Moving Forward ----Day 35

Tuesday Toes Day 'round here ;-). Happy TTD to you . . .

Early to rise to catch the Live Chat Operator shift for a few hours before taking Big Z to school. However, the boy never awoke . . . turns out he got up late after having a spell of fatigue hit him on Sunday which left him snoring in the recliner for a few hours, and having felt tired after school yesterday, and with a hoarse-sounding throat. Inspection revealed swollen tonsils, so, as his teacher had called in ill herself, we decided to let the young man stay home. He loved this as down days are always fun, especially when it includes reading your favorite books.

After the Live Chat shift it was time for the Coaching Call with Jacki. Tom came on the show to talk about the Earth Angel Program and to catch up with his NPO happenings since his last visit.

Jacki gave an interesting tip about using Craigslist.org by posting small business ads. I have used Craigslist to sell items and have seen many people post in the wrong type of ad in the wrong sections. I was surprised to learn there is actually a place to post legitimate opportunities. I will check this out sometime to learn more and become familiar with the specifics.

Quite a busy time using the lead calling system today:

20 new leads
3 connects
3 no answers
17 emails sent
1 do not call
1 fax machine
5 bad numbers

For my follow-up with calls: 12
2 connects; one says call back later in the day; one says no interest
2 no answers
1 wrong number
1 busy signal
1 VM
4 bad numbers
12 emails sent

I did not get a count of bad emails today.

I sent some information to a lead calling member via email that will hopefully save her some time in making her own calls to prospective business partners.

I opened up IE, the browser I have not used in quite some time as FireFox was still holding warnings against the attack on MPM this weekend that had already been carefully attended to by our management and tech team. Through the process of using IE and logging into our back office to follow-up on the payment changes I am addressing with Big Z's account, I checked our members.

I was quite surprised to learn:

WE HAVE A NEW TEAM PARTNER from APPLETON, WISCONSIN!

Welcome Business Mall Member, Midwest Enterprises and Mr. Kevin!!! We are happy to have you on our team and look forward to working with you as you grow your business.

I gave a call to Kevin to personally welcome him to the team, and to set up a time to get him going on his training. We followed up late in the evening his time, and he showed great dedication and good humor as we went through the back office, ensured his payment information is current, through the shopping site, power bites, Ginny's recordings, etc. Kevin has goals to spend the next few weeks going through his training and the first thing on his list is to Install his My Power Mall Toolbar so that he can keep his eyes on the pulse of the company and receive all communication from Corporate.

I got on the line with my Earth Angel partner, Mr. Tom, and we got Tom following my blog AND got him following a few other blogs by walking him through the process.

F/U call to my connect above. Not there. VM M/L.

I had a call back today with no message left from one of my leads.

A good, long and productive day and now, I wish you all a good night ;-).