As a My Life & Stories Memoir Mentor you help people audio record their life stories, their family history and their cherished memories.
It’s easy. And it’s fun. And you make good money.
Everything you need to run your business - for one small fee.
"If only."
So many people wish their parents or grandparents
had left behind stories of their lives.
What could be better than helping people record their life stories to pass on to their children and grandchildren – and generations to come - so they will never be forgotten and always cherished.
Your Own Personal My Life & Stories Website
A Complete Self-Paced Training Program
Your Own Back Office and Dashboard
Marketing Materials & Guidelines
Run your business from the comfort of home. No need for just face to face visits. You can use Zoom or Skype or the phone to record memoirs.
It's easy and free.
This is a very low-cost business to run. Most of your ‘cost’ is your time.
You are free to work at your pace and in your time. Do as much as you want, when you want.
You meet, online or face to face, with your client to explain the process and set a schedule.
You help your client prepare for the recording sessions.
You complete the recording sessions with
your client.
You edit out mistakes and add chapter titles.
You deliver the completed memoir to your client.
You can charge as much as your market will bear. We have found that between $95 and $195 is an amount most people can afford. But you will decide for yourself how much to charge.
And, when you build your business, it’s possible you will be completing three or four memoirs a week.
That would only take about 8 hours a week.
You can make good money and have such fun.
And, have time for everything else you love to do.
All this for a one time investment.
So, if you enjoy listening to people as they remember their life and their times and if you love the idea of helping people pass on their stories to future generations, then this is the business for you.
It is a long established fact that a reader will be distracted by the readable content of a page when looking at its layout.
1. Your own personal business website:
Ready from the start to help you market your new services.
2. A self-paced training program: We show you everything you need to be successful. You’ll feel confident and ready in no time
3. Resources and tools: PowerPoint presentations, email templates, sample terms and conditions and more; all the tools you’ll need to help build and run your business
4. A backoffice: To keep all your client's information and stay in control of your day to day activities.
It is a long established fact that a reader will be distracted by the readable content of a page when looking at its layout.
1. Your own personal business website:
Ready from the start to help you market your new services.
2. A self-paced training program: We show you everything you need to be successful. You’ll feel confident and ready in no time
3. Resources and tools: PowerPoint presentations, email templates, sample terms and conditions and more; all the tools you’ll need to help build and run your business
4. A backoffice: To keep all your client's information and stay in control of your day to day activities.
For over 30 years Susan was an educational administrator for the New York City Department of Education.
She was always known as a great listener. People found it easy to talk with her, often telling her about their experiences and later saying something like, “I never told anyone about that. But I find it easy to talk with you.”
As an educator, Susan knows how to help people learn the skills they need to be successful.
Susan's know-how as an educator and as a great listener is the basis for this program.
You too will be know as a wonderful listener and a great memoir mentor when you complete the training.
A my Life & Stories Memoir Mentor is a helper; you help clients record their life stories.
As a My Life & Stories Memoir Mentor you make it easier for clients to remember and to tell their stories in a clear and easy to listen to manner.
There are no additional fees for the program beyond your initial fee.
You make a one-time investment.
You get:
1. Your own branded web site with your photo, your name and your business name.
2. Your own Dashboard where you can keep all your records and stay in control of your business
3. The tools and resources you need including:
(please note, the branded website is not available with the Silver package)
Your personal web site to help you market your services. You will insert your name and contact information and your photo.
We want to be clear about this: to be successful you will have to reach out to potential clients and their adult children.
But most of what you will do is marketing. No cold calls.
We provide you with a complete set of marketing materials (emails, PowerPoints and suggestions for building your business).
This is not a hard sell. My Life and Stories is an attractive and interesting service.
When you explain what you can do for clients many will be interested. But, as always, there will be those who say no. That’s fine.
The market is huge and when you follow our suggested marketing and sales guidelines you should do very well over time.
Every client is different.
Some clients can talk for hours without getting tired. If so, it may take one or two sessions to record their memoir.
Other clients may need shorter sessions.You and your clients will decide how long and how many sessions are needed.
Expect two one-hour visits at a minimum but more if needed.
If you do not already have this equipment, you will need:
• A laptop computer (Mac or PC)
• Or, a desktop computer
• A Smartphone (Apple or Android)
• A microphone
• A jack
• Audio editing software (We suggest a free app called Audacity. We show you how to use it)
The microphone and jack are not expensive.
Written or videotaped memoirs are VERY expensive. The cost (often starting at $5,000 and up) is far too much money for most people.
Written memoirs often require an editor or ghostwriter.
Videotaped memoirs require camera people and editing.
Both are very time consuming and expensive.
Audiotaped memoirs can be completed at a much, much lower cost and much faster than the other options.
Many more people can consider an audiotaped memoir because the cost is so reasonable. That makes your market much larger than the other methods.
And audiotaped memoirs are just as valuable.
Think about how many people listen to podcasts. Or the radio.
An audiotaped memoir is just as enjoyable and will be cherished just as much as the more expensive approaches.
The My Life & Stories system is as follows:
Yes, indeed, you can complete memoir recordings remotely.
There are two ways:
1. Use a conference call app such as Zoom. You can audiotape the calls.
2. Use your phone to record the calls.
Every client is different.
Some clients can talk for hours without getting tired. If so, it may take one or two sessions to record their memoir.
Other clients may need shorter sessions.You and your clients will decide how long and how many sessions are needed.
Expect two one-hour visits at a minimum but more if needed.
Any questions? Don’t hesitate to ask. We are here to help!
Tel. 800 494-0218
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