GinnyDye Channel on YouTube --- Day 31

Day 31



We just found the new My Power Mall Corporate Video on the "GinnyDye Channel" at YouTube. It's fun and informative! If you haven't watch it yet, check it out by watching the short video above!

And then, when you're done, come support Big Z's Foundation Mall by signing up as a World Changer at http://www.bigzgivesbig.com/. Let's help each other make a difference in each others lives by funding non-profits around the globe, and adding funds to the One-Child-At-A-Time-Program created by Together We Can Change The World, Inc.

"Play a part; it does a heart good!" (by Big Z's Mom)

Conference call this a.m. was GREAT. A true motivator, and a great way to set the tone for the day.

I received a return phone call from a f/u ---- she's a person that wanted information on a home business and we connected, but due to my trip to CA, we postponed our interview until our return home. She and her husband are mostly moved to another state. They are in Seattle selling their home now, and awaiting the few remaining months her husband is working his job.

I returned her call and we had a fine visit. She was very happy to report their house sold, and much more quickly than they'd ever thought it would. That is GREAT news! She had attempted to go to the library to view the online presentation. They were short of time, so in essence, pulled it up, viewed it for a few minutes, and then had to go. When she returned with a bigger block of time, she felt like she didn't get to the right spot as it looked different to her-- and it was! The new presentations were finished and uploaded to the site on her second visit. She wondered, "Where did Ginny Dye go?"

She knows that it's likely either she or her husband must have a job. She's looking at the My Power Mall business for both her and her husband. The element she liked the best is knowing that she could help fund non-profits; she wants to help others.

She's a great organizer and office manager, and really wants to support another in that role. So, I told her how wonderful it is when spouses play off each other's strengths and they each do the activities that grow their businesses that fulfill them, and that move them forward. Say she works with the background activities, like emailing or letter writing, but it's her husband that goes out and talks to people, meets people or visits non-profit organizations.

She and her husband are already supporting three kids in Asia and they spend $80 a month to do this. I'll follow up in an email, she will get the link for the beautiful SIFA Choir video that is found to the right on the GinnyDye Channel for YouTube. In this way, she can understand how to relate the vision of Together We Can Change the World with her own vision of helping others around the globe. They have friends in Sudan who are missionaries. They let her know there are teachers there who work for zero pay. She wondered if there was a way to help them with funding. The answer is YES. It is possible.

The house sale closes on January 29. Since she's without a vehicle, and still packing up the house to move all the rest of their belongings to their new home, she was unsure when she'd get back to the library to watch the presentation. She will email me when she is able to do this so that we can set up a time to talk again. At the outside, if I don't hear from her by early February, I will call her again.

Another friend walked over to see us for a cup of tea today. She knows that Big Z's Business has Vitacost as one of his stores since I'd mentioned it to her after seeing a sales magazine on her table. She orders enzymes from them. In a few weeks, she's going to order more, and she wants to buy them from Big Z. She's resisted her own business for a long while. And, that's Okay. What I will do, however, is work up a letter to her and her sister, who is her right-hand-helper as she moves forward in expanding the reach of her own businesses. Her mother has done every home business under the sun, and so, she's pretty resistant to any form of home business, whether or not they have a great product or service. I don't know if her sister feels the same (there are three sisters and one brother). Therefore, it's worth sending a note to each of them, and if her sister does the footwork, there may be a way to form an alliance between their existing marketing and plans and dovetailing it with a My Power Mall business. Excitedly, we squealed about the new $300 in grocery rebates!!!!

What's important is that whether this friend ever decides to have a business or not, it's lovely that she would choose to support Big Z even if she didn't gain from it. She may like a personal mall to gain her own rebates. If not, however, we celebrate her choices, her path. We are all different; we are all alike. We support anyone's choices for their own needs and growth.

We tuned into our evening Boot Camp call, and as always, we're glad to tune in twice daily for tips and motivation. Thanks, everyone!

Enjoy.

Fun Friday --- Day 3

Day 3

Today was a day to spend a few minutes on the blog--- we have an education in front of us ;-). There are so many tools, and gadgets to play around with, so, we hope, that over the course of our 60 Day Challenge, we'll get better and the blog will look nicer.

Check out the You Tube videos to the right of the page--- Look for the SIFA Choir (http://www.sifachoir.org/). It's a most amazing video that will likely touch your heart as it has ours. The SIFA Choir toured America this past summer, raising funds to build a new orphanage and school for them in Uganda. Most of them are orphans, vastly affected by the AIDS epidemic.

You can also view the song by going to http://www.togetherwecanchangetheworld.com/TWCCTWSong.aspx. All proceeds for downloading the song go to the kids.

As for our day out and about as Boot Campers:

Handed out an official invitation card to friend spoken to earlier in week and who'd already gotten an email from us the day we spoke with her.

We gave follow-up calls to our neighbor, and to two of the people we met last night at the Mall. We left messages for them and will call again. Another neighbor ended up not getting home, so, we'll check in with them this weekend.

We went to visit with a very nice woman at our property management company. Big Z spoke with her and she was so kind to give him her undivided attention, as she always does. She was happy to take his information and will look at it this weekend. She'd use $2000 to pay of debt, go back to school for photography, and to help her younger sister pay for her college.

We went back to the bike shop. Big Z approached the man who has been helping us shop for the right bike, tonight, as a business man vs. a consumer. This guy is also a very nice, helpful, and gentle. He also gave Big Z undivided attention, and became quite amused with his presentation. He commented on how Big Z gave a nice close: May we give you a call on Monday or on Tuesday to see what you thought of my site?

He said that it sounds like "they" are doing a good job of training him in sales and what a wonderful program it sounded like to help kids. He'd had prior sales training, and so was familiar with a lot of styles, and he uses some, but mostly he helps his customers get what they want.

We told him about the business partnership program, and its renewed form that the Campers are working on now, and that it may be something he would like to consider as he views the information. We also told him that Ginny is setting aside the $25K that she offered to non-profits in order to create seed money for kids with ideas for generating income to donate to good causes. This is fantastic (Ginny told us this on one of the daily calls).

For him, he'd spend that $2000. As for $2000 extra a month? Spend more. Get bills. Increase the quality of his life. Upgrade his lifestyle.

Sounds good to us!

He asked Big Z what he would do with the money. Big Z answered, "I'd get a new bike, and save the rest."

Big Z called two of his Aunts. One wasn't home so he left a message. The other Aunt was home and she gave him her attention while letting her dinner sit a bit and get cold (what a nice Auntie she is). Though she knew that Big Z had his own business, she didn't know about the Reality Boot Camp, nor had she ever heard Big Z talk with her too much about it. Tonight she knows he's turning professional. He did a very good job talking with her.

She said she would buy more jerky for her dogs (she has quite a few cats and dogs). With an extra $2000/month, she said she would be able to relax since she would have extra money for bills. She'll review Big Z's info and we'll call her next Thursday.

It was getting late into the evening, and we had to seek out more folks to share World Changer and Together We Can Change the World with. We went to our local Kmart--- it was GREAT, 'cause not only did we get to talk with three nice young men, but we got EXERCISE! Big Z was a bit high-energy after our salad, split pea soup and tortilla with goat cheese dinner ;-).

The three young men were Cruisin' Kmart. They were there because they had a Sweater Party later in the evening, and one of the guys didn't have a sweater to wear. They were super sweet to stop and talk with us as we interrupted their cruisin'.

All three chimed they would pay off their college loans, and one said he had tools to pay off 'cause now that he's a diesel mechanic, he had to invest in about $20K worth of tools for the trade. They all said they would save money if they had $2000/month.

As we left the guys to their hunt for a good looking sweater, we found a green basketball. Ever seen one of those? It was really interesting, and we found, it was green because it was made from recycled materials. Pretty cool. We're going to have to see if we can find on on our mall!

Then, as we raced up and down the aisles for excercise, holding hands and smiling as we passed all the bright colors, Big Z said, "That was fun!" I asked him, "What was fun?" He said, "Talking with those guys. It was easy and I liked it." That's great feedback from my young business man ;-).

Everyone we spoke to gave us their contact information and were very nice. We have given them all e-cards and thanked them for their time.

The ready made e-cards in our back office are really good. We don't use them cookie-cutter style, though, but instead, we tailor them to each person we've spoken with. It's been a savings of time, and it's given some good ideas. Thank you, Ginny, for creating the letters and information. And, thank you to the Team that has created the E-card templates. The photos are just stunning.