Archive for the 'Success Strategies' Category

Six Sanity-Saving Scenarios to Turn a Massive Breakdown into a Powerful Business Breakthrough

By Melanie Benson Strick | February 5th, 2008

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There I was. Depressed, frustrated, and overwhelmed. Despite my best efforts to have a smooth running ship and organize my event, I realized I had a significant breakdown in my process. I admit, it wasn’t the end of the world, but come on, I teach this stuff! It [...]

 
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3 Tips to Equalize Cash Flow to Client Flows

By Melanie Benson Strick | January 22nd, 2008

Your bills are piling up. Your website is in its fourth reiteration and you still aren’t getting clients.You just discovered that you should be posting articles and doing online press releases but you are running out of time and money.
You know you need to build a team so you can get things done but you [...]

 
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How to Know When to Call it Quits

By Melanie Benson Strick | January 17th, 2008

Have you ever pursued a goal only to find that once you got there you aren’t happy? Do you every find yourself feeling blocked and frustrated trying to achieve a dream but feel bad wanting to quit?
Often we pursue a goal for all the wrong reasons. Here are a few that I’ve heard from people [...]

My Top 5 Recommendations on Staying Focused (Part Two)

By Melanie Benson Strick | January 7th, 2008

In my last post, I talked about the compelling why and the importance for knowing your priorities. (Read the article.) Let’s get into the last 3 recommendations.
Focus Plan
A focus plan is a clearly defined roadmap to help you achieve your lifestyle and revenue goals. The key to a focus plan is understanding that it works [...]

My Top 5 Recommendations on Staying Focused (Part One)

By Melanie Benson Strick | January 2nd, 2008

In today’s world we are bombarded with offers to learn how to grow our business, tele-seminars and live events that teach you how to make more money and a brain that is constantly generating new ideas on how to get our message out there.
The problem is that most of us don’t have the time to [...]

Your 5 Step Plan to Turn Your To Do List into a Ta-Da! List

By Shawn Driscoll, Guest Author | December 4th, 2007

You’ve got big dreams and you know you’ve got what it takes to achieve them. You’re eager to roll up your sleeves and start producing massive results. The problem is, no matter how hard you work, not much seems to get accomplished.In fact, your To-Do list is a mile long and growing. You’re constantly busy [...]

 
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Why Are You Doing Everything Yourself?

By Alexandria K. Brown, Guest Expert | November 20th, 2007

One problem I often see with solo professionals is that their businesses aren’t growing because they’re simply not making enough time to do it!
It’s not that they don’t understand the value of those efforts, or they don’t WANT to make the time. It’s that they’re simply trying to do too much by themselves. They’re [...]

 
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9 Simple Virtual Team Outsourcing Tips to Make More Money in Record Time

By Melanie Benson Strick | November 6th, 2007

I recently conducted a survey of entrepreneurs who are still doing everything themselves. I discovered that the #1 reason why entrepreneurs hold back from investing in support is they still believe that the cost to build a team is greater than the potential revenue growth.Well that’s just baloney!
In my experience, the fastest, most direct path [...]

 
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Oops, I Climbed the Wrong Mountain: 5 Strategies to Transform Entrepreneur Burn Out into a Business Breakthrough

By Melanie Benson Strick | October 2nd, 2007

John had a dream. He wanted to live his passion and make a difference in the world. He knew that self-employment was a key to creating wealth and freedom. So John set out to be the owner of his own business. He did everything right. He watched what other successful people were doing. He modeled [...]

 
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Who Else Hates to Write Copy?

By Melanie Benson Strick | September 27th, 2007

One of the Success Strategies that I had to learn to embrace in my business is the power of good sales copy. Not everyone gets it thought and I watch people struggle with writing copy that doesn’t get them any results. I love this article my friend Lorrie Morgan-Ferrero of RedHotCopy.com wrote and I think [...]