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- 7 Essential Steps To Getting More Clients Now Mini-Course
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Submitted on Aug 21, 2011 from Sue PainterOne of my favorite TV shows is So You Think You Can Dance. The young dancers who try out for the show have a very limited time to walk onto the stage and dance an audition that tells the panel of professional dancers who they are and what they do. Each aspiring top ten dancer has about a two ...
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( 1 vote) - Self-Employment Tips - How To Get Out Of Being Stuck If You're Self-Employed
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Submitted on Feb 27, 2011 from Sue PainterOne of the challenges of working for yourself is recognizing when you are stuck. Being stuck can happen many ways, but for self-employed people it often looks something like this: * Your income is level, or perhaps has taken a slight dip. * You are feeling a lack of enthusiasm toward ...
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- Are You Truly Committed To Your Work?
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Submitted on Feb 13, 2011 from Sue PainterThis week we celebrate the birthday of one of the world's most famous authors. Charles Dickens was born in 1812, growing up and writing during England's Victorian era. The characters he created remain some of the most familiar literary characters in the world. I've been thinking about ...
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- How To Be A Predictably Successful Entrepreneur
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Submitted on Feb 03, 2011 from Sue PainterOne of the questions I get asked frequently when I speak to groups of self-employed women is “Sue, how can I make sure that my business succeeds?” It’s a risk to open a business. We are putting our life’s energy and our money on the table, saying “I can take my life’s remaining days and my ...
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( 5 votes) - Three Ways to Take Your Time Back
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Submitted on Jan 26, 2011 from Sue PainterI've never worked with a client yet who didn't feel pressured by too much to do and not enough time. This week is National Take Back Your Time Week, an initiative that's being pushed in both the United States and Canada. Tuesday (January 25th) is Better Business Communications Day, too. Seems ...
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( 7 votes) - Your Customers Know When Yes Is Really No
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Submitted on Aug 01, 2010 from Sue PainterAs a small business coach and entrepreneur, I love to read customer service answers to questions that a business’s customers actually ask. Here’s one that came to my inbox this morning: Question: Do you take orders over the phone? Answer: We can take orders over the phone, but we go ...
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( 3 votes) - Wish, Hope, and Pray Marketing
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Submitted on May 24, 2010 from Sue PainterWith apologies to one of my favorite authors, Elizabeth Gilbert, I want to ask you to assess your marketing with a cold eye and an honest look. Tell me.....is your marketing system based on the wish, hope, and pray method? Here are some signs that it is: 1) No one in your organization has a ...
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( 1 vote) - Can You Make It As A Part-Time Solopreneur?
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Submitted on May 20, 2010 from Sue PainterOne of the questions I get asked the most frequently is about being a part time solo professional or entrepreneur. I can tell there is a good bit of frustration, exhaustion, and worry going on about this topic. So I decided to pull together some ways to build a business even if you are ...
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( 5 votes) - Why Some Entrepreneurs Don't Make Much Money
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Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Sue PainterHere’s a quick test for you…let’s say I hand you a C-note. Close your eyes and feel that hundred dollar bill in your hand. Now, watch your thoughts and see where you mind goes. Just watch, until you get a thought that comes up about this money in your hands. What is the thought? * A good ...
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( 2 votes) - Your List of Prospects – The Goose That Lays The Golden Egg
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Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Sue PainterI’ve just finished three days at a marketing workshop, where I’ve had the chance to talk with many entrepreneurs and solo professionals and hear about their businesses. One of things that hits me hard is that so many people told me they have either a very small database of potential clients ...
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- How To Manifest What You Want In Your Business
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Submitted on Apr 05, 2010 from Sue PainterI'm a big believer that you can envision something and make it happen.....it's something I've done all my life, in fact. I'm certainly not the only "visionary," though. Most elite athletes use visioning to "see" themselves going through their competition or their games successfully. Musicians ...
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( 6 votes) - Why A Solopreneur Can Offer Less But Make More
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Submitted on Mar 29, 2010 from Sue PainterOne of the most surprising things for solo professionals to find out is that their prospects (potential customers) actually will buy more often when they have less choice about what they can buy. It seems counter-intuitive, doesn't it? I've seen more than one solopreneur run herself ragged, ...
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( 11 votes) - Five Ways To Use LinkedIn To Build Your Visibility
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Submitted on Mar 26, 2010 from Sue PainterI consider LinkedIn to be one of the “big four” of social media (the others are Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube). But after I read a few recent articles about LinkedIn, I realized I was not using my profile in a very business-savvy way. Here are 3 ways to update your LinkedIn profile that will ...
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( 22 votes) - How To Fail As An Entrepreneur
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Submitted on Mar 24, 2010 from Sue PainterOne of the things that catches up the entrepreneurs I work with is perfectionism. I see this almost every day, an unwillingness to launch a product, produce a video, do a live event, publish a book, launch a website unless it is perfectly done. The fear of failure is often immense. I think ...
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( 1 vote) - How To Make Your Business The Go-To Place
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Submitted on Mar 15, 2010 from Sue PainterNot long ago, I got this question from a frustrated entrepreneur. "I need help in getting with prospects to make a presentation, then being able to close the deal. I do realize that what I sell isn't something that everyone needs everyday. So I need a way to convince them that I am the company ...
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- 7 Ways To Get More Clients To Attend Your Events
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Submitted on Mar 11, 2010 from Sue PainterOne of of my clients who lives overseas is in the midst of marketing his year-long high level Mastermind group. We’ve been through setting up the sales copy for his website, and he’s pulled together some introductory workshops to give his potential clients a taste of what he does and how he ...
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( 8 votes) - Do You Have The Courage To Be An Entrepreneur?
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Submitted on Mar 04, 2010 from Sue PainterYears ago, I heard the statement "the fastest way to personal growth is to open your own business." Thirteen years after opening my first business, I can promise that statement is true. Like many people who are self-employed, I came out of the corporate world, where I was used to having ...
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( 2 votes) - Do You Think Like an Entrepreneur?
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Submitted on Sep 07, 2009 from Sue PainterThere have been many studies that try to answer the question “what makes an entrepreneur?” Sometimes, a client will ask me “do you think I will be a successful entrepreneur?” Here are some of the ways we are “different.” Take a peek and see what you think! * We have a different view ...
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- What Will Build Your Business the Most?
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Submitted on Aug 19, 2009 from Sue PainterI’m often asked by solopreneurs who hear me speak what “one thing” should they do that would bring them to the financial success they want. I answer this by asking them to close their eyes, take a few deep breaths, and ask themselves a single question. Try this for yourself, and you’ll usually ...
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( 1 vote) - Check Your Attitude - A List for Entrepreneurs
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Submitted on Apr 09, 2009 from Sue PainterFresh, new growth in your business happens when your energy and attitude toward your business are positive and sharp. I’ve developed this Entrepreneur’s Attitude Checklist as a way to assess small business owners and their need for change. Give yourself an attitude check by sitting down with a ...
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