Marketing a Micro-Business

Posted On: 2007-01-29Length: 16:53

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Hi this is Joan and this is episode 70 of The Prosperity Show. Thanks for stopping by. Our main site is prosperityplace.com where you can find lots of information to help you improve your relationship with money and yourself. And you can also find some information about my book, "Build your Money Muscles," and in about three or four days I hope, I'm going to have some information up there about a new set that we've put together called "Marketing your micro-business." It's a book and audio combination. And it's some good basic marketing stuff and a couple of really good, low-cost marketing suggestions. So I'll let you know about it at the next podcast or if you subscribe to prosperity tips, I'll be announcing it through that. If you want to contact me my email address is joan@theprosperityshow.com, and we also have a voice mail at 206-money48. That's 206-money48. And I love to hear from people, and I especially like to know who you are and what you do, so I can know a little bit more about you. And I got two emails a couple of weeks ago that I'd like to comment on today, because they're very appropriate and I think they can apply to a lot of people who are here. The first one I'd like to talk about came from Melanie in California. And I'm actually going to read what she wrote and I have her permission to do this. And it goes on a little bit, but bear with me. I think this is really important. Ok. So here it is from Melanie.

I've been listening to your show and really working on my business and myself. It seems to be working as more and more customers are coming my way. However, recently I've developed a horrible self-sabotaging habit that is driving me crazy. Whenever I finally make some money for myself that I can finally spend going to the salon, or buying new clothes, I lose it. First I lost my husband's camera and had to spend my money I had been saving for myself to buy him a new one. Then I saved some more, but I misplaced a $50 rebate check. I lost an entire afternoon of work tearing up the house to find it. Then, I finally found it and was going to take it to the bank the next morning, only to find that my wallet was missing from my purse. I then had to reschedule a very important meeting because of that, and I still haven't found it. I can not cash my check without my ID. Why is it that just when I feel I've really made progress in my life with money, I end up sabotaging it unconsciously? I've noticed that this is a pattern. Once I had saved up some money to take a trip, but the day before I was supposed to leave, my cash came up missing. Thankfully I found it on time in the trash. I honestly don't do this on purpose. It's as if there's an underlying subconscious failure mechanism. How can I remedy this...