Commit

Maximum Time: 5 Minutes

Make-A-Sale Challenge

Activity (during the week)

At this point you should begin selling the service or product your business is providing, if you’re not already doing so. During the next week, make at least one sale to a customer. Be creative as you work to sell your service or product.

You may feel that your service or product is not yet ready to sell. However, selling will provide motivation to get your business going, since you will need to fulfill what you have sold. Selling will also give you feedback on your service or product. If you have difficulty selling, this feedback can help you adapt your business idea so it better meets the customer’s need. If your business opportunity is highly regulated, ensure that you have the necessary license or permit to sell your service or product.

Determine how many customers you will need to talk with to make a sale—and then go do it. As we learned from Elder David A. Bednar in chapter 2, “Taking action is the exercise of faith.” Like the children of Israel, we can show our faith by taking action and “walk[ing] into the river.”

Next week you will be asked to report (1) your experience with selling to at least one customer and (2) the number of days you sold.

Finding Customers

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Personal Business Planner icon

As you begin to sell, you will learn the best ways to find customers. Be willing to experiment with new ideas until you find one or more approaches that efficiently help you find your customers.

Fill out the “Find” portion under “How will I find and keep my customers?” in your Personal Business Planner.

Example: How will I find my customers?

Read each of the commitments below with your action partner. Your ability to succeed in starting or growing your business will dramatically improve as you diligently keep your weekly commitments. Promise to keep your commitments and then sign below.

My Commitments
A. I will keep the “My Foundation” commitments for this week: Obey the laws or principles I chose in the “My Foundation” activity. Share what I’ve learned today about obedience with my family or friends.
B. I will participate in the Make-A-Sale Challenge and report on my experience next week.
C. I will fill out the “Find” portion under “How will I find and keep my customers?” in my Personal Business Planner.
D. I will review my “Ponder” page and keep the commitments.
E. I will contact and support my action partner.

Remember that next week, you will be asked to report the number of days that you talked with customers, wrote in your business notebook, and sold (see the “Evaluating My Efforts” chart at the beginning of the book).

My signature

Action partner’s signature

Have a closing prayer.

For more information on ways to find customers, visit srs.lds.org/sgmbmarketing.