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New Business Challenges: Added Impacts of Covid

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New Year Business Challenges

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Recently on Sheri’s Dream Catcher’s Instagram Sip N Think Live Chat discussion we focused on overcoming normal new year business challenges and then added impacts of Covid. The following questions below are the questions we focused on during this discussion/interview with elevate barre and cycle.

  • What is the name of your company?
  • How did you come up with the name for your company?
  • What kind of services/classes/products do you offer your customers?
  • How can someone join a class, purchase a product or receive your services?
  • What are some of the steps you will take or took to maintain your clientele during the covid shutdown?
  • How is your business currently adapting to survive through the covid restrictions and challenges?
  • What advice would you give someone who wanted to start their own business in today’s environment?
New Year Business Challenges

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Five Basic Tips for Overcoming Startup Challenges Prior to the Covid Shut Down

The great part about asking Sara these questions was that I was very intrigued with how she was able to answer all of them. What I have experienced in my own journey, is that when starting a business, someone will ask me “Well what is Envision Dream, LLC?” or “Why are you doing Sheri’s Dream Catcher?” They seem pretty basic, right! I decided to challenge Sara in our interview and so I did some research on the internet. Below are just 5 of the basic tips I chose to ask Sara in our interview.

  • 1. Do you know your Company’s Culture?
  • 2. Do you understand your Financial Issues?
  • 3. Are you constantly Making Yourself Known?
  • 4. Are you recruiting well?
  • 5. Will you continue to Nourish Customer Loyalty?

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what We learned from our discussion on overcoming business challenges

When we are sipping, thinking and chatting about business ideas or our niche, we learned that it might be a good idea to have a plan in place before starting a business. Specifically, A SMART Plan. This simple tool can be used as a stepping stone for your goal setting and turning them into an actionable plan.

S– Specific

M– Measurable

A-Achievable (attainable)

R-Relevant (Realistic)

T-Time-based Goals

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Another take away we received from our interview with entrepreneur Sara Loretta, were 3 distinctive advantages for overcoming new business challenges and then the added impact of covid. For instance, in order for Sara to adjust to the ever changing regulations and restrictions due to covid, she really needed to be creative and step out of the box to keep her business alive. Her words of wisdom that she shared are:

  1. Retention
  2. Word of Mouth
  3. Connection

First, with retention, Sara had to live stream for her current clients. Particularly, this meant learning how to teach in front of a camera, film herself and upload videos to the mind body platform. Second, with word of mouth, Sara used social media as a way to spread the news about her business operations. For example, she needed to let her clients know that she was open for outside spin classes. Additionally, this gave her an advantage over her competitors and allowed her to reach new potential clients. Next, with connection, Sara made sure to stay community driven. Especially, since her company’s culture is community focused. Besides, she really wants to do what ever she can to help her local community stay connected and healthy.

Watch our Full Sip N Think Chat Discussion Below on Overcoming Normal New Year Business Challenges and then Added Impacts of Covid

Special Guest Sara Loretta Benn, owner and operator of South County’s leading barre and cycle studio called elevate barre and cycle located in Narragansett, RI. The locals in Southern Rhode Island have seen Sara and her studio bikes popping up at the Narragansett Town Beach and at Casey’s Farm. Nothing better than a nice sunset ride. This year alone Sara was recognized in the Southern RI (SO Rhode Island) Magazine as one of our Leading Ladies of 2020. You might also see her and elevate barre and cycle in an exclusive Channel 12 interview.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrtupXCD9PI

Congratulations to Sara at elevate barre and cycle for being able to think outside the box in order to keep the local community together amid the obstacles and challenges. Our Southern RI leading lady of 2020!!

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Time Management Conference Call Interrupted

“Time management when taking on one task at a time until time allows for multiple time is never easy. We need to remember to enjoy our time too”-Sheri’s Dream Catcher

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Now a days, myself and most people are using our cell phones and computers to keep track of our schedules. However, I need to see things written down on paper so that I can handle my time management “conference call interrupted” theory appropriately. I believe that when you see it written down on paper, you get a better visual for what you need to do and what you would like to do . After I have written down and organized my time, my goals and myself, I am also able to analyze my time and goals from different angles.

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Planning your day, week and month. No problem. I’m a calendar girl. But what happens when you plan the appointments of the day? Did you take into account one meeting starting earlier than expected or ran over the time you allocated? What about the unexpected that happens when you plan your time? I do this all the time and then get frustrated and huff and puff about it. Then I am mean to those I care about and I really don’t mean to be mean. I just didn’t manage my time in the best way.

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This was me on my conference call when I am interrupted multiple times.

Why am I being Interupted?

It never fails that on the one day I schedule an important call or appointment when I have time to do it, my call get’s interrupted! Specifically, my mind is telling me that the universe says today is the day to get interrupted multiple times. Why does this happen? I just don’t understand? Did I put this out into the universe and somehow it came back to me on this day at this time?

Specifically, I only needed 30 minutes for the appointment. How am I supposed to get uninterrupted time? Is everyone in my world on the same schedule? After I sit back and reflect on the events that just happened, I will say to myself “I should have managed my time better or not scheduled the call at that time”. In addition to having my call interrupted, I became frustrated because the computer, phone and technology were not working properly too. At this point, what would you do? For me, the only way I could handle this situation without blowing my top, was to reschedule the call for another date and time. Annoyed and frustrated that I couldn’t do what I needed to do. Overall, it was the right thing to do.

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Usually, when my time management is out of control, I sit down to take a time out. I need to take a few deep breaths and work on my business plan or time management organization. As a result, this plan will help me navigate my next steps so I can properly manage my classes and conference calls. Once I start researching and writing down steps to take, I start getting organized with my goals. This always helps me to look at things in a much more calculated and educated manner. I always feel better once this is accomplished.

“No time to give up, only time to get better.”

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Time, Time, Time

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My head at night figuring out how to manage my time

“When all we have is time but yet we don’t have enough time in a day”

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I can’t think of anything else when my mind is so focused on time. It’s like a cluster f*&^ and I have to tell myself to slow down. If I continue to think like a hamster running nonstop on a wheel, I’ll end up making mistakes. The ramification means that I will spend more time going back trying to find the mistakes and then repair them. As a result of wasting more time, I don’t get done what I needed to get done and I will feel frustrated with steam popping out the top of my head.

How often do we do this to ourselves? For instance, we would throw up our hands and say “that’s it, I’m done”. Do you stop everything and give up? Should you take a break to cool off? Would you start back up again? Slow and steady progress will result in better quality work depending on the project. Just my thought and what I’m going to do. Hope you are making the best of your time!

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Here’s to Time Management Conference Call Interrupted

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Good luck, it’s not easy. Taking on one task at a time until time allows for multiple time. Remember to enjoy your time too⌚⏳🕖.

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