Are you tired of getting one crushing, money-sucking disappointment after another with your business?

It’s time to turn your business that’s more like a J.O.B. into the profitable, exciting venture you wanted in the first place.

Announcing the New & Improved
ULTIMATE Wealth & Success Circle

Let me ask you a simple question… Do you have a business that consistently delivers in the high six and seven figures that can run without you?

If not, then it’s time to turn this situation around *immediately.* The economy is getting ready to turn and it’s perfectly positioned for you – the creative entrepreneur. But if you don’t have the time and money to invest in the right strategies to thrive today…then you don’t really have a business. You have a job.

Can you relate to one of these statements?

*You can’t get you cash flow under control – one month you’re flying high and the next you can’t pay your bills.

* You find yourself working 60, 70, 80 hours a week. Worse, even when you aren’t working, you find yourself thinking (or stressing) about your business.

* You need a vacation (or even a long weekend off) but you don’t feel like you can get away.

* You have a to-do list a mile long, but somehow you never manage to cross more than one or two things off that list.

* You have tons of ideas and projects half-started but nothing completed (and worse, not making any money).

If You Answered YES to any of these questions, then you want to join the New & Improved ULTIMATE Wealth & Success Circle.

For the next 7 days, you can take advantage of this unprecedented offer:

Get 50% off your membership price.
You can save up to $150 and start enjoying more freedom immediately!

Join Now at http://tinyurl.com/uwscfreedomspecial

Be one of the first 25 and you will also receive a special bonus gift from me:
A copy of my never released “The ULTIMATE Guide to Highly Leveraged Speaking.”

The only resource on the planet that reveals how to select the highest payoff speaking opportunities and the toolkit to manage your gigs with seamless effort.

**This is the ONLY Coaching Program in the Industry That Actually Provides you Implementation Support AND Proven Business Growth Resources**

What could you accomplish this year with a trained coach by your side supporting you in making the best decisions for your time and money while focusing you on playing your biggest game ever? Not to mention the million dollar ideas you’ll tap into through our Wealth Mentor calls, the time you’ll save with our step-by-step business growth tool kit plus and a difference coaching like this could make to your business.

Find out how others have thrived with the ULTIMATE Wealth & Success Circle membership at http://tinyurl.com/uwscfreedomspecial

To your success,

Melanie Benson Strick
Million Dollar Lifestyle Business Coach
www.successconnections.com

P.S. If you haven’t yet heard me share this nugget I’ll share it with you now. You absolutely can not grow unless you invest in yourself. And remember…you aren’t investing in me…you are investing in the opportunity to short cut your learning curve. I’m just gonna make sure you get the right information at the right time to make that happen! Deal?

I wanted to give you a quick heads-up about a F.R.E.E. call I am
doing June 24th at 11 am PST with my good friend Kelly O’Neil, the
Million Dollar Marketing to the Affluent Coach and Creator of the
Marketing to Millionaires™ program.

The Recession Proof Marketing Strategy: Marketing to Millionaires™
“7 PROVEN Strategies to Attract, Sell, Service and Retain Affluent
Clients”

In a hurry? Register now at
http://marketingtomillionairesretreat.com/melanie

In case you don’t know Kelly, she’s the million dollar marketing to
the affluent coach who helps service businesses earn more and work
less. (Yes, really).

If you’re like most small business owners we hear from, you’re
working harder than ever - only to match the results you had a year
ago…if you are lucky. Compared to how it’s going now, finding
clients before was a piece of cake. But now, it’s starting to feel
a lot like trying to squeeze water out of a rock.

In this Teleseminar you will discover:

* How to identify one of the 4 key market segments of the affluent
population (and they aren’t necessarily who you think they are).

* The # 1 and #2 BIGGEST pet peeves of the affluent that will send
them running for the hills and how to avoid it.

* The top 3 secret desires of the affluent, that most would never
share with you themselves.

* How to position and strategically price your product and service
offerings at a premium price that the affluent will say yes to
without blinking.

* The best 3 strategies to market to the affluent that will end up
saving you a tremendous amount of time, money and energy.

* The critical sales strategy that will close your affluent
prospect 98% of the time.

* The top 3 strategies to deliver VIP service to your VIPs to turn
then into raving fans that build your business for you.

To sign up now (or send me the call recording if I can’t make the
LIVE call with you), go to

http://www.marketingtomillionairesretreat.com/melanie

Hope to see you on the call!

To your success,

Melanie Benson Strick
Million Dollar Success Coach

Moms are extremely loyal with girlfriends as well as brands. Not only that, but they tell EVERYONE about their experiences. Good or bad. So if you’ve made her mad, the best thing you can do to get her loyalty is great customer service.

Customer service is often the first place businesses ignore because of the pressure to keep up in so many other areas. But it’s never been more important than now. If your business has lost a mom customer, here are some strategies to getting her back in the fold:

1. Offer a discount to give your business another try;

2. Write a long letter of apology and let her know you want her business back;

3. Make her feel cared about and special - the key to regaining trust.

Obviously these same techniques make sense when it comes to getting male customers back under your wing as well. That’s what is so wonderful about embracing these strategies that reach moms. We ALL benefit from a new and effective approach!

If you’re looking to reach the Mompreneur market, now there is a unique opportunity for some insider tips from other Mompreneurs who have been there and done that.

On February 5, Mompreneur superstars MaryPat Kavanagh and Lisa Sasevich are hosting a free preview call for a remarkable telesummit called *7 Secrets to Being a Savvy 6 to 7 Figure Mompreneur!*

Or just check out the whole enchilada at http://tinyurl.com/d9t7mk. From February 16 through the 25 there will be a marathon session of great advice and strategies from some of the most successful Mompreneurs in the business. Hope to hear you on the calls!

Have you ever heard the saying the only thing in the way of your growth is yourself? As entrepreneurs, we often become the core lifeblood of our business. It’s our passion, our vision, our strengths and our motivation that gets us…and keeps us…successful.

So, then what the heck do you do when you get really big? I mean when your business finally takes off, you start making consistent six and seven figures…and you realize…there is no way you can continue to be the only lifeblood of the business?

Even if you hire a great team, put in a ton of systems and outsource everything that is not your core strength, you can’t get away from the fact that THIS IS YOUR BABY! It’s up to you to make it happen. I mean who will ever be more committed to your business being successful than you, right?

But unfortunately it’s that thinking that is keeping you smaller than you should be. If you are the only one that can make your business bigger and better then….

You have become the bottleneck to your massive growth!

It’s really important that you get this. The perfectly good strategies you used to get you to your current level of success will not work to get you to the next level of success. Here are three examples of entrepreneurs just like you who found this to be true for their business:

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Are you ready for some big changes in 2009? Do you have a clear vision of what you want to accomplish in the coming months? Are you challenging yourself to step outside of your comfort zone and step your game up?

I’d love to know - share your thoughts here!

Entrepreneurs are a funny breed. We thrive on creative energy. One of my clients told me not too long ago that her number one value was creativity. Which was true – it was the thing she does the most. But does it really serve her to continue to create?  

Just like the saying, “A strength overused becomes our greatest weakness,” too much creativity becomes our greatest weakness.  

Creativity is just a small part of what makes an entrepreneur successful. We get caught up in the web of “make more, do more” and we never know when to stop.  

So, how do we know if we’ve created enough?

During the last year I’ve seen a trend emerge within a small private group of entrepreneurs that I’ve been coaching. I’ve seen them tame the creative beast and transform it into something quite stellar. As they all approach (or pass) their 7 figure goals, they have realized that creativity alone does not make them a success.

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After the last two weeks of discussions with clients, other experts and reviewing hundreds of posts and email blasts about the economy, tapping into some quick cash flow ideas may likely benefit everyone I know. From client contracts getting cancelled to the banks pulling credit lines, very few business owners seem to be immune during this time.

True the economy is uncertain and most people are evaluating their buying opportunities even closer. But after attending the last Glazer-Kennedy Info Summit and watching 900+ attendees drop hundreds of thousands of dollars, I know that something is working for some business owners.

So if you are experiencing a cash flow crunch, what can you learn from the affluent bunch? We could go right to the mindset and say that they have wealth consciousness. But that’s just one part of it. The bigger part of it is the actions they take. It’s the choices they make. It’s the strategy of wealth building that they use. You can’t have the proper actions without the right mindset. So it’s like having two halves to make the whole picture.

I’m going to share with you three real quick fixes and three more lasting remedies that will keep you above the problem forever.

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 3 Quick (and 3 Lasting) Cash Flow Fixes to Get You through Lean Times [12:03m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (910)

Join me next Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 1pm as I lead a teleclass for AWE (http://aweconnect.com/blog/membership-benefits)

Have you ever felt stuck at a certain level of success because you couldn’t possibly squeeze anything more into your already crazy-busy schedule?

Do you long to hand off those energy-draining tasks you hate doing and procrastinate completing – but don’t know how?

Are you still doing everything yourself because you can’t imagine anyone being reliable or good enough to get the job done properly?

If you answered yes to even one of these questions, you are losing hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost opportunities, money in the bank and time off to pursue your bigger passions in life!

It’s time to learn the secret to creating a seven figure freedom-based business – leverage!  Join me, Melanie Benson Strick, The Million Dollar Lifestyle Business Coach, to discover these simple steps to revolutionizing the way work gets done in your business.

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A few months back I was sitting on a plane talking with a successful business owner who was fascinated by the idea that you could have a lifestyle AND financial success. As we talked about his business and what he spent most of his time on, it became clear that even though he was making a consistent six figure income, he was certainly lacking in the freedom area. With no shortage of enthusiasm, my new friend Bill (we’ll change his name to protect his identity here) shared how he had many successful business ventures in the works which caused him to work 80+ hours a week.

I asked him a few key questions about how his team was set up, who was responsible for certain strategies and roles, and how new programs were launched in his company. I asked about the timeliness of getting things done and how much time he spent making sure tasks were done on time (or resolving the issues of NOT being done on time). Very quickly I began to get a clear picture of what was contributing to Bill’s stress and inability to enjoy more free time.

Bill was a bottleneck in the flow of getting things done.

You see many of us, unwittingly, become the hub of a wheel that requires us to be in the middle to roll smoothly. For some, setting up a team that depends on us for critical decisions allows us to continue to feel important. Heck, what WOULD you do if you weren’t busy making sure things get done? For others, it’s a fear of losing control that keeps us holding the reigns so tightly. What if someone makes a mistake or doesn’t do it the way I would?

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 Bottleneck or Billions? 5 Tell-Tale Signs You Are in the Way of Building Your Empire [10:02m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (781)

I know you are probably thinking that slowing down to speed up is an oxy-moron. But it’s true. You have to slow down to speed up your results.

Let me explain. When I started my business, I had a brilliant coach named Michael Stratford who had a saying…

Slower + Smoother = Faster

At that time, I was running like a bull in a china shop. I was determined to make my life and my business a success. But the problem was…I was breaking things along my fast-paced journey to the top.

And when you break things, you have to slow down even more to fix them. It’s almost like you have to do double the work.

The truth is I hated him when he would remind me that slowing down would get me there faster. I didn’t want to slow down. I wanted it faster. (Maybe you can relate?)

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