If you have sabotaging elements in your life and business, every step forward you try to take will feel like quicksand and keep you from enjoying the flow of money in your business. This quick video showcases 6 of the unsuspecting elements that can cause you feel sluggish and frustrated with your growth. But most [...]
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A few weeks ago one of my clients asked how he could stop missing deadlines and get more predictable results with his business. Now I’ve worked with this client for a couple of months and I had a pretty good idea of why he wasn’t able to achieve his goals on time. I asked him, [...]
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What if you had a sure fire system for making really good decisions – how much more successful would you be? Some of the decisions I see entrepreneurs repeatedly make poor decisions around are: – Where they spend their time – What opportunities to say yes to – What clients they should work with – [...]
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My friend Ronald has a gift – he is amazing at unraveling the mental blocks people have to satisfying relationships but is clueless when it comes to figuring out how to increase his revenues without working harder. My client William is brilliant when it comes to creating marketing strategies for his physician clients but struggles [...]
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(If you missed Reason #1 on “Turning Breakdowns into Powerful Breakthroughs read it here.) There is nothing more frustrating than experiencing “the wall” as you push to create the business success you desire. Its Reason #2 — and the issue typically reveals itself like a Universal 2 x 4. It’s a sign that we are [...]
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Its one of “those days” when… Your assistant forgets to send the “welcome package” to your brand new program enrollees. Ten withdrawals happen within the day. The product launch is behind by two weeks and when you finally go live your site goes down. You spend months planning an amazing live retreat for 100 people [...]
Read MoreIt happens to the best of entrepreneurs…no matter how hard we try there are a few people who will be unhappy with your product or service. If you are like me you care a lot about what people think and the experience they have of your company. When I get THAT email saying, “I’d like [...]
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Last week on a member call a new entrepreneur asked me, “What do you do to not look bad when you are getting started? My response was, “If you are worried about looking bad you are in the wrong line of work.” Every uber-successful entrepreneur I know has screwed up royally at some time or [...]
Read MoreIf you’ve been looking for a complete blueprint to share your magic with your target audience while enticing them to enroll in your program or buy your product, then check out this quick video. Want to save your seat in my one-time “Creating Your Kick-Butt Teleseminar to Fill Your Coaching Program” Virtual Training Course? Select [...]
Read MoreI recently asked my community, “What’s your biggest question about using teleseminars to fill your coaching programs?” I thought I’d share three of the biggest questions they asked so far (you can share your question with me here.) 1. Right Amount of Content There are a lot of schools of thought on how much you [...]
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I’m a big proponent of focusing on your strengths in business. For many of us, that means there are a lot of tasks and roles that we need help with. I also think that working alone is like entrepreneurial kryptonite. Many of us creative people thrive in the collaborative process, uncovering ideas, resources and leads [...]
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Seriously…how much time do you spend doing what you love? I read a statistic somewhere recently that over 70% of people spend most of their day doing what they hate. Wow. That’s just sad. As entrepreneurs, I find that it’s easy to get caught up in doing what we HAVE to do vs. what we [...]
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Living just outside Los Angeles, Melanie has spent the last 10 years exploring the secrets to sustaining a successful thriving business without recreating a job. With freedom being one of her core success principles, Melanie spends her free time in search of the best spas and beaches in the world. |
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Melanie Benson Strick, the Big Idea Catalyst, helps thought leaders uncover the biggest way to unleash their brilliance without losing their sanity or their soul. With over 12 years in corporate America and eight years as a business owner, Melanie works exclusively with big thinking, heart-based entrepreneurs who are frustrated trying to run a successful business. Co-author of Entrepreneur.com’s “Start Up Guide to an Information Marketing Business” and faculty member for StomperNet, Melanie has a solid reputation for authentic but direct training and mentoring on 6 figure plus business success.