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