Transcript File - Director Team Only

Scent Warriors January
2012 Group Webinar
Vision 2012:
Dream – Believe – Achieve
Karen Fettes
Independent Scentsy
SuperStar Director
Introductions & Welcome
• Karen Fettes
• Scentsy SuperStar Director, Scent
Warriors Group
• 843-252-2735
• scentwarriors@hotmail.com
• www.justsafescents.com
• Email is the best way to reach me. I try to
respond within 24 business hours.
Here’s the scoop….
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Updates & Reminders
Opportunities & Promotions for January
A few deductions you won’t want to miss
2012 Vision Statement
The Butterfly and Your Scentsy Business
Updates and Reminders
• Jan 9-13: Leadership Retreat, Riveria Maya – many
Directors in our group will be attending
• Sprint Registration is closed
• Please respond to the survey going out regarding
Spring Sprint attendance locations
• Last month for Incentive Trip Qualifications
• Convention 2012: Registration will open early Spring
• Spring/Summer Catalog Transition – Right Around
The Corner
• Scentsy 1099’s
Build Your Business with January
Opportunities & Promotions
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January Double Half Price Host Items
Bring Back My Bar Promotion
January WOTM & SOTM (Valentine & Linger)
Valentine’s Day Shopping Opportunities
Credit Card Crunch: A Recruiting Opportunity
Spring Sprint: Share the Spirit & Plant Seeds
Along the Way
A Few Deductions…
it’s almost that time of year
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Cost of Products
Advertising Expenses
Office Supplies
Computer & Technology
Purchases
Sales Tax
Customer, Hostess &
Downline Gifts
WOTM/SOTM
Shooting Star Enhance. Kit
Marketing & Branding
Expenses
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Postage/Shipping
Printing
Scentsy Parties
Incentives for Team Members
Conventions, Conferences, and
Meetings
Vendor Booth Fees
Insurance Expenses
Scentsy Party Expenses
Meeting Expenses (Food,
Giveaways, Training Materials)
Cell Phone (75% deduction)
Deductions: It adds up
• Meals with clients or team
(50% deductible, write on
back or receipt)
• Travel – Business
Related Expenses are
100% deductible
• Internet (50% if home
usage, higher if a
dedicated line)
• Home Office Deduction
• Contract Labor
• Auto Expenses (Actual
expenses or mileage)
• Bank Charges
• Accounting & Legal Fees
• Tax Preparation Fees
• Credit Card Fees
• Donations
• Website Fees
• Cross Border Monthly Fees
• There are many more…..
It’s important to remember…
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Consult a CPA for Tax Advice
Expenses must be Ordinary, Necessary, & Reasonable
You need receipts for everything
Keep a mileage log, a demo product log, and a gift log
Put a % of your commission back for taxes all year long
Tax Training on the Training Center
Make sure you take a year end product inventory
Consider a bookkeeping program like Quickbooks or a
Neat Desk for digital receipt scanning
• Is it time to Incorporate - significant tax savings!
• More information at http://shawcpaut.com/scentsy-links/
“2012 will make all previous
years look like practice rounds.”
-Orville Thompson
2012: An Intense & Exciting
Year Ahead with Scentsy, Inc.
• 2012: Are you ready for full speed ahead?
• Don’t make resolutions – set goals
• A Year of Exciting Change & Incredible
Growth Opportunities
• Goosebumps & Anticipation: You can feel the
excitement
• Brand X – Do you understand the potential?
• The importance of sharing our group vision
and where we are going to lead you in 2012
Scent Warriors
Vision Statement 2012
Dream – Believe - Achieve
How high will you soar?
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The sky literally is the limit.
You’re limited only by what you dream to achieve.
You’re only limited by what you believe you can achieve.
This year we are going to help remove the fog that is limiting
your vision. It starts with a dream – dream big!
No point in dreaming if you don’t believe.
It’s through your hard work, dedication, your commitment, and
your belief that you will achieve these dreams.
Create a dream board: Put those dreams on paper, visualize,
make it real, look at it daily! Make sure they are your dreams.
We can encourage and inspire but you have to metamorphosis
to the point of making these dreams a reality.
The Butterfly
And Your Scentsy Business
The Monarch Butterfly
and Its Amazing Journey
Each fall, Monarch butterflies in Maine begin an unbelievable journey to
a hilltop in Mexico.
How do they do it?
• Focus on the goal, not the difficulties
• Allow their instincts and desire to steer them
• Accept what comes
• No matter what, they keep flying
• The Wind: A Help & Sometimes a Hindrance
• They fly together. By working together, by flying together, they help
keep each other on course. They don’t tire, they don’t quit. They face
their obstacles together, they keep each other going and no matter
what…they keep flying. They keep flying until, one day, they arrive.
• Their determination makes the difference.
Where will you migrate with your Scentsy business this year?
The Butterfly Lesson
• Butterfly Life Cycle
– Egg, Caterpillar, Cocoon, Butterfly
• Business Cycle
– Starter Kit, where your business life begins
– Invest time to nourish & grow your business
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Training – Learn everything you can
Giving – Give back in everyway you can
Take Responsibility for you Business
Work with Determination & Dedication
Build a stable & solid foundation (cocoon)
The Cocoon
• When the butterfly breaks
out of it’s cocoon, it is a
very long and difficult
process.
• The struggle to break free is how the
butterfly gains the strength to spread it’s
wings and fly.
Your Scentsy Journey
• It is Not Easy
• You Get Out What You Put In
– Hard Work
– Dedication
– Determination
– Give it Your All Everyday – DO NOT QUIT
• We Are All in the Process of Transformation
– Make the Decision
• Do you want to be a beautiful butterfly or stay stuck in
the cocoon?
Leadership
Helping You Out of Your Cocoon
• Leaders want to help make the process easier
– But Too Much Help, Does Not Help
This is what will drive you to keep breaking
out of the cocoon…
This is what will motivate and encourage you.
This is what will keep you excited to spread your
wings and fly!
Man and a Butterfly