by Donna Johnson on October 30, 2007
Check Out The Latest Indie Beauty Gossip
I love gossip — craft gossip that is. But with two young’uns, a radio show and a growing business, there’s not much time for crafting (or gossip) unless it’s done with safety scissors and crayons. But I can live vicariously through Craft Gossip. Former Indie Beauty Network member Kimberly Ayers writes for their bath and body section and yesterday, she posted about Indie!
Kimberly used to have her own IBN member bath and body products business but these days, she’s investing her time and energy bringing you news (and gossip) you can use from the craft industry. Kimberly says that she "couldn’t recommend a group that helps Indie bath, body and related products makers more than IBN."
Thanks for the Indie shout out Kimberly. I feel the love and send it right back at you!
by Donna Johnson on October 30, 2007
Real Coupon Queen To Appear On Indie Business Radio
Would you like to get money through your computer? OK. I can do that.
Your comments and requests for more Real Coupon Queen prevailed, so clear your calendar. That’s right. My neighbor, the shy but soon to be famous Real Coupon Queen has agreed to be a guest on Indie Business Radio on Monday, November 5!
If you missed all the reasons why you need to know Real Coupon Queen, click here.
To get your cash, join the show at 1:00pm EST on Monday, November 5. Call your questions in live by logging onto Indie Business Radio at 1:00pm and click on the red Listen Live Link at the top of the home page. Call your questions in live to (800) 773-0355.
Can’t join live? Email your questions in advance to info@indiebusinessradio.com.
Let’s get it on, Indies!
by Donna Johnson on October 26, 2007
How Couponing Is Changing My Life For The Better
Last night, a friend I’ll call "Jim" dubbed his wife the "Coupon Queen" because she saved $700 on groceries last year by clipping coupons. No offense, Jim, but your wife’s coronation is a fraud. My next door neighbor, a stay at home mom named Suzanne, is the real Coupon Queen, saving over $7,000 in coupons last year.
My mother clipped coupons. I always admired her for that, and I really do want to be like her when I grow up. However, the coupon clipping thing just never turned me on. I resented being in the check out line behind coupon clippers who were just holding up progress (it is all about me, after all) and honestly, I just never saw myself as "needing" to clip coupons.
When someone started gabbing about how much money they saved using coupons, I quickly found an exit from the conversation. I’m not sure why. Could it be I was just jealous that someone else wasn’t as lazy as I was and actually didn’t mind spending an extra hour a week making grocery lists in order to save a few bucks? Imagine that …. Me? Stubborn and unteachable?!?
That was then. This is now.
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by Donna Johnson on October 25, 2007
Prepare Business Proposals That Close Deals
A happy shout out to freelance writer and editor Matt Alderton who included my advice in a new article he wrote for the Masterd Card Business Essentials Library to help Indie Business owners prepare proposals that land new business.
Matt interviewed me following completion of a project to help a client propose her bath and body products in a nationwide bookstore chain, so the timing was perfect. (My client landed the gig too!)
Matt, I feel the love! Thanks for including me. Visit Matt’s Shop Floor Blog for more small biz tips.
by Donna Johnson on October 25, 2007
AARP May Have Some Money For You!
But time is short! The deadline to apply for the women’s scholarship is October 31. A big shout out to Indie Jamila White for the heads up!
If you are over 40 and enrolled or will enroll in a school or training program within 6 months of the scholarship award date, you could get from $500 to $5,000 to complete your studies.
Formal training is vital to small business success. Everyone from customers to potential investors want to know that you have invested in yourself by accumulating the knowledge needed to serve their needs. If you need help doing that, this opportunity may be for you!
For details and to apply, click here.
by Donna Johnson on October 24, 2007
To What Lengths Would You Go To Make Your Business A Success?
At 26, Indie Beauty Network member Lela Barker was a newly divorced, unemployed college drop out and the single mother of two toddlers. When most people in her position would have been looking for the nearest secretarial job, Lela was starting her business. She landed an order with a local spa, which covered payment to a website designer. But she still needed good product photos.
So she called on her aunt, an expert photographer. But Lela didn’t go to Auntie for a handout. Instead, she offered to clean her house from top to bottom in exchange for some product photos. One Friday night, Lela dropped her children off at a relative’s house and drove several hundred miles to her aunt’s house where she spent the entire weekend cleaning toilets, polishing furniture and mopping floors.
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