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as many of you know, I have a brand new obsession: YOGA!

 

and I am in deep :)

and as everything in life, it gave me some great business insight (because that is how my brain rolls)

 

I have always liked working out, but I like to do my own thing. I am not one to take a class. Instead I jump on the treadmill and use it as an excuse to watch "Real Housewives of just about anything", or go for a walk or bike ride and then life some weights.

I was never intrigued with taking a class and you might be surprised why. I am terrible at small talk! It is the same reason I am not a big fan of doing workshops. Shh, don't tell!

You want to talk politics, religion, education, Why Bethenny Frankel was an awesome Housewife, I am your girl!

But to talk just to talk, ugh!

 

But when people go to Yoga they don't want to talk, they want to get centered before class. So everyone comes in, hops on their mat, relaxes and is quiet. Who knew?!

 

So yesterday I decided to try Hot Yoga

and I was nervous

and anxious

would I like it?

would I make a fool of myself?

what if it was too hard?

 

Well I almost chickened out but I had already bought the "towel mat" you need for hot yoga

(pretty, right?)

and MORE yoga clothes. Apparently you can't wear regular yoga clothes to hot yoga (this yoga thing has the marketing DOWN!)

And you know what?

hot yoga is like regular yoga but it is hot

shocker, huh?

 

sure, I did sweat a little more, which is why you go, but I did just fine.

In fact I liked it

And yes, I signed up for more classes.

 

So what is my business take away?

 

At one time I thought of myself as

a treadmill person

a non class person

a non yoga person

a non hot yoga person

 

and now I am a yoga fan, telling everyone I know how awesome it is

 

the same holds true for our businesses.

At one time I was:

a non direct sales person

a non recruiter

a non stamp club person

a non convention goer

a non profitable business owner

a non blogger

a non instagram user

a non youtube person

 

and now look at me

and now look at you

 

don't get caught up in what type of business you have now to the detriment of the business you can have tomorrow.

don't let the thoughts of what you are good at, what you don't like, how you have always done things get in the way of changing, growing and expanding your business

 

Try new things

Push yourself

 

the best you is still out there, go find it!

 

Be Inspired!

 

Lisa

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Private Classes, Stamp Clubs and Blogs, OH MY!

I do a lot of one and one and group training, and lately I keep getting the same question:

"what do you think about private classes?"

 

Private classes are kind of the new buzz words in stamping businesses. I am sure that those of you who are consultants for other direct sales company's have a "new way" of selling product each year as well.

 

Because it has worked for some, we get excited about it. We are willing to try something new and different and hope it will be as successful for us.

The same thing can be said for stamp clubs and blogging. New, different, nothing to lose, right?

 

 

I love innovation

I love people stepping out and blazing the trail.

BUT

just because something works for one demonstrator doesn't mean it will work for you.

 

Why?

If you have read any of my thoughts then you know that I think it is critical to

Define Your Passion

Listen to Your Soul

Find Your Unique Voice

 

and sometimes we find ourselves just piling on every new idea that we hear about

We build a business of things we should be doing and not things we love to do

 

So before you add the newest, hottest, hippest way of selling product, take a step back

Does it excite you?

Does it feel true to your soul?

Does it feed your passion?

 

Just because everyone is doing it doesn't mean you need to do it

And that is cool

 

Being one of the crowd is fine for some.

But being yourself is how you will build the most successful business.

And by success I mean having a business that is profitable and flexible and makes your soul sing!

 

Be Inspired!

 

Lisa

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Recruiting: Want to add some Rockstars to your Team?

As some of you know, last week was a vacation week here at the Academy.

I headed out, with hubby and kiddos, to join my parents, brother, sister in law and their 3 kids in Manitowish Waters for a fabulous week in the Northwoods!

 

There is always a story to be told when vacationing with teenagers and I am happy to say they didn't disappoint :)

 

One of the highlights for the kids was the wave runner we rented for them to bop around the lake on. As we said all week, "going really fast just never gets old" I couldn't agree more!

 

I snapped this picture as the girls were about to head out one of the afternoons

 

They were gone a long time

We started wondering if they had gone into an adjorning lake, stopped at the swimming beach.... and then they were gone still a little longer.

 

As we were down on the dock deciding if we should go look for them, a 30 year old guy, dreads down to his waist, pulled up and said, "hey, do you have 3 girls out on a wave runner?"

Every parent knows that at that moment your heart sinks, your palms get sweaty and you imagine every worst case scenario.

He continued, "they lost the key and are stranded in the other lake"

 

Deep breath.

How can you go from "oh my poor babies, I will kill for them" to "In the other lake? Lost the key? I will kill them" in the blink of an eye, right?

 

But we are a pretty calm family, so the dads and grampa hoped in the ski boat and went to rescue our darlings.

 

Now, I know you are thinking, great story Lisa, but what does this have to do with my direct sales business?

Hang with me.....

 

When the girls got back they shared the story that a speed boat had whipped past them way too close and the wave made them tip and they slid off the wave runner into the lake.

no big deal

They were laughing until they realized the key had slipped from the driver's hand when she fell into the lake.

no key

now stranded

not so funny

 

They are smart girls and so they stood up on the wave runner and started flagging down passing boats.

3 boats full of what they described as "kind of like grammy and grampa" sped by with out offering to help these stranded girls.

so that is 3 boats of 60 year old, responsible adults who never even slowed down to check on 3 girls obviously in need of help

 

Who stopped?

That 30 year old guy with the dreads

 

who not only stopped, but drove into our lake to let us know and then drove back to the girls and hung out with them until we showed up.

 

Now I know that everyone of us says we are not prejudice.

But we are

If I had to money on it, I would have bet the "gramma and grampa" would have been the first to stop. And I am going ot guess you would too. Even the girls did.

 

We make assumptions about people based on their clothing, grooming, job, what car they drive.

and we make these assumptions in our direct sales business all the time.

 

How many of us have tried to recruit the president of the bank or our doctor?

the head of HR in our office or our real estate agent?

 

We think they are too busy, too successful, why would direct sales appeal to them?

Here is what you need to know:

Rockstars and rockstars for a reason!

 

Successful people have skill sets, views of the world and a work ethic that translates to anything they would do.

Why wouldn't we want these folks on our team?!

 

And here is how you are going to do it:

"Mary, given how successful you are in your career I am sure you get this all the time, but have you ever considered Direct Sales? With your experience/skills/organization you would be fabulous!"

 

No one can be offended by that right?

I would be flattered.

 

and remember that underneath the clothes, car, grooming and job title, people are people.

You don't know what may be going on in her life.

Is she looking to stay home with the kids?

Is her company down sizing?

Is she looking to take early retirement but wants to do a little something?

 

when we judge people and determine for them if Direct Sales is a good fit, we are being prejudice about what kind of person they are and what kind of person will be good at what we do.

 

So be open

Share the opportunity with everyone

If we really believe that direct sales is the key to flexibility and profitability, we want to share that with everyone, right!?

 

I bet you can put together a whole new list of potential recruits.....

 

Be Inspired!

 

Lisa

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Building a Following for your Pinterest Account

We all love Pinterest!

 

and it is a Direct Sellers' dream tool for creating excitement and driving traffic.

 

And here is the real skinny:

the more followers you have on Pinterest the more successful the sharing will be,

the more people will see you,

the more people will come to your blog

and you can build an audience

 

But how do you get the RIGHT people to follow you?

 

Well, we need to tap into those people who are already fans of yours

and here is how

 

1) Get A Pinterest Tab for your Facebook Fan Page

right now you can only link your Pinterest account to your personal page.

And we are all well aware that we run our businesses from a business page and not our personal page, RIGHT?!! :)

So to create a Pinterest TAB for your business page go to woobox.com and they will walk you thru the super easy steps of how to create a Pinterest Tab for your page.

This way all of your Facebook fans can easily click to your Pinterest account every time they visit your page.

 

2) Share the Link to your Pinterest account

on your business page share the link to your Pinterest account as a post.

Include why they should follow you on Pinterest.

What do you share there that is different or exclusive?

Be clear in the value they will gain from following your Pinterest account

 

3) Promote One Awesome Pin

When you have a pin that is your original work, maybe a sneak peek of an upcoming class or promotion, share that pin specifically on your business facebook page

 

you can either upload the image of the pin as a status update

OR

you can include the direct link to the pin in your status update

 

When you post the direct link as your status update on Facebook, it will automatically include the image of your pin, the name of the board it is from, and the caption of the pin (so be sure to take the time to fill all those out)

 

Which makes this a great tool to drive excitement for events and specials!

 

Pinterest can revolutionize your business

But only if people go to your boards and share what they find

 

Start building a following by getting those people who are already fans on board and they will help you build your fan base as they share your pins wih their followers.

 

Need a little more inspiration on using Pinterest in your direct sales biz?

Check out this post

 

Be Inspired!

Lisa

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