Today we’d like to introduce you to Alyssa Jordan.
So, before we jump into specific questions about the business, why don’t you give us some details about you and your story.
I went to college, graduated with a Public Relations degree, and then got a good job in San Antonio (basically did everything my parents told me to do in order to “live the American Dream”).
I spent 4 years in Corporate America, advanced from Sales to Corporate Recruiting and was making nearly six figures by the age of 24 in Dallas, Texas. I thought I had made it in life … until I realized something major was missing. I spent all day at my corporate job telling people whether or not they were good enough to do the job I was hiring for. I would develop relationships with candidates, only to have to tell them (since they weren’t good enough on paper) that I wouldn’t be able to hire them. From requiring degrees to having certain scores on assessments, I rejected and fired more people than I blessed with an opportunity. I then realized I was missing something. I was missing being able to add value to every person’s life that I met. I wanted something more – I just didn’t know what that “more” was.
It wasn’t until I met my (now) husband, that I realized Corporate America wasn’t where I would find my “more”. He introduced me to entrepreneurship and told me that we get paid based on the value we add to the market, and if we aren’t adding value, we don’t get paid. I pursued relationship marketing where I was able to help people I came into contact with either by helping him or her financially or helping improve their health. In my first 2 years, I was able to contribute to helping 25 people create six-figure incomes in addition to their full-time jobs.
I had found my niche! I became passionate about helping people. I knew if I helped people get what they want, I would get what I wanted by default. I became a motivational speaker, life coach, and mentor to hundreds, even thousands, of people through the vehicle of relationship marketing. I began working harder on myself than I did on my income, and soon my dreams matched my reality. I married the man (AJ Jordan @ardriajordan) who introduced me to entrepreneurship and this new way of thinking. I became an instant mom to his 5-year-old son, and we had a daughter together a year later. Life seemed perfect. I had time, freedom, and made more money in a month than I had previously made in a year in Corporate America, but once again, I felt something was missing. Months passed, and I became obsessed with helping other people so much that I forgot to save time for my husband, my son, newborn daughter and myself. I had thousands of people looking to me for guidance yet I was failing in other areas.
I realized that no amount of money, recognition or success could bring this perfect “Instagram life” I thought I wanted. I realized instead of trying to be an overachiever in one area, I needed to become a consistent achiever in multiple areas. I started working on my marriage, being vulnerable to my followers, and telling people the struggle for balance in entrepreneurship. I opened up my life for people to see and my following exploded. I found out that people value transparency and openness more than they value looking at the “perfect butt” on Instagram. I motivate, inspire, and lead through real-life struggles, and doors have opened for me to be able to travel the world to speak and help people wanting to become entrepreneurs themselves.
Overall, has it been relatively smooth? If not, what were some of the struggles along the way?
People and situations are powerless without your reaction. Everyone has been hurt by someone they love. Everyone has been betrayed by someone they trusted. I’ve learned, and am still learning, that the easiest way to get over something traumatic in your life is to change the way we relate to that memory. We can’t change what happened, but we have the power to control what we think or feel about it. Our first gut reaction needs to SHIFT from a place of captivation to a place of liberation. We are liberated from what happened at that moment because we no longer let that memory control us — we learn, grow, and change it.
I did not have an easy college career. I struggled with confidence, fitting in and finding myself. I failed classes, went to jail, got involved in things I shouldn’t have and somehow still managed to graduate. I tried for several years to find my self-worth in men who eventually let me down. After college, I struggled with drug addiction and admitted myself to rehab. I had anger issues, self-confidence issues, and all the while on the outside seemed to have this perfect life. It wasn’t until my last year in Corporate America when I met my husband and was introduced to a greater purpose that my life changed. They say the same test will present itself until you pass it. What was happening in my life over the course of my early college years and the years after college was a byproduct of me failing to learn lessons. Once I changed the way I related to situations and learned and grew from them, my life turned around.
Alright – so let’s talk business. Tell us about your business – what should we know?
The relationship is more important than the agenda. My main purpose in life is to inspire people to become the best version of themselves whether it’s by working with me or not. I am a relationship marketer of a health and wellness brand, affiliate marketer, speaker, coach, wife, mom and foodie. When people ask me what I do, it’s hard to put into a box. I am not a “9 to 5-er”. I am a firm believer in living the life you want by doing exactly what you want. I wear many hats, but something I am most proud of is being a mom and being able to be a stay at home “mompreneur” to my kids. I have a tattoo on my arm that says “I Am Second” that reminds me daily to put God, family and others before myself. I strive to do so.
So much of the media coverage is focused on the challenges facing women today, but what about the opportunities? Do you feel there are any opportunities that women are particularly well positioned for?
Challenge is just another word for opportunity. The people who are highly motivated look at a challenge and think “no problem”. As a relationship marketer of a health and wellness brand, I am a firm believer that women are well positioned for my industry. If you find the right mentor – someone who has had success doing what you want to do – latch on to them and do exactly what they do, for then you will have success.
It’s statistically proven that 80% of women that make six figures do so by direct sales and relationship marketing. That is my industry, and I will always fight to prove that women dominate it.
Contact Info:
- Phone: 210-861-4291
- Email: alyssa.rae.jordan@gmail.com
- Instagram: @alyssaraejordan
- Facebook: Www.facebook.com/AjandAlyssaJordan
Image Credit:
@carlosloyophotography
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