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Donna Price, Business Success Coach has incredible information to share with entrepreneurs to build greater business success. Visit often to read new articles, find out about upcoming tele-classes and radio shows. We offer individual coaching through an exclusive Entrepreneur's VIP Coaching program.
I am excited to let you know that my company, Compass Rose Consulting, LLC is celebrating 4 years in business as of August 30. I am a bit delayed in the actual celebration due to my recent move to a new house, on that very day!! But we are ready to celebrate now, and you are invited.
I am hosting a Virtual Open House Celebration throughout December.
Last month I held an Open House here in New Jersey. We had a great time. Twenty eight business owners and professionals joined me for a day of workshops, networking and great food. There was lots of learning, connecting and fun. The Virtual Open House offers 3 incredible workshops. Each with a valuable workbook. Register and receive the workbook for all three!! You will receive the call in details for each workshop and come to one or all -- it's your choice. You will also receive info to listen to the workshops later, if you can't make the call.
The Schedule
December 3rd, 2008 12-1:30 PM Eastern
The Marketing Puzzle: You get to put together your own marketing puzzle – learn strategies for filling your marketing funnel.
December 10th, 2008 12-1:30 PM Eastern
Envision: A powerful workshop focused on vision. Your personal vision, your company vision: creating success starts with your compelling vision. If you haven’t looked at your vision in a while this is a great time to revisit it, refine it and get yourself moving in an accelerated way towards it.
December 17th, 2008 12 - 1:30 PM Eastern
Internet Marketing Strategies—is your web presence working? This workshop will give you powerful tools for improving your web presence and using your internet marketing.
To register for the workshops via tele-class visit:Compass Rose ConsultingAfter getting clearer on moving we have new packing helpers.
We're still trying to sell our house! A beautiful Victorian, that we love and will miss. Check it out: http://www.nj-country-home-for-sale.com/.
As we get closer to the move it becomes more real, more exciting and there is still way too much to pack!!
And in the midst of it all, business goes on. I am excited about the launch of a new mentoring program this fall. It is really a culmination of training, experience and coaching all into one great program of business marketing, business strategies and coaching throughout.
www.compassroseconsulting.com/business-marketing-mentorship.html
Summer is also filled with time at the beach, swimming in the pool, biking, hiking and boating. In the midst of moving, business and daily life there has to be fun. Are you taking time out for play time. Are you creating a work environment that is filled with fun too!
Watch for my next post -- all about laughing.
To your summer success,
Donna
And, I continue to evaluate my strategy and execution.
So, is your website working? Are you working to make it work? Are you in control or are you counting on someone else to get it to work? With the strategies I've listed above, you can make your site work yourself, with a web designer creating your website and you getting the traffic to it. Let's face it, a site that works, is a site that has traffic.
My new program, starting soon -- The Business and Marketing Mentorship is going to give you many strategies and tools to get your site working for you.
All the best,The week came to a close today, when everyone went back to school and to work. The kitchen is painted. the cupboards sparkle. The new floor, well, it's not totally done yet. Ken cut his finger cutting tiles and had to go Saturday night for stitches. We should have it done by Thursday or Friday. And, we even showed the house on Sunday, disaster that it was.
Looking back, it wasn't a bad week after all. Much got accomplished and business did get done.
Staying positive, staying focused and family being the priority, all contributed to the success of the week.
What lessons does your life teach you? I learn the most from myself, and reflection on what happened.
Spring is here! And we are loving that.
All the best,
Donna
How do you create a breakthrough in your business or your life? it's hard to see the possibility, to see that you can create a breakthrough, especially when times feel hard or tough but what it comes down to is getting out of your own way. How do you stop your own success? Do you sabotage yourself? Jinny Ditzler, in her book, "Your Best Year Yet" outlines a process for shifting your paradigm. As a program leader of the Best Year Yet program, I have seen this shift happen over and over. What I have witnessed is people creating break throughs by looking at themselves, their beliefs and their behaviors. How do you do this?
First is understanding:
So often, when we aren't achieving what we want and need we change our behavior. Underlying our behavior are our beliefs. If those beliefs are limiting beliefs then we must shift and change the belief. Since we are in charge of our beliefs we do have the power and the ability to make this change. First, look at your behaviors. what are the behaviors that limit your success. Some limiting behaviors that I see with business owners are: procrastination, not following up with leads, not asking for referrals, The next part of the process is to look at the underlying belief. What do you say to yourself about the behaviors? In essence what do say to yourself, that inner voice, that justifies the behavior. The excuses for the behavior. Now, some of these excuses are things that you believe to be true. Perhaps you are telling yourself -- they are only going to say no, or I'm not good enough, or they won't buy. What are your limiting beliefs?
The key to the breakthrough is to shift the belief. This is more than positive affirmations. This is taking control of your inner dialogue and changing it. Often our inner voice is saying things to us we wouldn't allow people to say to our children. The trick is to replace the inner dialogue with more empowering dialogue and stop the negative talk. if you are telling yourself you aren't good enough, then how will people believe you are? In Jinny Ditzler's book she recommends creating a new empowering paradigm that is positive, short, written in the present tense. A new paradigm for the example we have been working on could be: "I am more than enough".
How do you live the new paradigm? Because that is really the key. It is a great first step to identify how you are getting in your own way or sabotaging yourself. It's not enough. Creating the new paradigm is another great step. Living the new paradigm is the real key. Read the new empowering belief everyday, several times per day. use the new words for your inner dialogue when the old inner chatter appears. Take control of the inner dialogue. Post the new empowering paradigm where you can see it several times per day. You can also write about how it is impacting your life. Journal about how changing your paradigm produces different results. Always write in the present tense, as if those results are happening right now. Practice your new paradigm. You can also create a CD with a brief meditation that talks about your new paradigm and the changes that have taken place.
The bottom line is that you are in control of creating the breakthrough. A coach can help you figure out the paradigm, and keep it on track. Use the tools that you have to create your breakthrough results.
1. Give people a free subscription to your e-zine. Almost everyone is publishing a e-zine nowadays so it's important to give something extra with the free subscription. You could offer a free gift or advertising when people subscribe. ( Subscribe to mine on the link above and receive a complimentary monthly tele-seminar)
2. Provide your visitors with free content. Your content will be more attractive to your visitors if it's up-to-date or original. You could also offer people the option to reprint the content in their e-zine or web site.
3. Offer a free online directory. The directory could be full of interesting ebooks, e-zines, web sites etc. If people find your directory to be a valuable resource they will visit it over and over.
4. Give your visitors a free ebook. You could also include your own ad in the ebook and allow other people to give it away. If you don't want to take the time to write one, you could ask other writers permission to use their articles.
5. Hold free online classes or seminars. They could be held in your web site's chat room. The idea of "live" information will definitely entice people to visit your web site. You will become known as an expert on the topic.
6. Give visitors a free entry into your contest or sweepstakes. The prizes should be something of interest or value to your visitors. Most people who enter will continually revisit your web site to get the results.
7. Let visitors download free software. It could be freeware, shareware, demos etc. You could even turn part of your site into a free software directory. If you created the software, include your ad inside and let other people give it away.
8. Offer free online services or utilities from your web site. They could be search engine submitting, copy writing proofreading etc. The service or utility should be helpful to your target audience.
9. Give free consulting to people who visit your web site. You could offer your knowledge via e-mail or by telephone. People will consider this a huge value because consulting fees can be very expensive.
10. Give your visitors a free membership to your online club. People want to belong to something, why not your online club. You could also give away a free e-zine for club members only.
2. Brand your name and business. You can easily do this by just writing articles and submitting them to e-zines or web sites for republishing.
3. Start an auction on your web site. The type of auction could be related to the theme of your site. You'll draw traffic from auctioneers and bidders.
4. Remember to take a little time out of your day or week to brainstorm. New ideas are usually the difference between success and failure.
5. Model other successful business or people. I'm not saying out right copy them, but practice some of the same habits that have made them succeed.
6. Take risks to improve your business. Sometimes businesses don't want to advertise unless it's free, sometimes you have to spend money to get results.
7. Include emotional words in your advertisements. Use ones like love, security, relief, freedom, happy, satisfaction, fun, etc.
8. Ask people online to review your web site. You can use the comments you get to improve your web site or you may turn the reviewer into a customer.
9. Out source part of your workload. You'll save on most employee costs. You could out source your secretarial work, accounting, marketing, etc
10. Combine a product and service together in a package deal. It could increase your sales. If you're selling a book, offer an hour of consulting with it.
1. Use a "P.S." at the end of your ad copy. This is where you either want to repeat a strong benefit or use a strong close like a free bonus.
2. Publish a free e-book and give it away from your web site or in your e-zine. This will increase your traffic, sales and e-zine subscribers.
3. Create multiple streams of income with your web site. You could sell your own products, join affiliate programs, sell advertising space, etc.
4. Give your visitors compliments in your ad copy. This can earn their trust and put them in a good mood, in return they will be easier to sell too.
5. Create new products or services only if there is a strong need for them. You won't have anyone to sell them to if you don't have a market.
6. Sell your backend products to your customers right after they order. Take them to a "Thank You" web page that includes other products you sell.
7. Sell a few products on your web site instead of selling a large amount of products. Too many choices can overwhelm your visitors and they won't buy.
8. Include content and free stuff on your web site that promote the products you're selling. If they don't read your ads, they may read your offerings.
9. Remind your visitors that you're human not just a web site. You could publish information on your family life, a picture of yourself, a profile, etc.
10. Provide a "Contact Page" on your web site. Give your visitors as many options to contact you as possible. This'll add credibility to your business.
There are many ways to promote your business, your website and increase your profits. These ten tips are great strategies. Try them and let me know what works for you!!
All the best,
Donna
6. You might get extra income from people wanting to hire you to write other articles, books, or even ask to speak at seminars. This is a great way to multiply your income.
7. You could allow e-zine publishers to publish your articles in their free e-books. Since people give themaway, your advertising could multiply all over the internet
10. You could get your article guaranteed to run in an e-zine. You could agree to run one of their articles in your e-zine if, in exchange, they run yours in their e-zine. It's a win/win situation.
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Happy New Year! My 2007 is jumpstarted and taking off already and I am very excited. I've started a new mentoring program that is incredible. My business is jumping to new levels this year, just as it did last! Growing an incredible business is so much fun! And I am offering to you the opportunity to be mentored. I am accelerating the services that I offer to ones that will support you totally in creating the success you want. Do you want more money? More Time? More Success?
Imagine having a Mentor that knows who you are
& where you are going…
THINK BIG !
NOW THINK BIGGER !!
Donna Price holds your hand & takes you there….
RIGHT HERE… RIGHT NOW
Achieve the Wealth, Health and Love that YOU deserve. When you copy a Winner YOUR Success is Guaranteed. When you have a Mentor YOUR goals and prosperity are assured. I already know how!
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