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. 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!
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!
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Thanks!!!!
Mandy
Posted by: Mandy Baker | March 16, 2008 at 10:45 AM
This, for me is the hardest part of doing business! I can't seem to get over the whole "I sound so egotistical" thing. I'm working on it, though and this post has made me want to shout from the rooftops about how wonderful my business is!
Posted by: Missy Sue Hanson | March 10, 2008 at 12:48 AM