I never go anywhere without tons of SassaB in my car. I figure if I have SassaB plastered on the back window, I should at least have some to sell on the spur of the moment.
*If you haven't see the back of my car, go to our FB page and check it out: www.facebook.com/SassaBLLC
Last night I met my Cousin at a restaurant where I ran into three men that had not finished their Christmas shopping. And wouldn't you know, they all had daughters?! They saw SassaB on the back of my car, asked me about it and ended up buying all 30 packs that I had in my car. Just like that!
It is pretty cool to think of all of the kids that will be receiving SassaB, MY invention, for Christmas! I feel so blessed!!
BUT...it's not all about me...I saw this on The Today Show this morning: If you don't have much time but want to spread some holiday cheer, go to K-Mart (or a store like it) and anonymously pay off someone's layaway. Or pay what you can towards it. When that person show's up to pay off their bill so they can take their Christmas presents home, they will be surprised to see that someone special had already paid it for them. Imagine their delight!!
There are so many ways we can think beyond ourselves and I have to say, doing so is a welcome break!
Friday, December 23, 2011
Monday, December 12, 2011
Ticket to Ride
What a rush! How frustrating! So exciting! How disappointing!
Selling your own invention is quite the mix of emotions. You never know what the day will bring...but that's the fun of it...and I'm hooked!
Example: Walking into Walgreens and leaving with contact info to start selling in January 2012 - What a rush!
Sending out emails and waiting and waiting to hear back on some big deals - How frustrating!
Setting out our SassaB Spinner and within 5 minutes, selling all 30 packs - So exciting!
Being turned down by a big online store that I know would successfully sell SassaB - How disappointing!
When I go on a sales call, I hope I'll walk out with a check but you never know. I've been fortunate enough with SassaB that 70% of the time, it's a "yes!" However, when they "pass," it's a let down.
See what I'm saying? The highs and lows are a daily occurrence...if you don't mentally prepare for this mix of emotions, it can totally exhaust you!
The bottom line: The roller-coaster ride of being an entrepreneur is a fun one! I'm thrilled to have a ticket!
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Walgreens rocks!
It's not often that I post two entries but it's been a red letter day for SassaB!
First, SassaB got a stellar review on Well Adjusted, Or So They Say (see the post below). Looks like SassaB Style is taking hold and making it's way to the East Coast.
Secondly, we have some very big news at SassaB Headquarters...SassaB is kicking off 2012 with a bang! Walgreens has just picked us up and starting January 2012, SassaB Linkable Charms will be for sale in several Walgreens in Pinellas County.
As you can imagine, we are all on cloud 9!
Shortly I will post more info but for now, we wanted to share our good news with all of you!
Thanks for reading and (in my very best saleswoman voice) don't forget to tell your friends! :)
First, SassaB got a stellar review on Well Adjusted, Or So They Say (see the post below). Looks like SassaB Style is taking hold and making it's way to the East Coast.
Secondly, we have some very big news at SassaB Headquarters...SassaB is kicking off 2012 with a bang! Walgreens has just picked us up and starting January 2012, SassaB Linkable Charms will be for sale in several Walgreens in Pinellas County.
As you can imagine, we are all on cloud 9!
Shortly I will post more info but for now, we wanted to share our good news with all of you!
Thanks for reading and (in my very best saleswoman voice) don't forget to tell your friends! :)
Well Adjusted, Or So They Say...: SassaB ~ Fun Fab Stocking Swag!
Well Adjusted, Or So They Say...: SassaB ~ Fun Fab Stocking Swag!: Christmas is around the corner and I'm always trying to find fun stocking stuffers at the last moment. It's a double bonus when I can suppo...
Sunday, December 4, 2011
First SassaB Facebook Contest/Giveaway!!
We are doing wonderfully with sales locally but we want our friends all over the country to know about SassaB Linkable Charms! Let's spread the word on Facebook!
Tell your FB friends about SassaB, like our page (if you haven't already), share our link (or all 3) for a chance to win some SassaB Style!!
One lucky winner will be chosen at Sunset tonight - December 4th, 2011.
Good luck and see you on Facebook!!
facebook.com/SassaBLLC
Tell your FB friends about SassaB, like our page (if you haven't already), share our link (or all 3) for a chance to win some SassaB Style!!
One lucky winner will be chosen at Sunset tonight - December 4th, 2011.
Good luck and see you on Facebook!!
facebook.com/SassaBLLC
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Top Ten Things to expect once you have launched your business
Top Ten Things to expect once you have launched your business:
1. The first day that your product is officially for sale, you will feel like you are on cloud 9! Everyone will be congratulating you, you will be smiling from ear to ear and you will want to celebrate the fact that all of your hard work has paid off!
2. The next day will be like the day after Christmas. You will be totally bummed that your "official" launch date has passed.
3. Full speed ahead! You will be a selling machine!
4. Shockingly, you will hear your first "no." And believe me, it's a shock! After all, this is YOUR perfect invention and you were SURE everyone would absolutely LOVE it and HAVE to have it! But nope...not everything is for everyone.
5. After hearing that "no," this is where you will find out what you are made of. Will you go home and pout or will you shake it off and try, try again?
6. If you can not find someone to talk to about your product/business, you rather not talk at all. The only thing interesting to you in the first couple of weeks is your product, how it's selling, how BIG you are going to be, how you are marketing your product, etc. It's all about your Product X.
7. You get sick of yourself. You start to look at Product X like work and not just "your dream come true." After all, it's sales and sales IS hard work.
8. You become more realistic about what to expect out of your product and business. You now realize that launching your website did not equal instant sales and you are able to carry on conversations with family/friends about topics other than yourself.
9. The product you launch with will not be the product you sell in the end. Believe it or not (I did not), there will be something wrong with your product that you will have to spend money to fix. An over site or a glitch that you will have to correct but don't worry, if you took the advice of almost everyone that has created a product, you have launched in "your own backyard" and are able to quickly fix the problem. Happened to me. I promise, it will happen to you...if it hasn't already.
10. You are SO grateful that you "did your homework!" You read your books, did your research and paid attention to the valuable tips you've received along the way because NOW is when that all pays off. You are armed with a slew of information and that's a very powerful thing. You are in the trenches and working hard at selling your brilliant idea and you will not take "no" for an answer. You are a true Inventor and very proud of yourself because you are following your dream. Good for you!!!
1. The first day that your product is officially for sale, you will feel like you are on cloud 9! Everyone will be congratulating you, you will be smiling from ear to ear and you will want to celebrate the fact that all of your hard work has paid off!
2. The next day will be like the day after Christmas. You will be totally bummed that your "official" launch date has passed.
3. Full speed ahead! You will be a selling machine!
4. Shockingly, you will hear your first "no." And believe me, it's a shock! After all, this is YOUR perfect invention and you were SURE everyone would absolutely LOVE it and HAVE to have it! But nope...not everything is for everyone.
5. After hearing that "no," this is where you will find out what you are made of. Will you go home and pout or will you shake it off and try, try again?
6. If you can not find someone to talk to about your product/business, you rather not talk at all. The only thing interesting to you in the first couple of weeks is your product, how it's selling, how BIG you are going to be, how you are marketing your product, etc. It's all about your Product X.
7. You get sick of yourself. You start to look at Product X like work and not just "your dream come true." After all, it's sales and sales IS hard work.
8. You become more realistic about what to expect out of your product and business. You now realize that launching your website did not equal instant sales and you are able to carry on conversations with family/friends about topics other than yourself.
9. The product you launch with will not be the product you sell in the end. Believe it or not (I did not), there will be something wrong with your product that you will have to spend money to fix. An over site or a glitch that you will have to correct but don't worry, if you took the advice of almost everyone that has created a product, you have launched in "your own backyard" and are able to quickly fix the problem. Happened to me. I promise, it will happen to you...if it hasn't already.
10. You are SO grateful that you "did your homework!" You read your books, did your research and paid attention to the valuable tips you've received along the way because NOW is when that all pays off. You are armed with a slew of information and that's a very powerful thing. You are in the trenches and working hard at selling your brilliant idea and you will not take "no" for an answer. You are a true Inventor and very proud of yourself because you are following your dream. Good for you!!!
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Wow! She was SO rude!
You're in Sales?
Put your "big girl pants" on and strap on that "tough skin" because you are going to need it. While you're at it, practice smiling through all of those "clever comebacks" you WISH you could say as you bite your tongue.
Case in point...I was in Tampa, hitting up a very popular Girls Boutique... I met one of the boutique owners...she loved SassaB. She asked me to come back tomorrow to meet with the other owner. She asked me to leave my samples. And I was "dismissed."
I left feeling pretty good and got my SassaB spinner ready for delivery the next day.
Here is how the next day turned out:
Me: Hi! I'm Tracy with SassaB! (I am walking towards the other boutique owner who is sitting down).
BO: (Boutique Owner) Not standing up, she said in a very "dead pan" voice, "Yes, I just saw your samples in the back."
Me: Great! (I'm still making my way to her in the back of the store since she is not standing up to greet me)
BO: Umm, I don't think so. (please re-read that and insert the voice you'd use talking to dirt)
Me: Oh! (I was surprised she was not interested in SassaB after the positive feedback I received from the other owner but I was also taken aback by how rudely she was speaking to me. And that she is still sitting down. And that the two ladies that are shopping in the store are now staring at me)
Me: Ok...(she is just sitting there looking at me and it feels like time is standing still) Can I have my samples please?
BO: You want them back??? (snarl while reading this, and have a "shocked" tone in your voice like I had just told you to crash your car into a brick building)
Me: You want them? (this is where I wish I had more sales experience)
BO: We may change our mind. (Deadpan, snarl)
Me: Sure! Thanks! Have a great day!
Ugh! That was awful! However, the more experienced I get in Sales, this entire scenario could happen again with absolutely no effect on me. And those shoppers that watched all of that unfold...I would like to think that they put down their merchandise and walked out not wanting to support a business that speaks to people like poo.
I got in my car, ready to leave Tampa and this experience behind me when I noticed another boutique four doors down. I walked in, the store owner LOVED SassaB, sold the spinner I had ready for the other boutique and walked out with a check in less than 5 minutes! That felt GREAT!!!
No matter how rude someone is or how many "No's" you get, there is always someone else waiting with a smile and a "Yes" so don't give up and don't let the "yucky" people get you down!
In sales and in life...
Put your "big girl pants" on and strap on that "tough skin" because you are going to need it. While you're at it, practice smiling through all of those "clever comebacks" you WISH you could say as you bite your tongue.
Case in point...I was in Tampa, hitting up a very popular Girls Boutique... I met one of the boutique owners...she loved SassaB. She asked me to come back tomorrow to meet with the other owner. She asked me to leave my samples. And I was "dismissed."
I left feeling pretty good and got my SassaB spinner ready for delivery the next day.
Here is how the next day turned out:
Me: Hi! I'm Tracy with SassaB! (I am walking towards the other boutique owner who is sitting down).
BO: (Boutique Owner) Not standing up, she said in a very "dead pan" voice, "Yes, I just saw your samples in the back."
Me: Great! (I'm still making my way to her in the back of the store since she is not standing up to greet me)
BO: Umm, I don't think so. (please re-read that and insert the voice you'd use talking to dirt)
Me: Oh! (I was surprised she was not interested in SassaB after the positive feedback I received from the other owner but I was also taken aback by how rudely she was speaking to me. And that she is still sitting down. And that the two ladies that are shopping in the store are now staring at me)
Me: Ok...(she is just sitting there looking at me and it feels like time is standing still) Can I have my samples please?
BO: You want them back??? (snarl while reading this, and have a "shocked" tone in your voice like I had just told you to crash your car into a brick building)
Me: You want them? (this is where I wish I had more sales experience)
BO: We may change our mind. (Deadpan, snarl)
Me: Sure! Thanks! Have a great day!
Ugh! That was awful! However, the more experienced I get in Sales, this entire scenario could happen again with absolutely no effect on me. And those shoppers that watched all of that unfold...I would like to think that they put down their merchandise and walked out not wanting to support a business that speaks to people like poo.
I got in my car, ready to leave Tampa and this experience behind me when I noticed another boutique four doors down. I walked in, the store owner LOVED SassaB, sold the spinner I had ready for the other boutique and walked out with a check in less than 5 minutes! That felt GREAT!!!
No matter how rude someone is or how many "No's" you get, there is always someone else waiting with a smile and a "Yes" so don't give up and don't let the "yucky" people get you down!
In sales and in life...
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