Marie's story - starting a franchise
Marie (left) at the launch of her new business post redundancy
I had worked in the Contract Cleaning Industry for the past 25yrs was not looking forward to my forthcoming retirement and thought the prospect of staying at home all day vegetating uninspiring.
Somewhere out there had to be something that was not only fulfilling but would also pay for the Indian Ocean Holidays. So when I visited Marilyn Menzies launch party in August 2009 I found something that pressed all the right buttons. When I walked into the room and viewed the jewellery for the first time it certainly shouted WOW to me” Two weeks later I became a Silverdazer!
I was extremely excited about the new adventure and knew I could make it work. I wanted to get the franchise up and running right away before Christmas, The build up to the launch was very hard work, but with the support from all the Silverdaze team the launch was everything I could have dreamed for, helped in no small part by Diana’s presence on all 3 days, her product knowledge and sheer enthusiasm was the icing on the cake and helped produce record breaking sales and unprecedented party bookings.
Parties and events started the very first week after the launch and I'm now into the full swing of running my own franchise within the Silverdaze community; ably assisted in no small way by my long suffering unpaid admin manager, IT support guru, logistic supervisor and general dogs body…….Jim.
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