I had taken time off from blogging mainly because I just had twins in May. When I first started my agency I had just had my son who is now almost 15 years old. Now having my twins, I am remembering how I had to balance work and a baby. The main difference was I was trying to build a business back then and now I am trying to manage the agency since it has grown so much in 15 years.
I am very fortunate to have many great people involved in my agency now. I no longer shoulder the full load but have great people who work for the agency. I can now get help when I need it and am not so stressed about getting in as much hours as I did when I first started out.
Many people have asked me how the business is doing. So many people are surprised when I tell them we have had the best year so far this year. Our business with suppliers is up 38%. We have met sales goals we have never made before and suppliers are now calling us to make arrangements for our commission % for 2012.
I think our agents are really getting out there and getting business which is so awesome! The truth is only you can make your business succeed. So many people think it will just come to them but if you are not out there working at it, you aren't going to make it.
Tonight I spent hours just trying to get our website into better position on the search engines. I am hoping when people look for information on our agency they find websites like this blog and feel they get to know what we are all about.
I hope to blog much more now and try to help anyone I can who is interested in becoming a homebased travel agent.
