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Blaze your own Trail

How to Boost Your Sales

by Mari-Lyn on July 30, 2011

in Blaze your own Trail, Marketing



Do you find yourself doubting your dreams and how you can make money? Many creatives that I know feel the same way, they want to do more, make more money just don’t know how to do it all. I think it’s just because we can’t see the trees through the forest, all we see is the jungle. We get overwhelmed with all the information that is available and give up. I was just talking with a friend, we both do similar things to help people network, get business, and yet as she said, “I know so much that I know nothing.”

Do you find that people give you excuses not to buy from you? My question is what are you doing to market yourself? What kind of messages are you communicating? How are you communicating? Are you even asking?

Many years ago, I came up with this idea of putting together a series of workshops for Artists, to help them do their marketing. I gathered a few gals that were in the Art business, to present the workshops. The group was divided, three of us wanted to charge and make some money the other three people said, we shouldn’t charge. What I have learned in my years of business is that if we don’t charge or put a dollar value on what we are doing then no one else will value us either. It’s not our job to make the decision for someone else.

I decided to create another workshop series for Artists and Creative Women. We all need to work together and help each other, who else is going to, if we don’t? There are customers waiting for you; to have your products and services. They want to say “Yes!”

The workshop series will cover how and where you can find more money in your business that you aren’t doing now. What are some of the best ways you can reach your customers. If there is something else you would like to know more about just let me know.

If you are at all interested in learning how to get more sales, fill in the form to the left side of this post.

Thank you!

Mari-Lyn Harris


P.S. There are only 20 seats available

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Art by Ken Elliot



What were your dreams when you started your business? What were you hoping to achieve by starting your own business?

If you aren’t working your business or you are stuck, ask for help. You are responsible for getting customers, into your business. Whatever vehicle you choose to use, you need to be accountable be a leader in your own company. If you need a stuck buster let me recommend Patricia Ogilvie to help you. She has helped me many times. You can even call me, I can also help you or recommend people for you to talk to.

Get a coach and be willing to listen and take action or whatever steps that you need to take to grow and expand your business. For example, a gal that I knew wanted to do what I am using to stay in touch with her customers and distributors. I got her to sign-up with a service that I was using. She discovered that, her computer needed some upgrading, all she had to do was to upgrade her memory. This really upset her because it was another expense, rather than thinking it would be an investment. She just became stuck and got angry because this new service was not working, started to blame everyone around her. The blame was getting in her way to be successful. With this example are you afraid of greatness? Are you afraid to ask for help? Are you are afraid of winning or being wrong?

Fear is not always a bad thing. Fear or blame will not attain what we want. What is it that you really want to have happen? Ask yourself, “How can I change my fears to make it work for me right now?“

Take a deep breathe, mediate and think about what you want to have happen. Think about your situation, put a smile on your face and ask yourself what is really important for you right now.

Form a team of supporters that will help you through whatever you feel that is stopping you from having the success you want. Look for opportunities that will help you advance your business.

Recently, I realized that if I was going to do Sedona Pies as a business, I really needed to go BIG or just go home. In other words drop it as a business. Leave it as a hobby. Well, my dreams for this business is bigger much bigger than doing it on a small scale. What I really needed was bridge financing, re-structuring so I could take it to the next level.

I was introduced to CEO Space, a few weeks ago, I kept going to their free meetings and after each meeting the club president would call me to say, what do you need next? This actually helped me to clarify what I really needed to do next. About two weeks ago, the CEO of this Entrepreneur club spoke privately to me, and said, “This is what we can do to help you…” I’ll share all the cool things at a later date with you. At this meeting, I said, to my hubby Robin – I am signing up. I don’t want to be stuck any more, I wasn’t going anywhere with the pie business.

Now, I am in the process of asking for bridge financing to support me to go to the next forum from May 17th to the 22nd. It turns out one of my best friends went years ago, to help her get her books published. She has five books now published. Recently, a single mom had an idea didn’t know how she was going to get to the marketplace. Recently, her product was on the Shopping Channel and was selling out.

You see there are people and resources that can help you get unstuck. However, you have to decide to get unstuck. Make the decision, like I did.

Thank you for reading this.

Mari-Lyn Harris

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