A Realization of Mine!

Now that my vacation is over it is time to jump back in and get started. I have had a few revelations as of late. One thing I always say is that life is unexpected, things always change, and no one is perfect. Don't worry, this time I haven't done anything wrong. I have just realized a few things. Now mind you I know a lot of things, however when it comes to me personally it is hard to see what I am missing or not doing right. I have no problem admitting when I need to change some things as long as I take the steps to change them.

The main thing I realized is that I need to change my advertising. I have been advertising Online Business Alliance since September of 2007 completely online, and then in April of 2008 I added Prepaid Legal to my arsenal. Now I have advertised Prepaid online separate from OBA in a way, but I realize that can be confusing for people when trying to figure out exactly what I am doing.

I have made a decision after a few months of advertising both of my business online and offline that I need to figure out which I am going to do where. I have decided that OBA needs to stick to an online business and I do not need to advertise that offline even though I am having success with people offline with OBA it does get a little hard to separate the two when it comes to people I meet, at my networking meetings. Prepaid Legal I am going to keep offline. Advertising online is a wonderful thing, however for Prepaid Legal I take it personally in a different way and need to advertise that in person. I am able to sit and speak with people find out what their needs are and explain what Prepaid can do for them and their situations.

Revelation number two came with the amount of calls of I received about how to separate two different businesses. I have gotten that question so many times it made me sit up and try to figure out how do I do it. First thing I explain to them is that you have to KNOW your businesses. You can not try to learn two or more different businesses at one time. You will never be able to do that. You have to concentrate on one first and get it up and running. Once you are comfortable enough to be able to explain your business to someone without faltering then you are able to add another if you really need to. Also, it helps if your businesses can relate to each other or at the very least help each other.

For me I was brought into Prepaid Legal a few years back and I did not have someone there to explain anything at all to me. I paid my money and my upline went missing, so I let my affiliate status go, however I kept my membership for a few years. Once I let that go, I had forgotten about Prepaid for a while. Once I started OBA, I did it so that I would not go through that again. Not knowing how to work a business that was worth taking the time to learn and to work. At this point I do not depend on anyone else to teach the business to me, I am able and trained enough to advertise any business I end up working. That is what I want for others, I want them to have enough information to push their businesses whether they have an upline or not.

More to come later. I need to get started.

Lorreen Sample
(336) 922-6343
lorreensample@windstream.net