Social Media Marketing Plan Built During Free Workshop!

Get Your Social Media Plan Built for You by These 7 Special NAMS Experts Live on Thursday, July 16th!

You are so lucky! You know how important it is to have a viable social media plan. But you also know how tough it is to build one that gives you the results you want.

On Thursday July 16, 2015, 7 NAMS Insiders and Instructors will show us exactly how to get BIG results on their favorite platforms.  Click here.

These experts reveal:

• Their favorite Top Tool they use to create their social media plan


• The steps and strategies to devising a social media plan that works


• How to deligate and outsource the day-to-day work needed to make their social media plan pay off

And these experts are:

• Sarah Davidson -Instagram


• Brian Basilico – Podcasting


• John Paduchak -Hangouts on Air


• Ray “The Video Guy” Lane – YouTube


• Ellen Britt – Facebook Communities


• David Baer – Facebook Advertising


• Nile Nickel – LinkedIn.

What is a Micro Workshop anyway? Find out CLICK HERE

A workshop means focusing on implementation. And most live workshops are weekend or weeklong events in a hotel and require airfare. A micro workshop is virtual using Google Hangouts techology.

And it’s built in two parts:

Part 1 is Discovery

We dig into an essential business topic, grill the experts, and extract as much specific and actionable information as possible from them that we can duplicate to build our success.

Part 2 is Implementation

We take everything we learned in Part 1 and build a checklist / project plan for implementing all the strategies and techniques revealed by the instructors.

Resources

Students who attend these workshops get access to the Mindmap and checklist for the entire implementation.

Normally this Micro Workshop sells for $197. MyNAMS Insiders get access to all of our 2 dozen micro workshops as part of their membership!

Signup here to get your spot.

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Social Media Marketing Plan Built During Free Workshop!

7 top reasons to attend live events

I just returned from a live event in Miami. What a great experience. Not only did I get energized by all the great information, I was one of the trainers AND I’m on fire with a renewed sense of why I’m in business.

If you’ve ever wondered if attending live events is worth it, I can assure you,  when you pick the right events there’s no better use of your time.

Far too many people have gotten comfortable with “hiding out” behind their computers to the detriment of getting out and being seen. Although what you do behind your computer is incredibly important, don’t miss opportunities to attend live events.

Some of the best reasons for attending events are…

1. Get out of your office. It’s amazing how “safe” our offices have become. Whether your office is in your home or offsite, we can fool ourselves into believing sitting behind the computer is going to get us all the results we want and need. Periodically you need to get out of your office. A change of scenery can be incredible for our creativity, energy and vision. Events are a great way to do this.

2. Reconnect with colleagues. When I was in Miami I had the opportunity to see people I love hanging out with.  There’s a lot of power in meeting face-to-face. Even though email and phone conversations are good, there’s nothing better than sharing time with those you feel really connected to.

3. Meet potential clients. Again, it’s one thing for others to get emails from you, see you on social networks and read your blog, but there’s a heck of a lot more power in potential clients seeing you in the flesh. It’s much easier for someone to make a decision to do business with you when they see you in person. Even though the decision may not be made right there and then, face-to-face encounters accomplish a lot and set the tone of what comes next.

4. Get out of your “safe bubble” and mingle. As with point #1, you have to be willing to get from behind your computer to shift your energy. Far too many people fool themselves into believing they are being productive by never getting out from behind their computer. We need human interaction to get the creative juices going.

5. Build alliances. It’s amazing how many joint venture partnerships began when we met someone face-to-face. As with the previous points, when your colleagues meet you in person, it’s a lot easier to strike up deals. There’s a high level of trust that’s built.

6. Recharge. If you’ve been feeling stuck, events are often the very thing that will recharge you. Again, when they are the right events for you. Attending an event simply to be attending an event may not be the right reason. However, if it’s an industry specific event, one with lots of networking opportunities and one where you will learn great information, there’s a great chance you will return to your office on fire with enthusiasm.

7. Learn. As an entrepreneur you should always be learning. What better way than an event specific to exactly what you need to know to build your business. The best way to learn is to go into the experience with the intention of learning. This means, be fully present, avoid distractions and give it your all. 

These are only some of the great reasons to attend live events. Myself, I regularly attend, and speak at, live events. I know how essential attending events is to my business growth. I always leave with more enthusiasm than I started with.

I am very strategic about the events I attend. They must be in alliance with my overall business goals. After all, I am investing time, money and energy with each one I participate in.

If you’re in need of an infusion of ideas, energy, passion and focus for your business, the right event can give you all this and more. I designed Power Up for Profits Live! with all of this in mind. It’s three days of learning, connecting, brainstorming and networking.

Power Up for Profits Live! is perfect for any entrepreneur who’s ready to get an infusion of energy to take your business to the next level.

Join me on October 22 – 24, 2015 in Vancouver, Washington for Power Up for Profits Live!

Click here to learn more and register.

 

7 top reasons to attend live events

Do you have the disease of more?

More money. More time. More love. More business.

I want more!

Never enough. Always more.

Seems this is a condition that plagues countless individuals. No matter what they have it will never be enough.

Not that wanting more is wrong, but if you are not happy and grateful for what you currently have, more of the “thing” still won’t bring you happiness.

It’s somewhat of a paradox. In order to have more to be grateful for you are well served to be grateful for what you already have. When you are grateful for what you already have you get more to be grateful for.

It’s about being happy with what you have AND also visioning and working for more of what you have. Hmmm. Seems such a contradiction, but those people who seem to manifest “at will” are usually the people who are incredibly happy with what they already have. They know happiness is an inside job.

Living in the space of “this is never enough” sets you up for never having enough which likely leads to being restless and discontent regardless of how good things really are.

For example, you could have a windfall of business and rather than giving thanks for the new business your response is, “It should have been more.”

I’ve seen this happen with far too many people. They sign a few new clients and then bitch about those they didn’t sign.

Energetically, whatever we profess to be true becomes a reality. When you sign the new business, give thanks. Treat those who “chose” to do business with you as valuable. When you do, you attract more.

If you begrudge the fact that “some got away” you set yourself up to lose what you already have.

Life is an ebb and flow. Outward appearances don’t tell the whole story.

As with the seeds planted in your garden, there is a lot going on under the surface that can’t be seen. You have to “act as if” the seeds will grow. Take care of the soil, fertilize, water and “know” you will get a result for your efforts.

The next time you find yourself saying, “This isn’t enough,” try expressing appreciation for what you have. Do so with a lot of sincerity. Feel the feeling of gratitude.

You also must get really honest about how much effort you are putting into your outcome. Are you doing the necessary footwork to get the outcome you desire?

For example, if you are want to get in top physical shape are you eating and exercising to support this desire.

If you say you want more business, are you reaching out to potential clients on a regular basis or are you sitting around bitching about what you don’t have and not taking any action.

Whatever you say you want more of actually has a simple formula for success.

The formula includes:

• Appreciation for what you do have.


• Vision of what you do want


• Action towards the outcome


• Letting go of the outcome in order to be fully present in the current moment

Don’t confuse simple with easy. Sometimes it’s not easy. Always simple, not always easy. The most important ingredient is gratitude.

Energetically, the more you are grateful for what you have the more you have to be grateful for.

Today, in this moment, what are you grateful for? Post your #1 reason for gratitude in the comments box below.

 

 

Do you have the disease of more?

#1 mistake experts make that blocks their visibility

Have you noticed how the more visible experts are the more opportunity they seem to have? This doesn’t happen by chance. It likely happens by design… for some experts.

For many experts, it’s a huge part of their overall marketing and sales strategy. For others, they simply show up from day to day, do what they are extremely passionate about, and it seems fame and fortune follows them wherever they go.

Imagine being able to tip the scales in your favor by incorporating strategy with simply showing up to your passion. This is a winning combination that can and WILL make you a force to be reckoned with.

Here’s the rub though… with visibility comes responsibility. Sure, not everyone would agree with this, but since I’m the one writing this post, this is the perspective I am sharing.

With the resources we have available to us today, virtually anyone can be a Rock Star in their industry, market and online community. Again, the more visible you are the more opportunity presents itself.

Yet, the #1 mistake countless experts make is doing nothing and then they wonder why opportunity seems to evade them.

Here are just a few of the many ways you can increase your visibility, thus increasing your opportunity.

• Blogging


• Guest blogging


• Radio interviews


• Podcast interviews


• Joint venture partnerships


• Speaking at industry conferences

To get the most from your efforts it pays to be consistent. With so many BSO’s (bright shiny objects) vying for our attention, it’s incredibly easy to get sidetracked and derailed from our vision.

The simplest way to avoid this is to schedule time in for your visibility efforts. Another thing that will assist you in staying on track is to focus on one thing at a time until it’s done. For example, doing this blog post. I could easily get derailed by checking email, seeing who posted on Facebook, looking at a quick video on YouTube or any number of things that “take just a minute.”

Those things that take just a minute suck us dry. According to an article on Time.com “nearly 50% of American employees say they work for only 15 minutes before becoming distracted, while 53% report wasting an hour or more a day because of disruptions. From constant noise to overflowing in-boxes to feeling fatigued or stressed, almost anything can cause people to lose focus.”

That’s huge.

So what’s the solution. As unsexy as this is, discipline and focus. Simple as that.

We can always find those things that take up our precious time and justify the distraction. Bottom line is this; if you say you want to achieve a certain level of success, then it’s up to you to not let anything get in your way. By anything, I’m referring to the piddly ass things that are always going to be there.

Obviously, if there’s a family emergency, that’s a whole different conversation, but for the run of the mill, everyday activities that are not life or death, they can usually wait.

Want to learn more? Join me for …

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One of the most profitable ways to build your business is to be a recognized thought leader who stands apart from the crowd by turning your expert knowledge into money making products and services.

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#1 mistake experts make that blocks their visibility

Why journaling is so important personally and professionally

A while ago I decided to do a public 30 Day Challenge to get me completely on track with one area of my fitness I have often had major challenges with; my eating.

Today marks Day One of my 30 Day Health and Fitness Challenge.

You might be wondering what this challenge has to do with business.

Here’s what…in a recent conversation with JV Crum, aka The Conscious Millionaire, we both agreed that the healthier you are the better you perform in your business.

The healthier you are the more clarity you have. The more clarity you have the better you can serve your customers and clients. The better you serve your market, the more success you experience.

Even though I’ve read countless books on healthy eating, and I know what to do, I haven’t always done it. That all comes to a screeching halt today!

Throughout the 30 days I am going to journal about what I am experiencing. Why? Because journaling reveals a lot about where we are spot on with what we are doing, where the “gremlins” show up, and it’s a great way to document our progress.

At the end of the 30 days I am going to make my journal public. That’s right, if you want my journal, I will make it available to you.

You’re going to get inside my head. You’re going to be able to see exactly what my process for accomplishing my goal has been.

Are you ready to become your best you? Then you’ll want to join in by participating in the 30 day challenge. It’s FREE. It’s simple. And it very well might change not only your view about health and fitness, but also how you operate your business.

Check out this short (under 4 minutes) video to find out how.

While you’re at it, why not share this post with others who want a good fitness challenge. Click any of the social media buttons below.

Why journaling is so important personally and professionally

Your business can change in minute

Have you ever wished for something to change and yet, it seems like it never will? Actually, things can change in a moment…or so it seems.

What can seem like an instant usually takes more than a moment. It can take days, weeks, months, even years.

But why wait years to make a big change now? A change designed to improve your overall well being. And yet, it will likely not only improve your health, it will most likely improve your business, finances, relationships, intuition, and overall outlook on life.

So what is the change and what do you need to do to make it? The change is anything you decide to do to improve you health and fitness.

And all you need to do to get involved is hop over to the Facebook page Women’s Health & Fitness at https://www.facebook.com/maturewomenhealthfitness and watch the short video about the challenge.

The fact is, when you’re on track with taking care of yourself in mind, body and spirit, many amazing things occur.

The 30 Day Health and Fitness Challenge begins on Wednesday, July 1st.  Regardless of when you see this,  you can begin a 30 day challenge to improve the quality of your life.

Your business can change in minute

Professional or personally... courage is not the absence of fear

How often does someone let fear stop them from achieving their best self? Many people have the mistaken belief that if fear shows up it means they are doing something wrong.

Fear is a part of life. It can contribute to us really experiencing the “juice of life” in a big way.

Did you know that fear and excitement often show up as the same feeling in the body?

It has been said, “Courage is not the absence of fear. It is the ability to feel fear and move through it anyway.”

Mistakenly, people can look at someone who seems to have no fear and assume they just fly through life taking risk after risk with no limits to what they will accomplish.

Actually, the opposite can be true. Rather than having no fear, they feel the fear and do the “thing” anyway.

On more than one occasion I’ve had people comment how nice it must be for me to not have fear when I have accomplished something.

Nothing could be further from the truth. Many times I would be in the middle of fulfilling a dream or goal and at the most inopportune time fear reared its ugly head.

When this happened I would think, “What the “*?%*+%*” was I thinking to agree to do this?”

But rather than let the fear stop me, I would figure out how to work around it, go through it or knock it down completely.

After I would get through the fear, more times than not the outcome was incredible.

Not just in business, but in my personal endeavors too. One of the most recent personal accomplishments was the 2015 Eugene marathon. I participated as a gift to myself for my 61^st birthday.

Yet, during many training days I wondered why I had made the commitment. Not only did I make it to myself, but to dozens of people who sponsored my participation in the marathon by donating for two animal rescue organizations.

I recall one specific time fear almost took over. During the 16th mile of the marathon, when my body wanted to quit, my heart and soul thought, “I can’t quit. I won’t let all those people down and most of all, I won’t let myself down.”

I also thought of my mom throughout my first full marathon that took place on Mother’s Day 2015. I just knew she was looking down from the heavens. I could hear her voice saying, “You got this. You got this.”

I dug deep to find the strength to go on and I finished. Not a world record holder by any stretch, but I crossed the finish line.

Over the years, I have done this with many challenges, both personal and professional. Rather than give up, I had to find that place inside to dig deep.

Here’s the deal, when you push your own limits, not only do you learn more about what you are made of, but others notice what you’re doing.

Opportunities do show up when others notice what our character is. On the flip side, many opportunities are lost when we show what we are not made of.

The reality is this; people do notice how we handle fear. It’s not that they expect us to not have fear. Nope, it’s in how we handle ourselves when fear becomes our garment of the day, opportunities are either made or taken away.

Some people believe all would be perfect if opportunity presented itself in a nicely wrapped package with a beautiful bow on top. In reality, opportunity often presents itself with some of our greatest messes and challenges.

It’s definitely not what happens that matters, but how we handle it that makes all the difference.

Challenges are what create the fabric of our life. Unforeseen challenges and those we consciously choose.

To push my own limits I recently announced the 30 Day Health Challenge that begins on July 1^st. I not only to challenge myself, but invite anyone who wants to push your own limits to join in for a short 30 days to make a huge shift for yourself.

Interested? Go to https://www.facebook.com/maturewomenhealthfitness

Be sure to watch the short video at the top and to LIKE the page.

Professional or personally... courage is not the absence of fear