Business Lessons

Rocky Road to Success with Ann Evanston [INTERVIEW]

Ann Evanston
Do you know what a warrior-preneur is? Our guest on Rocky Road to Success does. She is Ann Evanston, a speaker, entrepeneur and Warrior! She calls herself that because warriors choose their own mission, their own fate. So if you like beating to your own drum, you are likely a Warrior-preneur too!

Ann works with creative, intuitive business women on how to step into their personal power, own their message, and bring it to the world…in person, online, and when they speak in a compelling and influential way. She has been featured on The Huffington Post, Spark and Hustle with Tory Johnson, and Showcasing Women, and has spoken on stages globally. About.com named her one of the “Top 6” Marketing consultants. She is a published author of: “The Influence Factor: The Journey to Discovering your Influential Voice.”

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Want More Success in Life? Stop Using Google!

Would you like to be more successful? Most everyone does, in one form or another. More success in business. Better relationships. More money. The list goes on and on.

So, you’re probably wondering why on earth the headline of this article says you should stop using Google if you want more success in life.

It’s because there’s a better search engine that will deliver better results such as more success. Don’t misunderstand me. If you have a business website, you need to be on Google. And you need to be on the first page of results for the keywords your prospects use to search for your particular product or service.

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Why It’s Important to Test Before Launching a New Program

test new programToday’s blog post is about lessons.

#1 – Don’t be in a hurry to launch a new program.

#2 – Remember to test, re-test and test again before launching a new program.

Why is this important? If you don’t follow rules #1 and #2, your launch is likely to fail. At the very least, you could miss out on helping the people who need you the most!

How do I know this? I recently failed to follow rules #1 and #2! Argh!!!!

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How to Profit by Enchanting Your Clients

Enchantment I just finished reading Guy Kawasaki’s book, “Enchantment,” which is all about how to profit by winning over the hearts and minds of people, specifically, customers, volunteers, employees and bosses

“Enchantment” has lots of great information in it, but I found one of the final chapters, “How to Enchant Your Boss,” to be particularly illuminating. That’s because for me, at least, I could swap out the word boss, and easily replace it with client. After all, when you are a solopreneur who provides a service for a client, like copywriting for instance, or web design, as another example, your client is your boss!

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Business Lessons: Interview with Nickquolette Barrett (Part 2)

Nickquolette Barrett

In my last podcast episode, I spoke with Career Development Strategist Nickquolette Barrett about the importance of having a good LinkedIn profile and professional bio. We also talked about how to go about hiring employees, and the importance of having systems in your business.

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Nickquolette has the expertise to talk about this subject because she has been in Corporate America for over 24 years, with over 14 years in leadership. She knows first hand what it takes to navigate the career maze and win!

In today’s episode, Nickquolette provides some tips on how business owners can retain high quality employees, once they’ve hired them.

Nickquolette also shares some business lessons she learned from making a couple of key mistakes when she launched her resume business. If you’re thinking of starting a business, don’t miss this interview!

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