Team Lake Training 2013!

We are having our 2nd Annual Team Lake Training February 1-3! This will be a FANTASTIC weekend of training, motivation, encouragement, and FUN! You do not want to miss this weekend! But, space is going to be very limited...so check your calendars asap and let me know if you can attend. Read all the details below...

What? A FULL training weekend geared towards consultants. Topics covered will include: knowing your “why”, setting goals, promoting to Team Leader, preschool book fairs, home parties, school & library sales, earning President's Club, earning trips, and much MORE!!!

When? Around 4 on Friday, February 1 – noon on Sunday, February 3

Where? Beautiful Lake Martin in Alexander City, Alabama…about 1 ½ hours south of Birmingham 

Why? This training is to help YOU learn how to take your business to the next level. Our goal is for you to leave motivated, excited, and with a wealth of knowledge & new ideas! This weekend will be just a taste of the amazing training that we receive every summer at National Convention in Tulsa.

Cost? Just $20 to pay for meals for the weekend…this includes dinner Friday night, all 3 meals on Saturday, and brunch on Sunday.

How to sign up? Check your calendars and email me asap to let me know whether or not you are planning to attend. Then, put a check for $20 made out to Kelly Akers in the mail. Mail it to me at:

2529 Oneal Circle
Hoover, AL 35226

Once I receive your check, you are officially signed up! Please do this as soon as you can…before all the spots fill up! We are very excited about this! You are going to get GREAT training for a GREAT price!!!

Our Newest Team Leader: Mandy Golightly

Katie & Mandy at National Convention this summer

I am so proud of our newest Team Leader, Mandy Golightly!  Mandy began her business in the spring of 2012.  But, it wasn’t until she joined us at Usborne National Convention in June that her business really took off.  At convention Mandy set the goal to promote to Team Leader on October 1.  I don’t remember ever seeing someone’s business change overnight like Mandy’s did.  Mandy left convention so motivated and inspired that she literally spent a good portion of the trip home from convention on the phone talking with potential recruits and sharing her excitement with people about the business.  Her team has experienced AMAZING growth over the past 3 months, and on October 1 Mandy achieved her goal of becoming a Team Leader.  Mandy…we are SO PROUD of you and EXCITED about your growing business.  You have been such a blessing to our team!  Thanks for being our little “ray of sunshine.” :)

Guess what!?!  Any of you can do what Mandy did!!!  Set the goal to promote and let us know so we can help you achieve that dream.  Another takeaway from Mandy’s story is the power of attending Usborne National Convention.  Convention was literally a game changer in Mandy’s business.  Start making plans NOW to join us in Tulsa this coming June for convention.  I can 100% guarantee that you will not regret the decision to go!

Weekly Highlights

I am so excited about all the fun things going on on our team!  You gals are so awesome!  If you are in the Birmingham area, join us this Tuesday night, September 18, at 7 PM at the Starbucks on 280 at Greystone.  Also, EVERYONE join us Monday night at 8:30 PM CST for our training call on Hostess Coaching.  Go to www.anymeeting.com/akersteam1 to join us!  

Here are some highlights from this week...

• Hannah Chambers (Midland, GA) scheduled an open house and 2 other home parties and had her first library appointment!

• Mandy Golightly (Helena, AL) scheduled an elementary school book fair!

• Krista Landenwich (Bay Minette, AL) scheduled a baby shower home party!

• Rebecca Corley (Clanton, AL) scheduled a preschool book fair!

• Catie Lumpkin (Birmingham, AL) earned her FULL KIT REFUND by selling $1500 net in her first 30 days!

• Hanna Riggins (Alabaster, AL) had a great first preschool book fair!

• Katie Meyerpeter (Chelsea, AL) scheduled a preschool book fair and a CFAC during one preschool appointment!

• Amanda Ledbetter (Sylacauga, AL) scheduled an elementary school book fair and had her first preschool book fair!

Weekly Highlights

We had a lot of growth over Labor Day Weekend...welcome to all the new consultants who have joined our team!!!  You are signing up at the perfect time...entering the fall, Christmas-shopping season!  So, get those calendars out & start scheduling some home parties!  :) For the new gals...your Team Leader has probably already contacted you.  Be sure to schedule your New Consultant Training with her.  We are here to help you get your business off to a great start!  :)  Here are few ways that you can take advantage of training opportunities and get connected with our team:

Monday Night Team Training Calls

Our team training calls are every Monday night at 8:30 CST.  The link to join the training call/webinar is www.anymeeting.com/akersteam1.   This week we will be talking about School & Library Sales...so this will be a great call for those of you interested in entering this market.

Birmingham Area Team Meetings

For those that live in the Birmingham area, we have monthly team meetings that usually involve a little training and a lot of connecting with our team!  :)  Here are the next 2 meetings:

Tuesday, September 18 at 7:00 PM at the Starbucks on Hwy 280 at Greystone

Thursday, October 25 time & place TBA - dinner with author/illustrator, Michelle Nelson-Schmidt

Here are some team highlights from the week...

• Helen Moss (Fairhope, AL) had a new consultant join her team...welcome Tristy Johnson (Foley, AL)!

• Mandy Golightly (Helena, AL) had her first school library order and had a new consultant join her team...welcome Mindy Upham (Liberal, KS)!

• Tara Maple (Opelika, AL) had a new consultant join her team...welcome Christie Rudd (Columbus, GA)!

• Katie Meyerpeter (Chelsea, AL) had a new consultant join her team...welcome Brett & Aly Merrill (Brooklyn, NY)!

• Melody Beaty (Bay Minette, AL) had a new consultant join her team...welcome Keri Reed (Bay Minette, AL)!

• Rebecca Corley (Clanton, AL) had a new consultant join her team...welcome Susan Moody (Lake Park, GA)!

• Catie Lumpkin (Birmingham, AL) scheduled her first preschool book fair!

• Hanna Riggins (Alabaster, AL) scheduled a preschool book fair for next week!

• Felicia Self (Winfield, AL) scheduled a preschool book fair for next week and met with ALL the teachers in the Marion County School System!

Weekly Highlights

What an exciting week!!! Don't you just love that I am saying that every week these days?! Here are some super fun highlights from the week...

• Krista Landenwich (Bay Minette, AL) had a wonderful school library appointment...she walked away with an order and possibly a CFAC!

• Amanda Ledbetter (Sylacauga, AL) scheduled her first school library appointment and her first preschool book fair!

• Mandy Golightly (Helena, AL) has her August numbers to promote to Team Leader October 1! She also had her first school library appointment and had 2 new consultants join her team...welcome Ashley Carson (Trussville, AL) and Amanda Burkett (Northport, AL)!  And, she finished at #19 in consultant sales for August!

• Melody Beaty (Bay Minette, AL) had a new consultant join her team...welcome Krystle Morgan (Newark, DE)!

• Hanna Riggins (Helena, AL) had her first school library appointment!

• Hannah Chambers (Midland, GA) had a new consultant join her team...welcome Robbin Tomich (Carnation, WA & Germany)!

• Katie Meyerpeter (Chelsea, AL) kicked off a preschool CFAC!

• Catie Lumpkin (Birmingham, AL) has already earned Success Kit 1 after just 2 weeks of being a consultant!

• Leslie Guin (Alabaster, AL) finished at #16 in consultant sales for August!

Atlanta Regional Training 2012

Top row: Krista, Leslie, Kelly, Mandy, Katie, Amanda.  Bottom row: Maranda, Rebecca, Tara, Helen   (Aprille had to scoot out a little early...so sad you missed the group shot, Aprille!)

We had so much fun this past weekend at Atlanta Regional Training!  One of the things I love the most about this business is the friendships that it has brought into my life...that was not something I expected when I started this business 5 years ago!  I love the times that our team gets to spend time together!  :)  Saturday was such a great day of training.  I think we all left excited and motivated to take our businesses to the next level.  Our upline Team Leaders, Ruth Smith & Nancy Ann Wartman, were wonderful as they shared how if we really work our business we can make career-level income.  Ruth also shared a lot about recruiting...Katie Meyerpeter is going to share some of that in our team training call tonight!  I know there are a few consultants on our team who left the training on Saturday excited about recruiting and ready to start working to promote to Team Leader!  How awesome is that!?!  If you weren't able to join us, you can still jump on the promotion band wagon!  We have consultants who are going to be working to promote November 1 and December 1...you can join them!  Let us know if this is something you want to work towards and we can help you make it happen!  :)

Weekly Highlights & Reminders

I am excited about the growth our team is experiencing right now!  It is going to be a FUN fall season...get ready!  :)  Here are a few reminders to put on your calendars:

• If you are not joining us for our Monday night team training calls, you are missing out!  These training calls have been such a blessing for our team...not just because of the great training, but because of being able to connect with & encourage our team members!  Join us on Monday nights at 8:30 at www.anymeeting.com/akersteam1. 

• The Birmingham area September team meeting is Tuesday night, September 18 at 7:00 at the Starbucks on 280 at Greystone.

• The Birmingham area October team meeting will be Thursday night, October 25.  We will be having dinner with Michelle Nelson-Schmidt, author/illustrator of Dogs, Dogs, Cats, Cats, and Jonathan James and the Whatif Monster!!!  Time and place to be announced later.

Here are some highlights from this week...

• We had a new consultant join our team...welcome Helen Moss (Fairhope, AL)! 

• Leslie Guin (Alabaster, AL) had a preschool book fair this week...she had 5 people wanting to host home parties and 1 person interested in the business!

• Amanda Ledbetter (Sylacauga, AL) scheduled an appointment with a preschool thanks to a lead from Katie Meyerpeter (Chelsea, AL)...I love how our team helps each other!!!!

• Tara Maple (Opelika, AL) had a new consultant join her team...welcome Hannah Chambers (Midland, GA)!

• Rebecca Corley (Clanton, AL) earned Success Kit 1 for having $750 net sales in her incentive period so far!