How Do I Get Help Creating a Successful Business as a Positive Discipline Parent Educator (PDPE)?
The primary focus of Positive Discipline Success is to help
you create a successful business doing something you can feel passionate
about—helping parents learn parenting skills that will help them enjoy
parenting more while helping their children develop into capable young people.
Jane Nelsen shares her enthusiasm for the Positive
Discipline Success System:
I have something very exciting to share. It begins with a
story.
Tim Yates is a business entrepreneur who lives near me in
Carlsbad, CA (where I now live). After a friend of his took my last Teaching
Parenting the Positive Discipline Way workshop in San Diego, she got so excited
about the potential that she wants to do Positive Discipline as a business. She
is now a teacher and would like to be able to work fewer hours doing PD (to
have more time with her young daughter) and make as much money—or more.
Tim was looking for
something new to feel passionate about. He came to a one-day workshop I
facilitated because he has three children, and became excited about Positive
Discipline. He decided he would like to teach PD himself. He had found his
passion! When Tim showed me the Internet based back-office he had created to
enhance his PD business, I got so excited I couldn't believe it. We decided to share it
with others who might find it as exciting and helpful as we do.
Let me give you a partial summary of what is included in
the PDSuccess system (find a more complete summary here):
1)
Your own mini website created by simply by filling in
the blanks. The plan is to eventually have different templates from which to
choose. If you already have your own website, it can be linked.
2)
Merchant Account capabilities.
This means that people
can sign up for your workshops or classes using Visa or Mastercard. PDS will
deduct the credit card charges and send you the rest. (It is not easy for an
individual to get a merchant account.)
3) Auto Responder.
When someone signs up for your class
or workshop, they will receive an automatic email letter that is already done
for you, or you can customize the letter when you create your profile. You will
also receive an email letting you know the information of the person who just
signed up.
4)
Powerful Database! As if all this wasn't enough, here comes one of the
features I would pay the price for even if nothing else was included—a fabulous
database. Everyone who ever signs up or even makes an inquiry on your
website will automatically be added to your personal data base. You can
also add anyone you want. (If only I had had this system 30 years ago, I would
be able to contact everyone I ever presented for.) With a click of a few keys,
you can choose what type of people you would like to contact (lecture contact
people, workshop attendees, class participants, people who give you their
business cards, etc.) and send a customized letter or email.
5)
Client Search. Part of the database is a search engine so you
contact all the preschools, Montessori schools, or elementary schools in your
area. You can search for them within a 10 to 100 mile radius.. The ones you
select will automatically be added to your data base. (I have spent hours on
the Internet and phone books in the past, but didn't have any way to store the
information, so I would have to do it all over again for the next workshop.)
6.
It keeps getting better! It keeps getting better! You can click on the
Flyers category and find several beautifully designed flyers that can be
customized with your information for printing or mailing. There will also be
some that can be inserted into emails in upcoming versions of PDSuccess.
7.
Customizable Brochure Template. There is a Brochure category for beautifully designed
3-fold brochures that you can customize. This can be a great way to market your
services to schools, Moms clubs or other groups such as large corporations who
might be interested in “lunch bunch parenting classes.”
8.
Preplanned Presentations! The Workshop Preparation category provides outlines
for classes, lectures, or workshops—and for a short marketing presentation,
such as a 20 minute back to school night or PTA meeting. The outlines include
all the activities attached so you can print and go. Some of the workshop
outlines are in PowerPoint Presentations for those who like this format along
with activities. Many more outlines will be added.
9.
Handout and Worksheet Downloads! Suppose you are doing a workshop for someone in
another town or state. Part of the Workshop Preparation category will include
handouts that can be emailed ahead for the contact person to make copies.
10.
Business Planning. Then there is the Business category. This includes
everything you need for information on setting up your home business,
including a template for creating your business plan. One of my favorite
features is the place where I can enter all my expenses for a workshop,
calculate for totals, and save for tax purposes. (I leave a lot of money on the
IRS table because I don't keep track of receipts. Now I will enter them and
leave them in an envelope for each workshop, lecture, or class.)
11.
Marketing Plans and Ideas I love the Marketing Plans category. The PDS System
already has several and will keep adding more. One of my favorites (why didn't
I think of this?) is a "Parenting Party." You ask a friend to invite
15-20 friends to their home for a parenting party. They provide the place and
light refreshments in exchange for a free registration at your workshop or
class when 15 people sign up. You provide a free, short presentation and one or
two activities (outline included). My guess is that most of them will want to
sign up for an 8-week class after the all-day and will want to bring other
friends.
12.
It is so affordable! You need to see it first, but I
believe you will be pleasantly surprised. There is no obligation to purchase
the system.
There is much more, and you can see for yourself.
Tim has weekly webinars to demonstrate the system; you can find the schedule on
the home page.
I feel that Tim and PDSuccess is a gift in my life—and
may be in yours. Let Tim know if you would like to participate in a webinar.
You can reach him at 760-814-7162 or send a quick email to Tim@PDSuccess.com.
Most sincerely,
Jane Nelsen
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