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Beaming Bohemian

It is with terrific pleasure that I announce my new business venture, Beaming Bohemian. I have tinkered and toiled over the website design, the business plan and the lead list and am already booking clients.  As any business owner knows, it is hard work, but very much a labor of love. Now that I am re-establishing my life in the US and in San Diego, I couldn’t think of anything else I would rather do. It is a very exciting time in my life and your support is greatly appreciated. Can I get a woo hoo? Woo hoo!

Please take a moment to visit my website:

http://beamingbohemian.com

And if you or someone you know could benefit from naming, content or social media services, then please send them my way. I promise to provide absolutely and unconventionally brilliant communication.

You can find Beaming Bohemian on Twitter @beamingbohemian or like the BB Facebook Page. For the socially savvy, BB is also tumbling and flickr-ing.  : )

Cheers!

 

Independence

The weather has been so gorgeous this month, I have taken to doing some research from the front yard. With my iPad, iPhone and red notebook, I think this makes for a great office! …

At various stages in our lives, I do believe we all imagine going into business for ourselves.  We either don’t like our job or we don’t get enough “me” time, the commute is too much or the finances limiting.  Perhaps the vision is to open up a little shop or to start a service, open a restaurant – simply do something you really love and get paid for it.

Two years before I left Japan, I outlined a business that I wanted to start.  I wrote down names for it, designed the studio and even determined that I would take the months of May and September off to travel.  I can’t tell you what that idea is, in case I do decide to open it, but the dream that I would own and operate such a business was exhilarating.

Before I left Vietnam, I knew I wanted to come home and spend time in San Diego to “re-group.”  I knew I needed time to collect myself, regain my energy and positivity and get prepared to charge forward in the New Year.  And the idea to start my own business started swirling in my head again.

What I am good at (or at least I think I am) is marketing and creative writing.  I also have spent any number of Sundays in Vietnam researching and learning about social media.  And you all know how much I love keeping up On The Bright Side.  Through thick and thin, this website and my blog and newsletters have been a mainstay in my life for nearly six years.

I’m developing my concept for a marketing consulting firm and want to focus on not only the things which I love, but the things which I know I will do well.  I want to help clients who need social media management, website blog/content, and company newsletters.  I am also well equipped to train employees to develop their skills in social media.  It’s a powerful platform and most companies do not engage their customers well enough.

I feel really good about my decision to branch out on my own, have been given tons of support by other entrepreneurs and am continually inspired by my friends who already have their own business.  I grew up with some amazingly talented people who now own retail stores, marketing/pr firms, restaurants, hand-crafted stationery supplies, brokerage firms and even published authors…the impressive list goes on!

Enthusiasm is high and I will keep you posted on the progress. Woo hoo!

More Responsibility, Happy Me

June has been a month with many meetings and travel.  I’ve been to Saigon twice already, a third time next week and spent this last week in Laos looking after our properties there.

The meeting I attended today, gave me a huge boost in confidence and really helped me fall in love with my job, all over again.

I was called into headquarters in Saigon to discuss our online marketing efforts for our hospitality group.  To say that we are ‘average at best’ is an exaggeration, even.  We have outdated websites and no strategic plan in place to drive traffic to our hotels.  This is a project I am excited about and eager to be successful.

Since my office is at the Press Club, where two of my sales and marketing teams sit, I spend A LOT of my day on managerial issues and frankly, correcting English.  On site, I am the only native English speaker, and so I am constantly being asked to proof documents.  Heck, even one of our business partners, who should be providing us perfect copy, asked me to proof their marketing materials (that’s an entirely different issue for another day).  The press release sent out at the time of my arrival completely glossed over my five years as a teacher in Japan.  Yet I find that that entire experience comes into play more often than my years in marketing, alumni relations and hospitality.  In many ways, I am a teacher and mentor to our Vietnamese and Laos staff members.

In addition to this unwritten bullet point in the job description, I love the variety of challenges my job presents, such as balancing the day-to-day stuff versus the big picture projects.  I’m learning new things every day, I am kept well on my toes, and I see a great and long future with this company and in this type of position with other hotel groups in my far-away future.  I have a very long TO DO list, I still need to find the time to get organized, still need to balance out the personal life, but it’s all good.

In a nutshell, I think I’ve found my gig and I’m digging it.

On the Bright Side,

Shanna

This is a brain map!

If all goes well and all gets approved, these scribbles will turn into a new online sales & marketing department with me as a team leader!

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