Wednesday, February 15, 2012
3:17 PM
Angela
I’m excited to share with you some great information today. I just got back from a terrific trip in California, where I had the pleasure of spending time with some of our terrific top leaders out there. So I’d like to share a little bit about that awesome trip with you because it does tell you that I believe there’s something special about our leaders and about our company.
Phil and I, and my mom, MaryLou, went on this California trip with some leaders. This is a result of a Platinum promo we did for our top leaders, our Double Platinums and Platinums several months ago. The winners were: Marlon & Carol Ekhoff, Bob & Mary Dubois and Keith & Lea Smith and also the Fason’s joined us out there. As part of this awesome prize package, we were able to tour Jay Leno’s Big Dog Garage and we were VIP guests at a taping of The Tonight Show.
We had a great time. Doing these different trips and promos are neat things that we like to do so we can spend quality time together and get know to each other better. Some of our leaders even do these types of outings and team-building things within their own teams as well, building stronger teams through this bonding and fellowship which makes them work together better. I encourage you to do that with your teams as well.
“It is in the casual, fun moments that you get to know people and also come up with great ideas and just have some great conversation.” - Angela
We also have our cruise promo that’s for our entire sales field. There’s still plenty of time to get in on this. The promo runs until 3/2. Go to bign.com for full details. Lots of winners already and several more that are close and will win any day now. Shaping up to be our biggest and best cruise yet celebrating our 15 years.
Lou
Business Exchange and Business Services
We’ve gotten a lot of great feedback lately, especially about ADP.
ADP – payroll processing solution. We just partnered up in business with them last month and we’re already received quite a few tremendous responses and positive testimonies. We’re here to help you and there’s also a direct contact with ADP to assist you as well and get whatever questions you have answered as quickly as possible.
ADP special Now through the end of February, they are offering up to a $300 credit for anyone who signs up, gets approved, and starts now. Also you must stay with ADP for at least 3 months. Details on our last Big N Update.
TNBE - Now allowing mortgage brokers and also allowing pre-owned auto dealers. The pre-owned auto dealers also need to meet certain qualification as well.
Auto Mall - we’re combining different malls into one. Dealer Mall (Auto & RV).
New Motorsport Mall (motorcycles, ATVs, golf carts, buggies, boats and any other motorsport-related vehicles into mall).
We’re expanding our reach and capability to offer our members more opportunities to buy vehicles or motorsport-type items on our dealer mall. This idea has been well-received and we’re excited to get this up and running by week’s end.
Business Exchange Big N Update – Electronic newsletter that goes out to about 200,000 subscribers. This month, we’ve highlighted 4 companies that serve nationwide, all with a Valentine’s day theme.
The Business Solutions division is our merchant processing division. That has been doing incredibly well over the last 2 years. We do free analysis and in most cases we’re able to save our merchants quite a bit of money on merchant processing fees. So please feel free to call us:
TNBE x305
TNBS x403
Dealer Mall x24
Please call us here at the corporate office. We’re here to serve you and help you in any way we can.
Angela
In our E news that just went out …Convention is next month March 15 – 18. We’re working on the agenda and all is coming together nicely - great speakers lined up, including Les Brown. Les Brown was recently on a Monday morning conference call with me and he was great. We’ll have that call available online for at least another couple weeks.
Great speakers and agenda for convention. Our early bird registration has been extended through Wednesday, February 15th.
TNFD convention specials - Pre-order TNFD furniture to pick up at convention
Here’s today leadership nugget - Get started today.
This can be the most fun you have. Energy passion & perseverance. You’ll learn and you’ll grow.
Success Club book – ‘What’s the Big Idea’, by Mack Anderson. This book contains stories of different brands and success stories of companies and what they’ve had to overcome mixed in with nuggets.
Lesson - Perseverance a common theme here…and passion too.
Build a brand that builds trust.
Sometimes the first step is the hardest step.
Regardless of idea, the key is getting started. Get started today!
Find your passion for what you want to do and what you want to accomplish. Come to convention and bring your teammates. At convention, is where the business goes from your head to your heart. This is when you will be able to overcome the ups and downs on your journey. Helping others is what we consider true TN success. It’s not just about the money, but what you can do with the money along with time freedom and lifestyle choices and the lifelong friendships you make. Conventions end up being like family reunions.