Dryness – it’s not just the desert anymore!

Guys, feel free to pass this one by. Ladies, stick around. Things are about to get interesting.

As a PR consultant, I thought I knew a lot about our products. One product in particular, I kept glazing right over, every time I got to it in our catalog. Fresh Start. Sounds like a feminine powder product that we’re all too familiar with as the butt of jokes. Or is it?

While attending one of our team monthly meetings last month, we had a speaker in from corporate (Erin), who discussed the in’s & out’s of each product, one by one. Towards the end of the evening, we got to the back of the catalog to our Vaginal Health section. “Here we go” I thought to myself. I really didn’t need or want to hear about Fresh Start. I’m nice and clean and (most of the time) fresh down there in the nether regions. Then she said the following: “Ladies, most of you are still well within your prime. Fresh Start can make a difference, even for you.” OK, I’ll buy. What’s in it for me? Ladies, each of us go through that wonderful monthly period. We flow like Niagra at the beginning. We use tampons. We begin to dry up towards the end. Then comes the pulling and tugging of those last few tampons, like pulling the Titanic out of the iceberg. OK, well maybe she didn’t say it that way verbatim, but that’s what I heard. And I truly related.

Have you done this? You wear tampons to keep things from dripping out, then come the time when you no longer need the tampon, that last one is like pulling the plug on a drain that is super-glued shut? You feel like you’re pulling out our tonsils through the bottom half of your body? You sometimes silently swear you will never use tampons again? WELCOME TO VAGINAL DRYNESS.

I always thought vaginal dryness was for women who were old. I’m not old. I’m not dry (most of the time). I’m a mere 33 years young! But when Erin brought up this subject of dryness due to tampon use, and Mother Nature’s evil ways, I knew this was for me! So I set out on a quest to seek the fountain of youth. Or at least the fountain of moisturization.

2-3 days a week, use Fresh Start (FS) at night before bedtime (very similar to using cream for yeast infections). Overnight this moisturizer will absorb into the vaginal walls and make not only tampon removal easier, but sex better because the moisture content has been raised. Now I must warn you, this will NOT replace your lubricant for sex. You will still need that, no doubt in my mind, but FS will make your lives much more comfortable. No more vaginal chaffing, no more tugging on that elusive string at the end of each month. Doesn’t that sound nice? When the girls above the waist and the ladies below the waist are happy, so is the rest of the world! Maybe we could bring about world peace if every lady wasn’t dried out?

Contact me today to purchase your very own fountain of moisture youth!

Happy Romancing!

~Deb

Have you ever been in business for yourself?

So I thought I would take today and be a little self-promoting. I joined Pure Romance in March, thinking this would tie me over until a regular, full-time 8-5 job came along. Truth of the matter is, I LOVE doing this job! I could easily see myself doing this job full time, all the time, once my parties start to pick up in the fall. Side note: Summer is a slow season for ANY in-home party company just because people are busy outside enjoying the weather, hitting the beach or pool, having BBQ’s, and so-forth.

Now, question is: Have you ever been in business for yourself? Regardless of your situation, EVERYONE wants more money. More income. Maybe you WANT additional funds just to pay for a really nice vacation next year. Maybe you NEED more money to get your clunker car fixed. Maybe you are a stay-at-home mom and just WANT to get out of the house and hang out with the girls? Whatever your want or need is, having your own business provides that. I started off putting in 8 full hours a day to get up and running. I was on unemployment, so why not spend the time I would have been at a full time job, doing just that? There’s more to it than what most people think with in-home direct businesses. You can’t just order your kit, have it arrive and be ready to do your first show the next night. You need supplies. You need to practice your demo. You need to see, touch, taste, feel all the products (which by the way is a blast when selling PR products, for you and your honey!) After all, you can’t sell what you don’t know about! But relatively speaking, you can be ready in a week. The thought of being in business FOR myself, but not BY myself is even better. PR offers a TON of help whether it be from your upline (referred to as your mom, grandma, sisters, aunts, etc), or if you hit the web forums for advice, or even just calling corporate. They can answer almost any question you have immediately.

It’s nice to know that right now, my kids start school in August. I can be there the day they get on the school bus and wave goodbye, AND be there when they get off the bus to see how their day went. And not have to take a formal “vacation day” as in the corporate world. Does the school PTO/PTA have a function and need a chaperone? I’m there! Need to take a sick kid to the doctor? Yup. I’m there. Service man coming to fix the dryer? You got it. I make my schedule as busy as I want it, or if I want to take two weeks off to reboot, relax, and refresh, I can do that! As Apple says about their iPhone – “There’s an app for that!”

One of the best things about selling Pure Romance is that in this economy, a lot of families and couples are opting to stay home on the weekend versus heading out to the restaurants and movies. So what do they do at home together? You got it, again. They have sex! So you can only imagine that our business hasn’t seen the huge decline in sales like other in-home businesses. I’m not saying that some of the other businesses are doing horrible by any means. If I had my choice of a ladies night in, and I was getting free gifts and incentives, what would I buy? A candle to make my house pretty, or buy something to use with my partner to spice up our relationship? I know what my choice would be. Would my friends want to come to a party to buy unnecessary home decor? Pretty glass vases? Even over-priced makeup? Probably not. I hate to be cliche, but SEX SELLS. You don’t have to have a partner to be interested in our products. Self-indulgence is another consideration. Buy yourself some Romance Bubbles and a Pulsating Bath Ball, grab a glass of wine and sit in your tub all alone on a Saturday night and have a ball!!!

So with that, I offer up our NEW incentive to be a Pure Romance Consultant.

Bronze Kit : Valued over $500.00
Your Cost: WAS $250.00, NOW $149.00
This kit includes a variety of our top-selling products for display and sampling at your first party. Selecting this affordable kit will help you establish your business for a low start-up cost.

Silver Kit : Limited Offer! Valued over $1000.00

Your Cost: WAS $500.00, NOW $299.00

This kit provides products for display and sampling in addition to products for you to sell the evening of your first party, helping you generate sales immediately.

Gold Kit : 50% Buying Discount For Life! Valued over $2000.00

Your Cost: $1,000.00

This kit offers all of Pure Romance’s top-selling products, ensuring that you will have all the products necessary for display and sampling at your party, as well as products to sell that same night.

Now, if I know the world-wide web the I think I do, you are sitting reading this from 1,000 miles away from me, in Illinois. Does this mean you can’t sign up as my Pure Romance Daughter? Absolutely not! As your “PR mom”, I am there every step of the way for you! I’m a phone call, email, or Facebook chat away! All you do is let me know you are interested in selling PR, and I can discuss the in’s and out’s of the business, what I like, what I LOVE, and how you can do it too. PR offers tons of buying discounts, sales for consultants, free products, free testers, FREE TRIPS. Yes, that’s right, free trips! Corporate holds their Annual Training in August in Ohio, then National Convention in March (in LAS VEGAS!). You do pay for those conventions, but you can earn credits towards paying for your room in Vegas, or you can use those credits to shop with at Patty’s exclusive store. The store has things from jewelry (yes, real gold & silver), to Coach purses, spa packages, gift cards and much much more! There is so much information that I can’t possibly write it all out. So drop me a note and let me know that you are ready to enjoy your freedom from punching clocks, or that you just want that extra money to spend as you please.

I’m sure one nagging question you may have is, “How do I pay for my kit?” Simple. If you have the money to pay for it, you contact me and I will get you set up with your kit. if you DON’T have the money for your kit, and if you are local (within relative driving distance from me), you can hold your own Pure Romance Debut Party. I will come out to your party, even do your party demo, using my own kit, and whatever profit is made from sales at YOUR party, will go to pay for your kit! You can’t beat that! You have a party and get a free kit to start your own business??? Too easy!

Your business is what YOU make of it. Put in a little work, and it well more than pays off in the end!

Starting in the World of ‘O’

I am starting this blog for several reasons. First, I love to write. Second, I love to educate. Third, well, I was told it was the cool thing to do. So why not jump in a give it a try?

First a little about me-

I am a 30-something proud wife and mother of twin girls, age 4. I fell into the world of Pure Romance completely by accident. I attended a party of a friend in November of ’08, thinking it would be a fun girls night in. Little did I know, it would change my life. I had a blast at the party, bought a few items and learned A LOT.

I talked to the PR consultant that night and she, of course, asked if I had ever considered doing in-home sales. Afterall, in-home sales are all about building your downline, right? Now, my mom did Mary Kay when I was younger, and I always told myself, ‘I could never do that- stand up in front of a large group of people and talk. Let alone sell something!’ So I told her it sounded like fun, but I was employed full time and had a busy home life. Two weeks later, that all changed.

After being laid off from a job I loved so dearly, I was still holding on to the recruitment packet that Elizabeth gave me. Why, I’m not sure, but something just kept tugging at me. The holidays went by, the new year began and I still had no hope of a job in sight. My self worth began to falter as I was now a stay-at-home mom. I must say, God bless each and every one of you who do it. I just don’t have the patience. I love my children dearly, but they were driving me insane! Around the second week of March, I talked to my better half (known from here out as DH), about doing PR as a full time job. There were options to do a $99 starter kit, but I wanted to go for the gusto. The $1,000 kit. Plus, DH told me, “If you don’t make back your $99, so what. You won’t care if it’s not successful. If you buy the $1,000 kit, it will drive you to succeed. So I say go balls to the wall, or go home.” And that’s just what I did.

I contacted Elizabeth 4 months to the day when I first met her back in November. I called to let her know I was interested and to give me a call. A week went by and nothing from her. Maybe she’s not selling anymore. Maybe I made a mistake. Maybe she didn’t want me to join. WRONG! She was at PR’s National Convention in Las Vegas! She called me two days after she got back and was so thrilled and excited about everything. She wanted me on board. She pumped me up. She made me believe in myself. So I signed up. And ‘Balls to the wall’ I went.

For those of you who have never owned your own business it is WORK. Not just 9-5 Monday to Friday work. It’s 9pm on a Sunday night, work. It’s being in your car (which is now displaying your business), and being stopped while pumping gas work. It’s having a happy face on in public all the time to promote your business. Never leaving the house without perfectly coiffed hair and makeup. The one thing it is – REWARDING. You book your first party, your endorphins soar. You get the jitters as your first party draws near and you have a paralyzing fear of standing up in front of people. You are told after holding your first party, ‘I’ve been to one of these before, and your party was by far, more exciting, more fun and more educational, I want to do another one!’ you simply cannot wait to do your next party for them! You get connected with other people who are asking YOU to do their parties, you feel wanted. You bring home that first paycheck (literally hours after the party), and realize you just made your car payment for partying for the last 4 hours.

So the road from March to May has been a tough one, but it’s just beginning. I’m finding new ways to market myself. I am finding my inner strength to stand up and talk to people. To reach out and talk more openly, and be more assertive. I have set goals for myself. I have talked to more strangers, made more phone calls, set up appointments with vendors, and that’s only the beginning. It is hard work, but so far, it’s worth every single penny.

I hope you will bookmark this blog. I intend to update it weekly, or more often as desired. I plan to include helpful notes about my business (management, as well as education information about my products, and other factoids), and just about my thoughts as a woman in business for myself. I hope you will continue to journey with me as I explore my own doubts, happiness, inexperience and success.

Have a Romantic Day!

~Deb