pchefinski
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(Sorry, this is kinda long..)
Alright folks I need your help!
I have not done any sales/shows since December, as I felt I should spend less time on my business for a period of time, and spend more with my family and on my housekeeping. I was spending too much time on my business, trying to get sales in an area where I do not know many people. (our church has dwindled to a half-dozen people, and I haven’t been a part of any MOPS or playgroups as of yet)
The fall/winter season is soon approaching and I am so excited about the awesome new product that always brings a boost in sales with it (holiday shopping and entertaining). This fall I am planning on joining a MOPS group with my son (who will be 3 in October), which I’m hoping will help me meet new people and hopefully make some friends (for both DS and myself). I’m starting to take him to story time at the library. Also, our church is on the cusp of moving to the nearby city (about 20 miles away) and our congregation is expected to increase significantly, so there will be more people I’ll have made acquaintance with. I’ve been contemplating starting to do shows at the end of this summer in preparation for the fall season, and go through the fall season doing as much in sales that I feel I can handle (without letting myself get swept up in the incentive trip thing, like I did last year). Here is my only problem(s).
I do not have the best relationship with the woman I signed under, or with my director. A second reason I stopped with my sales in December was because after a year of having no sales, I would go completely inactive and then would be able to sign again under a different director. My mother’s consultant is a director and I would have signed under her had I known I could (we’re in different states). We have an established friendship and she was the person who originally peaked my interest (and spent a lot of time talking with me) about the company and its consultant program (5 years before I signed with the company). I want to be under her, as I want her to reap the benefits of any other consultants I sign and any sales I may have; she spent a lot of time with me, answering a lot of questions, and has been the one I turned to in any times of question or trouble with my business for judgmental-free support and advice. But if I wait until January and go completely inactive in order to sign all over again, I’ll have to pay the $155 for another starter kit. I don’t think DH would go for me having to buy a more expensive kit, though he was fully supportive of my decision to go completely inactive in order to sign under this different consultant (he doesn’t approve of the current situation). I think if the price hadn’t changed, it wouldn’t be so much of a deal, but we’re on a budget right now (one reason I’m wanting to start up again is to earn a little extra money).. Anyway, another thing is that I have lost about half of the product that I got in my original starter kit (to make the story short, my father-in-law accidentally gave them away to the city mission and 3 of the products broke courtesy of my 2 yo), so I don’t really have the products that I’d need to do my demonstrations adequately. Any advice?? TIA!
Alright folks I need your help!
I have not done any sales/shows since December, as I felt I should spend less time on my business for a period of time, and spend more with my family and on my housekeeping. I was spending too much time on my business, trying to get sales in an area where I do not know many people. (our church has dwindled to a half-dozen people, and I haven’t been a part of any MOPS or playgroups as of yet)
The fall/winter season is soon approaching and I am so excited about the awesome new product that always brings a boost in sales with it (holiday shopping and entertaining). This fall I am planning on joining a MOPS group with my son (who will be 3 in October), which I’m hoping will help me meet new people and hopefully make some friends (for both DS and myself). I’m starting to take him to story time at the library. Also, our church is on the cusp of moving to the nearby city (about 20 miles away) and our congregation is expected to increase significantly, so there will be more people I’ll have made acquaintance with. I’ve been contemplating starting to do shows at the end of this summer in preparation for the fall season, and go through the fall season doing as much in sales that I feel I can handle (without letting myself get swept up in the incentive trip thing, like I did last year). Here is my only problem(s).
I do not have the best relationship with the woman I signed under, or with my director. A second reason I stopped with my sales in December was because after a year of having no sales, I would go completely inactive and then would be able to sign again under a different director. My mother’s consultant is a director and I would have signed under her had I known I could (we’re in different states). We have an established friendship and she was the person who originally peaked my interest (and spent a lot of time talking with me) about the company and its consultant program (5 years before I signed with the company). I want to be under her, as I want her to reap the benefits of any other consultants I sign and any sales I may have; she spent a lot of time with me, answering a lot of questions, and has been the one I turned to in any times of question or trouble with my business for judgmental-free support and advice. But if I wait until January and go completely inactive in order to sign all over again, I’ll have to pay the $155 for another starter kit. I don’t think DH would go for me having to buy a more expensive kit, though he was fully supportive of my decision to go completely inactive in order to sign under this different consultant (he doesn’t approve of the current situation). I think if the price hadn’t changed, it wouldn’t be so much of a deal, but we’re on a budget right now (one reason I’m wanting to start up again is to earn a little extra money).. Anyway, another thing is that I have lost about half of the product that I got in my original starter kit (to make the story short, my father-in-law accidentally gave them away to the city mission and 3 of the products broke courtesy of my 2 yo), so I don’t really have the products that I’d need to do my demonstrations adequately. Any advice?? TIA!
