Education and Networking

Well, Thursdays are the nanny's day off, so it was the usual day of running around and taking care of business outside of the office. Cleaning out the PO Box, it wasn't stuffed full of returned letters this time. Buying stamps for our direct marketing campaign was fun today as I waited in line for an hour with my 3 and 4 year old. God bless them, they are really great kids and they behaved exceptionally well. I believe I will be planning ahead for next month's purchase and buying them through usps.com and have them delivered for $1. My sanity is certainly worth the dollar.

Bought a new fax machine today. We'll see if it does what we need it to. We don't even plug it into the phone jack, we just need it to scan - need a document feeder. We use MyFax for all of our faxing. We have electronic copies of everything that way. We bought the HP 6500. If it is any good, this is where I'll have a link to where you can buy it.

Last night I read 13 pages of our Wholesaling U manual. No revolutionary information yet. The important things that I take from it are:
1. Make time to educate yourself everyday. Harder than you think to do it everyday. But this is my challenge, to stay focused for 120 days and part of that is education everyday.
2. Network every week. Doug and I have talked about that for months. Some weeks we are on track and others we are not. There are numerous ways to do this, via the internet and in person. Internet networking is great, you don't have to leave home. In-person is more effective though - a face to the name, a voice, and personal time counts for a lot.

I have been working on improving our websites. Not our brochure page, as that is a mess. Looking at how it was built really proves to me that knowledge is so important. You don't have to know how to do everything, but you need to know how to explain what you want. It helps when you sound like you know what you are talking about to the people who will do the work. (This also is important when doing rehabs!) Had I known what I do now, I would have given better instructions to the builder. Using a internet marketing specialist would have saved me time and money in the long run. I'm going to be talking to one tomorrow that Doug is impressed with.

1 and 1, my internet hosting company is having great deals right now. 50% off and free stuff. The thing that impressed me with 1 and 1 when I first signed up a couple years ago is that you get more than you expect. Most places you don't get everything that you need without paying more. With 1 and 1 I found tools in their service that I didn't even know I wanted until I saw them as part of my package.