The 5 Pronged Approach to Building a Profitable Online Business

The 5 Pronged Approach to Building a Profitable Online Business. Radio Interview with Connie Ragen Green. June 29, 2009. 1:00 pm EDT.

After working as a classroom teacher, real estate broker, and residential appraiser for more than 20 years, Connie Ragen Green wanted to make a drastic change in her life. A 3 time cancer survivor, she wanted to have more time to spend with family, friends, and her community. Since walking away from her past work in 2005, Connie now makes a comfortable 5 figure a month income by teaching others how to build their online business and from the many products she sells on the internet. Connie credits her 12,000+ followers on Twitter and almost 5,000 Facebook friends with bringing her much of her success. Click here to register. Use coupon code SPECIAL OFFER (no spaces) to listen for free!

Woman of the Week: Meet Marsha Sims

Sort it out, Inc. Professional Organizing Service evolved from Marsha Sim's desire to get organized. "It was a personal quest," says Marsha, founder of Sort-It-Out, Inc.

In 1992, Marsha Sims was owner of Sims Realty in Miami Florida. "Hurricane Andrew helped me to make the decision that I wanted to do something else." Not knowing what to do, Sims met with a professional development coach. "Do this, and you will be really successful" the coach said, handing Sims the application for the National Association of Professional Organizers.

Sims was distraught. "I am holding an application for an organization in my personal area of incompetence." Years later, Sims recalls that "empathy was my greatest skill in the early years." Clients appreciated the fact that Marsha would jump right in and learn along with them. Clients were relieved to know that they were not alone, and that they would not be judged because of their lack of neatness. "I used to say, you can do this. I know, because I did it."

That was 1992. The coach was right. Sort-It-Out has grown, and now has many organizers who work for Sort-It-Out coming to you as an assistant. "It speeds up the process and allows you to focus on making the decisions necessary for success."

Sort-It-Out is frequently courted by the Media. "We have appeared on television, on the radio, in newspapers, magazines... you name it." Sims and Sort-It-Out have been frequent contributors to local publications, and Sims is often asked to speak for local organizations.

But most of all, Sort-It-Out has over 2,000 happy clients. We get so many thank-you letters we've compiled a booklet called, "Thank You, Marsha" which is available for you to view.

If you are looking for help, Sort-It-Out has proven itself to be the premier professional organizing company in South Florida. People call Sort-It-Out looking for real solutions. "We understand that Clutter is simply postponed decisions." We also understand how it got out of control, and we develop strategies with our clients to help them move out from beyond the chaos.
(Members: check out the replay of Marsha's recent teleseminar, packed with really useful how-to information, on the www.womenhelpingwomenmastermind.com membership website.)

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Is Your Business Dehydrating?

By Mandy Bass
Newest Expert Faculty Member
at WomenHelpingWomenMastermind.com

An average adult can survive for three weeks without food, and just a few days without water. How long will your business survive without income?

GET IN TOUCH WITH YOUR SOURCE!

In your business, there are only three sources of income - sales to new customers, sales to existing customers, or sales to past customers. How much income you generate depends on the number, size and the frequency of your sales.

Yes, new clients or customers are essential for growing your business, but the people MOST likely to buy from you are those who bought from you before. For most businesses, about 80% of their revenue will be generated from existing clients and their referrals over the next year. Yet most people spend 80% of their time looking for new prospects and they give very little attention to the people that are most important to them in their business.

Now more than ever it's critical to secure your existing and past customers in a proactive and conscious way. Not only is it easier and less expensive to do business with past customers, it also has the best potential for generating warm leads through referrals.

If your customers are repeatedly doing business with you, there must be a reason why. Are you clearly communicating all those reasons to potential customers? If you are not absolutely clear what those reasons are (and most people are not), then you must find out!

By identifying your strengths from the client's perspective, you can more easily communicate your value to new prospects, and this will make it easier to sell more.
Known as the Coach's Coach, Mandy Bass runs Priority Living Systems, a professional coaching and training firm in South Florida, founded in 1996. For more information on Mandy's extensive programs and services, visit www.mandybass.com.

Woman of the Week: Annmarie Kelly

Annmarie Kelly is an author, speaker, trainer and victory strategist. She is the founder and principal of SkillBuilder Systems. Founded in 1994, the consulting company specializes in interpersonal communications and personal performance improvement. In her Victorious Woman Workshops, she facilitates a process through which women learn how to choose and develop more satisfying and authentic lifestyles, beginning with awareness and progressing through actions that result in a victorious outcome.

Kelly is the author of Victorious Woman! Shaping Life's Challenges into Personal Victories. She is also the author of numerous articles on a variety of topics such as emotional intelligence, goal achievement, behavior-focused performance improvement and women and life balance. Her articles have appeared in numerous publications, including: Performance in Practice, Dietary Manager, Smart Business Now, Massage Magazine, Entrepreneurial Edge and The Greater Philadelphia Resource.

Kelly is an active member of the National Speakers Association (NSA), the National Association for Female Executives (NAFE), the Greater Philadelphia Chapter of the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), and the Brandywine Valley Alliance of Coaches. She is a frequent presenter at local and national women's conferences including the Delaware Women's Conference, ASTD Leadership Conference, Clemson University's Professional Development for Women Conferences, Wilmington Women in Business, and Berks County's Paving the Way Conference.

In addition to her professional credits, Kelly claims her own victories over early familial dysfunctions that included alcoholism and sibling abuse, teenage overweight that resulted in self-image issues and paralyzing shyness, as well as later financial devastation and emotional loss. Her decision to write Victorious Woman! resulted from an unusual - and now resolved - health problem that had her and her doctors confused. The traumatic episode pushed Kelly to question her own strength and ability to face a potentially life-threatening disease.

Kelly currently lives in Chester County, Pennsylvania, with her spouse, Joseph Eagle. She finds her greatest joys come from ballroom dancing and traveling with Joseph (especially to Downeast Maine), an eclectic choice of music, reading mystery novels, soaking in the beauty of nature and being in the company of her good friends. She can be reached at SkillBuilder Systems, 610.738.8225 or annmarie@victoriouswoman.com.

WHWM member Rosalind Sedacca won the Victorious Woman Award in 2008 and member Amy Sherman just received the 2009 Award for June.

To schedule coaching, workshops, keynotes or interviews, call 610 738-8225 or info@victoriouswoman.com.

Women Helping Women Think & Grow Rich Workshop

Attract More Money and Improve Your Financial Situation! Discover Your True Life's Purpose and Start Creating Your Life the Way You Choose it to Be! Women Helping Women Think & Grow Rich Workshop.

Thursday, July 9, 2009 at 7:00 pm. Nova Southeastern University in Davie, FL.

Find out the age old "secret" wealth principles practiced by the richest women in the world. Join us for an interactive workshop that will rid you of limiting beliefs and help you create a burning desire, unwavering faith and the persistence you need to succeed! $25.00 per person. Spaces limited. Register now at:
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SPOTLIGHT: Jana Warren

Owner of Lifetimes On Video, Jana Warren began her business helping others celebrate the milestone events in their lives (birthdays, anniversaries, etc.) with unique Montage Videos.

Choreographing the photos and clips to the music and creating unusual special effects when possible gave her longtime loyal customers who referred her nationwide. Out-of-state folks simply email or ship their materials. Videos are uploaded for approval before the final DVD's are mailed out.

Being a small business and catering to the like, Lifetimes on Video offers a huge array of services available to women (and men) for home or professional use. In addition to the montage video, Lifetimes on Video offers an array of services including; documentary videos chronicling the life of a family member (with interviews, narration, etc), sales promotional videos (for expo/trade shows, and as direct mail pieces), web site videos, visualization videos (Brief videos reinforcing goals with visuals and affirmations), EFT/Visualization Videos (Emotional Freedom Techniques blending with visuals and affirmations for goals such as quitting smoking),College Submission/Professional Demo Reels and her most popular service: transferring video camera tapes and VHS to DVD for just $10 a tape!

Jana is always creating new and unique vehicles to make people happy and improve someone's life and is proud to mention The Computer Diary, a book she copyrighted in 2005 that logs web site addresses, sign in names and passwords as well as technical support information. Contact Jana Warren at www.lifetimesonvideo.com or call 954-384-0047