February 1
The ARUBA ZONE
The faint-hearted need not apply...and if you have all the sponsors
you need or want, then don't bother checking out this page. If, on the other hand, you are
looking to expand your unit, or become a unit in the next two months...then this
step-by-step method to Earn ARUBA in 6 weeks may be just what you are looking for!
February 7
Updated Pages
This has been a maintenance weekend on Best of the Boards. The BIG news this
week was that
New today - some great Product Descriptions
created by Christin - thanks Christin! - those of you
on the aol board are familiar with her frequent posts that offer lots of great ideas -
these fall right in line with the rest!
Also new today - some new - some old - I have been sprucing up some of the
original pages on BoB - this is going to be a big job - but I realized as even I was
revisiting them - I had forgotten about some of the great ideas that inspired me to create
this site in the first place! So go back and check out the pages you haven't looked at in
awhile...the first one I tackled today was the Product
Page.
Another big update today has been to the ARUBA ZONE
section - I promised to create a Tracking page for those of you who felt
comfortable challenging yourselves to post your progress toward ARUBA...there's still time
if you haven't emailed your information to me to get it added to the page. Remember I am
the SECOND person who gets your weekly activity...your leader is first!
Be sure to check Pillarnet
for the latest, greatest ARUBA Announcements....winning the trip just got even easier!
February 10
Build a New Contact List
If You Build It...They Will Come...It's true.
Whether you've been in business for 2 years, 2 months, 2 days, or not yet, your contact
list is the backbone to your business. You may have had a great list when you started, and
suddenly one day, poof! It was gone! Evaporated into thin air...gone by way of:
- a super sponsoring season (your contacts are now your consultants because you
offered it to every hostess!), or
- a super sales season (they bought it all...they're loaded with candles,
they're partied out), or
- just gone (moved away - you OR them!)
So...stop making excuses, stop whining, stop fooling yourself! Start
Today to keep from falling further behind than you may find yourself already. It's
happening to me...but this is what
February 15
What's Happening To Our Community
In response to numerous personal emails today, I thought I had better post this
message. I have not been, am not now, and don't plan to be an owner of any of the lists on
onelist...so I don't know what the deal is with the missing candleparty list. Apparently
the owner of candleparty@onelist.com
has had all she can stand of personal bickering, and may have pulled the list entirely, as
when I log in to the user center on onelist there is no longer a candleparty listed at all
under my subscriptions. I have emailed the owner directly and am awaiting a response, but
until then, I guess my suggestion would be to subscribe to one of the other great lists on
onelist. If you are not already a member of onelist.com,
you must register before subscribing to any of the lists. Registration is free, and takes
about 5 minutes.
There are several to choose from:
candlecyberunit@onelist.com
maintained by Hank Downs, a consultant who has been a real motivator for many of us!
plcandles4serious@onelist.com
not sure who the owner of this list is, but it has been decided by the majority of the
subscribers to this list that it will remain a small, limited number of subscribers. It is
nearly full now...sorry.
candleleader@onelist.com
maintained by Teddi Kella, a unit leader with a real knack for organization! This also is
a somewhat limited subscription list - in that you must be a Leader to subscribe. This is
not meant to be elitist, but rather a place where leaders can communicate freely with
other leaders so that they can in turn BE better leaders to their consultants!
There are other candle lists on onelist, and I do not meant to slight anyone not
listed. I am very sorry to see candleparty disappear, as it was the original
list created last April. It had gone through enormous growth, starting with 1 member in
April 98 and growing to over 300 before it's disappearance today. It's very sad that this
incredible resource for communication became too much of a burden because of petty
disagreements & squabbles.
Many of you have emailed me asking for a message board format here on Best of
the Boards. I have considered it in the past, but I really feel there are enough message
boards & lists out there already, all wonderful resources. That's why this site was
created, Best Of..., to attempt to pull the best of those boards & lists together in
one place, without any personality conflicts, unforeseen spam, unintended hurt feelings,
etc. This site will remain as it is, just a resource, where you can go to find specific
topics relating to our business. The lists have tried to do that, but it's just not
possible. You can never please everyone, just as you can never find one date that every
guest can attend a party!
I would suggest to anyone joining a list, that you immediately develop a thicker
skin, resolve to not take things personally, and learn how to use that wonderful DELETE
key on your keyboard to deal with the posts which you find offensive or off-topic! Just
because it's not important to you doesn't mean it may be exactly what another person
needs!
Belinda (belinda@bestofboards.com)
February 17
More Onelist Information
For anyone who has been out of the loop this week & wondered what happened
to their subscription to the candleparty list at onelist, here are the facts. It did in
fact, disband on Monday, to the dismay of many of us, very unexpectedly.
A new list was created in the wake of this, by Teddi Kella, due to enormous
interest. The name of the new list is candlepartytoo, and hopefully its
archives will always be available to the public. It is open to any interested persons,
with no restrictions.
Just today, I understand that the moderator of the original candleparty
list has started the list back up (under its original name). It is a restricted list, so
its membership may be limited. For more information please contact Sheila directly, or go to onelist.com
and request to subscribe to it.
February 20
NEW! Consultant Directory!
Malina King has volunteered to keep an
up-to-date consultant directory online! What a great idea! It actually came about as a
result of some pretty negative
Anyway, the result of this has been an incredibly positive solution! Malina has
begun the new Consultant Directory, which is not for advertising
or recruiting specifically, but rather a "locator service", found on a regular
old website address! You don't have to be on AOL to get to it, or to be listed on it. Take
a look, and if you would like to be added, email Malina
with your information!
Next...
Our First Best of the Boards Survey!
Here is my first attempt at some interaction on the site! Please take a look at
the survey & take a few minutes to fill it out & submit it online. Looking forward
to getting some great results!
Belinda