Doing…still

Even in this slow down period of growing my business while I think and strategize I am still doing. I sold 30 imps the other day and used some of the money from those sales to buy copies of Think and Grow Rich for these 4 boys (young men) I know who appear to me (and I could be wrong)…drifting along. They’re intelligent and nice young men and I think they can be great, but they’re (likely) unfocused. I want them to be focused and manifest their dreams.

This is a larger part of my vision and intention for Da Vinci FML, LLC (my company over IMP and my other efforts) to share mindfulness and intentionality of the mind (e.g. Think and Grow Whatever the hell you want!) with communities that are relatively powerless. The power is there and always has been. It’s a matter or harnessing it. Sharing this fact and cultivating it is crucial to me.

Alissa

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Pondering…and moving.

So I have taken a break from blogging, and selling IMPs while I reconfigured my ideas and set some more goals. I realized a few things…I’m not a salesperson. And that’s not a bad thing. When I learned of sales representatives who can sell for me I was convinced that is the way to go. I want to bring this product to lots of people, and I can’t do that myself. Professional rep companies can.

I also learned about the need to develop a line of products for manufacturers to take me seriously. It is a lot of work and money to bring a new product into stores and and Andy told me “even if they think your product is the greatest thing since sliced bread, they won’t carry it because it would be too much work”.

So a line, is in the works, with universal workout mp3 holder armbands and the IMP straps.  It is cohesive with my other brand, the Size 10 Chronicles and the technology end of things. Both to make fitness better and more stylish and music/entertainment more organized and safer. That’s how I plan on working up the brand.

I am turning 40 in a month. I will try to get to the CES to the iLounge to sell IMPs. Lots to do, like 3 weeks to do it in. Line sheet today.

Alissa

p.s. as I said on FB…”Next”.

Manifesting Parking Spaces

So you know I LOVE Napoleon HIll. I am working on my Thinking and Growing Rich. My goal is to manifest $480 million dollars in the next 4 years. The book says to name your price, so I named one I think would make me happy. Whatever it is. Name it. Named it. Claim it. Claiming it. Manifesting what I think.

Part of getting the money–the main part really for me is gaining my freedom. Freedom to do what I want to do from moment to moment. Feeling freedom now–what will it feel like–working at the things I LOVE to do–inventing, business, working out, personal coaching, helping people with weight loss, and this…manifesting their dreams.

I have experienced this already. Sure it sounds nuts, but it’s not really. I manifested a size 10 from a size 20 and have maintained it after seeing it in my head I made it happen. The book says this and I knew it before I read the book as I experienced it from time to time previously. You have to feel what it’s like. I felt what my smaller body was like.

I know it works. I’m now working on a size 6–ripped and lean for good.

Anyway…so far I’ve been manifesting good parking spaces. Not $480 million dollars. But it’s a start.

Alissa

Andy is AWESOME

Agent Andy. I got about $1million dollars worth of advice yesterday from Andrew Abrams yesterday. Truly a priceless 45 minute conversation. He is a designer, licensing agent, genius all around to bringing products such as mine to market. Do this Alissa!

What I took from the conversation.

My price point is too high. Will make that adjustment on the website tomorrow.

Gift show representation…HUH? Knew nothing about it, now I know something and have a contact.

Retail packaging…I knew a bit about this, but got more detailed information about showing for gift shows (spindle, J hook).

Hope. There is a market for this product. Getting out to it won’t be as hard (or as easy) as I thought.

Yay for Andy!

Much love,

Alissa

Thanks Alanis

Old old song lyric. “I-I recommend sticking your foot in your mouth, to anyone….I certainly do”. This has been my “drop fear” mantra for a while. I’m not a particularly fearful person (have you seen my other website? If I can show my butt on video in underwear on my journey from a size 20 to a size 8 then I don’t have lots of fear, obviously.), but I feel like I’m not as BOLD as I want to be either. That experience on my town website was a good one for me even though it was embarassing. Insert foot in mouth. Keep moving (hard with one foot in mouth, but I’ll manage).

Love,

Alissa

Some people are jerks…

I wrote a note on my town website about the product. It was risky because (and I had forgotten but was quickly reminded) how touchy people are on that message board. I got my hand slapped right away for advertising there. OUCH, that stings!

The person who slapped my hand is probably right, but the way he did it. YUCK. I was so upset, annoyed, hurt I got shaken for half a day. Now I have had lots and lots and lots of positive comments from people who have tried the product, bought the product and all and one guy, who has never seen it, and may tend toward the snarky makes a comment and WHAM I hit the mat and it takes hours for me to get back up again. This ish is fragile, but getting tougher.

And then some people are NOT jerks….I did have some very good news. I’m connecting with a man (thanks Barbara!) who can help me move the business to business end of things forward. I hope to work with him to get into gift shows and make contact with corporations and other vendors/orgs who could use the product as a promotional vehicle. Every time a customer or alumni looks at their iPod they’d see the logo of that company. Pretty cool. Looking forward to that!

Much love,

Alissa

p.s. my dear friends via facebook backed me up on the jerk thing.

That’s funny

I’m actually quite a funny person, witty, sarcastic, teasing…but you can’t tell lately. Heavy. I’m glad I have some friends with whom I can laugh. My cousin is number one on that list. I SO glad she is coming to New Jersey. We LAUGH all the time and she thinks I’m the most hilarious thing out there. (It helps to have a good audience!). I think we’ll do a podcast when she gets here. We say the most ridculous things when we’re together. You’ll laugh.

I could use some more joy. Joy makes it all flow. I carved out a bit of time to a little of my bible…Think and Grow Rich. I know my mind is in charge of all of this. Working on controlling that.

I used to laugh with my dad and I still can sometimes, but only one the good days, which is about 1 out of 3 for him. My poor darling dad.

Today sent a note to ilounge.com to ask them to review my product. Fingers crossed. I will talk to my neighbor tomorrow who writes about technolgy about who can review the IMP. He kindly offered to do this a month ago, but I’ve been a bit nuts (to say the least, eh?). It’s a good time as holiday shopping is just beginning. FOR REALZ I never thought I would be in a position to be getting ready for holiday shopping…from this end of thing. GET YOUR STOCKING STUFFERS RIGHT HERE! LOL.

Much love,

Alissa

 

I do my own stunts

Being a starting…can we say self financed…operation. I realized recently that I am my own bikini girl (you know the hot chick who hands out flyers about the latest products?) and I do my own stunts. I am it. The face, the body, and the voice of IMP and impgarden.com. If I don’t speak for it who will? Ha.

So to get the eyes over here I am the one will be jumping around in a bananna costume or flashing my boobs…whatever. Interested? Come and hear what I’m selling sweet thing. The price is right and the shipping is free…plus this baby works…will save you time and frustration…bringing some Zen of IMP into your life…OMMMMMmmmmmm. Baby. Breathe and buy.

Love,

Alissa

I don’t know what to say…

I like this business stuff. I have a challenge ahead of me because my product is so new (it came out of my brain, you know) I have to EXPLAIN what it is to people THEN convince them to buy it. The solution is really sort of obvious and once people see it they like it. BRILLIANT! MAKES SENSE. AWESOME. YOU’RE a GENIUS. …thanks!

Tangled cords…AHHHHHH!

Orderly cords!

IMP

It is rather genius…in it’s simplicity and functionality. If I do say so myself.

So I talk about it and it works…to educate people about it. And encourage them to solve their tangled cord problems. I’ll talk. And keep talking.

2 SALES! WHAT?!

I had two online sales yesterday! Yay! How exciting is that? It’s MFing exciting is what! And they bought multiple items. That kind of caught me by surprise. I figured I would be selling them one by one. Probably will in some cases, but not all the time evidently! YAY! My beautiful IMPs! In people’s actual hands! YAY!

When I’m not working or taking care of the family…or sometimes while I’m taking care of the family I spend my time packaging product. I’m getting more efficient over time. It’s relaxing. And it is SO satisfying to put product into shipping envelopes and go to the post office. I’ve only had the pleasure once (my husband dropped off the other package today), but it was fun…printing the packing slip, writing a note to the customer, sealing it all up. Yay! My own thing!

And I like getting money for it too. That’s a nice addition. Money in exchange for goods. A nice arrangement. I see why so many people do that. Efficient, easy and satisfying. Cool. Haha.

On the dad front we upped the morphine today to 2 pain patches and double pills too. He is suffering a lot today, and yesterday was totally fine. You (or at least I) can not predict this. I need to take a nap now. More excitement, business, caregiving, and JUGGLING! to come.

Much love,

Alissa