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Because of their unique, tent-fold design, Exploded Business Cards stick around longer than postcards, brochures or business card alone. They literally “stand up” while the competition “lies down.” In a sea of flat marketing materials, who do you think gets noticed first?

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Goal setting for 2008?

Are you a Coach, and need a Plan for 2008? Joan can help! Read below:

Plan for Success in 2008. Please share this with people you know
who may have a hard time with planning, and come to the class
yourself if you like. Here’s what they’ll get:

• Identify top 10 business and personal goals for 2008.
• Learn how to map goals onto quarterly objectives
  and actions.
• Receive guidance about how to measure and adjust
  plans to stay on target throughout the year.

You can send them to
http://www.lifeworkpartners.com/programs/dare_to_plan.htm
for more information.

When I started working with Joan we used the Simple
Yearly Planning Tool to help me plan for an important
transition in my business. When I first saw it I actually
thought it was a little too simple. But the exercise helped
me get clear on my plans and intentions. Rather than
thinking I had to do everything now, I could build on
my actions, quarter by quarter.

~ Laurie Marrelli, MarketHabit.com

Thank you!
Joan
Joan Friedlander
Call: (949) 496-1577
Lifework Business Partners
Home of The Master Calendar Solution™ and Dare to Delegate™
Simple Strategic Solutions for the Next Phase of Growth
http://www.lifeworkpartners.com

Psychology and Coaching

Many Psychologists are now considering offering Coaching Services to help grow their practice. One such coach is Dr. Rivera, with www.BetterLifeByDesign.com. One of the unique aspects of her new website, developed by www.IndraMarketing.com, is that it offers free assessments online. These assessments allows Dr. Rivera to know before-hand if the prospective client is ready for Therapy or Coaching. We recommend if you are a Psychologist or Therapist considering adding Coaching to your services, that you review Dr. Rivera's website: www.BetterLifeByDesign.com

Helping Hands for Coaches :: Audio Acrobat

Rachel is here again to help life and business coaches 'DeGeek Internet Marketing'! This time, I am teaching how to add a Welcome Message, Start a Podcast, and adding a Guest Line for collecting Testimonials. If you wish to be on the call during the live class, simply sign-up for our eNewsletter above.
Links you will need for this class:
Download an Audio HERE
Sign-up for Free 30 day trial of Audio Acrobat here: http://rachelindra.audioacrobat.com/
Check-out other Podcasts here: odeo.com
BNI Podcast: bnipodcast.com

Family of Entrepreneurs

A new blog's in town! www.FamilyofEntrepreneurs.com is the website for those of you who own a business and have a family! People I network with have often ask How:
How can you work together and be happily married?
How do you have your children respect your time working?
How do you have a home cooked sit-down dinner every night?
How do you still have time for your children?
How can you not work 80 hour weekends?
How, How, How!
So, that’s why we developed this blog: to answer “How“.
We hope you find it useful in your adventures in entrepreneurship and family life!

Wishing You an Adventurous Life!
Rachel Pradhan

DeGeeking Internet Marketing :: Skype for Coaches

Learn How to Use Skype, through Helping Hands for Coaches! This class will teach you some of the basics that is necessary for the "Skyping" coach. Learn how to change your profile, add a photo, chat or make a call, use the "Mood" bubble for Marketing, and SkypeCast. The new weekly class will be posted here, but for live attendance you can sign-up for the eNewsletter above.

What is a PodCast?

I like to think of PodCasts as a Internet Radio Show, that anyone, all over the world, can listen to. To first understand what a PodCast is and start creating your own, you have to listen to a few. I would recommend familiarizing yourself with Apple iTunes. Click the title above download iTunes to your computer. It's free, and easy to do. (If you have any problems doing this, just call me at 949.249.4958 and I'll walk you through it).

Once you've downloaded iTunes, and it's installed, open it up and click on "Podcast" on the left-hand side. Then start browsing the different PodCasts you see on the center of the page. If you want to search for a particular kind of show, then go up to the "Search" button at the top-right-hand side of Apple iTunes. Type in what your looking for, such as women business, business coaching, motivation, funny...whatever you wish..and click "Search". A list of Podcasts will show-up below. Click on one that looks interesting and listen to an episode. When you listen to one you like, click the "Subscribe" button, and Apple iTunes will download the RSS feed* to your Apple iTunes, which will be updated every time theres a new "episode" of that particular PodCast. So, instead of going through the Apple iTunes Store, you will click the "Podcasts" button on left-hand side when you want to listen to a new episode. Subscribe to as many Podcasts as you would like, and listen to them for some ideas on how you would like your OWN PodCast to sound.

Tomorrow, we'll discuss how to start thinking of creating your own PodCast.

*think of an RSS feed as you would your email: you have an email account, and when someone wants to write to you they use your email address. When you subscribe to an RSS feed, your saying that every time that person updates their Podcast or Blog, you want it to go directly to you, just like an email. To "Read" other RSS feeds, you need an RSS reader, such as Google Reader. To try-out a RSS feed from somewhere other than iTunes, check-out Podcast.net and follow their directions on how to add an RSS feed to your Reader, IndrasVoice.com or even CNN.com. Soon, you'll be a RSS pro!

Introductions

This past week, I attended a conference in California. It was full of wonderful speakers, inspiring and full of wisdom. I only wish, however, that their wisdom was more heard than their accomplishments. When the panel of five would start their 1 hour seminar, on say marketing, they would introduce themselves. This was expected, however the 5-10 minute explanation of their career up to that point was unnecessary. We admire them, we know they are at the top of their field, yet I got the feeling they were trying to "sell" us on how great they were. Then, once everyone in the panel got done telling us about themselves, there was hardly any time to discuss the real reason we were there, such as marketing tips.

So, I started thinking: how often do we do this to ourselves? How often do we "over-talk" or "over-sell" ourselves, and make the other party feel disconnected and bored? Some of the best networking advice I've heard was from Mel Brodsky (PowerOfMentorship.com), who said to "Ask questions." Ask someone when you first meet them who their ideal customer is, what's their biggest challenge, what are they most proud of, how did they get their first client? Listen, build a relationship, and grow your business. If you listen closely, you will find opportunities to "plug-in" your business, without it sounding like a speech, but more as a conversation.

Try it, and let me know how "asking questions" works for you!