As many successful business owners and service providers know, good customer service is critical to building or maintaining their business. Exemplary customer service helps your business get noticed. But no matter how great your service or product happens to be, bad customer service can bring your business to a screeching halt. So ... Read More
Archives for October 2012
How To Get More Party Bookings
There is really no trick to running a successful direct sales business. But you will need to be innovative, determined, and most of all, hard-working, to keep your business afloat. The most common question many direct sale consultants ask is, “How do I get more party bookings?” I want to share eight easy ways to get you more ... Read More
5 Reasons to Hire a Nanny When You Work From Home
For many moms, the idea of working from home is attractive because it allows them to blend being a stay-at-home mom while having a career and being able to provide or supplement the family’s income. However, merging family and work isn’t always as seamless in reality as it is in conception. Work-at-home moms can find themselves ... Read More
13 Simple Things You Can Do to Add More Time to Your Day
When my daughter started kindergarten, I thought that I’d have so much more time for myself and my business. But what I quickly found out is, that between pick up and drop off, Girl Scouts, PTO, volunteering, regular exercise class, additional work hours, and homework, is that I somehow have less free time, than I did when my ... Read More
The Fourth Annual, 50-Best Lady Boss Bloggers
It’s that time of year again! For the past four years, I’ve compiled a list of what I think are the 50 Best Lady Boss Bloggers. Meaning these gals have created their own blogging businesses from home -- not that they write about entrepreneurship. If you can believe this, it actually takes me a full year to put this list together. ... Read More
From Job Loss to Successful Home-Based Career, Here’s How
Sponsored by CareerStep My husband, Nate, lost his second job due to the economy. I was at home with our three small children and losing an income hurt - a lot. I can’t even tell you how stressed we were. We thought about selling or renting our house, Nate taking on some other job, me working at Walmart - there was no way we could ... Read More
Professional Women Are Leaving Corporate America
An event whether happy, like the birth of a child or tragically sad is often the catalyst for professional women to leave Corporate America. It was years ago that my daughter Serena died in a drowning accident yet the memories of that day are as vivid as if it happened yesterday. Serena for years had been my silent secret child ... Read More
Motivating Your Customers To Give Referrals
A home party plan expert knows how hard it is to find new clients. One of the things that a home party professional struggles with on a regular basis is generating new revenue. Referrals are one way that a small business finds new clients, but referrals can sometimes be difficult to come by. With a little creativity, you can inspire ... Read More