Archive for May, 2010

Find Your Tribe to Grow & Prosper ~

Monday, May 31st, 2010

One of the most important aspects of growing your business is finding your tribe. It’s vital to your success to surround yourself with like-minded people who “get” business and who operate with genuine heart and soul.  Because if you’re not regularly feeding your mind with positive people and solid business masterminding, chances are you won’t be as successful as you could be.  I also recommend committing to one tribe at a time to REALLY get the most out of the experience.

That’s why I want to introduce you to Heather Dominick and her team. If you’re at all familiar with me, you already know that I’ll never recommend anyone that I don’t know, like or trust.

With that being said I want to introduce you to someone who has a true heart for business. She’s got amazing energy and she puts her good mojo to use helping entrepreneurs build businesses that work for them with integrity and ethics. Plus, her systems really help you create a healthy relationship with money so it’s working for you and creating abundance.

Heather Dominick

Enter Heather Dominick of EnergyRICH®. I first connected with Heather and her equally impressive sidekick Laura Wright (she’s actually Heather’s Joint Venture Manager) at Ali Brown’s SHINE event last year. I was honored to speak about my business at SHINE and from there I connected with Heather and her team.
Anyway, the EnergyRich team is going to interview me about websites that really work and the call is coming up THIS Wednesday.
There’s one small catch but it’s not really a catch — you actually get a sneak peek at Heather’s membership program for one month for no charge if you’d like to listen in (I’d say that’s a win-win).
So, if you’re interested, I’d like to invite you to Join me on the next EnergyRICH® Marketing Mastery Monthly call where we’ll walk you step-by-step through how you can have a website that will build you online relationships, get clients and make money!

If you’re already a member of EnergyRICH® (that wouldn’t surprise me because I know you’re drawn to really good people) you automatically receive access to this info-packed call. If not yet a member, be sure to grab your fr.ee 1 month membership here right away:
That’s all for now. Just another resource to help you build the business of your dreams and do it the right way with heart, soul and integrity.
I hope to hear you on the call. If you haven’t already, secure your spot here.

Laura Wright

P.S.  If you cannot make the call, go ahead and sign up anyway, the  EnergyRICH® team will make sure you’re taken care of. They are continually featuring valuable information from guest interviews in addition to their solid programs. And, in the spirit of authenticity, I am an affiliate for Heather because she’s earned my trust as a businesswoman of integrity. Save your spot here.

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Website Wisdom~ If You Think You Can Just “set it and forget it” You are WRONG.

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010

Something has been weighing on my my mind for a while now. As I look back on the evolution of my business I’m amused by the naivety that I exhibited when starting my Internet business.  And, I want to share my mistakes with you so you can learn, grow and blossom with much less B.S. (yep, I said it).

To start, “I drank the Kool-Aid*”.  The first sip was good. It tasted like success and possibilities. I was jazzed and couldn’t wait for a flood of visitors to show up to my website and want to do business with me. The Kool-Aid was kicking in but I didn’t have the right foundation to support the vision. The promises of quick, easy money online were not as promising as they had first seemed.

When I took a bigger sip of the Kool-Aid, I realized that the “if you build it they will come” mentality was killing businesses around me and so were the cookie cutter business models. Because with just a little bit of information the success formula was not complete — especially for websites. And, many of the “gurus” out there were spoon feeding just enough information to “hook” you so you’d continue to buy from them or start your own Internet business and fail because you didn’t have all the information you needed to succeed .To be fair, I’m not saying anyone was doing this on purpose. Some of the results or lack thereof were also caused by misperception of the information based on individual world view and the fact that we are each responsible for our own success(but that’s another musing in itself).

That’s why I choose my mentors wisely. And it’s why I only recommend people I know, like and trust or have personal experience with. People who tell you the truth about business with no B.S. or fluff.

Throughout this journey,  I listened to my intuition and I moved forward with an unwavering belief that I could and would create a successful Internet business to provide service to others, and of course, support me.
I have to admit that when I first started out I thought things like:
  • “This is going to be easy.“
  • “Once my website is up my business will be on auto pilot.”
  • “My business will always provide the same services.”
I was WRONG. The “set it and forget it” story I received in the begriming when I just started to sip the Kool-aid wasn’t true. So, I rolled up my sleeves and did some really hard work (don’t get me wrong — I love what I do and I have fun every day but…)

The truth of the matter is:

  • My business has continued to grow because of my hard work.
  • Fine-tuning my website is an ongoing processes to provide the best service possible and really work for my customers and my business .
  • My services continue to evolve with the new knowledge and experience I gain and with the needs of those I serve.
These are just some of the reasons I stay passionate to the core about my business. I love figuring out the best way to be of service and helping others bypass many of the mistakes I made. And I love creating success…even if it does take some hard work.
That’s why I’m now offering my Manyon Marketing Web Makeovers on a regular basis to help your website really work for your business. (I have 6 opening available per week and they are scheduled on Tuesday and Thursday PT and my schedule is filling fast.)  And, I’m working on a new offering (well, I’ve been offering it for a while but I’m adding to the site soon) the Manyon Marketing Web Flow Map that will help new Internet marketers get really clear on their website flow and strategy before they even hire a designer(trust me this will save you time, money and many headaches).

My point is, I want you stop drinking the Kool-Aid, grow quickly, learn from my mistakes and have the best resources available.

* The reference to “drinking the Kool-Aid” is a term often used to demonstrate caution when blindly following the advice of others. No offense to actual Kool-Aid is meant by this reference.

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Manyon Marketing Makeover ~ The Secret to Sales Success

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

Missing Piece to Marketing SuccessIf you really want to increase sales, you have to have the right marketing strategies in place. I like to remind people that the secret to sales success is truly your copy (that’s the content — the words you use- to craft your messaging for marketing, advertising and promotional materials).

This concept is sometimes uncomfortable for some entrepreneurs because implying that copy is the secret to sales success means you actually have to sell.

You may be one of the many who feel that “sell” is a four letter word.  I’d like to invite you to change your thoughts surrounding sales and selling in general.

Think of your copy as a personal invitation to do business with you so you can help more people.

By making this small shift in the way you think about selling and learning some copywriting tricks of the trade, you can create copy to truly connect with your ideal customers (and doesn’t feel too salesy).

I invite you to watch this Manyon Marketing Makeover and grab a free gift from me that really helps you improve your copywriting skills and takes some of the pain out of the process.  I’ve even received testimonials on the freebie. :)  You don’t have to go to the website mentioned to grab your gift — just look in the upper right-hand corner of the blog and click on the “Grab My Free Stuff” graphic and it’s all yours.

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