| Who Dictates Your Price Tag? |
posted 10-15-2009
Category: Business and Professional Services |
| How are you pricing yourself? Is it you who assigns the dollar signs or do you let your fears of the economy or what you "think" people will pay determine what you decide to charge for your time? |
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| Are You Being Supported by Your Significant Other in Business (or wish you had a SO)? |
posted 09-27-2009
Category: Business and Professional Services |
| I know you may not be expecting this type of topic coming from a Business and Marketing Coach like me but have you noticed the SHIFT lately? |
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| 4 FUN Ways to Get Your Sexy Back |
posted 09-07-2009
Category: Business and Professional Services |
| Ok, who wants to "get your sexy back"? |
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| The Simple Definition of Happiness...Are You a True Example? |
posted 09-02-2009
Category: Business and Professional Services |
| I'm going to get a little deep here and vulnerable with you if that's ok? Because I think it's important for those of you who resonate with me and my story to know that you're not alone and you CAN want and HAVE more. |
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| 6 Keys to Starting a Business on a Budget |
posted 08-26-2009
Category: Business and Professional Services |
| Are you Making Ends Meet? If not or if you're tired of doing what you're doing, why not bypass the regular job market if you're having trouble and start up your own business? |
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| 2 Easy Ways to Increase Your Revenue |
posted 08-20-2009
Category: Business and Professional Services |
| Are You Ready to Find out the Easiest 2 Ways to Increase Your Revenue???? |
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| 5 Ways to Use Testimonials in Your Marketing |
posted 08-12-2009
Category: Business and Professional Services |
| Are there areas you're missing in your marketing where you could be utilizing testimonials in order to give you, your business and your products and services more credibility? |
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| 21 Mistakes Most Entrepreneurs Make When Building Your Business! |
posted 08-04-2009
Category: Business and Professional Services |
| I realize that when you first started your business you may not have thought about EVERYTHING that would be involved with running a successful business, right? |
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| “6 Easy Ways to Get More Exposure in Your Small Business This Year!” |
posted 05-03-2009
Category: Business and Professional Services |
| bet nearly 98% of you out there reading this right now can't remember the last time you got some good PR for yourself or your business?
I'll bet that most of you don't do it because you have no idea where to start or what to say or who to say it to, am I right? |
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| 9 Simple Ways on HOW TO Grow Your Business |
posted 05-03-2009
Category: Business and Professional Services |
| You've built a successful business, you have an established customer base and you're well-known in your geographical area, your industry or both - so now what do you do to stay ahead of the pack? How do you take your business to the next level? Here are nine ways to grow your business. |
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| Using Surveys in Your Marketing Can Greatly Increase the Effectiveness of Your Message |
posted 03-02-2009
Category: Business and Professional Services |
| You can utilize surveys in our businesses everyday in order to increase our sales, productivity, and referrals. |
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| Volunteering or giving to charity to Boost Your Biz |
posted 03-02-2009
Category: Business and Professional Services |
| Because if you give - you will receive!
So, I encourage my clients and friends to find places and organizations they can volunteer.
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| Top 10 Tips to Make the Most of Your Marketing Dollar$ |
posted 01-22-2009
Category: Business and Professional Services |
| Here are the Top 10 Tips I give small business owners and entrepreneurs on a daily basis when I see them out at networking functions. These 10 things will be the least expensive and probably the most effective forms of marketing that you could do to promote your business. |
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| “JumpStart Your Business Right Now – Get More Clients, More Money and More Free Time for Yourself!” |
posted 01-22-2009
Category: Business and Professional Services |
| Do you need to get back in the swing of things with your business after the holidays and not sure where to begin?
Are you feeling stuck on what to do or where to do it?
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| Ready to add another market? |
posted 01-12-2009
Category: Business and Professional Services |
| Have you mastered the list of contacts and prospects you've got already? Are you keeping in touch with them a couple times a month either in their mailbox, their inbox or in their face? Do they all know and think of you all the time? |
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| How to Establish Yourself as an Expert |
posted 01-08-2009
Category: Business and Professional Services |
| Establishing yourself as an expert is a great way to get added exposure, publicity and credibility for you and your business which will ultimately bring you more sales and more money!!
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| How To Take Your Small Business to the Next Level |
posted 01-08-2009
Category: Business and Professional Services |
| You’ve built a successful business, you have an established customer base and you are well known in your geographical area or your industry or both; so now what do you do to stay ahead of the pack? How do you take your business to the next level?
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| How to Cold Call the RIGHT Way to Build Your Small Business! |
posted 12-30-2008
Category: Business and Professional Services |
| Cold calling is to have a clear hook and call to action; you want to hook them into the conversation quickly, get them involved, then find out right away if they’re a good prospect with a qualifying question or two to engage them and finally if they are a good prospect, go in with your offer or close right away. |
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| How to Create a Memorable Leave Behind or Handout for Your Networking |
posted 12-30-2008
Category: Business and Professional Services |
| I am assuming that you ARE networking somewhere! You had better be – it is the best way to meet new people and build those relationships that turn into repeat sales and referrals. Now the question is - What do you bring, pass out or display when you network?
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| How to Become a Good Networker (Even If You Don’t Like Networking!) |
posted 12-22-2008
Category: Business and Professional Services |
| For many entrepreneurs networking is a must to build your contact list the fastest way possible. After all, networking is one of the least expensive, most effective forms of marketing that you can do! |
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| How to Be the Go-To-Gal of Your Industry or Organization |
posted 12-22-2008
Category: Business and Professional Services |
| Catapult your business into a hugely successful and profitable business this year by transforming yourself into the Go-To-Gal for your industry or organization. |
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| Do You Feel Like You're Running on a Hamster Wheel and You Don't Know How or Can't Get Off? |
posted 12-15-2008
Category: Business and Professional Services |
| It's hard to figure out how and what to outsource at first because you think you are the only one that can do certain things. Once you do this you will be able to step off that hamster wheel more often than not and you will have so much more free time to do the things that you LOVE TO DO. |
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| Do you have trouble focusing? |
posted 12-15-2008
Category: Business and Professional Services |
| A couple years ago, I thought it was just me. Just me who procrastinated those things I didn't want to do or didn't know how to do. Just me who got distracted with the dog in my face, my own personal needs (working out, massage, getting my nails done, shopping, etc.) or friends calling to get together. |
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| Cold Calling Made Easy |
posted 11-10-2008
Category: Business and Professional Services |
| In my many years of sales and marketing work with small businesses, many of them would ask me all kinds of questions about cold calling like the ones below. They would profess to be leery of doing it for fear of rejection or simply through fear of making the call. See if any of these resonate with you?
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| Avoid These 10 Design Disasters When Creating Your Business' Marketing Materials |
posted 10-14-2008
Category: Business and Professional Services |
| Have you ever noticed how many articles there are relating to creating your own marketing materials? These articles concentrate on areas a business owner "should do," offering such clever advice as "know your audience," "say it with pictures" or "write clearly and distinctly." This is not bad advice. However, you should also know what not to do. |
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| Speaking At Events To Boost Your Biz |
posted 10-14-2008
Category: Business and Professional Services |
| I started speaking at events like chamber of commerce small business luncheons, women's groups, sales meetings and leads group meetings about 3 years ago. I found that by doing so, it really catapulted me into more of an expert role in my industry |
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| Do you need a Swift Kick in the Butt to do your Follow Up? |
posted 08-28-2008
Category: Business and Professional Services |
| How are you following up with your leads, prospects, referrals, clients, contacts and power partners |
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| Katrina's Hottest Networking Tips! |
posted 08-28-2008
Category: Business and Professional Services |
| Networking Tips from Katrina Sawa of JumpStart Your Marketing |
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| 7 Ideas to Get You Started Offering a Bonus in order to Increase Your Bottom Line |
posted 08-18-2008
Category: Business and Professional Services |
| a bonus is something you offer as incentive at the end of a sales page/letter/email/web page to really add value to whatever youre selling or offering and entice them to buy now. What youre selling could be online or offline services and the bonus could be given offline or online, depending on how to save your time and money by giving it.
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| 9 Strategies to Boost Your Sales Copy to Make More Money! |
posted 08-18-2008
Category: Business and Professional Services |
| The most effective ways to write a sales letter or email.
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| Volunteering or giving to charity to Boost Your Biz |
posted 08-09-2008
Category: Business and Professional Services |
| Volunteering for non-profit events is one thing I really love to do. I volunteer my time because while that is still very precious to me, it's what I have to give and I fully believe in giving to others. |
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| 8 Ways to Take Your Small Business to the Next Level |
posted 07-17-2008
Category: Business and Professional Services |
| Now that you have built a successful business, you have an established customer base and you are fairly well known in your geographical area, your industry or both, what do you do to stay ahead of your competition? You might want to consider the following tips to help you to expand your business and take it to the next level. |
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| 4 Steps to Using Teleclasses in Your Marketing |
posted 07-17-2008
Category: Business and Professional Services |
| Reasons for adding Teleclasses to your Marketing. |
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| How to Know Which Form of Advertising Will Work For Your Business |
posted 06-25-2008
Category: Business and Professional Services |
| Are you spending a large portion of your budget advertising in The Yellow Pages, or another medium? Have you ever wondered if these types of advertising truly worked? Unless you are the type of company that gets called in an emergency such as a plumber then The Yellow Pages may not be the best investment of your advertisement dollars. |
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| How Does Your Direct Mail Pull? |
posted 06-25-2008
Category: Business and Professional Services |
| Plan your mailings annually along with your sales, workshops and promotions. If done correctly your message will flow with your brand, get a clear message across to your audience, and it will make them take action. |
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| Speaking at Events to Boost your Biz |
posted 06-19-2008
Category: Business and Professional Services |
| Speaking at events about your business can help establish you as an expert in your industry. Here are a few tips to help you get your game plan together and start speaking at some of your local business events. |
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| Do you need to update your website? |
posted 06-19-2008
Category: Business and Professional Services |
| Are you getting the most your website could bring? Do you know when the last time your designer rewrote any of the copy or uploaded new content? If you don't know the answer to these questions maybe it is time to update your website. This article will give you some ideas about how your Website can be improved. |
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| Market Research Strategies for Small Businesses |
posted 06-19-2008
Category: Business and Professional Services |
| Market Research could be the single most important thing a new business does prior to formulating their business plan, location or marketing strategy. Market Research will help you make informed decisions about your business |
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| Why Networking Could Be Your Biggest Lead Generating Tool |
posted 06-10-2008
Category: Business and Professional Services |
| The more people you know, the more referrals and repeat business you will get. In turn, this will lead to more money that you will earn in sales. What are you doing to network to meet new people? While you are out networking, remember to ask some important questions; this process will help you break the ice. |
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| 13 Networking Secrets |
posted 06-10-2008
Category: Business and Professional Services |
| I built my marketing consulting business through extensive networking and here are My 13 Networking Secrets to Get the Most Bang for Your Buck and Time. |
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| 3 Tips on How to Build Your List From Your Web site |
posted 06-10-2008
Category: Business and Professional Services |
| 3 simple ways to build your customer list using your website. |
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| 10 Simple Ways to Follow Up with Prospects |
posted 05-01-2008
Category: Business and Professional Services |
| Its important to develop simple follow up systems to keep on top of your prospects, customers and referral sources minds. Not only do you need to follow up after new people you meet to GET their business and build those relationships, but you also have to cultivate those relationships over time so they keep you on top of their minds. |
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