourself
With so many consultants in your city, what sets you apart from the pack? Lisa is a strong believer in the theory that there is enough business for everyone. She will share how you can differentiate yourself and have a booming business in a booming direct sales company.
Thursday June 6 at 9:30 am EST Becoming an Expert in your Brand
How do people become an expert…organizer, jewelry stylist, crafter and more?
Lisa will share with you how easy it is to position yourself as the expert in your field. TV, blogging, social media… the sky is the limit when you become the professional.
With SO many fashionable jewelry pieces to wear, how can you keep it all sorted AND accessible? Jennifer has the answer with her color coded drawer system!
Is that not the coolest?
My jewelry collection is growing, so I think I might have to go find a drawer set and try this myself!
Thank you, Jennifer, for this great idea!
I am really glad I started posting my goals. It is a HUGE form of accountability, but it is SO hard.
It is hard to pick and choose what I will get done this week. I want to do it all. I know I won’t. I am so used to making a SUPER to do list and then working as hard as I can to get as much as I can done.
But that’s not realistic. And ultimately, what I do get done are all the little things. Not the BIG meaty projects that will really grow my business and my brand.
And it’s scary to put your BIG goals on a public list.
What if….
Just saying I would post 5 blog posts a week was a stretch.
But I need to stretch to grow so, I am adding a category on my goal list: Turning Business Dreams into Goals.
I do not expect to master these in a week, but I do expect to continue to make progress each week.
Here’s how I did last week:
Family
1. Work on devoting 2 hours a night to parenting & homemaking. – Ongoing
2. Finish signing the kids up for summer camps& Abby’s room TODAY!
3. Make a family calendar.
Homemaking Goals
4. Figure out a way to give hubby a great birthday when we are all running the week and have NO dinner times together!
5. Pack for our trip to Florida for my sister in laws wedding reception. I want to make it fun for the kids and really plan out the plane ride.
6. Plan mother’s day {while out of town}.
Business Goals
6. Post 5 blog posts.
7. Follow up on a new product to feature on Organize 365.
8. Prepare a webinar schedule for the Successful Direct Sales membership site.
9. Meet with my new professional organization partner in Organize 365.
10. Professionally organize 4/5 days this week!
11. Participate in my first Blog party sponsored by Invisalign this Thursday night.
Family
1. Work on devoting 2 hours a night to parenting & homemaking. – Ongoing
2. Make a family calendar.
Homemaking Goals
3. Reorganize the garage for the new riding lawn mower.
4. Keep working on the family schedule and chore charts.
5. Scrapbook with friends!
Business Goals
6. Post 5 blog posts.
7. Follow up on a new product{s} to feature on Organize 365.
8. Professionally organize 4/5 days this week!
9. Blog about my first Blog party sponsored by Invisalign.
Turning Business Dreams into Goals
I signed up for 2 BIG opportunities this month:
10. I signed up for the get booked for speaking challenge with Caterina Rando.
11. I also signed up for the 3rd Annual Informational Author Experience
so no goals this week.
Yesterday I worked 15 hours and drove over 200 miles – just in our city. I have been working hard. Now it’st time for a quick weekend getaway with family to recharge.
This weekend while I am waiting in the airport I can play a game of bingo through FoxyBingo.com for free. I also want to read this magazine…
I am CRAZY about babies, royalty and large families. I rarely look at magazines at home, but I love to zone out and read them on airplanes. I will be back Monday. Enjoy your weekend and Happy Mother’s Day!
I have been working feverishly on my new membership site, Successful Direct Sales.
It is all up and ready to go! I am SO passionate about the direct sales industry.
Over the past year I have been analyzing what I have done in the last 15 years to be a successful direct sales leader.
And it’s really very simple.
I found my passion and built a community of people who shared my passion.
I’d like to share with you how I built my Successful Direct Sales businesses.
Today I am talking about the moment when I realized that professional organizing and direct sales were my perfect match.
Visit Successful Direct Sales.com!
Do you have an Armoir?
Andrea added cork to the inside of her doors to hang her necklaces.
Melissa had the same idea using Little Command Hooks in her closet!
Great bling bling display ideas, girls!
Closet organization tops most home maker’s organization lists. Today I am going to share with you four out of the box closet organizing ideas!
#1 – Stack and hang to maximize cubby closets.
Just look at all of that organization in a small space!
#2 – Take out the wire shelving.
We don’t have an abundance of clothes. I purge all of our closets 3-4 times a year. I store off-season clothing in bins and only have hanging what is currently in season to wear. I love how the closet looks with a fresh coat of paint!
#3 – Turn a guest closet into a crafting retreat.
#4 – Put your dresser in your closet.
Watch Living Dayton for more!
FYI, my best landscaping tip: rip out the bushes and plant grass. :0) A few years ago this is what we did on the far side of the house and it makes my smile SO big every spring AND fall!
So, here’s how I did on my goals last week:
I am ready to shift my focus this weekend to my family and all the yard work that needs to be done.
BUT before I do…
I want to share with you a few of the best posts other bloggers have written about the Ultimate Homemakers eBook Bundle sale that ends TONIGHT at midnight eastern time.
It does benefit me more if you buy the bundle on this site, but many of us authors have decided to showcase other posts. We want YOU to have this resource MORE than we want the “credit”. ;0)
Raising the Barr{s} has an awesome post about reading eBooks on her Nook and her husband’s perspective on eBooks as a librarian.
Have you ever thought, Why can’t I get it right? How can I find more time to get it all done? Why isn’t God helping me?
Read The Time Warp Wife’s review of the Proverbs 31 Woman.
I shared a while back that I gave up cooking. And I did. Completely. My hubby does it all. But I was thinking about all the good eBooks I just received and so many are cooking related. As I was going to bed last night I picked 3 I would try soon. And wouldn’t you know it, Kayse Pratt picked the same 3! Read about them in: I do Love a Good Meal.
I haven’t really mentioned much about the $140 in freebies you get in this bundle. I haven’t gone to redeem mine yet since I feel a need to be spending all my time sharing this amazing bundle! I was so happy to find Your Thriving Family’s post, Are freebies really free?
I can’t wait to sink my teeth into the money saving, debt reducing eBooks. {Because you know reading makes debt go away – LOL – not!} Seriously. I NEED to read and DO what these books say. Nourishing Joy blogged about How to become debt free. {She also blogged about the bedroom books, I need to read those too – but I will NOT be blogging about it!}
From Cube to Farm also posted about the marriage books in the bundle. All of us authors have been blogging, promoting and networking round the clock for a week. And I mean AROUND THE CLOCK! Some around the world on vacation! We all need to focus on our families and hubbies in the next few days!
Intoxicated on Life did a great job of reviewing the devotionals in the bundle .
To Love Honor and Vacuum shows you how you can package up the books and give them as gifts! So one bundle can be divided in to multiple gifts!
Trina Holden has already tried Makin’ some ice cream. I definitely want Abby t try this book with her sitters!
I could go on and on, but I have to to a job… and then get to that yard work!
SALE IS OVER!
