WiRE Blog

Well, I said in my last blog that I would talk about the two international companies that I represent. But first of all, I suppose I should clarify why I’m doing that, and not just “doing my own thing.” I discovered I could make a better success of business if I ran someone else’s wheel, as opposed to inventing the wheel myself. With these two companies, at least I have the benefit of their product lines, their expertise, and a fantastic upline manager in both instances.

I’ll start with the first business I joined, which is Avon. You know, the cosmetics people: the “Avon Lady.” Originally I thought I was way too talented to be an Avon lady (big headed thing that I am). How wrong I was! I knew I liked makeup and anything to do with looking good, so it seemed like a reasonable choice. Thanks to a tremendously supportive manager, I’ve discovered that not only do I enjoy doing it, you can make good money with Avon if you get into recruiting your own team. Very, very good money!

Almost at the same time as I joined Avon, I was introduced to a second company, Forever Living Products. These are aloe vera based products, which are beneficial for the body, especially the skin, the gut, and the joints. So, it’s a health and nutrition based line, which means it has a more “serious” focus. Once again, if you’re successful, you can make very, very good money with Forever. And, thanks to having a fantastic (and patient!) upline manager, I’ve discovered another route that seems to suit me.

Since joining these two, I’ve discovered that you’re not supposed be involved with two such companies at the same time. Really, you should focus on one or the other in order to make them really fly. But I didn’t know that at the time, so I now have the two of them, like demanding twins. The bad part is that both enterprises are in their infancy at the same time. The good part may turn out to be that they mature at the same time, and I enjoy the lap of luxury. Same two words I used to end my last blog: I wish!

Well, here it is, my first blog for the WIRE website. I’m absolutely thrilled, but also a bit apprehensive, in that I’m wondering if people are going to expect me to be some sort of Business Guru, telling everyone how I made a fortune in 67 easy steps. Two words about that: I wish!

My working life and career and how I came to be in business in the first place is one long varied set of circumstances… a chequered past, as it were. Unfortunately, or fortunately, I suppose it depends on how you look at it, I’ve never had a one track mind. It would be better if I had, and no doubt I would have progressed further if I wasn’t sniffing the flowers around every bend, but you can only be what you are. You can try to contort yourself into something else, but it’s never a comfortable fit; it’s like wearing scratchy underwear.

My business is called Shopper Girl. I came up with the name because I love shopping, and it seemed to fit all the things I wanted to do. To be honest, once that name was in my mind, I couldn’t think of anything else.

Shopper Girl focuses on everything “girly”. I’ve organised shopping trips, going from Shrewsbury to Liverpool, Bath, Manchester and Leeds. And I’ve also organised “stand alone” events, such as The Great Accessory Swap, a Colour and Image Workshop, and a vintage clothing fair, where people could enjoy a museum type of experience, except everything was for sale. I’ve taught cosmetic makeup classes at The Gateway Education and Arts Centre, done makeovers, and personal shopping.

If it involves fashion or makeup, or some aspect of making people look good (and consequently, feel better about themselves) I’m up for it.

Since starting Shopper Girl, I’ve joined two international companies with the view to enjoying the benefits of partnership with an upline manager, but at the time, remain independent. I’ve never been especially good at working in isolation.

Actually, you’re not supposed to work on two companies at once, but I didn’t know that when I joined, so now am working them like a pair of ponies. Sometimes one is more to the fore in my mind, and sometimes the other. It’s a bit challenging having the two, and it is possible that I won’t continue in this way, but at the moment, each gives me something different.

But that’s enough about me for this time. In future blogs, I’ll talk more about the two companies, and try to pass on useful business tips as I stumble across them.