”Women on the go” NEWSLETTER
By Gloria Christiansen
Your Home-Based Business Developer - Agelonthego.com Issue No.2 Date: July 2009
WOMEN BUSINESS OWNERS ARE NOT INTIMIDATED BY RECESSION
The inaugural issue of the Glow Project Magazine, reveals the results of the February 2009 Women’s Economic Business Study. The survey, responded to by 3,964 women business owners, entrepreneurs and professionals of small companies, shows that women entrepreneurs have a positive outlook despite economic woes. All the negative news and scary reports we read in the newspapers, watch on TV or hear on the radio ARE NOT impacting the spirit, drive and determination of women in business.
Sandra Yancey, the creator and producer of the Glow Project, states that to survive and thrive, successful women are not allowing negative news to permeate their thinking. Marilyn Tam, former CEO of Aveda, former President of Reebok, says:” The worst thing a woman or a man can do is allow negative news to cloud or consume their thinking.” The survey addressed the following questions:
- What words best describe how you feel about the current economic situation? 72.5% replied: “charging ahead and keeping a positive outlook”.
- Do you think this is a good time to start or grow/expand your business? 73.8% replied “yes”.
- What are you doing to keep a positive outlook? 92.3% responded: networking and investing in building more relationships and collaborating with others.
- Even though the economy is in bad shape, they are constantly looking for new business opportunities and innovating ways to market them and thinking outside the box.
- What advice do you have for business women who are struggling right now? Do things differently, look for other sources of income and get creative with offers.
- Why now is the best time to start or grow and/or expand a business? This is the perfect storm of opportunity to stretch creative muscles, partner and collaborate and create connections that seem unrelated.
Suze Orman, financial adviser and one of the world’s most influential people according to Time Magazine, the top female motivational speaker in USA according to Business Week, and winner of two Emmy Awards among many others awards, featured in Success Magazine (May 2009) affirms: “Given the state of the economy and skyrocketing unemployment rates, now could be a great time to start a small business. A home-based business is an incredible way – without risking any money so to speak – to see what hidden communication talents may be uncovered that could create an independent income stream”.
As a business owner, what are you doing to reject the recession?
To your Success, Gloria
When written in Chinese, the word CRISIS is composed of two characters – one represents danger and the other represents opportunity.” - J. F. Kennedy
