About My BusinessesWell hello again. So, you want to know a little bit about my businesses and experiences. I have had a few businesses over the years. I have trained in many things but they have all converged into my virtual assistant service. But I guess I should begin at the beginning. I started working when I was 14 and after high school I went out and got a full-time job. And I hated it. I hated the office politics, the backstabbing and all of the other situations that offices breed. Then I discovered the wonderful world of temporary employment. I could take an assignment, work for a few days or a few months, and then move on to the next assignment. I enjoyed the variety, the learning curves and best of all the lack of office drama. I was under the radar because I was just “the temp”. Although temping was a great experience for me overall, I really wanted to be my own boss. So I took certification classes and became a notereader/scopist (the people who transcribe what a court reporter types), medical transcription and a host of other things. What I was seeking, although I didn’t know it, was a business to call my very own.
Network Marketing Leads to Virtual Assistant BusinessNow a bit about my other business. My first introduction to network marketing was in the 1990s. At the time I didn’t know that my vitamin company was a network marketing business. I did well with business, I think, because of my enthusiasm for how their products enhanced my health. See, I just loved my products and told people how they helped me. People wanted to see if it would work for them and my business grew. Unfortunately I moved after being in the business for a couple of years, and since the Internet wasn’t much of a force at the time, my customer base dropped off since I couldn’t easily deliver products to people who lived two states away.In 2000 my niece joined her first network marketing company. She sat me down and explained how the network marketing business model worked and why I should get involved. See, in my former company I was doing retailing or direct sales, not network marketing. To do network marketing effectively you need to have a group of people working together. This was a new concept for me, but what a concept. Get a group of like-minded people together and build a team that helps everyone earn money. Wow! (I'll be adding pages with information for different network marketing business so that you can choose the best one for you.) Unfortunately for me, I stopped doing what came naturally for me and started following the script. I did what my upline said without asking questions, I followed the old procedure of “make a list of 100 friends and family” and the rest of the litany. I stopped doing what worked for me (which was going with my passion and talking to people in a way that was natural for me. And when that happened, my business dropped off. I started getting stressed out about results which, of course, just made everything worse. If I had one piece of advice to give a network marketing newbie it would be to keep your credit card in your pocket. Use your card only for purchasing the products you’d like to sell, not on leads and other cash wasters. (I will be adding pages that deal with things to avoid if you choose network marketing as your business model.) Through a plethora of free e-books and other training I’ve learned that the most important thing to do is to grow a list of people who want to learn more about your business and products. This doesn’t require money (or at least not much money).
Virtual AssistantThe skills that I have learned doing network marketing have really helped me in organizing and building my virtual assistant business. I've learned about marketing, personality typing, overcoming shyness and a lot of other things.
In ConclusionThese days I’m running with my passions which are homeschooling and family. My goal is to share the experiences and information I’ve gleaned over the years to help other moms (and dads) to finance their goals. I look forward to sharing my discoveries regarding personality traits, marketing and other useful tidbits.I've listed a few of my online hangouts. If you have any questions, please drop by and say "hello". I'm more than happy to meet new people, learn new things and help along the way.
Homeschooling WAHM
P.S. Here are some of my favorite nutritional products that might interest you as well listed below:
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