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- Women in Business – Is it possible to have success in a small business environment
- I want to start business – Where do I begin?
- Would you be interested in the support of your home business with the community like this one?
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Do you have your own business, including being a rep for any company?
Good Morning Everyone Hope everyone has a good Saturday!
Hi Mary!
Yes, let’s have a good morning. Check in and please give us your perspective on women and their home-based business. It could be any business – from making your own jewelry to a home-party business!
Any tips, experiences are so welcome!
Thank you for being an active part or our discussions!
I’ll do my best!
Hi! I have a friend that just started a homemade jewelry business. I think it’s wonderful, but you have to be really invested in any kind of business to make it work. I was a consultant for two different companies, but also had a full time job at the time. I did make a *little* money, but really couldn’t build it up the way someone working full time could. I really appreciate the hard work that small businesses and consultants have to give to make it work and buy from them, as much as I can.
Have a great morning!
Cassandra,
I so much agree with you:
1. Lots of work goes into running your small business
2. Support our local businesses and home businesses
However, you can make decent extra money when some extra support is offered to you.
Good morning everyone!??
Good morning I will be here I hope you all have a great day
Good Morning all, I have been here just didn’t say good morning !!! :/
Good morning
I’m here…for now! Dd has ballet so i”ll probably miss some of it! 😉
HELLO and Good Morning All! No, I don’t have my own business nor am I a rep for a company. I used to be a consultant for both Christmas Around The Word and Pampered Chef. Really enjoyed it, but was a lot of work. Right now I work as an Oncology Nurse.
Good morning to all. 🙂
Good morning 🙂
Good morning, Ladies!
Good morning, Not sure I’m awake yet. I need more coffee.lol
Good morning. I’m on my 3rd cup of coffe. Not helping today.
I am here..a little late b/c i coach pee wee soccer 🙂
Good Morning everyone! Hope it is quieter at your home today! I have roofers here today!
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Today’s Winners
– Cassandra
– Karen Hinkle
– Judy Gregory
– Barbara Riffe
– Rebecca Swenor
– Carol Yemola
– Cynthia Dubuque
– Brianna Ketchum
– Mary Vantil
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Awesome!! Thanks so much 🙂 What a great start to my day!
Congratulations to ALL the winners 🙂
Thank you.
Thanks, Laura for helping me out there… I was confused for a bit 🙂 Congratulations to All the winners 🙂
Awesome thank you I put am morning coffee 2/22 hope that’s okat 🙁
thank you and congrats to all the winners
Congrats! Enjoy!!
Thank you so much it was awesome. I love your conversations they are all informational.
Fantastic! Thank you so very much!!!! Can’t wait to give them a try!
Thank you so much! I can’t wait to try it 🙂
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Do you have your own business?
If YES, what is it?
I used to own a House Cleaning Company, I had over 25 clients, and I built it on word of mouth, I really enjoyed it, but the work became too hard and good helpers were hard to find as well.
That’s amazing!
I know a few people with Cleaning businesses, and their stories are fascinating when it comes to the environment they have to work in!
Good Morning !!! No I don’t own any business
I to had a cleaning business for about 5 years then I just gave it up when the econime went south I was the first one they cut so I just was done then my grandson came along but my daughter has a business she is in home health care she is doing pretty good
No I do not own my own business
Nope I dont’t have my own business!
No I don’t, but I used to be a consultant for Christmas Around The World and Pampered Chef.
No I don’t. 🙁
I wish I had my own business. Unfortunately, I do not.
I actually clean home for a few private homes. I take me own cleaning supplies. I get frustrated if I get there and they don’t have the products needed to do the job or products that don’t work.
i to used my own cleaning supplies u gotta stick with what you know will work so out thiere don’t work at all
Good morning! I am a stay at home homeschooling mom now, but I have been an Avon rep and Partylite rep before. I try to find and buy from local area small business owners and that includes consultants 🙂
I had a flea market business. I’m currentlt beading and building my stock to start selling.
Judy,
I am excited to see your jewelry or whatever you’re creating at the moment!
Please share it!
I don’t have my own business..i am currently a SAHM but am re-entering the corporate workforce this summer. I feel like being the master of the household qualifies as a business though 😉
definitely! homeschooling stay at home mom here. With children there are hostile takeovers, mergers and acquisitions …. I think you can use them as references for any job as to how much of a peaceful negotiator you are 😉
hostile takeovers = mine, mine mine!
mergers = sharing a room
acquisitions = Christmas and birthday presents oh and anything new brought into the house that everyone wants because it is.
😀
I have an online jewelry business and I craft also .
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Women in Business – Is it possible to have success in a small business environment
– What is your experience?
– If you have or had business, would you be able to support our women-based community with your tips and advice?
My business started out small cleaning for family & friends, but quickly grew by word of mouth, I really just paid special attention to detail and my clients really liked the personal service.
I don’t own a business
YES I WOULD love to support women the biggest tip is to make sure what ever you are doing that the consumer is who you have to make happy and that they are # 1 because they are the one who make your business by word of mouth and telling others about you
I don’t own one 🙁
I think it’s possible! I don’t own my own business and I don’t think at this point it would be possible for me!
It is possible, but very difficult. Internet sales are the way to go to expand your business base.
I do think it is possible. Never owed own business but know friends that have and do. I do know one friend you has cleaning business and she started small and grow by her clients telling others about her. Her best advertising was just word of mouth. Now because of facebook, etc…people have more opportunities to expand their businesses.
My mom, sister and myself used to have a small business but were unable to get enough clients to keep that small business alive.
My advice for a cleaning service is make sure your honest and reliable, And your business will grow.
So true and if you are going to be late or can’t make it on time, make sure you call client. Always explain situation and be apologetic. Never show up late for any reason without contacting client.
great advice Barbara you need to be in this world or you can be replace really quick
Whatever you are selling, in the case of being a consultant, LOVE that product! It will show in potential customers and at parties. When I sold partylite candles, I really did LOVE them 🙂 My parties were fun and people loved for me to host.
It’s possible. if you’re willing to work hard. At the flea market we always helped the newbies. In that situation having ll the booths “looking good” brought in more business to everyone.
Judy,
It just shows me how innovative and creative you are. Out-of-the-box thinking!
I’ve been a women in business in the corporate world and managed others. My only tip from experience would be to be honest in your career and be supportive of others around you. If you want true success it takes more than just the work of 1.
I think the more women and business people that you surround yourself with gives you the edge to succeed they will share with you things that have worked for them and the things that haven’t. It is better to have more than one opinion sometimes to start a business.
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I Want To Start A Business – Where Do I Start?
I started my getting the word out thru family & friends, and some small advertising like business cards, flyers, handouts at local small businesses
The Chamber of Commerce in your local area can also lend a hand giving advice and directing you to valuable resources.
It would be nice to have a small business……
start with your company name your DBA and get insured get consumers advertise business cards
I don’t own one but I’d think the best place to start is with your friends and family and have a set plan what kind of buisness will be and have advertisments to start off
Best place to start is with word of mouth. Find a few good loyal customers and give them incentives to bring in more customers.
If you can find a support group or someone who owns a small business to give you advice, you can learn valuable tips to help get you started. A group like this would work to get started. Contact your local Chamber of Commerce. They can help guide you as to resources available to help you.
I think it’s smart to research the business you’d like to start to make sure there’s a need for it.
I would say start by knowing you are ready to take on the responsibility of owning one. You can do research on type of business you want and asking others who have a business. You also have to have the funds sometimes depending on type you want to start.
I started with 1 client, and have build up from there.
It literally only takes one. 🙂
I would think that if you wanted to start your own business, you could find out if there is a SCORE chapter in your area. They help people that want to start their own small businesses for free. These are people that were business owners, so that should be tons of help 🙂
Research. Whether on-line or hitting the pavement. Do your research FIRST.
I would say come up with a business idea that satisfies a need. Then you will always have a customer base.
great advice 🙂 and I think sometimes overlooked for shiny, pretty but expensive. That’s why I have really been trying to see if crafting soap (or any craft, really) is something that would be purchased, not just complimented!
My first piece of advice is do your research! This can help with your success and talk to lots of people in your area!
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Would you be interested in the support of your home business with the community like this one?
We are building some tools and sources for our women to partake in the community resources and build their business.
If you have any questions, feedback, interest – please let us know here.
Yes, I think I could add to a focus group of women starting up their own business. Good Morning! Happy Saturday!!
This community would be a great place to come for advice
yes this would be a great place to get tips support and advice for any one who needs help I wish I had a place to go when I had my business that’s what I would have liked so place to go when you had a question or needed some advice
This community is great for advice on buisness stuff
I don’t have a small business at the present, but for those that do I think this would be very helpful. When I had my small business I was all alone.
I think if this was available when we had our business, we may have been more successful.
Sure, Knowledge is the key to success.
If I had a business I would love the support from this community and others like it. 🙂 This one helps everyone with everything and that is what makes it a great one. 🙂
Absolutely. I’m 60 years old and can use all the help and support I can get.
Yes, I think any of support would be appreciated for any new business owner. What better way to get support than from others who are experiencing the same thing or those who have years of experience under their belt.
There are often young entrepreneur groups within your community. It allows networking and socializing. They often meet monthly. I would ask the Chamber the Commerce or ask around to find one where you live.
If I were to ever find the time to start a business, I would love a place I could go to for support!
HELLO. I would like to get advice for own craft business and cookbook publishing but do not know how to get started
Gail,
We will be adding more elements, like Questions/Answers sections to our home-owned business section.
I’ll keep you in the loop!
To start with, research the following things first:
1. Your competition: What they do, how they do it
2. Figure out costs you’ll be incurring, especially what your overhead costs are + startup costs
3. Start collecting and bookmarking the resources that could add to your competitive edge and effectiveness of doing business
This is awesome advice! I have been kinda throwing around the idea of crafting soap for sale, but I know that I haven’t done anything ‘up to date’ for a couple years now. There are yahoo groups also for tons of different crafting genres that help keep you ‘hip’ and doing the newest ‘cool’ thing that you might not know about if you weren’t in them.
Cassadra,
If you really want to do it, you’ll figure out the time when it’s best for your life at this moment.
Thought there are a lot of soaps with all kinds of “twists” like jewelry inside, smell, bubble effects – there’s ALWAYS one thing you could add to the market!
Besides, you cannot promise a gazillion things about your product. ONLY ONE at a time!
One Promise – that’s how much a human mind focuses on at a time.
Creating a DIFFERENTIATION that is incorporated into your positioning statement must be crucial elements to begin with!
Oh yes!
There are tons of different things that can be done with soap, and thank you for that advice… it does seem overwhelming when you start out in anything, but only ONE promise… that may have to be in a frame for me!
Good Morning!
Hi Cori!
Tell us about yourself and if you own your home business. No business is Too small!
Yes, I do. I recently started a business which is facilitated mostly online and through FB.
What is your business, how we can learn about it? Share if you want!
My business is Plexus and my website is PlexusSlim.com/cm. I started it because my friends were having phenomenal results on a completely natural product. My husband had high cholesterol, extremely high tryglicerides and extra weight to lose along with insomnia and after using Plexus for 11 weeks, he lost 23 lbs, his cholesterol is normal and his tryglicerides are in the normal range. To top it all off, he’s sleeping again! I knew this was an awesome product. He didn’t change anything, just added a cherry tasting drink each morning to his regimen and that was it. I love the business side because it’s so easy compared to other home businesses and it can be very lucrative. My friend who is a full-time nurse just quit her job to be a Plexus Ambassador ful time instead. She makes more $ with Plexus!
It only costs $35 to join Plexus as an Ambassador. That includes your own website and some materials to get started. I don’t know of many other businesses like that and I don’t know of many who mirror the pay scale. Plexus is estimated to be a billion dollar, debt free company in 2015. Only 10 others have done that! I’m glad I got in on something big. The reason it’s so big is that it works, it’s natural, it’s inexpensive to start and it now international.
Thank you for letting me share! It’s a wonderful thing to be able to share on a forum like this!
Good morning! I am retired at this time but I have owned my own business and at times is was wonderful! BUT there were also times I wanted to pull my hair out!
Yes, I started a business recently. It is done mostly online and through Facebook.
I think that the more areas you get feedback from, the better! If I did have a business, I’m sure this community and ones like it would be very helpful!
such great advice but you have to give 100% to your business
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In advising businesses of all shapes and sizes, in multiple industries, but especially concentrating on new, small businesses, I learned that marketing it not the most important thing, it is the ONLY thing.
A ton of people make inferior products, with inferior service, but they are good at marketing. So they thrive.
Of course you need something unique to sell, something that people really want. And you MUST give great service. But that is just HOW YOU GET INTO THE GAME. If you want to STAY IN THE GAME, that is all about marketing.
Referrals from people you meet will get you started, but seldom keeps you going over the long haul.
Marketing is telling people what you have, helping them see the value of it, and getting them to respond in numbers sufficient to maintain and grow your business.
So, when you are thinking about a new business, think carefully about how you can find a steady source of new customers — while keeping your existing ones happy.
Good morning!
Woohoo! Thanks so much!
i think i missed the morning coffee… LOL
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