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LEAP out of your comfort zone.. it's Marketing Wednesday!

Good Morning Everyone! You know what today is. It's Marketing Wednesday.. which follows the MakeMinePink.com Tuesday night marketing chat! It was a super charged chat last night, so if you missed it, I'll try and recap for you!

We talked a little about keeping morale up amongst fellow members. I'd been noticing a few phrases being tossed around like "My Big Girl Job" or "My real Job" in reference to jobs other than our own business. Unfortunately at the same time I started to see more and more business owners questioning and comparing themselves and their business. Can a simple phrase like that decrease confidence? And why? It's hard to imagine that a simple phrase like "my real job" could be demoralizing to women that are struggling to make a go of their own business but it clearly does effect how we view ourselves and what we do. My job is to be the voice of reason.. and remind everyone that as business owners our jobs/businesses are very much our "real and very adult jobs." Keeping confidence steady is something we all need to be very mindful of and something we need to do for ourselves. This goes hand in hand with surrounding yourself with other positive people and "Tooting Your Own Horn!" Something we seem to have some difficulty getting comfortable with.

I hear how amazingly supportive everyone is with each other. But when it comes to ourselves.. where does that self support and confidence go? It's time to get it back!

We also talked a bit about stepping out of our comfort zone and taking that leap of faith. I for one have found it difficult at times to take that leap of faith, not even recognizing that is what I was doing. I am a master excuse maker. Or should I say, an ex- master excuse maker! I found just recently that making a commitment to others.. just putting a voice to something that I have been uncomfortable about LEAPING for, has taken away that fear and has given me a resolve to make it happen. Who knew it would be that easy! I took a huge personal and business leap this past week and found that fear has been replaced with excitement.
So make your list of all the things that will help take your business to the next level and act on one at a time. Share that list with someone.. give it a voice and the commitment will follow.

What will you be doing this marketing Wednesday? I hope taking a Leap towards your success!

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Tooting your own horn...It's a MMP Thing!

It's marketing Wednesday... following the infamous Make Mine Pink marketing chat on Tuesday evening!  You missed a great chat if you weren't with us but I'll be happy to recap and help you do a little tooting of your own!

Our topic of the day was Confidence in business. Do YOU have what it takes?

Well the answer to that question in ABSOLUTELY YES! Look how far you’ve come already! Look where you are today! In business.. and loving it.

Sure.. There are days that we all have doubts. Am I doing the right thing? Can I make this business a success?

Again.. The answer is yes! Look at the opportunities that we’ve been given? It doesn’t get much better than this. Will we have obstacles to over come, sure… we’ll probably have many. But as Winston Churchill once said,

“The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.”

We have to look at every difficulty or roadblock we encounter as an opportunity. It just takes a little creative vision. If we’re anything around here at MMP.. It’s creative!

I know we’ve talked about this before but by now you know that we always explore things more than once and from more than one angle.

We’ve been working hard at establishing ourselves as experts in our field but now I think that we all need a reminder that if we were not already an expert at what we’re doing, we would not have even attempted to do it.
So now it’s time to toot our own horn! In other words.. Self promote! I think this has probably been one of the hardest things that I personally have had to face in business. I can promote anyone that I believe in.. But have a harder time prompting myself. While we’re waiting for others to spread the word about our business..who better than us to spread the word? By not self promoting our own business, what message are we giving? Not a very good one!

My suggestion to you is to make a list of all the things that you have done or currently do that you are proud of.

Example: "We are proud to announce the only purse of it’s kind that changes it’s color and personality at a moments notice."

Add your accomplishment to your signature when you sign blogs and on your email. SING YOUR OWN PRAISES LOUDLY. Start spreading the word about what you’re proud of and soon others will be singing your praise as well!

Any piece of email or us mail that you have going out should be tooting your horn! Or telling as much as possible about your business! Does your envelope just have an address label? Try adding your web url and your catch phrase or slogan to your address.

Don’t miss one single opportunity to promote your business. If you are

The Best ……

The fastest……

A leader in customer service…

Then Toot… Toot that horn and tell the world how amazing you are!

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