Meet a Jane: Sherry Lynn Simoes

Posted on October 21, 2009 - Filed Under Meet a Jane, Tenacity Jane

sherry-simoesSherry Lynn Simoes co-founded Women of Today, a professional group for women in business that focuses on supporting their members to grow their businesses. The group offers marketing support, co-op advertising, educational workshops and tools and resources to help the members succeed in their marketing efforts, including a customized Vision Board. She also started Women of Today Magazine, co-op magazines (online and in print) as one way to give the members a professional and affordable way to promote their businesses. Women of Today recently announced they are now open to International members, and coaches international members on how to start networking groups in their area, using a proven system for success. Although currently the majority of the members are Canadian, women are beginning to join other areas across the globe. Sherry has experienced the power of global networking and feels that it is a valuable aspect that has been added to the organization that has growth opportunities. She has plans to guide the members through the process so they can learn the art of social networking.
Sherry desired to start her own business when her son was born. Her goal was to stay home with him until he started school. In her small town of 1900 people, she identified a need to connect the local business women. It went over so well that word spread and they quickly grew to 5 area chapters and over 100 local members. She continues to work at home. Marketing comes natural to Sherry and it is her passion to help women connect and grow in business. “The greatest reward is seeing women succeed because of what my company offers,” said Sherry.

After taking the Which Jane Are You? free assessment at www.janeoutofthebox.com , Sherry discovered that she is a Tenacity Jane. “Wow was this so accurate,” said Sherry. “It is my situation in a nutshell. I wish I would have had the chance to take this assessment earlier in life as it brought to light a few things that I did not realize are not really my fault. It has to do with who I am! I am struggling with cash flow and other concerns in my business because of the fact I often forget about the money end of things. I have so much passion for what I am doing and building and so many ideas I want to implement that the money part does not seem to take front seat. It affects my stress level because the cash flow is not there and I cannot do all the things I want to do and make available to my clients.”

“The best piece of advice I have for other Tenacity Janes,” said Sherry, “would be to realize your strengths and find people to help you with the other tasks that may not come as easy to you, especially getting organized. Use the talents you have with passion. The only other Jane that I have been is Accidental Jane. I had an idea and ended up sharing with someone because it just came up in conversation. We ended up going for it and I ended up in the perfect business for me and now run it fulltime!”

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