The new power partner program will allow members to work with a partner on a weekly basis to gain support, meet their goals and perfect their current work habits. Members will be paired up with members that share similar business models to ensure a fluid process.
Power partners will be provided with worksheets and agree to meet via online chat/conference, phone, etc. once a week with each other to discuss their goals, if they were met, if they weren’t, and receive input and support from their partner.This first session will last for 4 weeks
Some other benefits of utilizing an Accountability Partner include:
Assistance in organizing ideas, thoughts, and tasks into specific, measurable, attainable, and realistic goals
Assistance in prioritizing an effective and consistent goal plan
Ensuring accountability for task follow through
Mentoring through difficulties and indecisiveness
Sharing advice, personal knowledge and experience
Follow up on your business success
All members are accepted into the program, so please participate! To learn more about getting started, read about the power partner program. If you are not yet a member, we encourage you to join to take part of this exciting program!
First up, a little WedChat housekeeping:
This is the last open WedChat for everyone. Subsequent chats will be for members only and within i-Wed site. It’s only $25 to join. The wealth of information and sharing happening in i-Wed.org is worth more than $25 per year. WedChat is open for anyone to moderate. Please step up and offer a topic.
Wednesday’s WedChat @8:30 PM EST.
The WedChat Topic on Wednesday is “Do you pay yourself”
Before tomorrow evenings WedChat ask yourself these questions:
1. Why don’t you? Do you even know why?
2. If you do is it the same? or with regularity?
3. What does your business plan say?
4. What do you do with the excess money?
Do you remember when you were little and you got your first box of 64 crayons?
MY STARS—the variety! The colors! Everything from burnt orange to blue-violet, and of course the ever so coveted gold and silver. Gold and silver were
like the Boardwalk and Park Place of crayons. After only having eight colors before, gold and silver were what the rest of those painfully ordinary colors aspired to be. Oh the possibilities! You get that gold crayon and you go to town—and I mean you get your money’s worth out of that gold crayon. Everythingis gold: trees, flowers, people, cars. You name it. Soon, it loses its luster, because it’s being used so much, and just doesn’t seem natural. There is a time and place for everything, and after all—you can only have so much gold.
I have found this to be true in the wedding industry, too. Someone comes along with a hot idea, concept or piece of advice. Everyone wants to try it, do it, to be it. In some instance, it works for the picture. A little gold is nice as an accent. Other times, all your client wants is a plain ole blue crayon. Blue, albeit a far more common color has many uses and many beautiful shades.
Don’t forsake who you are for the next shiny thing: you’ll deprive of us of the true you.
Thanks to all that have submitted their questions for tonight’s wed chat topic. Please join us tonight at 8pm EST (i-wed.org) for our discussion on the following questions:
1) Banking – what’s the best bank for your buck? Small business friendly banks.
2) Loans, grants, investors….Does anyone know any options?
3) Apart from QuickBooks or Quicken any other good accounting software?
We are going to switch things up a bit. I would love for everyone to email me their top questions they have on managing their business finances. That way we will have a bit of structure and make sure all the important questions are answered.
Also the new chat feature allows you to save the chat so you will be able to use the conversation for future reference.
Please send me an email with your burning questions too – eliana at byyoursideevents dot com
Join our weekly Wed chat as we discuss all topics relating to how to effectively conduct market research for your small business. Of course you do not want to call all of your competitors to determine if you price range is above or below average. How else can you obtain the information you need in order to strategize when the information is not readily available on websites? During this chat we hope that you are able to find ideas that you can adapt to your unique business. Some of the topics will include:
· What should be included in your research
· Market research techniques
·Weekly tasks to help in your evaluation
The chat is open to all wedding industry professionals. We would love to hear the prospective from planners, photographers, venues and all other categories.
Just log into i-wed.org onTuesday August 4th, 2009at8pm ESTto join the discussion.
Please note that Wed Chats are hosted every Tuesday evening at8pm EST. Stay tuned for the schedule of upcoming chat topics.
Join our weekly Wed chat as we discuss all topics relating to follow up after a Bridal Show. You have gone through all of this work getting set up at the bridal show and have done an amazing tablescape, now what do you do with all of the leads you have obtained? During this chat we hope that you are able to find ideas that you can adapt to your unique business. Some of the topics will include:
· Should you cold call leads?
· Do newsletters work for the brides that attended?
·Is it wise to offer a gift to obtain the information from really interested prospective clients?
The chat is open to all wedding industry professionals. We would love to hear the prospective from planners, photographers, venues and all other categories.
Just log into i-wed.org onTuesday July 21, 2009at8pm ESTto join the discussion.
Please note that Wed Chats are hosted every Tuesday evening at8pm EST. Stay tuned for the schedule of upcoming chat topics.
Due to a glitch with a recent upgrade of Wordpress, our contest entries remained in our scheduled posts. Please review and vote!
We asked you to show us in your everyday life how much you love iWED! Thank you SO much for your entries! We are looking forward to gifting over $800 in prizes to our lucky winner. Select a winner below and see who wins on July 22st!
Join our weekly Wed chat as we discuss all topics relating to time management for small business owners. So we know things need to be done! But who does what? Is it the intern, the employee or the virtual assistant? During this chat we hope that you are able to find ideas that you can adapt to your unique business. Some of the topics will include:
· The proper use of a virtual assistant and interns
· Are employees right for you?
·How divulge proprietary information without giving too much?
The chat is open to all wedding industry professionals. We would love to hear the prospective from planners, photographers, venues and all other categories.
Just log into i-wed.org onTuesday June 16, 2009at8pm ESTto join the discussion.
Please note that Wed Chats are hosted every Tuesday evening at8pm EST. Stay tuned for the schedule of upcoming chat topics.
