Chandler Guild - Best Business Practices SIG

Pour Soy Candles/Build the Guild

Sun, 14 Dec 2003 13:13:50 -0500

All Chandlers will be very busy with candle making during the demanding Holiday Season. Here are a few cool thoughts to ponder as you pour hot wax. Every candle you make is helping to build a very strong Chandler Guild. Out of the work of many hands, a great work will be made real.

�People never quit a mission, they only quit a job; people don�t quit a team, they only quit an organization.�

Chandler Training Goes Global :-)

Sun, 14 Dec 2003 15:51:05 -0500

We've had a delegation from El Salvador complete our Village Chandler training session in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. We now also have an associate to build our global connection for Chandler training in Europe.

UPC Coding

Wed, 01 Oct 2003 09:52:13 -0400

Hi,

Does anyone have any knowledge of what it takes to have your products UPC coded? Is it expensive? Are there any legalities associated with the coding? Any information would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Gwen Heimer

Eleven Rules For Success

Thu, 25 Sep 2003 09:47:29 -0400

Hello Fello Chandlers,
I thought about some of our new chandlers out there and wondered if they might need a little help now and then. I often think about how I wished that I had received some good old fashioned advice. I learned the hard way. So, I came up with these Elveven Rules For Success:

1. Work Smarter, not harder.
It's not how much you do, but what you do and how well you do it. There are better ways to run your business than by brute force.

Wax Warehouse Partners Have Inventory Ready to Go

Mon, 22 Sep 2003 12:42:00 -0400

Without Wick and Wax a Chandler is not a Chandler. The Warehouse Partners are committed to shipping within 48 hours to any Chandler in North America.

You can place your fall wax orders on our toll free order hotline at 1-888-511-5177, contact your Regional Partner Direct with the access information listed above or place an online order at: www.soyawax.com

When you came to the Chandler Congress you met the entire Regional Wax Warehouse Team. They will see that you have all of the wax you need to keep your Holiday production on time.

The Guild is Good News!

Mon, 22 Sep 2003 14:55:22 -0400

Our collective effort building the Chandler Guild is very good news. In the world at large, bad news always grabs the headlines and feature stories of print and broadcast media.

History books are filled with the records or wars, disasters assasinations and global violence. The good deeds and productive work of the day to day silent majority are left out of the pages of official history. History books report much less than 1% of the actual human experience. The good work and loving actions of the masses within families, homes, small business and communties remains the silent reality of the human condition. Herstory and Humanstory are left out of traditonal History Books. History Books would be more accurately described as The Bad News Annals of the Human Race and The Games Big Men Play.

The Chandler Guild: Much More than a Trade Association

Tue, 30 Sep 2003 18:05:08 -0400

The Guild will have processes and services far beyond a traditional trade association. The Guild will become a global microenterprise and small business network. During our first formative year, the Table of Twelve will invest extensive research time to determine the best legal structure for the Guild to operate through. Read this short article about seven essential developmental goals for the Chandler Guild, then join in the discussion.

Consignment, Sales Tax and other 'newbie' challenges

Tue, 09 Sep 2003 13:18:07 -0400

Okay group.. as a relative newbie to the business world I would like to throw these questions out to you 'business-savvy' folks for your input.

1) Consignments: This seems to be the method of choice to some of the small businesses we've approached to carry our candles. Here's the questions:
a) What range of percentages should the retailer normally get?
b) Is a monthly fee to the retailer common?

Conscious Community Conflict Resolution

Tue, 09 Sep 2003 12:26:40 -0400

One of the most important life lessons that an entrepreneur learns is that any problem presents an opportunity.

I have been very direct and upfront both with postings on this site and at the Chandler Congress that a business challenge in my own company caused the delay of shipping goods to a few of my customers.

Several of these parties have posted complaints here at this website. The challenge that I had expereiced is now solved. The delayed goods will be shipped or a refund provided to these parties within the next few days.

Objectives of Chandler Training in Cedar Rapids

Sun, 07 Sep 2003 20:04:50 -0400

Recently an issue was raised by Jen and Bob that some people recieved information during Chandler Training that others did not. I completed a training session of 4 new Chandler enterprises this weekend. Every week we will have more new Chandlers that will want to joint into the Chandler Guild Alliance. It is important for me to state exactly what the objectives of this training are:

1. It has been stated clearly in every training session and in all printed material about Village Chandler that our objective is to create an alliance of independent candle producers rather than a franchise or any type of standard one size fits all business model.