IT’S YOUR BUSINESS

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• Introduce YOUR AGENCY • Introduce YOUR NICHE

IN 10 SECONDS OR LESS

Common Name MistakesVague Names:

ABC Travel Smith Travel

Misleading Names:Carol’s World Cruises

Similar Names:Travel Around the World vs Travel

WorldHard Spelling/Sounding:

Doomsday Travel

Identify the Industry?

• Finders Keepers• Idea Lab• Furniture Medic• Portraits on Location• The Rolling Market• Words Are My Business

Identify the Niche?

• Access Travel• Jay’s Deep Sea Adventures• Small World Travel• Dirt Cheap Travel• To Have and To Hold Travel

Is Your Name Working?

• If NOT - Add a tag line • Describe what YOUR company

does

Prime Example

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

Adding a Tag Line

Where to Use Tag Lines

ONLINE

ON BUSINESS CARDS

ON ALL ADS & BROCHURES

ADD TO YOUR 10 SEC. INTRO

USE YOUR TAG LINE

EVERYWHERE

Promote Yourself

• Sell YOURSELF First

• Then Sell YOUR PRODUCT

Walking Billboard

• Wear & Sell Your Business• Carry Your Business• Distribute Your Cards• Promote Your Business Anywhere

Your Goal

• Get People Talking About YOU• Asking Who YOU are & What YOU

DO• Then what…

YOU CAN DO FOR THEM

Your Goal

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

Balancing Home & Business Life

• Do you have HBS?• If so, find Your Cure• Why not consider..

Home-Based Agent

Commandments

ESTABLISH & HONOR YOUR HOME OFFICE

Home-Based Agent

Commandments

• Own space• Own phone• Own computer• No-Trespassing

zone

MANAGE YOUR TIME, MAKE THE MOST OF IT

Home-Based Agent

Commandments

• Organize Your Office• Organize Yourself• Two Worst Enemies• Don’t Reinvent Wheel

Home-Based Agent

Commandments

• Lay Down the Law• Respect Your Time• Make Others

Respect• Schedule Family

Time

SET YOUR OWN OFFICE HOURS & KEEP THEM

Home-Based Agent

Commandments

• Walk the Walk• Talk the Talk• 3 Foot Rule• Build Your

Credibility

ALWAYS PROJECT APROFESSIONAL IMAGE

Home-Based Agent

Commandments

• Get out and circulate• Business Cards• Network w/ everyone• And HAVE FUN!!!

AVOID BECOMING ANOFFICE PRISONER

IT’S YOUR BUSINESS

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