Blog Post: It’ show time!

I’ve been one to blog about starting your own business while you have a job or need a job. It’s a soul searching of your talents. You have talents, natural gifts you were born with. You may have ignored them all your life until one day they explode out of you. You can’t run! You can’t hide! You must follow your talents and give it a try. Yep, and that’s what I’m doing. My career has been working with numbers; bookkeeping, accounting, payroll, taxes. Ok, yawn when I say that but just remember as long as businesses are required to file tax returns, they need a numbers person. Ha! And now I am to the point I want to share my passion teaching others. Do you have an exceptional skill at something? Is it needed? Yes? I’ll share my marketing on a shoe string method with you. It’s not running with the big boys but always remember that little pigs get fat and hogs get slaughtered (a blog for another time, just bare with me). I live in a community that has a monthly newsletter. For $50 I can have a flyer I designed and printed included in the newsletter and delivered to 650 homes. First reach to my neighbors and my community. I asked my church if I could use a room to hold workshops. Yep, at no charge (but I will be faithful and tithe). Second reach to my friends and family. Then the Yellow pages and Internet provides unlimited information. Yes fax numbers that I can fax flyers to! Third reach delusional maybe a stalker. By now you’re laughing at the primitive style of my advertising. Maybe, maybe not. What I am saying is it doesn’t cost much to advertise yourself in your community. All you have to do is take that first step. Believe in yourself. Connect with your community. Connect with family and friends. Small steps lead to big leaps. I’ll let you know how my marketing on a shoe string method turns out.

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