My Outsider Blog of the Day

Hey all...here's a fun one you might not have found yet. http: / / www. quasifictionalviews. blogspot. com. Enjoy and have a wonderful weekend.

Networking, Networking, Networking....

Hey there...I am currently attending an Entrepreneur Day at a local college where I live. What an experience. Thus far, it has been completely lucrative to my business and some really great connections and networking relationships are being formed. But what I am learning has been eye opening. I have been attending the marketing classes that are being offered because I want to know what people in my area are being taught about it. I am here to tell you that at least in my corner of the world what is being taught is still the basic archaic methods of advertising that marketer like you and I don't hold that much stock in any more. I am still hearing newspaper, mailings, radio, flyers....etc. I was shocked. In the last class I sat in there were at least three out of 25 that spoke up to say that they had internet businesses that they wanted to take nationally and internationally and were not finding good solid answers on how to do so. I realize that I was sitting among 25 people that I could help. And I did. I approached one of the ladies that had got nowhere with her tile business. As I was visiting with her, I had two other people approach me and want to set up time to talk to me. You and I eat, sleep and breathe SEO, SEM, B2B, B2C, web site management, marketing plans, publicity and the like. But I'm here to tell you that we are still on the cutting edge and there are PLENTY of people out there who need our services. We just have to get out there and get them. My advice for the day is to attend business fairs in your area armed with brochures, business cards and whatever else you can carry and RUN to the event. Arrive early and stay late. People are hungry for what we can teach them and how we can help them to be successful. I have to get back now. They are getting ready to break for lunch and I don't want to miss the opportunity.

One More Week To Win!

Good morning all. I just wanted to remind you that there is only one more week for you to sign up to win a free four week supply of USANA Essentials! Email me at Christy.Barber@hotmail.com with your name and email address. I will put your name in a box with the others and randomly draw a winner on the 15th. I will then contact you via email for your address and ship the Essentials to you. No catch. No gimick. I simply want you to have an opportunity to try these great vitamins. And if you know of someone who might like to enter, please email this blog to them. I'd love to give them the opportunity. Also, I have heard a lot of people complaining of joint pain recently. I know with the horse back riding I do I tend to get stiff and sore. It has to be the horses because it CAN'T be my age....right? USANA also has a wonderful product known as Procosa II. It's a wonderful product chalked full of glucosamine and tumeric. Together they are a powerful team to fight joint pain. Check it out!

Rest In Peace Dear Friend

I am so unbelievably saddened to have just learned of the untimely passing of Father Pirmin Ngolle. Fr. Ngolle was a compassionate man who came to this county to bring awareness of the plight of his people in Tanzania. Many of his people had no clean water, medical or school supplies. His mission was to raise awareness and funding for these people and he succeeded in doing just that. Through his work, he was able to provide 52 wells which will bring clean water to women and children who have not known what this is like before. Something that we take for granted every day was such a gift to these people. Through his work he got school supplies donated and medical supplies donated to people who were so grateful and so used to doing without. It was my pleasure to work with him to help raise this awareness on a national and international level. And it is my mission to challenge all of you to not let his work die. I encourage each and every one of you, in the name of Fr. Pirmin Ngolle to donate as little or as much as you can to Hanga Abbey Mission in Tanzania. And if you are a media that I have contacted about doing a story on this remarkable man, please do it. And if you would like to, please email me and I will get the press release to you. But please, don't let this man's work die with him. Let's keep the dream alive for those he cared so much about in Tanzania.

One Of My Favs......

Hey all,

Take a second and check out Mr. Biggs blog at www.onepowerfulword.blogspot.com. I just wanted to give him a shout out today and encourage you to spend some time looking at what he has to say. Have a great day everyone!

Well...I've Done It!

Well, I've done it. I have officially left the pay roll, the 9 to 5 and the office. I have taken my marketing business and USANA full tilt into the world and am making it on my own. Now that the shock of that big leap has worn off...how do I feel? FANTASTIC!!! I have reviewed the numbers, looked at the plan, created marketing scheme and LOOK OUT WORLD...HERE I COME! I have set financial goals and am meeting them. I have asked the Universe for guidence and am receiving it. (See my blog on The Secret) I have designed my home office, am building a more viable website and have the joy of doing it all with a sweet little puppy at my feet and a sweet (yes he really is) 14 year old son with me after school. It just doesn't get better. Aside from sharing my joy with all of you is a message I want to send. If I can do this, so can you. Find your passion. Know how to make it profitable and DO IT! As we have seen with the stock market these last few days and the constant governmental threat of removing social security is that no one will take care of us but us! And look around you. There is a wealth of information out there waiting for you and people like myself who are in the business of making your business succeed. And the bonus? We can all be healthy and happy while we do it. What are you waiting for?