Drum Roll Please

I'll begin by telling you all...I'm sorry to let you down, but I will not be mailing out any checks! Woo hoo! I called/text 93 different people yesterday! I feel like I have so much to talk about today. First, I actually found some leads that I needed to follow up with. I usually text referrals one time and if I don't hear from them that's it. However, recently a sweet friend in our unit, Crystal (In her 3rd month of DIQ!!), sent me her text messages that she sends to referrals and she is sending referrals up to 3 messages! Here they are:

So I decided I'd give it a try. So yesterday it had been 6 days since I last text the last of my referrals and I started sending out text #2 to the ladies who didn't respond. I felt like not much was happening at first, but then I started getting lots of different texts. Some people replied no thank you, I got some that said they did not live here (So I asked to send them a Facial In A Bag and they said yes), and some said, you are right, I didn't even realize I got a message from you or that it really did get buried. I wound up booking at least 2 more and I'm sending out a couple of facial in a bags and then one lady, who was very against trying anything on her super sensitive skin, allowed me to send her a sample of our botanicals to try. I was really excited about the results and really this is much like calling referrals. If you don't get an answer when you call you may or may not leave a message, but until you actually get a hold of them and talk, you try back. I don't ever want to seem pushy or irritating and I felt like the 2nd text was extremely nice and polite. I didn't get any responses that made me feel like the person felt annoyed or anything. I tell you that because I know so many of us worry about sounding pushy.

Yesterday I also got $120 in sales. On my car, I have the 11x17 vinyl letter car decal from mkconnections and my UPS guy, who always brings my Mary Kay packages to me, noticed my decal along with the packages and asked me about it one day. He said that his wife had lost her consultant and that she needed some products. So I explained that I keep products on hand and if he finds out what she wants I can get it right to her. So yesterday he stopped by during his route and gave me a list of products she needed and I got them bagged up and he was able to bring it to her that night. Then I got a call from one of my customers that I text messaged yesterday and she said that she needed the cleanser and moisturizer, so I got another easy sale. On both orders, the total before tax was $40 or more so I gave both customers our current gift with purchase. I also accidentally found this really cool postcard that goes along with the current gift with purchase. Here is what it looks like, but I have also included the link to where I found it so you can use it if you want. So I filled in the postcard, printed one sheet of 4 on cardstock, cut them out and included one of these cards in both orders.

Today will be a light day of work with my son going crazy around me. So the last thing that I want to encourage you to do is Follow me on this blog. By clicking on follow, you will be updated every time I post so you'll never miss an exciting post! So until tomorrow, ya'll have a wonderful, magnificent Thursday!

$$$ On The Line!

Yesterday was our meeting night and we had a great time talking about booking and some different eye looks that are a part of our color confident course.

Today's plan for me is strict. I will be working one straight hour at a time, giving myself a small break in between. I will be focused on coaching first, then customer service and then interviews. I do plan to work four full hours still even though booking is not on the list today. I have actually run out of referrals so I will make up for that Saturday and Monday. Saturday I have facials and Monday I actually plan on purchasing some leads. I am wanting to get some major volume going and then work on being very focused on each of those ladies that I meet. I feel as though God has shown me that sometimes I get so involved in my goal that I don't take as much time with each individual as I really should. Not really through the facials, but mostly after the facials. So I plan to get much better at that, and with the 4 hour plan, I will have no excuses.

I look forward to meeting my goals with you! So Going back to the Sean Smith training that I talked about a while back, I am setting a goal that I am posting here and putting a dollar amount on!
So I commit to call/text 50 people whether it be for booking an interview, facial, or a customer service follow up by midnight tonight.  If I don't complete the tasks, I will send a $10 check to the first 10 people who comment on this post. 

Now what are you willing to do to make YOUR dreams happen?
I love you all so much!

Quick Update

Today was very productive in the little time that I had for my work. I used an hour today for booking and was able to book roughly 3 today.  I also allotted 1 hour of time today towards some cleanup of my customer files. Tomorrow is a meeting day so ill b using 11-3pm for my work on my 4 hour plan and then ill get ready for my girls night out meeting. I hope to book at least one guest for tomorrow evening.

Thats all for today's update. Have a wonderful day tomorrow and ill post again Wednesday morning.

-Amy

Getting It Done

So Saturday I worked my 4 hour plan and I have one new interview scheduled and 4 new bookings with several more in the works. Just by contacting my customers to book interviews I have another sale coming this week as well.  It sure feels good to be getting dirty with my 4 hour plan again. I have several tasks that are not 4 hour plan things but they still need to be done, so I'll work on those using an additional hour of non I.ncome P.roducing A.ctivities time. I'm just saying, working only 5 hours a day is still super awesome compared to working a full time J.O.B. So I'll gladly work an additional hour to get necessary tasks done.

Where Will You Be?

So with Seminar approaching quickly, my thoughts are just racing on what position I want to hold while I'm there. You know, walking around with which career level you're at, plastered boldly on your name badge. Last seminar I had DIRECTOR-IN-QUALIFICATION on my badge along with my ribbons. This year I am really working towards holding that title again. That means I have a lot of work to do, but I'll do the work and let God take care of the rest. If you haven't thought much about it, our seminar year is over June 30th! That's not that far away, but it's plenty of time to make some things happen too. So, what is your goal for June 30th? Think about it, pray about it, write your goals down, and then go for it! You can do anything you want to!

Today has been a family day so I have not worked any, and I will be doing very little on Monday so I'll make sure to write another post Monday evening.

Seminar Coming

Wow, I feel like I'm exploding back into my business and work. Yesterday turned out to be more getting things back into order than the really should have been, however I'm giving myself some slack and I'll now be super laser focused for tomorrow. Today my husband is off so I'll be spending the day with him while sending a few text messages to follow up with some girls. I don't have any booking for tomorrow so I'll be using tomorrow as a full 4 hour day. I'm probably going to be doing more booking than the other three because that's what I need most right now, but I will definitely be doing part of my interview time as well. I have several ladies that I had written on a list before everything happened recently so I'll be contacting them to schedule an interview.

Seminar is getting so close and i'm getting so excited! I can't wait to see all the wonderful things that our wonderful company has in store for us this year.

So yesterday I realized that I didn't have any goal posters up of any sort. I took the old ones down about a month ago and I hadn't made a new one. So I drew some stuff on my dry erase board for now so that everything is staring me in the face. Did you know that most people don't write down their goals and if you don't write them down, you are less likely to achieve them!



So tomorrow I'll be working and I'll do my best to write at the end of the day about my results so ya'll don't have to wait until Monday to find out how my day went.
I look forward to talking to ya'll then!

"It's not about being better than someone else. It's about being better than you were yesterday."

Keep Going!

Today's post is going to be based upon my quiet time with God today. Many of us have felt the excitement that leads us to action to bring us to the next level in our businesses. I am writing today about what I have felt recently and what God has shown me, because I feel as though others can possibly relate.

Today during my devotional time I was reading about Satan and how he is a created being, therefore he is limited in what he can do. Here is the actual devotion if you'd like to read it:

SPENDING TIME alone with Me is essential for your well-being. It is not a luxury or an option; it is a necessity. Therefore, do not feel guilty about taking time to be with Me. Remember that Satan is the accuser of believers. He delights in heaping guilt feelings upon you, especially when you are enjoying My Presence. When you feel Satan’s arrow’s of accusation, you are probably on the right track. Use your shield of faith to protect yourself from him. Talk with Me about what you are experiencing, and ask Me to show you the way forward. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near to Me, and I will come near to you.

*REVELATION 12:10  *EPHESIANS 6:16  *JAMES 4:7-8

This all led me to such a powerful prayer time where I just allowed the Holy Spirit to pour into me. Crazy to me as it sounds, it has been one year since I was in DIQ.  Since being in this company, my relationship with the Lord has grown so much. There are many factors involved, however, I have never had such an in depth, intimate relationship with God as I have since being in Mary Kay. That being said, my relationship with God was definetly growing through the DIQ process, and has continued to do so.  I have known since my first seminar (only a few months after signing up) that this was exactly where God wanted me.   As I went through DIQ, I was continuously growing in my faith and in my business, and I knew even then that being a national sales director one day was in my future.  I finished month 1, 2 and 3 of DIQ and was unable to complete the last month, so I was going to resubmit for DIQ, however I soon found out that I did not qualify to resubmit at that time.  That was really hard for me, but I prayed a lot and just relied on God for strength and continued moving forward.  Although the past month or so has seemed like an uneventful time in my business, I had continued doing work through this whole past year, and almost feeling frustrated that I wasn't back in DIQ yet. This was definitely something I continued to pray about. I knew even then that this is where God wants me and I felt frustrated that I had not obtained that next level even though I was doing so much work. So over this past month or so, I feel as though God has used that time as a resting period for me, so I could rejuvenate myself almost like vacation from my business.  After today's devotion and prayer time, I asked God why I just continued to feel like this is exactly where I should be, yet I don't feel like I'm moving, and today I really felt as though God was telling me that he needed to grow me more before he put me in that position. He needed me to have an even deeper relationship with him and that this time I've spent dealing with our loss, and my son and I being sick for a week each has been a part of his grander plan.  The reason why I decided to share all of this today is because I feel as though sometimes we rely so much on ourselves, that we forget who is all powerful and can and will make things happen for us (with our obedient work) when the time is right. So, we can follow a plan of action, set goals and work towards those goals, but we must keep God number 1 just like this business is designed to do, but we also have to keep our minds and hearts in line with God's plan and timing as well. So don't be discouraged when things don't go your way, remember that if you know where God placed you and wants you, that he will make it happen in his timing if you stay focused on him.  Sometimes we get caught up in our own plans and timing and that's when we can become discouraged. After my quiet time with God today, I really feel as though he has me right where he needs me to be and that after this past month or so, it's now time for me to move into the next level. So I will be working towards DIQ again with God by my side.  I also want to make sure that you know I'm not saying not to work towards your goals and dreams that God has placed in your heart, because I know from experience that is how he has grown me. By me doing the work towards becoming a director, he has used this time to grow me to the place he needs me to be. 


I hope today's post is an encouragement to everyone. I love you all and I always appreciate your love and kindness!

I will be doing my 4 hour plan today and I will be posting about it tomorrow!

Have a fabulous day!!

Customers

This post will b short,  but I have not written like I had intended,  so I wanted to make sure to write at least a little.  I am feeling really under the weather to say the least so ill be headed to the doctor tomorrow.

I've decided that it's really important to discuss what results I have gotten from the past few days without even doing any work. I have one new booking, and roughly $200 in sales. Some of those sales are referrals as well which means new customers for me; two to be exact. This is the kind of thing that makes me smile. Its just a great feeling to get a call or text about a new booking, new customer, or another reorder.

Let's make this a super week. I know im going to do what I can.

-Amy