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Wednesday 30 October 2013

Passionate about Tocara Jewelry

As a woman who is passionate about everything having to do with fashion, beauty, and beautiful things in general, what a great discovery Tocara was for me! Wow! I immediately fell in love with this gorgeous collection of jewelry available to everyone at affordable prices, allowing us to reach a huge pool of potential clients. Plus, as consultants, we’re entitled to phenomenal benefits! The possibilities are endless for us to expand our business, and to use a simple but meaningful catchphrase I always quote at my shows . . . “I HAVE NEVER SEEN THAT!!!”

Since my starter show on April 29, I have had the opportunity to meet many people thanks to Tocara, either at my shows, our monthly meetings, my sponsorship meetings, at the hairdresser’s, the office, the dentist’s, the massage therapists, at the grocery store, the nail salon, the neighbours’, with the parents of our children’s friends, etc. The result of all these wonderful encounters is that I am now a Silver Director, and I would encourage all consultants to hurry up, because we have a GOLDEN opportunity in front of us!! Everything is possible with Tocara!

What’s my secret? It isn’t a secret; it’s “determination”! It’s a matter of not being shy to talk to everybody, even if only to say a few words, and of showcasing our beautiful jewelry by wearing it, which opens doors to nice comments. And of course, we must . . . “believe.”

I am very happy to be a part of the Tocara adventure, and I aspire to great achievements in the future! I wish the same for you!

I take this opportunity to thank my sponsor Stéphanie Boucher, who came into my life like a little fairy with her magic wand and her jewelry.

Thank you and until next time!

Natacha Gagnon

Tuesday 22 October 2013

What Tocara Jewelry means to me...

Let’s go back to December 2011. I was on maternity leave with my 4th child. I was going to be 40 years old and was worried about my return to work scheduled for the following February. I had made the decision to become a self-employed language instructor to allow me to have more time with my family. However, I knew it would be financially difficult at first while I gained clients. It was at this time that Tocara came into my life.

I was introduced to Tocara as an opportunity during a show at my sister-in-law’s. I literally fell in love with the jewelry, and I decided to host a show at my place on February 2. Back at home, I couldn’t stop thinking about Tocara; I even dreamed about it at night. I wondered if I would be able to do what the consultant I’d met had done. I wondered if it was for me, if it was the perfect job that would help me earn more income while remaining available for my family. I called the consultant to ask her for more information. We met, and I said “YES” to the Tocara opportunity. I told myself that I had nothing to lose and everything to gain. So my February 2 show was my starting point! And since that day, my life has completely changed!


From that moment, I discovered in myself strengths and qualities I did not know I possessed. Tocara gave me a confidence in myself that I did not have before. I discovered that I was persevering, that I had leadership, that I loved sales, and especially that I loved meeting people! I LOVE my job!!! I feel more fulfilled than ever. This work has allowed me to really discover my full potential. I also discovered that I needed a challenge in my life, which Tocara provides perfectly through its incentives.

Tocara allows me to enjoy my life to its fullest. I can now indulge my family, my significant other, and the people I love because this job allows me to have financial peace of mind. Isn’t it wonderful? Moreover, at Tocara we are flooded with acknowledgements (rewards, trips, gifts, etc.). Thank you, Tocara.

I am so fortunate to work with people as inspiring and passionate as the members of the Tocara family. What a great team we are!! Over the past year, I have also had the great fortune to meet friendly and dynamic people who are now part of my team. I was able to form beautiful and true friendships with some of them, and the support that exists between us is wonderful.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank from the bottom of my heart my entire down line. Girls, thank you for having agreed to join me on the Tocara adventure. Thank you for your good work, support, and friendship. Thank you also to my entire up line for your cooperation, help, and encouragement.

I want to finish my brief story by saying that, this week; I am really very happy and proud to have achieved the goal I set myself when I began with Tocara last year. My ultimate goal at Tocara was to become a Ruby Director. And after 15 months, I achieved this goal. A big thank you goes to Stéphanie Boucher for having been very active in recent months to help me reach my goal.

I had said that I did not want to go higher than Ruby in the leadership ranks… but as the saying goes, “only fools never change their minds.”

To be continued…

Thank you,
Natalie Tourigny

Wednesday 16 October 2013

My Tocara Experience

My good friend and colleague Lori Murphy (thank goodness for great friends) decided to call me in Oct. 2010 and let me know about Tocara. I was very interested and really liked what I was hearing, so I said sure. But I could only do a few shows, as I was a few months away from launching a new business of my own.

Due to a number of circumstances, my new business was not meant to work out for me. So when things went sideways with that, I remember looking at my book shelf, where I had nicely laid my jewelry, and saying, “Huh, guess it's time to take a serious look at this.”

It was almost 2 years to the day when I started running my Tocara business consistently and with
momentum!! I believe timing is everything. My past 14 years of experience in this industry and all the help from my colleagues and home office, who helped me understand programs and who contributed their expertise, made things go smoothly and without concerns.

First and always most importantly was my show schedule. You can’t run a business without going to work! So back in the fall of 2012, I sold over $14,000 and earned designer day!!! That was an amazing experience!!!

By this time, I started introducing the business to other people. Almost every single person who chose to start her own business had never done this before, so I became very hands-on!! I supported them with new bookings, hostess coaching, following up with their hostesses, going to their first 3-4 shows, helping them get new bookings. And of course, if anyone was interested in the business, I held the interviews together with them. Almost everyone is right here in Saskatoon or in very close surrounding areas, so you can literally get anywhere in the city in about 20 min. As a direct result of this very hands-on training, our team of about 18 (so far) has just been promoted to Pearl and this with only 10 people having submitted shows!!! Our second month of Pearl qualification actually turned into our first month of qualifying for Ruby!!! I kind of joke around with my colleagues and say, “You know, I am not your boss, but if you just let me tell you what to do for one month, I will show you how to consistently earn $50.00+ per hour and be comfortable with all areas of the business that will move you forward.” We have a great group of business women here in Saskatchewan introducing people to Tocara, and it is a pleasure to work with all of them!!!!

So the reason I got where I am so far, earning designer day, chateau Markus, Punta Cana, and thousands of dollars in free products and additional cash bonuses, is because of the brilliant way this company lays out its programs!! Tocara is always looking out for us, and all the programs they design are for us to move forward!!!! So take the time to understand them and all other areas of your business. What seems a little crazy to me about all these amazing Promos and bonuses I have earned is that I never really had my focus on any of them. I earned them all only on my personal show schedule and on the interviews and the training schedule with my new colleagues who wanted to own their own business. That has brought me here in 6 short months. So when you break it all down, it will all fall into your lap if you just consistently hold 2 shows per week and train 2 people every month. Although I may be educated in this industry, I treat everyone as my equal and do my very best to meet people where they are, not where I think they should be.

Moving forward, my days will be about a consistent show schedule, first and foremost, and then making sure everyone gets the training they need!!!! My job is simply to train people to lead themselves.

Eleonore