Well, ok…I’ve actually been doing business at home for 7 years (with my collie educational portal and collie gift merchandise site), but I’ve just begun a new career that I am so extremely excited about! 

As most of you may know, from reading my posts, I absolutely LOVE books.  There is honestly nothing better than curling up with a good book, a cup of peppermint tea and a chenille blanket - although listening to someone else read comes in a close second!  As a child, my mother read 3…4..10 books to me every night and as a result, I was reading before age 3 and have retained a lifelong obsession with reading.  That’s a tradition I am carrying on with Jack-Evan now and I love encouraging the love for reading in other children.

Anyway, as you can imagine, as a bookworm I own hundreds of books - and TWO (count them…2..) memberships to 2 different local library systems which I use I the time.  Before marriage, when I would plan my future “dream home”, a huge home library, complete with rolling ladder was always included.  I’ve had to modify that somewhat since marriage (as Kevin isn’t as book happy as I am!), but I still hold a fondness for rooms lined with tall shelves, musty books, comfy chairs, and fireplaces.

About a year ago, I began researching South Carolina homeschooling options and homeshooling methods since we plan on homeschooling our children right from the beginning.  In studying the many curriculums available (Sonlight, The Well Trained Mind, etc.) and “suggested readings”, I began noticing that these books…these Usborne books…began popping up everywhere.  Almost every review I read about them was amazingly positive as well.  So what did I do?  I knew I just had to get my hands on some - and I did - through a huge used lot sale on Ebay. 

Once I had some actual Usborne books in my hands, I fell absolutely in love.  They were so colorful, interesting, and engrossing.  One of the first books I got, First Book of Nature Combined Volume, stole away 5 hours from me one day (I was literally that engrossed in it…not to mention I learned a lot).

So anyway, about a month ago I stumbled, quite haphazardly, upon the fact that Usborne provides career positions in their direct sales division, enabling women and men to establish an independent Usborne sales and consulting business.

Now, I’ve been involved in numerous legitimate work at home businesses over the years - many of them I started myself (selling pet gift baskets, creating Santa letters for christmas, retail merchandise design and selling, candle making, local grocery delivery, web design), 2 of them succeeded wildly (my collie sites), and one of them I quit after a few months due to how phony I felt pushing a product I didn’t truly care to use (Mary Kay Makeup).  I even enjoy friendships with some wonderful entreprenues, whom I watched start and succeed - such as my friend Rob, with his pet sitting business (www.ColaPets.com) and my sister-in-law, Michelle, with her invention, the Binky Basket.  And some of the best “AH-HA!” moments I’ve had came out of my learning experiences - and failures - with home based businesses.

And one of the biggest things I’ve learned is that you never go into any business situation blindly.  There are so many scams out there and “get rich quick” schemes that you can easily go bankrupt trying to become rich!  Any home-based business opportunity worth a ‘toot will have easily accessible information to study BEFORE you make a decision to join in the fun.

So that’s what I’ve been doing for the past month - studying on what all is involved in being an Usborne Independent Consultant…or, more specifically, an Usborne Educational Consultant (those trained to work in School and Library sales).  And now I have fallen in love with not just their books, but their business plan as well!  The opportunity for success is one of the best I’ve found, and the in-depth training is outstanding (not to mention free!).

At the end of last week, after a month’s worth of study and consideration, I decided to take the plunge - I signed up for a new career in direct sales with Usborne Books at Home.  It’s only been a few days and the amount of support and training tools I’ve already received from my Supervisor has been enormous. 

So what does being an “Educational Consultant” entail?  I’ll be able to share these wonderful books with folks through the following venues:

• Website Catalog (Mine is www.Usborne-SC.com)
• Direct Sales
• Home Parties
• K-12 School Systems
• Public Libraries
• Preschools, Daycares
• Flea Markets
• Fairs / Conventions / Expos

Not only that, but I now have the most amazing opportunity to encourage reading and literacy by providing ways for families, moms, children, schools, teachers, churches and other organizations to earn massive amounts of free books through:

• Our Hostess Program
• Fundraising / Bookfairs (50% returned to the organization in the form of free books!!)
• Literacy for a Lifetime
• Reach for the Stars Reading Incentives for Schools

I can’t say how excited I am to start this.  I have a home kick off open house scheduled for July 19th at my house already.  :)  My longterm goals are to build a nice team of women who appreciate books and want the opportunity to succeed in their own home based business!

Wish me luck…and take a peek at my new website and all of our wonderful titles available:

www.Usborne-SC.com

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