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IT’S YOUR BUSINESS

IT’S YOUR BUSINESS. ORGANIZE. &. PROMOTE. Presented by: Nancy W. Kist, CTC. Organize and Promote Your Business. Decide Business or Hobby! Define “home based” Travel Agent Why do Suppliers love them Separate Home and Office. Ready To Do Business?. Introduce YOURSELF

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IT’S YOUR BUSINESS

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  1. IT’S YOUR BUSINESS ORGANIZE & PROMOTE Presented by: Nancy W. Kist, CTC

  2. Organize and Promote Your Business • Decide Business or Hobby! • Define “home based” Travel Agent • Why do Suppliers love them • Separate Home and Office

  3. Ready To Do Business? • Introduce YOURSELF • Introduce YOUR AGENCY • Introduce YOUR NICHE IN 10 SECONDS OR LESS

  4. Common Name Mistakes Vague Names: ABC TravelSmith Travel Misleading Names: Carol’s World Cruises Similar Names: Travel Around the World vs Travel World Hard Spelling/Sounding: Doomsday Travel

  5. Identify the Industry? • Finders Keepers • Idea Lab • Furniture Medic • Portraits on Location • The Rolling Market • Words Are My Business

  6. Identify the Niche? • Access Travel • Jay’s Deep Sea Adventures • Small World Travel • Dirt Cheap Travel • To Have and To Hold Travel

  7. Is Your Name Working? • If NOT - Add a tag line • Describe what YOUR company does

  8. Prime Example • What Kind of Training Center? • Resident School or Online? • What Career DO You prepare me for?

  9. Adding a Tag Line

  10. Where to Use Tag Lines ONLINE ON BUSINESS CARDS ON ALL ADS & BROCHURES ADD TO YOUR 10 SEC. INTRO

  11. USE YOUR TAG LINEEVERYWHERE

  12. Promote Yourself • Sell YOURSELF First • Then Sell YOUR PRODUCT

  13. Walking Billboard • Wear & Sell Your Business • Carry Your Business • Distribute Your Cards • Promote Your Business Anywhere

  14. Your Goal • Get People Talking About YOU • Asking Who YOU are & What YOU DO • Then what… YOU CAN DO FOR THEM

  15. Your Goal • What should be your # 1 Goal? • Hesitation to do a niche market?

  16. Balancing Home & Business Life • Do you have HBS? • If so, find Your Cure • Why not consider.. Home-Based Agent Commandments

  17. Home-Based Agent Commandments • Own space • Own phone • Own computer • No-Trespassing zone ESTABLISH & HONOR YOUR HOME OFFICE

  18. Home-Based Agent Commandments • Organize Your Office • Organize Yourself • Two Worst Enemies • Don’t Reinvent Wheel MANAGE YOUR TIME, MAKE THE MOST OF IT

  19. Home-Based Agent Commandments • Lay Down the Law • Respect Your Time • Make Others Respect • Schedule Family Time SET YOUR OWN OFFICE HOURS & KEEP THEM

  20. Home-Based Agent Commandments • Walk the Walk • Talk the Talk • 3 Foot Rule • Build Your Credibility ALWAYS PROJECT A PROFESSIONAL IMAGE

  21. Home-Based Agent Commandments • Get out and circulate • Business Cards • Network w/ everyone • And HAVE FUN!!! AVOID BECOMING AN OFFICE PRISONER

  22. IT’S YOUR BUSINESS ORGANIZE & PROMOTE Thank You © 2007 Career Quest Training Center

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