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2009-01-26T00:06:00.003-05:00

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Move Your Business Intentions Into Reality

2008-12-26T09:09:00.002-05:00

Do you sometimes wonder what's the point of setting intentions?
Some entrepreneurs set goals and intentions with joy; but
others sabotage their business success by subconsciously
waiting for their intentions to bomb. Which is it for you?

I've spent a lot of time creating vision boards, journaling,
writing success recipes - you name it. I would do it all with gusto
and secretly wonder, does this really matter? I mean, I've done
it for 30 days and, well, where's my millions?

Until now.

Now, let me share first my yearly wahoo! of celebrating my
birthday (April 21 - I love my birthday!). I always take
time to reflect (in a good way) over the past year, where
I've been, where I'm going - that kind of thing. I also
often go through some reflections and look back over various
journals, mementos and past intentions that I set. I
remember when I was doing this a couple years ago that I was
literally astounded as I read and looked at "my intentions"
from 2001. First, I was shocked at how much of it had
happened and second, I had to laugh at some of what I had
put my energy and focus on ... I had manifested
everything from long hair to starting my own business, to
getting married.

But just for giggles, let's take a look at the intention to
have long hair, shall we?

So back in 2001 I was having a tough time. You may have
heard me say this before, but I was very sad. I started a
new job with a major salary cut, was dumped by my boyfriend
(harshly) and my city underwent the largest on-soil
terrorist attack in U.S. history-all in the same week. The
months that followed were not pretty. As I looked over some
of the intentions I had created for myself that year, I
couldn't believe I listed in my top 5: grow my hair long.

How embarrassing!

Grow my hair long? Where was world peace? A healthy relationship?
Increasing my income? Oh, it was there, but as I reflected
on the results of that year, guess what I was successful at?
You guessed it-long hair.

Hmmm...interesting.

Of course, you might be thinking growing long hair is no
where near as tough as starting a business. True, for some.
I personally had struggled for years with growing my hair.
And this is where the magic lies. I had so much else
going on that I didn't give my hair a second thought. It
just happened.

So as you create goals, make vision boards and use other
tools to get you closer to what you want, I invite you to
also be aware of what I've come to call your "back-stage
thoughts." When I used to teach drama, I would stress to
my students how important the stage crew is.

They are vital. A show cannot powerfully function without a
stellar crew. However, all the audience sees is the
performance. And that's the way it should be, but if there
isn't synergistic support between back and on stage, you've
got a mess on your hands.

What's going on back stage for you?

I'm happy to report that I've learned to ask for much more
than long hair and continue to constantly partner my back
stage energy, and have watched my life and business
continue to blossom - including tripling my income, every
year for the past 3 years.

I'm so grateful for the magic I get to partake in every day
as I watch client after client really tap into the power
that is solely, uniquely them and turn it into business
profits that serve themselves and the greater whole which is
the world. It doesn't get any better than that.

But what's most amazing to me is to really experience the
immense growth in income when the focus is taken - off the
income. Now, this doesn't mean you shouldn't watch your
numbers or care about your business' financial success; I'm
just sharing the true magic I've seen when the energy is
directed primarily on "how can I serve in the highest way
possible" ... and then the opportunities flow in and the
bank account fills up. It's such a
win-win.

Your EnergyRICH® Call To Action

Are you stopping your marketing before you get to the
"Call to Action" step?
Joyfully build this step into all your marketing and I
guarantee you will attract more clients, more easily.

Isn't it time you opened yourself up to change the way
you've been "doing business"?
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How To Attract Your Ideal Clients Instantly

2008-12-19T09:16:00.000-05:00

In the last EnergyRICH® Ezine I shared the importance of
allowing your potential clients to dip their toe in the water
of your business before asking them to take the plunge of a
larger commitment. (If you missed that article you can see it
here right at this EnergyRICH® Business Blog) And then the
next question I always hear is: "Yeah, but ... how do I meet
potential clients to begin with?"

So let's just imagine a possible scenario ... you
meet someone at a networking event, you click, you really
like this person - there's synergy there, you discuss your
business and hear about theirs. After the evening you
follow-up and let the person know what a joy it was to meet
them, they say the same, you then begin to connect
regularly, you share and give very helpful information, the
person joins your on-line community and begins to receive
your newsletter, you send a personal invitation to a
presentation or teleclass you're giving, they pass your
invite on to a good friend and colleague, the colleague
really connects with what you have to share and joins the
program you introduce at the end of the class ...

New Client!

Now, also keep in mind that TONS of other people also
received your invitation to your presentation or teleclass
(because the above situation or a shortened version has
taken place many times!). They really connected with what
you shared and joined your program, too!

I've seen this work amazingly well time and time again.

Ok, let's just imagine another possible scenario ... an
EMERALD Mentor Client I was recently coaching created a
joint venture (JV) partnership and put together an
introductory workshop in their partner's conference room. My
client snail-mailed an invitation and then made follow-up
calls to every single person who received the invite.
Result? She filled TWO events in a matter of days and
65% of the folks who attended became clients for the new
service she was offering. Her JV partner was very happy
to have supplied the conference room since she received a
portion of the return.

Happy-happy for all!

And just one more another possible scenario for the power of
three ... an EnergyRICH® VISIONARY Mentor Client, a very
heart-centered financial planner, had recently been
certified in a new program. We had her simply call past
clients, meet with them to share this new service and she
had more business than ever before - in just a few weeks!

The mistake I see so many entrepreneurs make is they invite
a potential client up to the place where the entrepreneur is
sharing high-quality information with the prospect, usually
with an eZine or newsletter, and then they wait. And wait.
And wait. For a potential client to call. And when the
prospect doesn't call ... frustration. Determination that
"THIS" doesn't work. Well, great if a potential client does
call, but just because someone joins your community doesn't
mean that they WILL. You must connect with them, communicate with them, call them to action and do this consistently (I just gave you the 4 Secret C's of EnergyRICH® Marketing right there, by the way :))

This will have you serving high-paying clients much faster.

You can do this - even without the internet.

For example you could develop a list of potential clients
through folks you meet at networking events, mail a
newsletter twice a month, send a postcard once a month
inviting people to your own introductory events, follow-up
with those who attended, share the PROVEN EnergyRICH® Prospects to Profits Process with them and turn them into clients.

Your EnergyRICH® Call To Action

Are you stopping your marketing
before you get to the "Call to Action" step?
Joyfully build this step into all your marketing and I
guarantee you will attract more clients, more easily.

Is it fear that's stopping you from inviting potential
clients to join you? I want to share with you exactly how to unlock a
powerful instrument that is inside YOU. An internal tool
that is just waiting to be used by you to immediately create
energetic shifts that will bring you external results
(more clients, more money) more quickly than anything
you're doing right now to "make it happen." Join me
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Do You Let Your Prospects Toe-Dip?

2008-12-14T03:35:00.000-05:00

To every knew potential client your business is like a lake
on a nice summer day ... the idea seems like a good one,
but plunging in could be a shock to the system ...

This is why it's important to have a way for your potential
clients to dip their toe in the water of your business. From
this toe-dip experience then a prospect is often ready to
take the next step and engage further with you ...

You must understand that a prospect doesn't usually get very
interested, let alone excited, about using your services,
until they have a deeper sense of who you are and what you
can do for them.

Giving them a way to experience your business and an
exceptional toe-dip allows for this to happen.

So, what are some toe-dipper possibilities?

-e-course
-audio recording
-teleclass
-in-person presentation
-assessment
-quiz
-video
-exercise
-sample
-product
-executive briefing
-initial chat with you
--- and more

These are all ways for folks to get an experience with you
and to say, "Hey! This water isn't too bad. It actually
feels good. I can wade in a bit deeper ..."

Your toe-dipper provides that missing piece between their
initial

interest and desire and then their full engagement with you
(sort of like dating before marriage, right?). Their flow
into the deeper water of your business is directly tied to
one, very important element: an energetic connection!

Take a look again at that list of toe-dippers and you'll
notice that

the majority of them are interactive, rather than inactive.
They are deep; they are dynamic, not one-dimensional.
When a prospect has an authentic-energetic experience of
you, they are naturally drawn towards you and are more
willing to take the next step.

Once you develop your first toe-dipper, you can then create
a multi-toe-dipper process that includes more than one from
the list above (or other toe-dipping inspired ideas you
receive). Whether you have one way to toe-dip or many you
want this first experience with you to lead to an invitation
for them to connect with you directly.

And then you simply follow-up with those who feel called and
express interest in taking the next step to connect directly
with you!

In our next EnergyRICH® Insider Secret Tip
we'll look at how to set things up so your potential
client's can find your toe-dipper to begin with.

Stay tuned!

EnergyRICH® Call to Action:

1. To get the best results from your marketing, you
need to create a process that allows your potential clients
to connect with you in a way that is easy-breezy and feels
good to them - allows them to dip their toe into the water
of your business.

2. Take a look at your business and ask: Where could
I most easily and quickly add my first (or next if you
already have one in place) toe-dipper? When you commit to
this path, you'll find connecting with potential clients a
whole lot easier and much more fun!

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toe-dipper, but your whole marketing funnel flow?
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THE Secret to Staying on Your Success Course - No Matter What!

2008-12-09T14:29:00.000-05:00

EnergyPOOR Entrepreneurs believe their success is
primarily their own doing. They believe in the self-made
person theory.

EnergyRICH® Entrepreneurs are aware that all good things
come from the spirit of love. They know love is the
natural order of the Universe, and that ego and self-pride
have been created by man over time to cover a fragile
self-image. It is simply trying to protect you. But this
false-protection is also limiting your ability to grow,
shine and move beyond where you are.

So you give gratitude.

Your recognition of and gratitude for the power of love
creates more abundance in your business and life. This fuels
the fountain of potential.

What will clog this fountain is ego. What is ego? Ego
is the evil stepchild of fear. The best thing you can do is
lock the door when ego comes to town and only tune into the
energy of a spirit-based consciousness. Here’s how you
recognize the difference:

The Spirit is …

Non-judgmental
Loving
Accepting
Tolerant
Devoid of pretension
Calm
Abundance
Friendly
Win/Win
Forgiving
Creative
Appreciative

The Ego is …

Judgmental
Fear driven
Afraid of risk
Competitive
Pretentious
Rushed
Scarce
Friend-less
Win/Lose
Unforgiving
Frustrated
Anxious

Now, the ego-mind will try to keep you struggling and
anxious.

When you open your heart – this is when Spirit comes in.

This is a shift from “making decisions for yourself” to
merely asking to be guided. This allows you to follow a line
of service and the unfoldment of your highest good.

Each of us carries a guide within (your 7th Energy Point
located right above your head). You may sometimes be
reluctant to trust this guide when it comes to you because
you are so accustomed to taking your cues from the outside
rather than from the inside.

The truth of your own deepest being is trying to show you
where to go right now, and when low level energies appear
(fear, doubt, worry, judgment, blame, anxiety …) it
means you are being called to trust your divine guidance. It
speaks in whispers and this can cause you to hesitate not
knowing if you’ve heard correctly. But the indications are
always clear: in following your inner guide you will feel
more whole, more connected, as if you are moving outwards
from the very center of your being.

We’ve been taught, for the most part, to doubt this guide or
to believe that it is either one end answer or none at all.
The thing is, as you go with this guidance, you’ll begin to
see that it is often an unfolding of one-step-at-a-time. A
reminder that this is all we can ever do anyway.

When you awaken this guide, your life and business will
shower blessings and riches on you. More than you could
ever conceive or, that’s right, make happen on your own.

Your EnergyRICH® Call To Action:

Ask yourself every couple of hours throughout your business
day, “Am I operating from ego or spirit?” AND "Which do I
CHOOSE to listen to?

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business I invite you to join the elite and become a member
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EnergyRICH FREE Teleclass - Prepare for 2009!

2008-11-23T19:38:00.001-05:00

Reserve Your Spot Now for the Next EnergyRICH FREE Teleclass - Space is Limited!

"The Three Secrets That Can Shift Your Business From Being Fear Based to Financially Booming (a.k.a recession-proof your business now)"

Is your business controlled by fear or have you learned to handle fear like a snake charmer?

Are you ready to transform your entrepreneurial fears into dollars?

Imagine falling in love with what you used to cause you business worry and anxiety?

Think it isn't possible?

Join me for this special 90 MINUTE EnergyRICH® FREE Teleclass. You'll learn in-depth the 3 Great Moves to master the fear of being rejected by a prospect, shift your energy from fear to faith - and make more money while feeling fulfilled!

Wednesday January 5, 2009 at 1pm - 2:30pm, EST
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How to Turn Mistakes Into Miracles (And More Money!)

2008-11-20T16:44:00.001-05:00

When I think of all the mistakes I've made in my business
(some small and some not-so-small) it's important to remind
myself that “perfect” doesn’t equal more successful.

I've observed that one of the main things that keeps
entrepreneurs from marketing themselves is fixating about
"getting it right." But this is where the famous popular sneaker
phrase pops up because it seriously is about jumping in and
doing “it” and by that I mean ANYTHING. Just get moving. It’s better to do
it wrong than not do it at all. At least the marketing
energy is moving.

Any shortcoming or small blunder will hardly ever wreck your
business.

But getting so stuck in preparation that you never get
started, will stop you right in your tracks every time.

Worrying about making a mistake reminds me of freshman year
in high school. Somehow in Junior High I was confident enough to perform a
solo version of King Lear for extra credit in 8^th
grade, but when I crossed over the football field into the
High School everything changed. I suddenly second guessed my
every move. It was agonizing and a BIG expenditure of
energy. I shudder just thinking about it. I can tell you one
thing, I felt much more powerful in 8^th grade.
So, let’s check in her for a moment - what's a better way to
do business – scared and second guessing or powerful and
performing?

In the EnergyRICH® Business Bootcamp, we underline three
major causes and effects you need to focus on in order to
market miraculously. Ignore these and you're floundering. And I hate to say it,
but entrepreneurs do ignore them. Not on purpose, but
because attention is on the fear of making a mistake.

Let’s look at the three major “mistakes” you can bump up against and how to turn them into EnergyRICH® miracles:

1. Talking Yourself Out of It

You can spend so much time, attention and energy talking
yourself out of something before even starting it. You need
to develop a marketing way of thinking that is focused on
making a difference in the lives of the people that you
serve instead of tormenting yourself about rejection.

I was considering a joint-venture project with someone once
who as we prepared our proposal came up with over 10 reasons
of why it wasn’t a good idea. I’m sure you already realize
that I did not continue collaborating with this person. Why
sink the ship before it has even sailed!?

EnergyRICH® Miracle:
Declare, “My services are valuable. I will speak this, feel
this, believe this when connecting with my prospects and
they will then see the value as well.” If you don’t, who
will? If you don’t, why would anyone give you money for what
you have to offer?

2. Getting Yourself Tongue-Tied

The bottom line of business building as an entrepreneur is
conversation. It's connecting with people in a way that has
them relating to what you have to offer. But obsessing about
the perfect wording is death to productivity.

Many entrepreneurs don't even realize that there's a certain
WAY of communicating that gets the attention and interest
from prospects and it isn’t about choosing the biggest, best
words in the dictionary.

EnergyRICH® Miracle:
Speak from your heart about who you are best at serving, the
problems they have and the benefits they will get from
working with you. Believe it and the words will take care of
themselves. People will be drawn to you and be happy to work
with you (and don’t forget to charge them when they show up
J)

P.S. The same rule applies for verbal and written.

3. Becoming Paralyzed

There are thousands of different marketing approaches
you could use to get the word out - from networking to
skywriting. How do you know what’s most effective for your
business? Where do you start?

Well, the answer is: there is never just one-way, don’t do
something you hate and don’t use something just because
everyone else in your industry is. Entrepreneurs tend to
shoot themselves in the foot by using only one mode of
marketing, forcing themselves to do something because it’s
the “right thing to do when building business” and just
following what everyone else is doing.

EnergyRICH® Miracle:
Start with what you really love and then build out from
there (I always say you want an energy management and
marketing wheel that is constantly moving for you). I
personally like speaking and writing so I do both to connect
with those people who will benefit from what I have to
offer. I always make sure I offer the highest value and then
I keep expanding from there. What do you love to do? Start
there.

Your EnergyRICH® Call To Action:

1. Identify something you’ve wanted to do or implement in
your business but you’ve been a bit afraid.

2. Answer this: why aren’t you doing it?

3. Give yourself a small step to take in the direction of
“getting started” and DOING IT.

4. Mark on your calendar when you’d like it done by.

5. Find someone you can make a commitment to that you will
do this.

6. Go for it! “Worrying is like a
rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it gets you
nowhere.” ~Glenn T

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Everything You Need to Know to Be Success

2008-11-13T16:21:00.000-05:00

Is there a part of your business that's on hold because you're just doing what you always do? Are you so caught up in answering emails, trying to get clients, picking up the dry cleaning, and getting dinner on the table (or at least down your throat) that you've lost all sense of purpose? Or maybe the idea of having goals, doing something different, getting your business to another place just feels, well, exhausting and, anyway, if you really went after your dreams, you'd probably be disappointed.

Better just to stay put.

Try something. Close your eyes and let your mind wander.

Let it wander past your "to do list" or what has you annoyed right now and wander into the daydream area. Start to imagine your ideal life. Imagine yourself feeling at your best, doing everything you love, achieving your goals.

Do this before you read any further.

Did you do it? (You've got to engage to get going.)

What did you see?

There are usually two responses to this exercise:

1. Excitement and the start of newfound energy.

2. A list of all the reasons this isn't possible.

Are you able to listen to your dreams, or do you cut them off before they even begin to speak?

Our daydreams, fantasies, desires, goals, and future possibilities are the active power of our sixth energy point: intuition. What excites you and fills you with passion is directly connected to your life purpose and those thoughts are your intuition telling you, "Yes, this is the right direction. Go here!"

This is your life energy in full force.

Interestingly, what I hear from entrepreneurs a lot is the perception that intuition is the ability to predict the future, when actually it's simply about being able to tap into your natural knowing. We all have this ability. It's a practical tool and you don't need to wear crystals or listen to New Age music to access it. (Of course, if you do, there's nothing wrong with that--it's just not a requirement.) It's just the intuitive voice is more clear for some than others. What's usually blocking the voice from being heard are "shoulds," "doubts," and "fears." Most of us have been trained to listen to these lower energy voices by people who were simply trying to protect us, "Don't talk to strangers," "Keep your day job--it's safe," "You can't do that without an education." So to actually listen to your intuition, when it's telling you the opposite, tends to make you feel like you're a little crazy; so you just shut down and do what you're told.

Let me give you an example.

I remember, at one point, being faced with a decision concerning my business. A situation came up that had me questioning whether I should continue with a networking group I have been with since the start of my business. This group has served me really well and there were a lot of high quality entrepreneurs that made this group, yet my intuition was telling me this situation had popped up for a reason and it was time to let the group go.

The should/doubt/fear side of me was yelling, "Are you crazy? You'll never make it without this group. It's part of staying in business. It's what people do!" The intuitive side said to me, "You're not fully being served by this group. You have the choice to believe you have it in you to achieve success in a way that's aligned with your values." So I chose to leave and I'll tell you it wasn't easy, but I don't want to be the person that just writes about this stuff.

And what happened? My business doubled in the next 2 months. Cross my heart; pinky swear.

You have this knowing in you, too.

Your EnergyRICH® Call To Action:

1. Is this happening for you ... A small voice that's nudging you to do something different? Perhaps something about your marketing or a change that needs to happen in your schedule ...

2. If nothing comes to you right away, try getting quiet so you can listen. You might not hear anything at first; however, as I said, you have to wander past the daily noise. Take some slow, deep breaths. Write down what comes to you.

3. Begin to notice when you feel excited about something. Listen to your intuition. Successful people pay attention to their values, purpose, and passion.

Ready to partner your intuition with increased income? It's the magic approach of partnering the inner and outer workings of business that makes all the difference in the world. I share every step in the EnergyRICH® Business Boot Camp. We'll have you set up to create true prosperity and freedom. You've never seen anything like this before. I give you every piece of the EnergyRICH® Entrepreneur Success System AND the steps you need to make it authentically, naturally your own. Why struggle when you can be given the tools that already work? Grab your EARLY BIRD spot now. http://www.energyrichbootcamp.com

Let EnergyRICH® Business Systems Serve Your Productivity and Profit

2008-11-07T16:16:00.000-05:00

Systems. This is about putting in place reliable structure so that most of your business goes on auto-pilot and you are freed up to do what you do best - your talent, your gift, your magnificence! There is one main area that I see entrepreneurs make a mis-step with their systems and that is day-to-day operations.

Most EnergyPOOR entrepreneurs don't have systems in place when it comes to operations because they believe if they do put these in place they'll be sacrificing freedom and flexibility. Or they complain that they have so much on their plates, so much to do that there just isn't the time to create these systems. Or this one, "I tried that and it didn't work." Or this, "that doesn't work in my business."

All of these "reasons" actually have you operating from the belief that you'll be restricted when the opposite is true. The belief is that without systems there is room to be creative, but the truth is without systems there is chaos. And chaos leads to loss of time, loss of energy and lots of room for gremlins to creep in.

Your inner gremlins are the dastardly negative voices in your head - lower level energy in action. The irony is that not having systems in place ALLOWS you to spend lots of time feeding these gremlins. Lots of energy is used to activate these lower energies, believe these lower energies, create proof that these lower energies are "right" and when you've gone this low no amount of reasoning, logic or support is going to steer you straight about who you really are and the magnificence you are capable of creating in your business - no matter what.

You feel lonely, out of control, full of doubt and you easily slide into the trap. Suddenly, you find that your fears about money keep you from sleeping at night. Your concentration becomes impaired, you begin to make mistakes during the day. Within nine months you are out of business.

Not really fun or free, huh?

I hear this question all of the time, "Heather, how are you able to create so much, so quickly and still have the time to travel and everything else you do." Answer = you set up systems to create TRUE freedom and you start with your day-to-day operations.

Now, many entrepreneurs actually spend most of their energy in this area, but don't necessarily have it systematized. This covers everything from arriving at the office (home or otherwise) to the filling of the water cooler to the actual nitty-gritty happenings of the service that you offer.

Let's look at systems that are CRUCIAL and must be in place for the operating of your EnergyRICH® Business:

· Bookkeeping - what system do you have in place to track all money coming in and all money going out? It's crucial that this is kept separate from your personal expenses. Energetically it declares the importance of the business. Practically it keeps you very honest and therefore your mind clear.

· Scheduling - what system do you have in place to smoothly and easily set up appointments with prospects, clients, assistants, vendors and strategic partners? It's crucial that this can happen as smoothly as possible, every time.

· Rescheduling - what system do you have in place to promptly address missed/rescheduled appointments? It's crucial that you are not bending your schedule for whenever someone else needs to make a change.

You see, the keys to business success are usually so simple, you doubt they will work. And if you have trouble getting things done, created or paid for your purpose, chances are you work waaaaay too hard and make things way to complicated. Set up systems so you are free to do the things that make you money FIRST - and manage your gremlins in the process.

Your EnergyRICH® Call To Action:

1. List (and I mean list) what you DO every day in your business from the moment you "leave for work" to the moment you "get home from work":
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2. How could you activate the energy of productivity in how you move through your day? Is there something that can be combined with another task? Moved over to one day a week? Is there something that can be duplicated? Recorded? Is there something that can be delegated to someone else?

3. When a gremlin voice appears - you know the one -it says, "Oh, who do you think you are?" or "You'll never succeed at that!"- just take a deep breath and tell this voice something like, "Thank you for sharing. I'm re-employing you to protect me against all enemies foreign and domestic. I trust you'll do a fine job. In the meantime, I have some my productive and profitable purpose to attend to!" If you *doubt* it will work, I invite you to try it for one week and see how you feel when the week is up.

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7 Strong Steps to Move From Business Fear to Business Faith

2008-10-31T16:12:00.000-04:00

Have you ever felt confused when it comes to your business? Maybe you've felt unsatisfied in your business, longed for some challenges, or knew you wanted to enter a new phase or direction of business, but just felt unsure about what to do or how to go about it. Whenever this topic comes up with my clients (as it has also come up for me), I've learned to notice that it isn't really about confusion, it's more about fear of success.

Do any of these fears connect for you? The fear of starting something new, fear that you won't be able to measure up, fear of disappointing others that count on you, fear of not doing something right, fear that

you're a fraud, and the biggie, fear that you DON'T DESERVE IT? Or the even bigger, biggie - fear of the ECONOMY.

I don't think I know anyone who hasn't experienced some form of fear when beginning or growing a business. It's natural. The problem is when it stifles your energy, and leaves you living dull and disconnected from your purpose.

So how do you move past that fear and on into the success of your life? You look for the coffee.

When I was a teenager, and would get so nervous the night before starting a new job, my dad would always say to me, "By this time tomorrow you'll know where the coffee is." This was code for--you're scared because it's unknown, but you've got to actually go do it to get to the known. And he was always right. By the end of my first day, not only did I know where the employees got their coffee, but it was also always a good conversation starter to people I didn't know,

"Could you please tell me where the coffee is? Oh, I take mine with just milk. No sugar, thanks." You get the idea.

Fear of change keeps you from thriving, from evolving, from asking for what you really want, from reaching out to connect with others, from taking care of yourself, and from challenging yourself. You are the manager of your energy, and this equals the master of your life, which includes your business and the level of your success.

Ok, so this sounds all good, right? But exactly HOW does one become the master of success no matter what's going on around you? Well, I'm what I like to call a "Get-It-Done-Gal." If I'm going to master anything (especially my life's purpose) I'm going to want to know some concrete steps I can take to do that. Now I know you're thinking (maybe, wishing?) that I'm about to try to pass on a magic bullet. Nope. What I am going to say is there are exact steps to take, but those steps aren't about expending your energy outward. Instead, those steps are about turning your energy inward. You've got to shift the inside to see the results on the outside. And when you do shift the inside you WILL see results on the outside no matter what's happening "out there." (I'm blessed to see this in action every day with myself, my private clients and Boot Camp members.)

Here's what you do:

1. Begin by identifying the original fear that's holding you back from making a change in your business or starting a business. (Fear of starting something new, fear that you won't be able to measure up, fear of disappointing others that count on you, fear of not doing something right, or, again, maybe the biggie, fear that you DON'T DESERVE IT...or perhaps what seems to be the favorite collective fear right now, fear of the economy.)

2. Look at your history. Start with your first job. Write it down. (Don't just read; do. You'll get faster results. Trust me.) Continue the list from there. Now go back and mark something that you received or learned from each position. What evidence do you see in front of you?

3. Celebrate what you've done. Give yourself a big pat on the back for everything that you've experienced and achieved so far. Nothing is too small. Wahoo! Go you! Seriously. To energize your success, you want to start by acknowledging what you've done so far.

4. Accept the compliments of others. This is just as important as #3. If you want more energy and success in your business, you've got to be able to let it in! If you can't say "thank you" when someone tells you they like your sweater, what makes you think you'll leave your energy open to accepting a new, high-paying client?

5. Track your commitment. Confusion and fear of success are great ways to talk around what you say you want, without having to actually do anything. It's important to check in with yourself. Do I really want this? Take one week and track the amount of times you think about/talk about making this business change. What kind of energy is generated? Do you feel excited, but scared? Or, could you really care less one way or another?

6. Re-evaluate the limiting belief or your fear. Is this fear who you are or maybe, just maybe, now that you've shed some light on it, not so powerful after all? Is it perhaps just a defense (again, it's natural to defend yourself when you're scared) or an excuse because you're actually happy to stay where you are, but feel pressured by others to want more--do more. The more open and honest you can be with yourself about your fears, the less power they have, and the more energy you actually have available to use and to make the change.

7. Continue to allow Energy Source (Spirit, Soul, God, Buddha - whatever language speaks to you) to work through you. Do this with bold action and the certainty that you can create whatever you want, whenever you want, no matter what. Abundance is the natural energy state of the world. Look around you - trees, flowers, animals - all thriving. It's the humans that make it hard to do so. The more you focus on abundance, think about it and experience it, the more you will become aware of the natural magnificence that really is. Then you have no reason to be confused. Or afraid.

Your EnergyRICH® Call To Action:

If you can't shake the fear, then FEEL it, but act. Eleanor Roosevelt said, "You must do the things you think you cannot do." That's been my practice. (This can happen a lot as a self-employed professional. You

never know what the day holds.) When I feel myself being stuck, I recognize the fear, I take a breath-break, and then I do it. It usually turns out just to be about the "unknown" and then I remind myself that I NOW know where the coffee is.

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3 Golden Keys to Using Your Voice to Boost Business

2008-10-24T15:58:00.000-04:00

Recently I needed to tell someone that I was sorry ('Sorry for acting like a jerk' would have actually been the best phrase). You would've thought I was about to be executed the way I was dragging my feet. No matter how hard it felt I knew I needed to do it because not speaking those words would have toxic energy over-spilling into my body, my business and my success. That's a price I'm no longer willing to pay.

The fifth energy point is located at the base of the throat and it's quite powerful. Most people have a hard time believing this has anything to do with business success. I often hear, "What does my voice have to do with my business or getting more clients or a promotion. Don't I just need a compelling marketing message and leave it at that?" The energy of your voice is everything when it comes to business success, my friend, everything.

There's a belief out there that a your life energy is limited. This is often used as an excuse (usually a sign of something deeper that's being avoided): "It's not worth saying anything. I need to save my energy". Energy isn't limited. It's either flowing or it's blocked.

So what blocks energy? Holding back. Simple enough.

When you're afraid to speak your energy flow becomes very restricted. The constriction of the fifth energy point manifests in physical complaints such as sore throat, stiff neck and in characteristics such as acting shy, untruthful, incommunicative, introverted and unresponsive. Tightness is evident everywhere. Or the energy point can swing the other way out of balance: over-eating/drinking, gossiping, excessive talking, constantly interrupting, being critical of self, of others...

Neither extreme feels aligned for greater client or prosperity attraction, does it?

Ironically when you lose touch with your fifth energy point it's usually because you're trying to avoid conflict, don't want to hurt someone's feelings, or be rejected (you want to keep yourself safe), but you end up doing so much more harm than good. Tightness activates fear of expansion and that's your own success sabotage in action. The less energy you spend on speaking your truth, the less you have to spend. (Read that again. It's key.)

Your EnergyRICH® Call To Action:

Here are 3 Golden Keys to Using Your Voice to Boost Business:

1) If a tough truth must be voiced (a partnership isn't working out, payment needs to be received from a client, a staff or team member needs to be let go) say it WITHOUT anger, revenge or hurting the person you're speaking to. Write it down first if this will help.

2) Be generous with genuine praise and appreciation often. (this is actually even more powerful than being generous with money). We are all eager for praise and most of us get much less than we deserve.

3) Make eye contact when you speak to someone. Look into the person's left eye. Energy studies show that this allows the other person to really feel heard. This is extremely powerful when used at in-person networking events or anytime you're talking about your business with someone face to face.

Please know, I speak from experience when I say that fusing power into your fifth energy point is not something that necessarily happens overnight especially if it's been blocked for some time (You can read more about my own story here: http://www.energyrichcoach.com/heathers_story.htm)but, trust me, your business really starts to click for you when you truly begin to harness this energy. Miracles start to happen in your business - BIG TIME.

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Let Your Prospects Know You

2008-10-17T00:54:00.001-04:00

If you're focused on only what you can get from a
prospect, your fear of not signing on the prospect
or being withholding about the amount of time
you're spending with this person, your energy will be
resonating at a very low level. This makes all the
difference in the world when you are interacting with
someone (actually, even more than the words you say!).

I highly recommend NOT offering a free sample session of any
kind. This is what I compare to the perfume counter at
Macy's. When you walk by the perfume counter, you know
you'll be asked to try something for free. You feel no
connection to the person offering it and the value
of the sample registers as pretty low.

Maybe you'll take it, maybe you'll leave it, but you, the
customer, are in the driver seat.

You want to create a different energy when connecting with a
prospect. You want it to be a co-creative experience.
You and your prospect are coming to this meeting on equal
ground. You don't need to prove anything. You just need to
meet together to connect.

When you do this in a way that sets the stage for sparking
the energy between you, then you are set up to move to
the next level of relationship (prospect into
client).

Now think about it...when you are about to buy something or
are exploring working with someone, do you want him or her
to rush you through it or actually have the experience that
they really want to get to know you and your needs?

Now also think about this...do YOU want to rush into a
relationship with a new client or customer without getting a
sense of if they are your ideal client or not? (Think about
any not-so-great client or customer relationships you've had
in the past...want tons of those? I didn't think so.)

Setting the Stage

Setting the stage is getting on the same page energetically
with the person you're connecting with. You start any
serving opportunity by allowing in energy of trust.
Below is a list of questions/steps for you to sample as part
of forming an initial trusting connection with a prospect.
As you read through the questions, consider
what is important for you to include in your initial
prospect meeting, ask your inner guidance: "What parts
of this example feel good to me? What would I like to
incorporate into my own Prospect Process?" Make note of
these answers.

Questions to Ask Your Prospect

Start by gathering information about the prospect's
current experience. How did they hear about you?
What/Who brought them to you? Ask, "What would you like to
experience from our time together today?" Be clear about
what they can expect from you in this conversation.

These types of questions put you in a place to truly
connect as PEOPLE and this makes all the difference
in the world when preparing to move to the next level
of a relationship. And yes, you CAN do this in any business.
Imagine more people being more invested in your good
interest...your mechanic, grocery store clerk, doctor,
lawyer, accountant...feels good, right? Only good can come
(for you and the people you serve) from taking the time to
create this connection.

Next, be willing to share parts of you and your experience
that relate to and connect with what you've heard. Tell a
brief story, share a little tid-bit of a similar experience;
be honest and be human. Be willing to share what it is about
you and your business that connects to their situation.
Let them know they aren't alone in this.

When I used to work as a high school teacher, over and over
I saw the same pattern in teachers who struggled with
discipline and getting high-achieving results from their
students: They did not treat their students as people; they
blamed the lack of success on the students; they didn't
really trust (or believe) that their students could succeed.

Not quite an invitation to thrive
there, is it?

Now, please know I am not saying to give away oodles and
oodles of your time or information for free. I am simply
inviting you to embrace joyfully giving your time and
energy in a thoughtful and systematic way when you
connect with future clients, rather than starting a
connection off by "making sure you aren't giving too much or
being taken advantage of." Only abundance can come from
really taking the time and energy to truly connect with
those you are meant to serve (and to really make sure you
are a match!) The type of energy you start a
relationship with makes a HUGE difference in effecting the
results you're looking for.

Your EnergyRICH® Call To Action:

Make up your own list of "setting the stage" questions.

List everything you want in an easy, positive selling
experience. (Just think about how you would like to be
treated as you prepare to invest in something.)

What do you want/need to make the selling experience an
easy, joyful one?

Set up a practice conversation with a "prospective client"
using your "setting the stage" questions and practice
sharing of yourself, too.

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Is Your Heart Helping You To Prosper Or Keeping You Poor?

2008-10-10T01:02:00.000-04:00

Just the other day I was walking to the subway in my
New York City neighborhood and just as I approached
a woman walking the other way, I sneezed. “Bless
you”, she said. “Thank you”, I answered, as we passed.

Neither of us stopped or even slowed down (it’s New
York, after all), but I smiled. Such a simple
gesture; such a powerful impact.

This is the energy of your heart in action, your
fourth energy point.

Most tend to miss, ignore, deny and avoid the energy of our
heart. Constantly. Especially when it comes to building
business. Yet, it’s where your brightest light and your
darkest demons reside. It can soar you to triumph or crash
you into terror.

I believe it’s pretty safe to say that we’ve all been hurt
at one time or another. The hurt doesn’t damage you, what
you do with it does. We close our heart for protection
and end up harming ourselves in the

process: you overwork to feel better, leave your
relationships before they leave you and limit your financial
income to what you've been told you're worth.

And if this lack of "heart healing" is going to show up
anywhere - it will show up in your business. When you
move an inspired idea into action through the birth of a
business you are, in a way, wearing your heart on your
sleeve. You are taking something that you feel so passionate
about and moving into practical practice for the whole world
to see. Some would say, "you better have tough skin; you
better be ready for rejection."

This is what I say:

Prepare to open your heart. Wide.

Perhaps you’ve heard the saying “Do unto others as you would
have done unto you”. This is true. I like to take it a step
further. You get what you give and it starts with the
energy of your heart. If you want to resolve your issues
with food, volunteer at a soup kitchen.

Looking for a love relationship? Celebrate the love
relationships that are around you; embrace wedding
invitations. Want more money in your business? Give some
away. And do it with grace.

Because the REAL key to the energy of the heart is no
attachment to what you’ll get for giving.Your
entrepreneurial strength, not your weakness, is in your
open-heartedness. True prosperity is partnered with a deep
sense of inner-peace. When you commit to living through
the energy of your heart and allowing this spirit to move
through your business, all you'll do is thrive.

Fear will never serve your business - Only Love.

Your EnergyRICH® Call To Action:

Here’s my coach's challenge, if you’ll accept it:

Write down one thing you really desire to have happen for
yourself in your business.

Now write down something connected to this desire that you
can give.

Next, write down at least one name of someone that you can
give to – even if the name is ‘stranger’. Put this in action
for at least one day.

Go for seven days and then thirty.

Email me the results.

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So What Myth Are You Here To Shatter?

2008-10-07T01:10:00.000-04:00

Every person comes to this earth
with a purpose. As an entrepreneur, you have the awesome
opportunity to fuse your business with your purpose!
Actually I would say this is a must because when you do your
clients benefit (in a big way!) and so do your bottom-line
profits (in a big way!). One of the best ways I've found to
marry purpose with profits is to get clear on what myth you
are here to shatter and start marketing your business with
it!

The first step to identifying what myth you're here to
shatter is to tap into what really makes your passion juices
flow. A great question to jump-start this process is one I
pose to my Visionary and Diamond Level Clients,
"If you had the power to solve a
pressing world problem or issue, what would you solve first?
Second? Third?" The magic lies in your answer.
Really close your eyes and go inside, and give yourself
the space to answer this question. (I can always tell when
someone is answering from her head, i.e., "this is what I
SHOULD answer.") As the answer comes to you, jot it down.
Then walk away.

Give yourself at least five minutes and
then come back to your writing. When you read it over, if
your heart starts pounding and you feel a tug in your heart
- you're on the right path.

Next, begin to explore all the ways you can begin taking
action on this in your business RIGHT NOW. See, it's common
to tell yourself stories like, "that's such a big issue...
what can I do about it?" Or,

"Yeah, it means something to me, but right now I just need
to pay the bills." And this one, "Some day." Now, my coach's
challenge to you would be, "How can
the putting off of your passions possibly serve your
business (and I'll be bold, your life)?"

When you actually begin to partner
your passion for the BIGGER with the immediate - your energy
moves mountains, immediately.

I'll share with you one the of the myth's that I'm here to
shatter and a recent action step I took.
Myth: It's impossible to
be a spirit-oriented, financially profitable, female
entrepreneur, when

you've had a past of financial distress. First, I'm living
proof: not true. But, more importantly, a very recent action
I took also says this myth is not true… A percentage of
every EnergyRICH®
program and

product purchased goes directly to supporting Women for
Women International, empowering over 153,000 women survivors
of war to move toward economic self-sufficiency. This
truly partners with my passion to change the way the world
does business - from a place of faith rather than fear, from
a place of divinity rather than dictatorship.

When you get clear about which myth (or myths) you are
here to shatter, and you begin to incorporate this into
every business communication and interaction, your energy
soars! Clients, prospects, and partners feel this and it
makes you mighty attractive. It's a path paved with
effortless success.

So What Myth Are You Here To Shatter?

Your EnergyRICH® Call To Action:

Ask yourself the question:
"If you had the power to solve a
pressing world problem or issue, what would you solve first?
Second? Third?"

Let the honest answers come to you.

Begin speaking about it (no hiding!).

Use your marketing materials to shatter the myth! And
attract to you your ideal clients who want to shatter that
myth, too!

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Are you ready to tap into your worth once and for all?

2008-09-26T01:04:00.000-04:00

When you constantly give your energy away to outside
circumstances, you're left drained, empty and looking for ways to fill up. You search

endlessly for the right "answer" to building your business, making
more money. You take course after course, buy product after product and then,
if you're honest with yourself, understand that what you're

waiting for is someone to do it all for you ...

The power, YOUR
power, to shifting all of this resides in
your third energy point: this is
your core center of self, and it's truly where your power lies. Ever feel
sick to your stomach when you're doing something you don't feel good about?
Ever feel a tightening in your abdomen when you haven't told the truth? What
about when you've witnessed something cruel or terrible? This is what I call
your ultimate inward prosperity meter.

And being tuned into this makes all
the difference in your business success. Because your third energy point
holds your truth, integrity, and core values.

I was talking to some friends recently about the book The Lion, The Witch and
The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis. This was one of my all-time favorite books
growing up (still is). It's about a girl who's playing hide-and-go seek with
her brothers and sisters, goes into a wardrobe and steps out the back into
the magical land of Narnia. The connection to your third energy point
is in the battle between the two leaders: the Ice Witch and Aslan,
the Lion Ruler. The Ice Witch has turned Narnia into a forever winter and
turns anyone who goes against her into stone. She rules through fear.
Aslan is loving, honest, does good for others and still takes care of
himself. He rules through Spirit.

Both of these characters live in your third energy point; the
stronger one can make or break your wealth, business, and success.

When the Ice Queen has control over your third energy point, you are playing
yourself down, not getting paid what you're worth, doing out of obligation
and not telling the truth to yourself, your friends/family, the world. You
walk around feeling miserable, desperate, and cranky, and you turn to
bringing in false comfort: food, smoking, excessive/ secretive spending, and
overworking. Your stomach and intestines will seize up, bloat, and
turn into a protective barrier or discharge erratically to try to get your
attention. It's crying out, "This isn't who you are! This isn't what
you're meant to be doing!"

When the Lion Ruler is in command, you are living from your core values, your
actions match your deepest beliefs, and your relationships and business
success reflect this. You are able to come honestly into your life
through purpose, and you recognize that you can serve the world without
sacrificing your own well-being. Your stomach rests easy, responds
well to the good food you give it, and you feel energized and in the flow--from your
body to your business.

Your EnergyRICH® Call To Action:

The key is in strengthening this energy point so it's
always working for YOU and on automatic. How do you do this?

First, you understand what's standing in your way;

second, clarify your purpose;

third, put it into practice daily;

and finally, allow the world to reflect your value through the
wellness of your bodies, the relationships you surround yourself with, and
the use of the wealth that comes into your life - because with the power of
the third energy point, it will come.

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How You Can Magnetize Your Target Market

2008-09-22T01:42:00.000-04:00

The importance of a "target
market," is very true because we honestly can't serve
everyone. If you feel resistance (a.k.a. fear) beginning
to bristle, perhaps because you believe you'll lose business
by not being willing to work with everyone, just pause for a
moment and ask yourself, "Would I really want to work with
everyone?" My guess is your answer would be no because
everyone is not your energetic match. Just bring to mind for
a moment someone you really can't stand. Now, imagine your
whole business filled with this person-every
client/customer. Kind of shifts the whole "I want to work
with everyone" perspective, right?

Understanding who your energetic match is the secret to
magnetizing your target market. This is what we're going
to do together today, my friend.

First, let's look at why, if you recognize that having a
target market is important, do you resist it? Well, after
having coached with tons of entrepreneurs around this, I've
come up with what's missing in most of the traditional
"target market" talk:

It only addresses the outer. (And this doesn't get us
excited, but rather has us feeling limited.)

When asked to define your target market, you may have been
asked in the past to get clear about your target market's:

-Age,
-Gender,
-Marital Status,
-Occupation,
-Problem they need solved...

Let's pause for a second...does this really guarantee to help
us get narrow and specific so our message stands out to
what they need? Well, not necessarily. I bet we could get a
room full of: 35 years old single female nurses...and they
aren't all going to have the same problem.

So what we're really interested in is the situation your
target market needs solved and we make YOU the situation
solver. Then we tap into the energy that is the essence
of attraction between you and whom you WANT to work with.

It's this "inner part" that moves you into the excitement of
creating your "Ideal Client" rather than just "Target Market."

You can begin to better understand who your ideal client is
by asking yourself: What are the qualities of my ideal
client? What jazzes my ideal client? What does my ideal
client expect from me?

Really, just let the answers to these questions flow and
FEEL what would have you excited about working with this
person. Answering these questions connects you to a
situation or type of person with whom you are a natural
energetic match. This way, you're drawn together like
magnets and your ideal client recognizes right away that
working with you is a must. They just feel it.

Golden Nugget:
Your ideal client is usually someone like you who
shares your journey. However, they're in a different,
earlier phase of the journey.

To understand this truly is gold: when your ideal
client is looking to hire you, they're looking for a
solution to their situation or problem. They recognize
you've been where they are and have successfully made the
change. This ignites belief that they can do it too.
It's a reassurance they're investing their time, energy, and
money in the right person and process. It's easy for you to
talk to them because it's kind of like talking to an earlier
version of yourself, yes? Just think about what you
would've wanted to hear.

So when you get clear about who your
ideal client is, and can effectively share the experience of
your journey (whether in person or in your marketing
materials), in a way that ignites the energetic match
that the two of you naturally are, then you've just
accelerated the whole process of bringing on new clients.
(This is the whole point of
having a target market in the first place).

Your EnergyRICH® Call To Action:

Focus on the qualities of your ideal client:
what jazzes them (hint: it will jazz you, too!) and
what they expect from you. This sets you up to be an
energetic match.

Get clear about your journey:
What did it take for you to get where you are? Be willing to
share it. You'll be setting up an automatic path of
connection and understanding. You'll be confident in your
work because you both recognize you've done it and now it's
their turn to do it, too.

Give yourself permission to work
with your ideal client: Nothing good comes
from working with non-ideal people out of fear. You
deserve to be jazzed in your business-it's the magic water
for continuous business (and income!) growth.

Ready to learn more techniques to magnetize your client
and really boost your business growth? You can! Join the EnergyRICH®
Business Boot Camp! Start to build a client base that has an
energetic match to you!

This focused, powerful group energy make things magically
happen very quickly AND you’re given lots of important,
practical step-by-step “how to’s” at the same time to help
you systematize your business for growth and more money. Be sure
to secure your spot at http://www.energyrichbootcamp.com (Please Know: this
is the last time the EnergyRICH® Business Boot Camp will be
offered this year and for sure never again at this rate.)

Are You A Resistor Or Persistor?

2008-09-12T11:30:00.000-04:00

Back when I worked as a High School
drama teacher, I had a term that I used to describe
really good work happening in my dramaroom: creative chaos.
What was so special about these creatively chaotic
moments was that to anyone just walking by it would have
looked like mayhem, but instead it was students so engaged
in creating that they didn’t notice they were working right
on top of another group of students, that it was so loud, or
that they were, well, working. They would actually beg me
for more time to work (yes, you read that right) and would
create more quality in 15 minutes than they ever thought
possible.

Wouldn’t it be great to feel that way in your business?
That you could just be in action, really quickly, creating
high-quality marketing materials, attracting ideal clients,
producing new products and programs and not even notice
anything else around you (all your other “To-Dos”, or
various projects or housework that needs to get done …)
instead of feeling overwhelmed, like you’re torn in a
million different directions or don’t know where to focus
your attention and energy first so you just give up and
answer email instead or get a snack …

The thing is, you can.

Creative chaos is the second energy point in action, my
friend, and you have the ability to
tap into it – all the time, anytime – in your business
or any other part of your life, for that matter.

First, a bit about the second energy point: it’s located
throughout the hip area of the body, and it’s no mistake
that’s where our creation organs live as well (hmm-mmm, you
know what I mean). The golden key that will have this
energy point going to work for you and your business is in
shifting your thinking. What’s so exciting is that when
you shift your thinking about what you’re actually capable
of creating, nothing can limit the explosion of energy that
will naturally come bursting forth. It’s the Universal
Energetic Principle of Creation.

But, for that to happen, you must be willing.

Let me go back to my drama students to show you what I mean.
To kick-off creative chaos I would usually count the
students off and put them into groups. (Some of them hated
this. This meant they weren’t with all of their friends; you
know, the people they were most comfortable with...) Next,
I would give them the task of what they needed to create and
then I would give them, say, 10 or 15 minutes in which to do
it. At that point there was always 1 or 2 from each
group that would freak out: “What? Are you kidding? How are
we supposed to do THAT with ONLY this?” My answer, “You have
8 more minutes.”

These kids weren’t wrong, and I wasn’t mean. They were
simply playing the role of resistance, and I was playing the
role of persistence. We all have both inside us, and
they live in our second energy point.

The question then becomes, when it comes to creating what
you want in your business: which one do you choose to
activate – resistance or persistence?

Whenever you are faced with wanting something to come into
your business – more clients, new programs, products, more
money, whatever it might be -- you ignite the energy of your
second point, and you call up either resistance or
persistence – depending on which one you’re more familiar
with. If you aren’t sure which it is for you, take a
look at what’s around you. There’s your answer.

Ok, so if you don’t like what you see how do you change? How
do you get this second energy point really working for you?

You must create who you want to be. Shed the old;
create the new. Sounds simple. So why haven’t you done it?
We're all bound together by the common tension that lies in
the second energy point between the belief in your
potential to be your highest and most successful self
(persistence) and the fear that, for a reason most likely
you can’t actually prove, it just won’t happen (resistance).
What I really want to point out here is that persistence
isn’t about struggle, strife and ugh. That’s just resistance
pretending to be persistence. Tricky little energy, huh?

Your EnergyRICH® Call To Action:

Use your energy to say
YES to your creative abilities rather than engaging your
energy to come up with all the reasons of why you can’t.

Take a moment to ponder which one will better serve
your business …

Use time frames. This serves well for activating the
power of creative chaos.

Find someone to keep you accountable. (My drama
students wouldn’t have done it without my constant countdown
reminder and the knowing that they would be asked to present
SOMETHING when the time was up – No Matter What.)

Remember: You are an incredible, powerful person. You
get to create what you want.

Oh, and my drama-students?
Well, wherever we performed I would hear, “I can’t
believe you got these kids to do this.” I still hear from a
lot of my students today – you can see many of them on my

FaceBook Page. The experience has stayed with them and,
well, that’s the power of the second point, right?

Ready to just release resistance
once and for all and really step into your profitable
creative power? You can! Join the EnergyRICH®
Business Boot Camp! Let the magic start to happen for you.
This focused, powerful group energy make things magically
happen very quickly AND you’re given lots of important,
practical step-by-step “how to’s” at the same time to help
you systematize your business for growth and more money. Be sure
to secure your spot at

http://www.energyrichbootcamp.com (Please Know: this
is the last time the EnergyRICH® Business Boot Camp will be
offered this year and for sure never again at this rate.)

EnergyRICH New Monthly Mentoring Program

2008-09-08T01:54:00.000-04:00

Can I give you an entire MONTH of MENTORING with me, for only $9.99?

Yes, you read that right!

For less than a trip to the movies, you can be an elite member of my brand new EnergyRICH® Monthly Mentoring Members ONLY program that’s launching to the masses next week.

But, see, here's the thing... because I want to honor the Q&A feature of this special program, I decided to only take on 100 elite members.

I released this offer to my VIP client list just yesterday, and the spots are being snatched right up like hot cakes! I am so blown away.

That means there are ONLY A FEW SPOTS LEFT.

I wasn't even going to release this offer to the entire EnergyRICH® Community yet, but I truly wanted to give you a chance to get in on the energy of this really unique program designed straight from my heart to serve yours.

If you WOULD like a spot, please go right here, right away:
http://www.EnergyRICHMonthlyMentoring.com (and be sure to turn up your speakers!)

What Goldilocks Can Teach You About 'Gaining The Client Commitment'

2008-09-05T15:33:00.001-04:00

I was privately coaching with one of
my EnergyRICH® Boot Camp members a few weeks ago (we’ll call
her Debra) and she was frustrated with how to
incorporate the EnergyRICH® concept of packaging her
services. She was blocked and could not see how this could
be done in her business.

Now, packages are an EnergyRICH®
tool that I just love because they activate the energy of
choice for your potential clients and this is a good
thing as folks tend to like really have a part in saying how
they can best be served (I know I’d be pretty annoyed if
everywhere I went there was only one option). So, I asked
her to go over each of the packages she had created so far.
When I heard just one piece of info it was clear to me what
the issue was and how we could take care of this pretty
easy-breezy.

You see, Debra had made the same
mistake a lot of entrepreneurs make when it comes to
creating packages. She had created her packages based on
how much time she was spending with her client rather than
opening up to explore how each package and it’s amenities
could be unique.

So how could Debra create packages
that are unique, based on benefits and value rather than
time? Like I said, Easy-Breezy!

I asked Debra to take a step back
and from an observer’s point of view look at her services:
her expertise, what she offers, and what she delivers to her
clients and customers. Then we zeroed in on the most
important part: what RESULTS her packages deliver.
Clients don't pay for time, they pay for results. To
help her (and you) I suggest turning to the well-know
fairy-tale, “Goldilocks and The Three Bears.”

See, I like to call the use of packages in your business
the “Papa, Mama, Baby” approach. Modeled after, yes,
Goldilocks. She is the perfect example of a client trying to
find their right fit. She likes the house she’s in (your
business), but is trying to find the best way for it to
serve her (your packages).

Again, people like to have options. If once you’ve
attracted them to you and then all you have is one option
and that doesn’t work for them, then what? Well, there’s a
high percentage chance that they’ll walk.

Providing programs and packages provides choice and this
opens up the door of opportunity (It also keeps you from
living appointment-to-appointment wondering when a client
will come back. Not so good for either of you, really.)

Now have fun with this!
This is about making things easier for you, ok?

You can also use specific focuses for your packages.
I have another client who is a Massage Therapist (we’ll call
her Jane) who has created a specific package that focus on
thyroid difficulty (which is so special and delivers such
fabulous results that it has attracted a lot of client’s for
her!)

Now, instead of trying to sell just a general offering or a
list of features, Debra is set up to offer a choice of
packages that are each rich with valuable benefits and right
on target with what her clients want. Wahoooo!

Your EnergyRICH® Call To Action:

Start by creating your
“PAPA” package:

List EVERYTHING you’ve ever offered a client through your
service. I mean everything. Most likely there are pieces of
your offering that you do automatically, but are really
extra-added benefits … do you provide assessments? Handouts?
How about materials of any kind? Extra time? Email support?
Resources? Focus on a particular ailment or issue?

Look at it all. This is your TOP-END program.

Now, pair it back a bit = “MAMA” package.

Now, pair it back even more = “BABY” package.

Wahlaaaa! You’ve just activated the energy of choice for
your clients and created more ease for yourself.

Ready to implement systems that are
an energetic match to you AND designed to bring you more
money, more easily? Yes? The jump in and join the
EnergyRICH® Business Boot Camp! You’ll be amazed at what
starts to happen for you. You can ONLY win. The focused,
powerful group energy begins to make things magically happen
very quickly AND you’re given lots of important, practical
step-by-step “how to’s” at the same time to help you
systematize your business for growth and more money. Be sure
to secure your spot at

http://www.energyrichbootcamp.com (Please Know: This
program is filling up and will not be offered again this
year and never again at this rate.)

Create TRUE Entrepreneur Success and Security

2008-08-23T15:14:00.001-04:00

Did you know your first Energy Point can be found in your body at the base of your spine? This is the area where you house all of your 'security' energy. It is literally about being supported in life. So it makes sense that this will pop up when building a business, right?

The irony is that especially when it comes to building business so many entrepreneurs turn to the outside to determine whether they are strong and secure enough to be successful. You look around to see how your family is treating you (do they believe in my ability to succeed at this self-employed thing?) or what your material possessions look like (how much is in my bank account? What kind of office do I have?), and then you place a judgment on yourself that usually has to do with lack: My business is NOT successful; I ONLY have this much; I am NOT O.K.

Your body and environment will physically reveal your TRUE relationship with success and security. So, it's helpful to check in with yourself: do you experience any type of lower back or leg pain? And then look at your environment: Are you surrounded by chaos and clutter? Are you denying the use of your office area as a sacred business space? Are you creating balance in your business or just keeping "busy"?

If you are experiencing any pain in your back and leg area, this is your body (and the Universe, by the way) speaking to you, directing you, nudging you to give some attention to your relationship with success. For example, you may be being called to speak your mind to a family member (Hey, I believe I can build this business ... do you?), business partner, or client. It's really important for a conversation like this to happen so you are free to move forward and beyond the struggle-energy you are in now. Otherwise you will continue to experience the pain AND the situation that is causing your success-energy distress.

If you're environment is suffering and driving you crazy this is a nudge from the Universe, too. The spiritual side of you knows that safety and security are always available and the divine actions to take will always be shown to you. The ego side doesn't believe it for a second and goes into a whirlwind of busy-activity to try to prove that you're "making this happen". The trouble is in the cycle that then gets created between "I want", "I deserve" and "I feel scared" and "I'm never going to make it ." The thing about a cycle is that it will hold it's pattern unless you do something differently to break it.

Now, I can tell you over and over that these are only feelings and aren't "real", but what it comes down to is what you are willing to DO to shift these thoughts, to activate a different energy in order to be the master of your business - your life.

So how do you start?

When you do feel that nudge (or more) in your lower back and/or legs, or you take a look around and feel frustrated with your desk and/or office space take a deep breath in and ask yourself, "How can I do this differently?" and "What do I need to heal?" Let the answer come to you. You'll be surprised. If you doubt this will make any difference, try it for one week - EVERY time.

You see the keys to managing your energy are really so simple, but most entrepreneurs doubt it works. So you stay with what you've always done because, well, that's what you've always done or because someone said something to you at some point about what to believe in terms of your ability to create our own security. You took their word for it and never looked back. But unless things are hunky-dory in this area, your energy is speaking to you and will continue to do so whether you directly listen to it or not.

I know it sounds counterintuitive, but your habits work to create a false sense of security - and these buggers will really show themselves when a person starts building business (I always say, want a fast track to personal growth? Start a business!) Old habits see change as a threat, but your life-force energy wants you to soar and succeed and will nudge you until you do - which is why you feel the discomfort, frustration or pain. You can't create something new out of the old way.

Isn't it time you started listening?

Your EnergyRICH® Call To Action:

Take one week to really pay attention to what your body and your environment are saying to you.

Rather than searching outward for validation of your success ask yourself, "How can I do this differently?" and "What do I need to heal?"

Ready to do things differently for yourself and your business? If yes, join the EnergyRICH® Business Boot Camp. You'll be amazed at what starts to happen for you. You can ONLY win. The focused, powerful group energy begins to make things magically happen very quickly AND you're given lots of important, practical step-by-step "how to's" at the same time to help you systematize your business for growth and more money. Be sure to secure your spot at http://www.energyrichbootcamp.com/ (Important: This program will not be offered again this year and never again at this rate.)

How to Move Through Your Prospects Biggest Blocks

2008-08-09T23:19:00.001-04:00

I've come to know that there are three big blocks that most often come up when anyone is looking at using a professional's service or getting ready to buy a product.

1. Money.

2. Time.

3. Timing.

This is also with the understanding that everything else between the two of you is what I call an energetic match: They have a need and you can serve that need. They feel connected to you. You have established trust. And you both feel excited and the energy of possibilities is clearly in the air between you.

But then one of the major blocks pops up.

What now? How can you help?

Let's start with first understanding the energy behind the blocks. By doing this you are able to come from a place of empathy, rather than sympathy. As a service provider it is a disaster move for you to join them in their block. That might sound something like, "I know exactly what you mean Ms. Prospect there are a lot of things that I really want, but can't have either. I hate it, too." This is a HUGE disservice to them and also to you (in more ways than we can fully get into in this one article).

So what you are really looking at here is fear (of the unknown, success, change, doing something positive for themselves... the fear takes different forms for different folks, but fear is fear.) Even if they really don't have the money, have absolutely no time and are in some way not ready or able, they are making excuses to mask the fear.

People make excuses because they can't see the difference between an outer reality and an inner belief regarding that reality. Most folks have a hard time separating the two and make them the same.

It might sound something like this:

I'm not ready now = I'll never really be ready.

I don't have the time now = I can't see how to make the time.

I don't have the money now = I don't believe I can generate the money.

Back in the summer of 1999 I was studying in Ashland, Oregon and one weekend we found this beautiful lake to swim in and saw that across the lake people were cliff-jumping. Now, this is something I use to do a lot when I was in high school. So I swam across, climbed to the top, got to the edge and froze. I could not jump off that cliff. Every time I looked over the edge I thought, "this is a fifteen foot cliff; what if I miss and slam into the rocks, I could break my leg, I could die, I could..."

And then, as I stood there, this boy, maybe he was eleven, came up next to me and asked, "are you going to jump?" And I started to come up with all these excuses, but sighed and just told him I was really scared. And what he said to me I've never forgotten:"

It's air and water. Just jump."

As I watched him sail over the edge and then bob up to the surface just seconds later, amazingly to me, I jumped. It was exhilarating! (And, obviously, I survived.)

And this, my friend, is exactly how a prospect feels when considering working with you. They see a financial investment, an obligation of time and a challenge they're preparing to face - a cliff to be jumped off.

So the automatic-human-fear-reaction is to make an excuse.

And, again, the worst move you can make is to join them. "Yes, this cliff is really high. You're right; it's impossible to jump. I understand how hard it is, so let me call you back in a few months and see if you're ready to jump then."

I can tell you, they will never be ready. (I know if that's what I'd heard, I would still be standing on that cliff or worse I would have turned around and gone back the way I came.)

Again, assuming your offer is right for them and they will truly benefit from working with you, then you are NOT serving their best interests if you "just let it slide."

And telling yourself that you are is your own excuse.

The energy of commitment is very strong. Let your prospect know that when you make a commitment the Universe begins to line up for you. Things may start slower than planned, but when you truly commit, it happens. Let them know that, together, you will take care of their concerns (money, time, doubts etc.).

My sense is when YOU commit then you'll hear, "Let's do it!"

Can I tell you it will ALWAYS go this way 100% of the time, no, but what I can tell you is that if YOU make the commitment to take a stand for the truth about the difference your service will make for your clients (and don't back down when they give you excuses), you will have a client who puts themselves completely in your process and together you will produce magnificent results. And the world will be better off because of it.

So Go Ahead. Take A Stand. You Can Do It.

Your EnergyRICH® Call To Action:

When clients are afraid to move forward, they will make excuses that will keep them from going where they need to grow.

As a professional, you need to call forth the magnificence of your client to support them in activating the change they want, not join them in their fear.

Take a stand for them.

Take a stand for you.

Ready to take a stand for yourself and your business? If yes, join the EnergyRICH® Business Boot Camp. You'll be amazed at what starts to happen for you. You can ONLY win. The focused, powerful group energy begins to make things magically happen very quickly AND you're given lots of important, practical step-by-step "how to's" at the same time to help you systematize your business for growth and more money.Be sure to secure your spot at http://www.energyrichbootcamp.com/ (Just FYI: This program will not be offered again this year and never again at this rate.)

Closely Guarded Energy-Secret for Greater Client Attraction...Tell Your Story

2008-07-28T00:12:00.000-04:00

I've dealt with a few criticisms about including my personal story on my website, but, more importantly for every skeptic I've had at least 10 people tell me how much they admire what I share and how it resonates with them (and those folks usually end up coaching with me). So why share your personal story? Because it's going to be one of the fastest, most genuine ways to connect with those people that you are meant to serve in your business.

My ideal clients are high-integrity healers, coaches, practitioners and entrepreneurs, who are really good at what they do, and are ready for more financial success in their own businesses. You want more money, free time, and to market from a place that feels good to you in your heart and soul. Developing your own self-marketing system helps you successfully be in your business, have more freedom, and piece of mind (it also helps you go to places much bigger than you had originally imagined). It's about doing what you love and still being able to spend time with family and friends, simple as that.

Part of building a business that is a JOY to you involves sharing with people who you are. I remember when I had the opportunity to listen to Dr. Deepak Chopra share messages on the Soul of Healing. He spoke about the power of a story as the key to communication.

The first example Dr. Chopra gave was to highlight how our consumer society is literally built on stories. All of our large corporations have marketing teams that come up with a story to sell. The examples Dr. Chopra gave were: Nike - the power of the urban hero, VW Bugs - the carefree life of the hippie and beatnik, Apple Computers - the independent hipster. Now whether these archetypal images were what the companies had intended (my sense is Dr. Chopra didn't have that inside information) I'm not sure, but I will tell you that everyone in that room could relate to what he was saying and my guess is you do, too.

The second example Dr. Chopra gave was to emphasize the power of the story to heal. He told a touching story about his own father as a young doctor while serving in the army was faced with a young soldier who had lost his voice. With thorough research the Senior Dr. Chopra had discovered that this young soldier had received news of his mother's death and when he had tried to tell his superiors they cut him off before he could even finish the sentence, "My mother ..." and his body shut down and his voice disappeared with it. When this young soldier was able to have his story heard, his voice returned.

This truly brought tears to my eyes. We all want to be heard.

The question then becomes, HOW do you use your story in your business? My answer? Tell it. You're a solo-entrepreneur so you don't have to hire a marketing team to "create you". You are you. Let the people who are going to do business with you KNOW you. This way you get to be you, do what you love and work with people who you love (because they already connect with you because you shared your story!) How great is that? No more "trying to sell" instead you get to BE your business and it happens more easily.

The key also becomes about them being able to share their own story and Dr. Chopra clearly showed the power of that. They'll get the results they are looking for that much more quickly because all the c*r*a*p will be out of the way. They'll also see that if you can be it - so can they. You are in business to make amazing things happen for people. So, share.

I know I can already hear the "but you can't do that in MY business!" You have to be very clear about who you are serving. The sharing of your story is absolutely applicable even if you have a more Corporate target market. But you'd do it differently. You might not talk about your personal pain, but you'd perhaps make yourself more open, more available, less dull and looking-like-everyone-else-humdrum. (I had a client who fought me on this and continued to get dripple and draps in advertising; changed gears and presto! 57% increase in sales.)

So what's been learned? Your story is beautiful. It's how you came to do what you do. Be willing to share it and you're on your way to more energy, more riches and a whole lot more joy in your business.

Your EnergyRICH® Call To Action:

1. Brainstorm how can you share a little bit more about you to create more of a connection, more belief in what you offer, more quickly.

2. How can you open up to hear the story of the people that you serve? Think a CEO doesn't want to share? Oh, think again! And see what happens ...

3. ... and then email me about it. I love to highlight Excelling EnergyRICH® Entrepreneurs: we'll share your story and you'll watch the business roll in!

If you're ready to learn how to connect your story to the power of your Core Value Offer and Archetypes to really AMP UP your marketing join the EnergyRICH® Business Boot Camp. You'll learn step-by-step how to manage your energy and shift from fear to faith - and make more money by putting everything you learn into practical practice. You'll be in such a supportive group of like-energy folks - they won't let you think you can't. Everything is energy. All that you want starts with that first. Register here: http://www.energyrichbootcamp.com

Create Client Connections By Tapping Into Testimonials

2008-07-14T06:12:00.000-04:00

When connecting with a potential client it's so powerful to be able to share stories from other folks who have used your services. The stories of others will do tons more than explanations from you. Having potential clients connect with the experience of others is a highly effective way to share what it's like to work with you and your business.

Sharing testimonials authenticates you, your expertise and directly shows the value of your service - if you receive the right type of testimonial. It's important to ask for tangible results from the time you've spent with your clients and customers. You want folks to share stories such as: "I had this challenge, then I worked with you and now my circumstances/business/life is like this...".

It's helpful to have a template or set of questions all set to go that asks for your client's experience (lots of folks have trouble writing from scratch). Most always, clients are honored to fill it out and love to give something back to you. Then you take these powerful result-based testimonials and use them to enhance all of your marketing materials.

See, most entrepreneurs are afraid to ask for testimonials, or they get testimonials such as "You were great. I really liked it." These aren't as useful as "My sales increased by 34% in 8 weeks" or "I had 50% more clients in the first three months." Here are some questions/fill-in-the-blank-statements that YOU can customize for your business, and then send out to YOUR clients. These are designed to give you a powerful marketing message by helping your clients quantify the results they received by partnering with you:

After working with/hiring/contracting/engaging (your business), I went from [ ] to [ ] in [ ] weeks/months.

Over [ ] people have complimented me on my [ ] in [ ] weeks/months.

Within [ ] weeks/months, I stopped [ ] and started [ ].

The job was completed in [ ] days/weeks/months and it was on time and on budget.

I have had ___% better results with your company/program/system than with any other company I've hired in the past.

Also, let your client know why you are asking for their feedback, that you value their privacy and will only share their contact information if they choose (but you do want more than initials to go with your testimonial so politely ask if you can at least use their first name) and you'd be happy to gift them something for the time and energy that they are sharing with you. This creates win-win energy for all!

Your EnergyRICH® Call To Action:

1. Think of at least 3 of your clients/customers that you can call on to request a testimonial.

2. Let them know that their experience will serve as an inspiration to others and allow them to make a connection to the change they want to make for themselves.

3. Be specific in the questions you ask. Make it easy for your clients to share the experience they had with you.

If you're ready to be given tons of templates that make building business easy and fun join the EnergyRICH® Business Boot Camp. You'll learn step-by-step how to manage your energy and shift from fear to faith - and make more money by putting everything you learn into practical practice. You'll be in such a supportive group of like-energy folks - they won't let you think you can't. Everything is energy. All that you want starts with that first. Register here: http://www.energyrichbootcamp.com

How To Activate the "Law of AS IF ..." In Your Business

2008-06-29T01:11:00.000-04:00

Remember the story of the "Little Engine That Could"? This little train had always pulled small loads, but one day it was called upon to deliver something greater. First, it had a hard time getting the load to move at all so it cheered itself on by puffing, "I think I can, I think I can, I think I can ..." The load began to move and then natural momentum began to take over at the top of the hill and it was pulled forward -smoothly and easily ..."

Ahhh - such a nice story, isn't it?

Think your business is any different? Well, your answer says a lot about whether it is ... or it isn't.

In order to accomplish anything, you have to think and act AS IF you can. When you behave as if a task is possible, existing laws come into effect to help you. And here's a major EnergyRICH® Insider Secret Tip for you: when you reach the point of behaving AS IF the action were already accomplished, you receive even more help!

Consider this: The "Law of AS IF ..." has been activated by great achievers of all times and situations. Barbra Streisand was told that her voice was not suited for large audiences ... however she behaved AS IF and even though large venues still scare her - she has performed to the largest sold out audiences of all times. Christopher Columbus behaved AS IF he could sail from Spain to India ... Alexander Graham Bell behaved AS IF he could talk through a device to someone in another room ...

You don't really think you and your business are any different do you? Or Do You?

Well, what I've come to understand is that most entrepreneurs do activate the Law of AS IF ... as if they can't do it. A lot of energy is invested in all the reasons why something won't work:"I don't have the time ..."

"I don't have the money ..."
"Others in my field/city/country don't do it this way ..."
"It will take too much work ..."
"It's a bad time of year ..."
"I need to learn more ..."
"If only my parents/spouse/the lottery would give me money ..."

The Law is activated, but the energy is being directed away from what they say they want. So there is an energy mis-match, but the Law doesn't know this. It's just following the natural, energetic flow of the science that created it.

I learned how to turn this around for myself in a big way and to really have this Law working for me: I behaved AS IF I could find an affordable apartment in Manhattan. Did it. I behaved AS IF I could find true-love after 30. Did it. I behaved AS IF I could make a highly-profitable living as a coach. Doing it.

I now hold the energy of the Law of AS IF for all EnergyRICH® Clients and EnergyRICH® Business Boot Campers and teach specific techniques and tools that has each EnergyRICH® Entrepreneur activating this for themselves as a consistent part of the growth of their business.

What is it about this Law that works? Some may say it enlists the aid of the subconscious mind and I sense this is part of it, but I also sense that there is something HUGE at work here. When you feel a desire to do or to be something you haven't done or been before, you are responding to a divine idea pushing toward manifestation. When you consciously resolve to take action toward realization of that desire, you mentally CLAIM your good. When you behave AS IF you can accomplish your desire, you totally believe that it will be fulfilled. Total belief is active belief including both mental acceptance of the idea and positive action upon it. That's it. AND such belief both springs from and activates faith -- the mightiest power of all.

See, here's the thing: You are designed not only to contemplate divine ideas, but also to manifest them. So when you make a tiny effort of your own, just as the Little Engine did, you find one law after another coming to your aid.

Now, again, remember this: do not misuse the AS IF Law. It operates whether you use it consciously or not. So, if you behave AS IF something not so great exists - that works too. Get it? And either way the Law is contagious. Other energies respond to the activation of the Law of AS IF - always, no matter what. So, imagine, what contagiously would happen (more clients, more money, more freedom...) when you acted AS IF with ...

· Your EnergyRICH® Prospect to Profits Process™
· Your clients and customers
· Your marketing
· Your business vision
· and more ...

How do you CHOOSE to activate the Law of AS IF for YOU?

Your EnergyRICH® Call To Action:

1. Take a look at your business: How has the Law of AS IF been activated for you? (Be honest and energetically responsible, ok? This will have you moving forward more quickly.)

2. Check in: How do you sense the Law of AS IF affects your personal energy?

3. Move: In what way can you activate the Law of AS IF to achieve a current business goal?

If you're not sure how to start activating the Law of AS IF in the most effective way join the EnergyRICH® Business Boot Camp. You'll learn step-by-step how to manage your energy and shift from fear to faith - and make more money while feeling respected and fulfilled. You'll be in such a supportive group of like-energy folks - they won't let you think you can't. Everything is energy. All that you want starts with that first. Register here: http://www.energyrichbootcamp.com/

How To Create Clear Client Boundaries For Better Results

2008-06-13T01:39:00.000-04:00

I love to help my clients and I'm blessed they recognize the energy I invest in to providing a high-value service. As an EnergyRICH Entrepreneur I sense you probably hear the same a lot, too, yes?

It's important to offer this type of service (especially because it can be hard to find these days) AND it's also important to not confuse high-value service with lack of boundaries. You'll know exactly the moment this pops up. A client expects something that is not included in their program and doesn't seem to have any awareness that this is the case. You'll also FEEL it the moment this pops up. Perhaps it'll show itself to you in the form of a sinking feeling in your stomach, a touch of anger in your throat or just overall irritation. The most important thing is to be prepared to deal with it with what I can "Gracious Strength."

This is an EnergyRICH® Entrepreneur Muscle that you must constantly strengthen. No one else can do it but you. And you most likely will get the opportunity to strengthen it. I like to refer to these moments as "the Universe handing you the next steps to your business." So when a client tries to push your business boundaries think of it as a gift. It's an opportunity for growth. For you AND for them. It's a call to love yourself AND your client.

Here's an example of what I mean: Janet is a Professional Organizer. She has a steady business, but would like to see more growth. Her clients love her. She has one client, Lori, who is consistently rescheduling, is often on the phone when Janet arrives for their organizing sessions and pushes their ending time with "just one more question."

Janet wants to help Lori and it isn't like these bits are so outright awful, but to ignore them is an activation of disrespectful energy and the ripple effect of that lack of respect will be felt continuously in Janet's relationship with Lori, Janet's relationships with her other clients AND for Lori and her other relationships (perhaps there is also a connection there with her disorganization?) So this is a lose-lose situation. No one is getting the results they need or deserve. It affects Janet's ability to attract her ideal client, have a powerful Prospects to Profits Process™, or have a strong referral system in place. It affects Lori's ability to really make a shift in her relationship with organizing her stuff.

So what do you do?

Here are 3 straight-to-the-point tips for handling boundary-pushing clients with "Gracious Strength":

Tip #1: Communicate Your Expectations Clearly

First, you have to be willing to take a stand for you and your business. Next, you have to be honest with yourself, if you don't communicate to your clients what you expect of them how can they know? You must be crystal clear about your policies and procedures and the boundaries you have in place to support them. And the minute they are crossed, to be direct and honest about the situation. I have found this is the best way to create a positive outcome. What that looks like or sounds like will vary depending on your situation, but it doesn't include dancing around the bush or being vague in any way.

In Janet's situation, she can tell her client, Lori, that she needs her to be prepared for their organizing sessions by doing x, y and z before Janet gets there (including ending all phone calls at least 5 minutes before). The truth is clients WANT you to hold the space for their greatness to be activated. That's why they hired you! You accomplish this by clearly stating what you need in order for the work to take place. Your clients can then choose whether they are willing to participate at the level you expect. I know when I work with a coach, healer or helper of any kind this is what I'm paying for. I haven't hired someone to allow me to be what I've always been, thank you very much.

Which leads me to tip #2...

Tip#2: Call It Out Right Away

When I worked with teenagers as a high school drama teacher I learned pretty early on that teens had a keen, collective sense of when a teacher had a "leadership crack". That one moment could turn a classroom into chaos. The thing is adults aren't any different they just push the crack in a less obvious way. But we're all intuitive beings - even when it works against us - if we sense we can get away with something (especially if it's a habit that hasn't served us well) we'll push when we see an opening.

So I've learned to be clear and to the point at all times, not just sometimes and to have my antennas up. I have a tendency to see immediately when a client is using excuses, avoiding, resisting or over-thinking a recommendation. This usually means that the client doesn't want to move forward on a certain aspect of our work for whatever reason, and in most cases, that the client will eventually not see the results they signed up to get from our work together. I ask the client right from the beginning of our coaching journey if I have permission to gently call them on this when I see it and then, if I have to, I do.

Client relationships can take on a snowball effect. Once they start to go downhill, they seem to pick up speed and turn into avalanches. Stopping it sooner, rather than later is the key.

Tip #3: If Needed, Let the Client Go

This is a tough one for most entrepreneurs. But I will tell you that your willingness to release a non-ideal client (and I'm guessing anyone who is a major boundary pusher is not ideal) has such a positive energetic impact on your business. When you release the need to keep the client (or the need to "take it all on for them") you free yourself from drained, dragged down energy taken up by someone who is not ready to truly partner with you in creating dynamic results. To hang on to the client is actually a disservice to you both. To release the client is an act of integrity and love: for yourself, your service and the client.

And the minute you do, the door opens for an ideal client to come in. Every time. Or the faster that current client will shape up! Remember, they came to you because they want results and your willingness to release them is counter to this desire.

Your EnergyRICH® Call To Action:
Check in: Have you clearly communicated your policies and procedures? Do your materials need to be updated to reflect these? You can double check this for yourself by writing out a list of what you expect from clients. (You may realize you've been letting clients get away with behavior you don't really find acceptable!)

Activate love: For yourself and your clients. Let that love show by taking a stand for yourself and the service you provide. This energy will create a magnet - a powerful attractor factor - for your ideal client and many great opportunities in your life and business!

If you're not sure where to start with managing your energy around setting client boundaries or feel so desperate that you'll take on any client - boundaries, schmoundaries - No worries! Join me for the special 90 MINUTE EnergyRICH FREE Teleclass we have happening on Wednesday June 18th at 1pm, EASTERN. You'll learn in-depth the 3 Great Moves to master any fear of losing a prospect OR a client, shift your energy from fear to faith - and make more money while feeling respected and fulfilled! To register: Send a blank email to: energyrichhd-336689@autocontactor.com

Do You KNOW that Your Business Is Needed?

2008-06-04T03:53:00.000-04:00

Often when first connecting with clients I'll hear basic business blocks that sound like:

Yeah, but what gives me the right to teach others how to [fill in service here]??
What if I'm not qualified enough?
Yeah, but I can't because of [fill in not-so-great past or present experience].
What if no one really needs or wants what I have?
Yeah, but people see my business as a luxury - they don't really need it ...

Most entrepreneurs get stopped because of the stories they tell themselves that spring from these kind of questions. These are what I call "Yeah, buts" and "What ifs". Usually they aren't anywhere near true, but you repeat them so often that you begin to believe that they are. And then that's where your energy goes. When your energies aren't aligned, you can't figure out what to do next (or if you do, you push your way through it and then wonder why you feel exhausted, burned-out or frustrated).

Sound familiar?

Starting right here and right now as your coach I want you to quit thinking of yourself and your business as unneeded, unimportant, unnecessary or undoable.

You've been called to be in business for a reason. It's part of your divine plan. You have something to offer that only you can offer in the way that you offer it. You have ways of serving that make you needed.

The best way to activate this knowing for yourself is to stop comparing yourself to others. "Oh, this is what so-and-so is doing in their business. Why can't I be doing that? That's what I SHOULD be doing." Honestly, you really wouldn't want to be anyone else if you could. And, honestly, you never could even if you really wanted to. You are you. So, what do you sense would happen if instead you appreciated others and their business success? What do you sense would happen if you also appreciated yourself and your business?

Appreciate all the wonderful powers and abilities you have to offer. Appreciate your strengths. Appreciate your power.

I want you to think for a moment about how you have grown through the experiences of your life, think of the understanding and insight you've gained. All of this, "good" and "bad" is what qualifies you to be offering the service you offer.

Others can't recognize that they need what you have if you don't recognize it first.

I once spoke to a woman who was telling me that the field that she was in is very "surface oriented" so it wasn't possible for her to really be herself. She couldn't bring to her business her connection to Spirit. I explained to her that by keeping this part of herself hidden was actually a disservice to her business. Now, I wasn't saying she needed to necessarily go to the extreme and start shouting from the rooftops, but explained that to deny this part of herself in her business was most likely preventing her from connecting with her ideal clients who needed her: those folks out there who were thinking, "Gosh, everyone in this line of service is so surface oriented. I'd really like to hire someone with a bit more depth. I need this."

Believe in yourself. Know that what you have is needed. And that you must speak about it, so those that need it can hear you.

Your EnergyRICH® Call To Action:

1. Get Clear: Where are you currently dis-believing and dis-counting what you are here to offer?
2. Put in place a daily practice that has you shifting this energy.

3. Find one way to begin to fuse into your business on a daily basis the belief that what you offer is needed i.e. keep a positive evidence journal, use a mantra, challenge yourself to speak to just one person about your business from your heart (even if it's the check-out person at the grocery store!)

If you're not sure where to start with managing your energy to shift beliefs to bring in financially booming results. No worries! Join me for the special 90 MINUTE EnergyRICH FREE Teleclass we have happening on Wednesday June 18th at 1pm, EASTERN. You'll learn in-depth the 3 Great Moves to master the fear of being rejected by a prospect, shift your energy from fear to faith - and make more money while feeling fulfilled!

To register: http://www.energyrichcoach.com/threesecrets.htm

3 Steps to Magnetizing Your Ideal Clients Instantly

2008-05-19T08:55:00.002-04:00

To prepare yourself to magnetize your ideal clients you want to first pre-pave the way for connecting with your ideal clients by having two strong, EnergyRICH® legs to stand on.

These are:

1 – Manage your fears and doubts about being able to actually have more clients and make more money. I know this might sound strange, but I’ve literally had clients email me after experiencing the power of EnergyRICH Client Magnetizing FREAKED OUT because they have so many prospects. Since this isn’t what this article is about I suggest getting your own copy of “How to Move Through Fear For Money” to create this strong foundation
step. You can get that here: http://www.movefear4money.com/

2 – Have a strong, clear EnergyRICH® message. You want to know to the bottom of your soul what you are here to offer. No vague, “I help people”, but real strong clarity of the purpose of your business and the reason why folks need what you have.

These two essence pieces (the inner AND the outer) are the foundation of your business and your marketing. Yes, they will take some energy and effort to create. But once you've got them, you have the launching pad for magnetizing your ideal clients instantly.

Next the way you pull these clients in is a step-by-step energetically aligned and practical system using at least three avenues of marketing such as referral marketing,
networking, or speaking (these are only examples and can be any avenues that work for you).

When I started my first business this is exactly what I did. I had transitioned from being a high school drama teacher to being a self-employed Nutrition and Wellness Coach.

I had 6 months to “make it in business.” That was it.

After getting clear about the above two foundation pieces I contacted every networking organization in New York City (this is a lot). I plugged in at least 2 events per week. I managed my energy before I went to every single one. I met several people. I followed up with everyone I met and every referral I received. I set up a time to connect with them sooner rather than later – and I energetically set myself up for success before each and every meeting.

I filled my practice in 9 months (and had enough income at the magic 6 month mark to keep going.)

I’ve expanded on this same model and use it even today. Always by first putting those first two foundation pieces in place, now I mostly connect with folks by email. I then hold an introductory teleclass. Those who attend get special access to the EnergyRICH® Business Boot Camp and I even set up individual appointments with folks.

Our current EnergyRICH® Business Boot Camp filled two weeks before the start date. And, yes, managed my energy every step of the way.

My client, Fia Crandall, put her two foundation pieces in place (really getting how important it is to manage her energy the whole way) and then shared her new coaching program in personal invitations and emails that spoke directly to her ideal client. Those who responded were prepped to be energetic matches and then were immediately funneled into her EnergyRICH® Prospect to Profits Process™ by scheduling what Fia calls a “Light Up Your Potential” Call.

Fia’s new monthly base sales are almost 3 times as high as they were last year. Yay!

It’s about the energetically aligned step-by-step system.

The mistakes I’ve see so many entrepreneurs make is that, first, they have no connection to their energy whatsoever. They are just hoping all those fears and doubts will go away if they ignore them. They don’t believe they can do it. Second, they do not conduct their marketing as a step-by-step system. Instead, it's done from a place of
disconnection and panic and a bunch of random actions thrown together. You close your eyes do a little networking, a little emailing, some on-line stuff and, again, hope, but not a whole lot happens.

What's missing is the energetically aligned step-by-step system. You want every action to connect and you want every action aligned with who you are and what you believe is possible. When you intend, implement and commit to this method, it's like turning on a magnet. Prospects will be drawn to you and convert into clients!

So let’s break down the main pieces of this step-by-step system:

Step One - Manage your fears and doubts.

Step Two - Craft a message that has you extremely at ease with speaking about what you do. For instance, you want to communicate your value to the people that need your services in a way that is honest, authentic to you.

Step Three - Have at least three ways of connecting with potential clients, consistently.

Step Four – Have a clear call-to-action, not to immediately buy from you necessarily, but simply to connect with you to learn more. This is important. It might sound like this, "I’d be happy to set up a time to chat so I can hear more about what you’d like to see happening for yourself and we can see if my service is a match for you."

Step Five – Put in motion your EnergyRICH® Prospect to Profits Process™: learn about their needs and desires and what’s keeping this from happening, share how your service can get them where they want to go, and gain the commitment with ease.

Repeat this step-by-step system enough times and gaining new clients will be like brushing your teeth – something you do every day, right?

(Please say, yes J)

Your EnergyRICH® Call To Action:

1 – Strengthen your foundation by making sure you have two EnergyRICH® legs to stand on: your managed energy and your marketing message.

2 – Set up your step-by-step client magnetizing system.

3 – Move into action!

If you’re having difficulty managing your fears and doubts about being able to actually have more clients and make more money please do not beat yourself up. No one ever really taught you how to do this “self-employed” thing. I know this might sound strange, but I’ve heard it all from clients afraid they will never have enough client to clients FREAKED OUT because after implementing the EnergyRICH P2P Process they have so many prospects. Use this step-by-step audio and action-book “How to Move Through Fear For Money” to create this strong, confident foundation step for yourself right away. Get yours here:
http://www.movefear4money.com/

Use Your Uniqueness to Up Sales

2008-05-03T19:44:00.000-04:00

Tapping into your uniqueness and using it effectively is the “Hidden Key” to increasing business sales. Accessing this part of who you are and what you offer through your business will assist you in languaging your offer to your prospects and clients in a way that has them saying, “Yes, I want that!” This goes for verbal conversations AND on all marketing materials.

Here are 7 quick-straight-from-the-hip ways to use your uniqueness to up your sales:

1. First become aware of all the qualities, individualities, expertise, and gifts that you offer. This isn’t just what you do, but how YOU do it. (Hint: No on
can do it like you do it.) This allows you to stand out from the crowd (from those others that are doing similar work to yourself.) Special EnergyRICH® Tip: There is no need to waste energy on being competitive once you truly tap into
your uniqueness. No one else can BE you.

2. Get connected to your heart as you tap into these unique qualities of yours. This has you very clear about your business as an AUTHENTIC offering.

3. Use this awareness to shift you from a place of telling (this is what I do and how I do it) to a place of being. It allows just being who you are to be activated as your main client attraction tool instead of feeling that you have to sell yourself.

4. Start sharing true stories about you and your experience or a success story of one of your clients. Begin sharing stories that show success using YOUR unique methods and that relate to your prospects. Facts tell, stories sell.

5. Develop your own system, program or step-by-step process to express and share your unique approach. This gives you language about your business that makes it easy for folks to understand. It also helps you to appreciate yourself and what you offer = raises your energy!

6. Use your own system, program or step-by-step process as an anchor on your website, marketing materials and in all your business conversations. This way you become extremely anchored in what makes you (and your business) who you are, and you no longer find yourself trying to find the right words to describe who you are and what you do – whether while speaking or writing about your business.

7. Watch prospects clearly hear you, understand you, feel confident about the experience they are going to have with you and easily join you as new, excited, paying clients.

EnergyRICH® Call To Action:

First: Make a list of everything that your business gives to those that you serve. What do you notice? What stands out?

Second: Make a list of WHY people would want this. What are they looking for when they obtain your services.

Third: Interview a buddy, friend, colleague... Share with them your list of gifts. Ask them what their sense is about what makes you special. What did you notice about your energy as you listened?

Fourth: Develop YOUR Unique Serving System.

Ready to tap into your uniqueness and use it to market yourself more effectively so that you can have more money coming in the door within a couple of months? Then you’re ready for the EnergyRICH® DIAMOND Level Private Fast Track Mentor Program. This was created for Renegades who want to jump the revenue in their business FAST. This program creates outstanding results, quickly. The DIAMOND Level program is structured so I am fully available, as your personal mentor, to guide you and plot a solid course for you to master the world of energy management, self-marketing and business building. I’ll coach you so you are constantly tapped in to your focused action plan and a profitable fit for your business. There is currently ONE Diamond Level opening. Email our EnergyRICH® Client Care Coordinator, Sergia, and she will set up a convenient-for-both-of-us time to chat to see if this program is a match for you.

Do You Fuel Your Business With Fun or Fear?

2008-04-20T00:31:00.000-04:00

Having a business of your dreams is all about the energy. I have coached many people that had no clue of HOW they were going to do things, and in some cases, they had some real gaps in skills like marketing and selling. But, when they really understood that this is an ENERGY game- first and foremost- and they focused more on the way they felt, and how they could make small shifts, then they started to see things showing up that AMAZED them.

(They had no logical explanation, by the way.) For example, one person got $50,000 in funding after she "accidentally" met a vendor when the one she was waiting for didn't show up. Could anyone even PLAN for something like that?

In a process like this, in creating your IDEAL business, starting at the energy and core belief levels ensures you will experience some conflicts. It will feel very different from what your brain thinks you need to do right now to be successful! The goal is to allow the conflicts and begin to take baby steps, so even when you are in some conflicting energy, it becomes automatic that you start at the shifting energy level first before you start at the doing level.

When you're intentional about moving up the energetic ladder, you begin to feel more of how you want to feel, and this creates true freedom! When you can be in conflict and not see it as a bad thing, but as a place to show you where to focus your energy, and let it be ok that it is all not figured out or perfect, then you will BE free! Because when you make the best of a situation and focus on what is working, focus on taking small shifts, things HAVE to get better! From there, you do the same thing (focus on making the best of where you are now) and it has to get even better. It is about moving up the ladder until that energy becomes your automatic state.

Then your "reality" changes.

We are in a coaching process for a reason. It takes time to make changes to enable you to begin to look at any situation FIRST at the energy level. For example, "Ok, where am I? How do I want to feel? How can I take some little steps to feel more of that way?" THEN you start looking at actions that you can take that will be in alignment with the way you want to feel. These ACTIONS will produce the greatest results. Then you can start creating the fun approaches to your business! This is what I call Get-It-Done-Gal Energy... the Energy Juice. You can't get better business fuel than this.

Imagine what it's like to not be pulled off center when a conflict shows up. You'll feel better AND get more done in your business. So great, right?

This is part of the process. Hear me: Conflict is part of the joyful evolutionary process in your business, in your life! Let it be ok! Get in touch with the stories you tell yourself when you are in conflict. Then from there you can take baby steps to a better place. This is where riches are born from.

EnergyRICH® Call To Action:

1 - Recognize where you tend to most often get "stuck" in your business.
2 - Stop beating yourself up about it.
3 - Ask yourself, how do I want to feel instead?
4 - Ask yourself, what can I do right away that will activate that energy in me?
5 - Do THAT. Let that energy fuse your next business actions.

Want to learn how to activate your 30 Day Energy Management and Marketing Plan? Then join the EnergyRICH® Business Boot Camp. Here's where we cover every piece of the inner (the energetical) and the outer (practical) approach to building a successful business. I share every step in the EnergyRICH® Business Boot Camp. We'll have you set up to connect with your ideal client - both energy-wise and marketing-wise. You've never seen anything like this before. I give you every piece of the Proven Prospects to Profits Process™ AND the steps you need to make it authentically, naturally your own. Signing on prospects will be like brushing your teeth - something you naturally do every day. Why struggle when you can be given a successful process that already works?

Are You Maximizing Your Marketing System?

2008-04-04T12:22:00.003-04:00

Your overall marketing system is probably the most important system in your business and the one that can also be most overlooked (hard to believe, I know, but true).

The thing is, you'll find that this system in particular, out of all of your business systems, will have tiny off-spring systems. For instance, you have your overall system that may include:

Word of mouth

Networking

Email Campaigns

Direct Mail Campaigns

Internet Marketing

Speaking

Writing articles

Products

Events

... and more ...

and each that's part of the bigger system has it's own system. It's a Universe in motion, actually!

So how can you maximize your marketing system with all of these options? With so much going on?

The first thing you need to do is take a look at what you are presently doing to market yourself and identify the 3 you LOVE the most (it like almost makes you giddy you like it so much). Notice I didn't say the one you do the most.

1.

2.

3.

Then for each area determine how many times per month you currently use that system.

Next, ask these assessment questions:

· How can I amp up this by at least one notch? Two notches?
(Maybe instead of once a month you move it to two. Maybe instead of sending out 25 postcards you send out 250.)

· What needs to happen so that this is more effective?
(Are you following up effectively? Do all of your materials have a strong call to action on them or do they just list your information?)

· How can I improve the follow-through or conversion from start to finish of the system?
(Is there an extra step that needs to be added? Do you need to manage your energy around your beliefs of being "too pushy"?)

This last question is crucial. Marketing is worth very little if it is not bringing in more business. You must determine how to best focus and utilize your marketing energy. So, if you see an area of marketing that is not producing the results you desire you have two choices: 1) Ask, how can this particular marketing process be done differently to produce different results and 2) Let it go.

Remember, if something about your marketing isn't working - You Aren't Doing Something Wrong. You Just Need To Do Something Different. (Feel the difference in the energy between the two?)

EnergyRICH® Call To Action:

1 - Choose your main self-marketing system.

2 - Map out how you will use this system for the next month.

3 - Literally book appointments on specific dates from the start of this system to the follow through.

Want to learn how to activate your 30 Day Energy Management and Marketing Plan? Then join the EnergyRICH® Business Boot Camp. Here's where we cover every piece of the inner (the energetical) and the outer (practical) approach to building a successful business. I share every step in the EnergyRICH® Business Boot Camp. We'll have you set up to connect with your ideal client - both energy-wise and marketing-wise. You've never seen anything like this before. I give you every piece of the Proven Prospects to Profits Process™ AND the steps you need to make it authentically, naturally your own. Signing on prospects will be like brushing your teeth - something you naturally do every day. Why struggle when you can be given a successful process that already works?

Do You See Failure or Success?

2008-03-20T23:44:00.001-04:00

I remember attending a meditation workshop with Mark Epstein, a well-known 'Buddhist psychologist.' He told a story about a meeting he had with Ram Dass, spiritual teacher and author, where Ram Dass had asked Mark Epstein about his work with his patients. As Mark talked about his work, Ram Dass interrupted him and asked, "Do you see them as already healed?"

I was so struck by this story. As a coach and healer of businesses, I saw the clarity in this question. So often as solo-service professionals it is easy to focus on our success by looking at ourselves (what we are doing, creating, visualizing, etc.), but the results are incredible when we turn the focus on those that we serve.

What do you see when you look at your clients or customers? Do you see failure or success?

When I worked as a high school teacher--in moments when my students were working on their own--I would say to myself, "The light in me sees the light in you." I really felt that. I could see my students succeeding long before they could see it or could even venture to believe it. However, I knew as their teacher it was my duty to hold that vision and energy for them and then guide them through the action steps of getting there. It always worked. I have countless high school teaching success stories.

I see that same (if not more--I've learned a lot in the past few years) success for the private and Boot Camp clients I work with now. I literally see them as a successful magazine owner, professional organizer, coach, meditation expert, Feng Shui practitioner...and the list goes on. It continues to work. See some testimonials here.

I ask you to begin to apply this to your own business. Here are 3 steps to begin SEEING success in those that you serve.

1 - Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change.

In Dr. Wayne Dyer's book, The Power of Intention, he sites that, "It turns out that at the tiniest subatomic level, the actual act of observing a particle changes the particle." This is a clear example of energy affecting energy. If I look at you and see your success, then you begin to create more of and be success! How great is that?So when speaking to a prospect, customer, or client, instead of questioning your abilities (wondering if you'll get the sale or joining them in their woes), the most powerful action you can take is to change the way you are looking at the situation. See them as happy, joyful, peaceful, well, successful...and more. You will be effecting a change that will result in more success and abundance for the both of you. (It feels so much better than worry and doubt!)

2 - Be constantly giving.

The energy of success is constantly giving and the supply is limitless. When you can come from this place in your own business, you begin to attract more into your life.

I know when I first heard this, it was hard for me to grasp. Mostly, because I used to come from a place of giving, but have one eye immediately on making sure that I was compensated and at the same time convinced that I wouldn't be. Guess what? I wasn't and I felt a whole lot of resentment at the same time.

When I shifted my attention to giving for the sake of the success of those that I was serving and simultaneously confidently took care of what I needed for myself and my business (instead of waiting for someone else to do just do it), there was more success ALL around.

3 - Detach from the outcome.

When you are able to SEE success, you don't need to be attached to the outcome because you KNOW that it's going to be successful. Whenever you are caught up in accumulating (I have to get this client; I have to sell to this customer), then you lose sight of what your main goal is--to see the success of those that you serve.

Find out exactly what's going on for the person that you're speaking to. Ask them and ask yourself, what do they need? The answer to this question is usually multi-layered. (For example, prospects that come to me may need more income from their businesses, but they also need to move through the blocks they've unconsciously set up for themselves that's keeping them from getting more money). So, you then SEE them as getting their needs fully met and begin the process of working with that person, so you can help make it happen.

EnergyRICH® Call To Action:
1. Ask yourself, how do I see my prospects, clients, or customers? Be honest. Just let the answer come. No judgment. It will give you a lot of information.

2. With whatever answer you get now, ask yourself, "How can I improve?" How can I see this situation differently?

3. For one day focus only on those you serve and their success. Write down the difference in how you feel, the results that your clients get, and anything else that pops up.

Ready to move through your own business barriers and blocks while being held in the highest energy or support and success by a powerful group of like-minded entrepreneurs? Yes? Then join the EnergyRICH® Business Boot Camp. Here's where we cover every piece of the inner (the energetical) and the outer (practical) approach to building a successful business. I share every step in the EnergyRICH® Business Boot Camp. We'll have you set up to connect with your ideal client - both energy-wise and marketing-wise. You've never seen anything like this before. I give you every piece of the Proven Prospects to Profits Process™ AND the steps you need to make it authentically, naturally your own. Signing on prospects will be like brushing your teeth - something you naturally do every day. Why struggle when you can be given a successful process that already works?

Yes, You Can Let Your Prospects Know You (Actually, You Should!)

2008-02-22T14:47:00.002-05:00

by Heather Dominick, EnergyRICH® Entrepreneur Success Coach

Every experience is an energy exchange. If you're focused on only what you can get from a prospect, your fear of not signing on the prospect or being withholding about the amount of time you're spending with this person, your energy will be resonating at a very low level. This makes all the difference in the world when you're interacting with someone (actually, even more than the words you say!).

So it might come as a surprise to you when I say, I highly recommend NOT offering a free sample session of any kind. This is what I compare to the perfume counter at Macy's. When you walk by the perfume counter, you know you'll be asked to try something for free. You feel no connection to the person offering it and the value of the sample registers as pretty low. Maybe you'll take it, maybe you'll leave it, but you, the customer, are in the driver seat.

You want to create a different energy when connecting with a prospect. You want it to be a co-creative experience. You and your prospect are coming to this meeting on equal ground. You don't need to prove anything. You just need to meet together to connect.

When you do this in a way that sets the stage for sparking the energy between you, then you're set up to move to the next level of relationship (prospect into client).

Now think about it...when you're about to buy something or are exploring working with someone, do you want him or her to rush you through it or actually have an experience that's about someone really wanting to get to know you and your needs?

Now also think about this...do YOU want to rush into a relationship with a new client or customer without getting a sense of if she's YOUR ideal client or not? (Think about any not-so-great client or customer relationships you've had in the past...want tons of those? I didn't think so.)

Setting the Stage

Setting the stage is getting on the same page energetically with the person you're connecting with. You start any serving opportunity by allowing in energy of trust. Below is a list of questions/steps for you to sample as part of forming an initial trusting connection with a prospect. As you read through the questions, consider what is important for you to include in your initial prospect meeting, ask your inner guidance: "What parts of this sample feel good to me? What would I like to incorporate into my own Process? What would I want someone to ask me?" Make note of these answers.

Questions to Ask Your Prospect

Start by gathering information about the prospect's current experience:

How did they hear about you?

What/Who brought them to you?

Ask, "What would you like to experience from our time together today?"

Be clear about what they can expect from you in this conversation.

These types of questions put you in a place to truly connect as PEOPLE and this makes all the difference in the world when preparing to move to the next level of a relationship. And yes, you CAN do this in any business. Imagine more people being more invested in your good interest...your mechanic, grocery store clerk, doctor, lawyer, accountant...feels good, right? Only good can come (for you and the people you serve) from taking the time to create this connection.

Next, be willing to share parts of you and your experience that relate to and connect with what you've heard. Tell a brief story, share a little tid-bit of a similar experience; be honest and be human. Be willing to share what it is about you and your business that connects to their situation. Let them know they aren't alone in this.

When I used to work as a high school teacher, over and over I saw the same pattern in teachers who struggled with discipline and getting high-achieving results from their students: They did not treat their students as people; they blamed the lack of success on the students; they didn't really trust (or believe) that their students could succeed.

Not quite an invitation to thrive, huh?

Now, please know I am not saying to give away oodles and oodles of your time or information for free. I am simply inviting you to embrace joyfully giving your time and energy in a thoughtful and systematic way when you connect with future clients, rather than starting a connection off by "making sure you aren't giving too much or being taken advantage of." Only abundance can come from really taking the time and energy to truly connect with those you're meant to serve (and to really make sure you're a match!) The type of energy you start a relationship with makes a HUGE difference in effecting the results you're looking for.

1 Sure-Fire Way to Get Networking Results

2008-02-06T10:51:00.000-05:00

I remember being introduced to the concept of "business networking" when I started my first business. I thought, I will NEVER be able to do this. I remember getting ready to go to my first networking event and whining to my husband (then boyfriend), "I was miserable at this kind of thing when I was dating! How could this ever help my business?"
And then I realized about networking what I've come to know about so many aspects of building business ...

It was ME that needed to change.

So here is 1 Sure-Fire INNER and OUTER EnergyRICH® Tip for you to begin to use right away so that you get the most from the time, money and energy you invest in networking:
Shift your energy away form "getting" to "giving."

What I didn't like about dating events was that I felt on display and like I had to prove something so that I could try to get someone to like me. It was this same energy that I was NOT looking forward to encountering in business networking. Standing in a restaurant somewhere with a stiff smile on my face pretending that I cared what some insurance guy (not that insurance isn't important) was saying to me?!

Yuck!

Or worse going to an event and exchanging business cards as quickly as possible without making any real connections and then trying to follow-up with these people and "get them" to buy my service?! No way!

And then for one event I thought to myself, what would happen when I spoke about my business if I really spoke from my heart (rather than worrying about saying the "right thing") and I just CHOSE to see the light in each person I met and to really dig deep to see what I could GIVE to each person - - something of real value, something that would make a difference to them, to their business, to their life. Wahla!

Everything changed.

First, I no longer felt dread and exhaustion.
Second, I started meeting some REALLY great people. (Some folks that I am still in touch with to this day.)

Third, business started to pick up... and often NOT from the direct person that I gave to (that's a little EnergyRICH® Secret I just gave you).

One of my favorite memories is from a guest who visited my very first BNI (Business Networking International) group. It turned out that she was a representative for the Trading Association on Wall Street in New York City. She sent out the information about my business (my first business was as a Nutrition and Wellness Coach) to EVERY trader in the association. (Just FYI: most traders have terrible diets.) I filled half of my practice from that connection. And that was in my first 6 months of business.

And that's just my FAVORITE story like that. There are tons more.

But I truly believe the energy is the foundation to ALL of it. If I had been closed off, angry, resentful, annoyed about being at that meeting (i.e. What's the point? These things don't work anyway?) I have a hard time believing that connection would have happened.
So get clear about what your intention is before any type of networking opportunity. (And what you can authentically GIVE, not just get.)

EnergyRICH® Call To Action:
1 Look at your calendar for the next 6 months.
2 Plug in at least 2 networking possibilities for each month.
3 Be prepared to GIVE something of value to each person you connect with.
4 What do you need to do feel JOY about these events/meetings? Let yourself begin to get creative and think out of the box … what could you do to jazz and juice-up networking for yourself?

Need a resource on how to move through the fear you have about networking? Then get a copy of the How to Move Through Fear For More Money Audio and Action-Book. I've outlined a step-by-step technique that you can use “get out of your own way” so the money can just flow in. It’s why my clients get such great results – doubt and fear are no longer a blocks to Being Considerable HUGE. I hold your hand the whole way. I know. I’ve been there. You can get yours at www.MoveFear4Money.com. Why struggle when you can succeed?

A Simple Solution to Increase Your Sales: Shift From Selling to Serving

2008-01-30T14:27:00.000-05:00

I used to play small when it came to talking about my business because I was afraid of sounding "salesy" and then I discovered the easiest, most-simplest thing I could do to increase my client numbers - I shifted from selling to serving. That's right. So much began to happen ... I felt better about myself, started falling in love with my business and door upon door opened up with opportunities to serve the highest good of all: clients who need what I have to offer AND my business profits. Tapping into your uniqueness (how you're here to serve) will assist in making the language of your offer (verbally and on all marketing materials) easy-breezy!

Here are 5 quick-to-the-point-steps that will help you shift from selling energy to serving energy (and raise your business profits!)

Step 1 - You must first become aware of all the qualities, individualities, expertise, and gifts that YOU offer. The nitty-gritty bits about who you are and what you do that truly stand you out from all other entrepreneurs "doing what you do". There is no need to activate the energy of competition once you truly tap into your uniqueness.

Simply Put: No One Else Can BE You

Step 2 - Use this awareness to shift from a place of telling (this is what I do and why you should want what I have) to a place of being. It allows just-being-who-you-are to be activated as your main business offering and then also growth tool - instead of feeling that you have to sell yourself (convince people that they want what you have).

Step 3 - Develop your own system, program or step-by-step process. This is what I call your Unique Serving System (U.S.S.) This gives you language to describe your business and offering and gives potential clients something to tangibly grab on to. Connect to your heart when developing your U.S.S this way you are very clear about your business as an AUTHENTIC offering.

Step 4 - Appreciate yourself and what you offer. Heck, you should be proud; you have your OWN system/process/program! This raises your energy, has you excited about how you're here to serve your clients and customers and, trust me, is very attractive!

Step 5 - Become extremely anchored in what makes your U.S.S - you. Use this anchor as the center to your website, marketing materials and in all your business conversations. After all, it's the foundation to your serving.

*** Bonus - Now you no longer find yourself trying to find the right words to describe who you are and what you do - whether while speaking or writing about your business. It's very clear to others what you do and the process you use to do it!

EnergyRICH™ Call To Action:

1 Make a list of everything you "do" in your business.

2 Take yourself through the steps of what you do when servicing a client or a customer. Start at the VERY beginning i.e. in that first meeting or the moment they land on your website or walk into your story.

3 Condense this into anywhere from 5 to 11 steps.

4 Wahla! You have YOUR Unique Serving System.

5 Get creative. Find a name for each of the steps and your overall system.

6 Have fun with this!

Now, you may have specific questions you want answered about how to create your Unique Serving System. If so, I recommend joining the EnergyRICH Business Boot Camp. It gives you the most important things to do to set up simple, solid marketing systems and to manage your energy effectively so that you consistently grow your business and continually get new clients. We take 11 weeks to walk (hand and hand) through the 9 Steps of the EnergyRICH Success System for Entrepreneurs. This is a clear process that has you powerfully partnering your inner (so you don't get in your own wa y) and outer (so you naturally and effectively communicate about what you do) business building practices. You can join now at www.energyrichbootcamp.com.

9 Steps to Boost Business Purpose and Profit

2008-01-15T14:20:00.000-05:00

There are many parts to building a successful entrepreneur business, but it first and foremost begins with understanding and remembering why you do the work you do. Then it's about clearly understanding who you serve, what their major struggles are, and how what you offer will make their life better. Finally, it's about reaching your ideal client in a way that has them eager to work with you. But most importantly, it's about managing your energy through it all.

Here are the 9 steps that I've found to be essential in building a business that's just loaded with rewarding purpose, joyful productivity and consistent flow of profit:

1 Claim Your Core Value Offer

It's important to be very clear about what you do and WHY you're doing it. There are no mistakes. Everyone and everything has a purpose. You have a unique gift to give - something that no one else can give. When you uncover this part of yourself - you truly begin to SHINE. This clarity also establishes an instant energy of enthusiasm, which is very attractive to prospective clients. The intention is to turn all that you do into an "energy magnet".

2 Magnetize Your Client Attraction Plan

Then you want to establish who would benefit most from working with you (your target market), the qualities of this client or customer and what is it exactly about the way you do what you do that has your work standing out from all others (your niche).

You use these discoveries to craft a message that has you extremely at ease with speaking about what you do, from having a conversation one-on-one to creating compelling copy for every piece of marketing material you use. It's important to be able to communicate your value to the people that need your services in a way that is honest, authentic to you, rooted in integrity. This is what gets you more clients because you're conveying what you have to offer to as many people as possible with an energy that naturally draws business to you. This way it's easy-breezy!

3 Move Beyond Entrepreneurial Fear

There are two major factors I've found that get in the way of womenpreneurs succeeding: fear and doubt. More often than not we get scared about what the "right way" to build a business is, what will happen if we actually DO succeed, and then feel doubtful about our ability to make a lot of money doing what we love, in a way that gives us plenty of free-time to do the other things in life we really enjoy. This is a big barrier to getting what you want. You want to nip this (or any type of similar block) in the bud right from the get-go so your energy is available for your clients and for taking your business to a bigger place.

4 Serve Your Business' Dire Needs

It's a MUST to prioritize what needs to get done and when. You can't do everything at once (although I know you often wish you could) and can actually get more done when you can identify what needs the most amount of your time, energy and focus first and then to distribute your resources from there. This is an invaluable skill to define and strengthen that will consistently put you in a place of growth: that's more clients and more money.

5 Establish Powerful Business Systems

It's such a relief when you put in place systems that have your business and your marketing (so important!) operating on autopilot. This frees up energy for you to use to consistently generate new business so that there is never a lull in clients or income. Start setting these systems up right away. It's the New Year - perfect timing. No need to get yourself distracted by this though. Start with the most important systems (operations, your offerings and your marketing) and let them improve over time as you develop a greater sense of what your system needs are (I always say the Universe is constantly handing you the next steps to your business - just open your eyes and ears along the way!)

6 Shift From Selling to Serving

Selling is really just about finding energetic matches, right?

When you are able to understand that your business is the optimal opportunity for you to provide a serving experience, everything changes. You want to have in place a specifically designed energetic process that allows your potential clients to come to a place of understanding and self-discovery that they want what you have. It's both an art and a science at the same time that strongly calls on the energetic power of partnering with Spirit to create more business for you, more results for those that you serve and a true sense of joy and ease for everyone.

7 Move Prospects to Profits

This is such an important system it gets it's own step J Put in place a strong, solid, specific system that has you moving prospects into high paying clients, consistently.

Remember, folks need to have their hand held as they walk over the bridge from where they currently are to joining you in your business (whether service or product). You are asking them to do something new by partnering with you. This process needs to be both served by you and respected by you. You MUST also be able to take a stand for the value of what your service can do for them (if it is a right match) while simultaneously being detached from the outcome. (This is the power of the EnergyRICH™ Prospects to Profits Process that I coach and teach on.) It's truly a place of confident serving. It changes everything about being in business. It makes it a whole lot easier and more fun! Doesn't get better than that, right?

8 Create Balance

Every entrepreneurial expert speaks about the need and the benefits of having business-life balance, but rarely do budding business owners put this into practice. Begin to focus right now on developing specific strategies tailored for you that consistently have you serving both your personal and professional needs so that you experience success on all levels (health, wealth, relationships--you name it). Let's face it--as a solo-entrepreneur if one area is out of whack you'll experience it in the others. You want success on all levels, right?

9 Be Considerably Huge: Mastering Mindset and Marketing

You have an incredible gift. It is literally a disservice to others for you to keep your talent and ability hidden, tucked away or reserved for only a few. You have an obligation to share what you do--on a large scale. It's time for you to shine.

Be sure to, on a daily basis, put in place a practice that supports bringing you to this bigger place from your mindset (if you find yourself asking "Why?" I would give you a coach's challenges to ask, "Why not?") to your marketing (find the best avenues that effectively work for you; whether that be networking, strategic partners, various uses of the media and more.)

EnergyRICH™ Call To Action:

Create a plan for the year that covers all 9 steps of the above system, even if it is short-sweet-to-the-point. Include time for yourself to work on your business, not just in your business. Give yourself space to develop and re-work your systems as much as needed - it will save you energy in the long run. You'll not only put your business on a smooth operating track, but the intention is you'll also more clients from your efforts.

Interested in more of these easy, highly effective energy management and marketing tools that bring in more money and "business peace of mind"? Then it's time to get support in putting this system to work for you. The EnergyRICH Entrepreneur Success System™ is a clear process that has you powerfully partnering your inner (so you don't get in your own way) and outer (so you naturally and effectively communicate about what you do) business building practices. In the EnergyRICH Business Boot Camp we move through the system together one step at a time. So not only are you not overwhe lmed, but your powerfully supported by a group of energy-minded entrepreneurs. On top of that you're spoon-fed tried and true energy management techniques, marketing tools, client scripts, business templates, more. You can join now at www.energyrichbootcamp.com. (Remember, there are only 3 spots left, so act now.)

Make Your Business Card Work Marketing Magic

2007-12-20T10:40:00.000-05:00

Your business card is one of the BEST and easiest marketing tools you can (and should!) use to stand your business out from all the other businesses that are doing what you do.

There isn’t anything that bugs me more than getting a business card and not being able to tell what the person does when I look at. It just seems like such a waste of: time, money, paper, energy (theirs that went into creating it and mine trying to remember who they are), and it does nothing to support the bringing about of more business.

Blah.

So if your business card just says your name, phone number, and website, it’s time for us to amp it up!

And another thing, if your business card matches your branding that’s great, but that does NOT need to be the first priority. I have never, ever, ever heard of ANYONE saying, “Oh, I couldn’t hire that person because their business card just didn’t match the rest of their branding. It’s really too bad.” Holding yourself back from networking or using your business card in any way because it does not “match,” is speaking more to an inner block that’s operating for you than anything else. This is an excuse. So let’s shift this energy from excuse to execution and look at ways this card will work marketing magic for you, ok?

All that matters is that your business card serves as an attractor factor to your ideal client. Sometimes all you get is that one, quick opportunity to ‘speak’ to your ideal client. I would highly recommend you make it compelling. Simple as that.

Here are some ways to have your business card speak (and work marketing magic) for you:
• Be sure your title speaks about what you do.
• Ask a compelling question that speaks directly to your ideal client.
• Dare to use the words: You, Your, You’re and the like on your card.
• TELL the reader to go to your website.
• TELL the reader what they’ll get when they get there.
• TELL them it will be for free.
• Use the back of the card.
• Use embossed print (make it PHYSICALLY stand out).
• Assure the reader that you can solve their problem, e.g. ‘you can,’ ‘guaranteed,’ ‘promise,’ ‘be assured,’ etc.

Want to know a secret? I haven’t once had a professional business card made! That’s right. Want to know another? I’m in love with and addicted to www.vistaprint.com. The reason? Their products are of good quality (some better than others) and affordable, so I can change my business card ANYTIME I want without a major ordeal or expense and, oh, trust me, I have. :) So should you, because as an EnergyRICH™ Entrepreneur you are always tweaking. I also like this service because I can do the creating myself and really fuse the card with my Core Value Offer energy while creating it.

EnergyRICH™ Call To Action:

Take your business card in your hand.

Look at it.

Does it truly speak of YOU and all the uniqueness that you offer in your business? Does it look different from all the other cards out there or the same?

Now, how do you FEEL when you look at your card? Do you feel the energy of your business’ Core Value Offer?

Do you feel proud when you hand someone your card or do you instantly apologize?

Make whatever changes you need to make to this simple, highly effective marketing tool, so every time you hand your card to someone your heart sings with the joy that is your business and then let that energy jump-start every ideal client match.

Are you ready to create your own magic making marketing materials? Join the winter 2008 EnergyRICH™ Business Boot Camp! This program gives you the most important tools you need to really guarantee that your marketing is an authentic representation of you AND highly effective. I coach you every step of the way through this powerful step-by-step program, supported by a high level of like-minded group energy. We go one step at a time, consistently partnering the inner and outer approach to business success. If you have a sense that this inner-outer approach is exactly what you need to pull your business to the next level, once and for all, reserve your spot right away.

How to Get Instant Prospect Response Results

2007-12-01T11:29:00.000-05:00

There are 3 Keys I’ve found to creating an immediate, joyful, and results-oriented connection with your ideal clients; however, the one that’s most important is not only crucial, but also my favorite…a clear CALL-TO-ACTION!

Perhaps it’s the inner-organizer part of me, but I’ve always been a person that likes to see things “complete.” That’s why the call-to-action is one of the most important areas I give attention and energy to with both my private and Boot Camp clients. It amazes me how often this is missing for many entrepreneurs.

When it comes to telling prospects EXACTLY what they need to do to order your product, join your program, or take advantage of a special offer, this is the place where you need to spell-it-out. Instead, I see marketing materials that are vague and general about what a prospect needs to do or hear an entrepreneur’s voice drop or mumble at that important moment or worse, say nothing!

So, how do you start to amp up your call to action?

The very first thing you need to do is to make response easy. Make it as easy as possible for the prospect to do what you want her to do. If you want her to visit your website, tell her that and tell her the web address (seriously, you’d be shocked at how often the two aren’t linked together). Once she’s on your site, give her a clear map and directions to join your community. Tell her what gift she’ll get when she does. (You can see my current example by clicking right here, right now [www.energyrichcoach.com]).

You can (and should!) do this for any business and every occasion. It doesn’t matter if people visit your in-person store, or the web, or if you go to them. What’s marketing? Communication and connection—that’s it! However, this is a busy, complex world we live in and we each don’t have time to weed through lots of text, decipher what your saying, mail materials back to you (especially if a SASE is not provided!) or call a number with a complicated answering service.

K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple, Sweetie!)

If your prospect needs to call, tell her when to call (days and hours) and who to ask for. If she's to fill out a form, make it as clear, fun, and user friendly as possible.

So this can be moved through, let’s understand the energy that’s activated that has entrepreneurs avoiding a clear call-to-action. This is some of what I’ve heard:
• I don’t want to seem pushy.
• I want to let people know I’m flexible.
• What if they don’t want to buy from me?
• Why spend money on stamps if they might not mail it back?
• There might not be anyone here to answer the phone.
• It’s the wrong time of year for this.

What’s the energy you feel reading these “reasons?”

It strikes me as a fear about standing 110% powerfully behind your offer. It’s the energy of hiding.

So there's one last important piece I want you to keep in mind as you begin to create your call-to-action: It doesn't matter what your offer is, most people will be motivated to respond to it if you are successful in motivating them to respond. I call this the energetics of selling. And, contrary to traditional sales belief, people do respond to positive energies: love, hope, inspiration, joy, gratitude, to name a few.

But it’s up to YOU to motivate and call your prospects into action.

If you don’t, then you’ve left the conversation before it could complete. That’s not a strong energy to have activated in your business, is it?

EnergyRICH™ Call to Action:

Take a look around at your business. Do you have the number of clients or customers you want? No? Then get clear about how you can amp up your call-to-action:

1 What exactly do you want people to do when they read your business card, website, or postcard? Is it CRYSTAL clear?

2 Do you have a program or product that’s being released? When would you like your early registration to take place? What do prospects get by being an early registrant? Is it CRYSTAL clear?

3 What would motivate someone to buy your product? Join your program? What will they be receiving as a result? Is it CRYSTAL clear?

Are you ready to create your own immensely effective AND EnergyRICH™ Call-to-Actions? Join the winter 2008 EnergyRICH™ Business Boot Camp! This program gives you the most important tools you really need to explode your business results. I coach you every step of the way so your marketing materials are magnificent (because they are 110% energeticly matched to YOU!) It’s a step-by-step program supported by powerful like-minded group energy. So, we go one step at a time, consistently partnering the inner and outer approach to business success. If you have a sense that this inner-outer approach is exactly what you need to pull your business to the next level, once and for all, reserve your spot right away. We are now 40% SOLD OUT (only 5 Gold spots left!).

EnergyRICH™ Entrepreneur Success Coach, Heather Dominick is author of the information 5 Part E-Course, "How to Avoid the 5 Major Misconceptions Entrepreneurs Make". If you're ready to jump-start your productivity, make more money, and do it all with purpose get your FREE subscription and more Insider Secret EnergyRICH™ Business Tips at www.energyRICHcoach.com

THE #1 Inside Scoop to Selling for Guaranteed Results

2007-11-17T13:58:00.000-05:00

What comes to mind for you when you think of selling? Most people think of selling as needing to convince or manipulate another person. How does that feel? Yuck! Most of us don’t thrive on that. The “need to sell” tends to come from feeling like you are in a lesser position and that you need to convince people of your value.

As an EnergyRICH™ Entrepreneur I want you to begin to shift from a selling energy to that of serving. And for you to see each selling experience as a sacred opportunity to serve. I want you to see selling become a serving of a passion that’s inside of you. I *know* that when you see and feel that selling IS truly serving, you will be able to be of true service to the world, and you will be able to do what it is that you came here to do.

You will also be contributing to shifting how we all do business. How great is that? It truly begins with YOU!

So let’s get clear about what we mean when we refer to the energy of serving.

Serving is holding an intention for the highest good of all involved to be served—no matter what. You have the ability to create a life of your choice by doing the work of your choice. To do so, you first must realize you attract clients to you based on the overall energy you are radiating, and you are literally a walking website because of the fact that you store your energy of thoughts, feelings, and memories in what is known as your energy field. This is a startling, not well-known piece of information, which will change how you think about selling forever. You may have heard this before in more of a spiritual framework, but now I want you to apply this to your business!

Your beliefs about selling either attract or repel people, and your beliefs directly influence your words, your actions, and your overall energy. When you come from the intention of serving, you do it for pure joy and for the way you want to be in the world, and it is truly an expression of who you are. When you are really feeling you are serving, you are less apt to feel fear about not having enough. Your energy of these beliefs is with you ALL the time in this energy field and your energy field interacts with the energy fields of other people…even while “selling!”

The attitude you have about selling will be a direct manifestation of why you don’t have a successful business, or why you do. Attracting clients is an inside job. It is a matter of transforming your ENERGY, which is made up of your thoughts, feelings AND actions about selling that are limited and negative, and then learning how to truly manage your energy on a moment-to-moment basis to increase your energetic frequency. This is your work—moment-to-moment—this is what will impact the way you change your energy field and create a dynamic change in how you attract clients.

EnergyRICH™ Call To Action:

Get clear now on why you want to attract clients. Think about the following questions, and jot down the first thoughts that come to your mind as you read each one.
• What is prompting you to attract clients?
• What needs do you want to fill?
• What is the energy you are exuding when you connect with a potential client?

Are you ready to create your own highly effective Unique Serving System? I recommend joining the EnergyRICH™ Business Boot Camp. This program gives you the most important things to do to really ignite the inner workings of your business and this leads you to set up a Prospect Process that feels so good to you, you naturally and easily sign-on new clients. It’s a step-by-step program supported by powerful like-minded group energy. So, we go one step at a time, consistently partnering the inner and outer approach to business success. If you have a sense that this inner-outer approach is exactly what you need to pull your business to the next level once and for all, be sure to reserve your spot right away.

EnergyRICH™ Entrepreneur Success Coach, Heather Dominick is author of the information 5 Part E-Course, "How to Avoid the 5 Major Misconceptions Entrepreneurs Make". If you're ready to jump-start your productivity, make more money, and do it all with purpose get your FREE subscription and more Insider Secret EnergyRICH™ Business Tips at www.energyRICHcoach.com

How to Magnetize Your Target Market

2007-10-11T10:49:00.000-04:00

I’m sure you’ve heard over and over the importance of having a “target market,” a specific group of people who share similar qualities and have a problem that you and your business can solve. Now, this is important because you want to have a clear message that speaks directly to potential clients, which has them saying, “Yes! That’s what I want! I’ll hire you NOW.”

The importance of this is very true because we honestly can’t serve everyone. If you feel resistance (a.k.a. fear) beginning to bristle, perhaps because you believe you’ll lose business by not being willing to work with everyone, just pause for a moment and ask yourself, “Would I really want to work with everyone?” My guess is your answer would be no because everyone is not your energetic match. Just bring to mind for a moment someone you really can’t stand. Now, imagine your whole business filled with this person—every client/customer. Kind of shifts the whole “I want to work with everyone” perspective, right?

Understanding who your energetic match is is the secret to magnetizing your target market. This is what we’re going to do together today, my friend.

First, let’s look at why, if you recognize that having a target market is important, do you resist it? Well, after having coached with tons of entrepreneurs around this, I’ve come up with what’s missing in most of the traditional “target market” talk:

It only addresses the outer. (And this doesn’t get us excited, but rather has us feeling limited.)

When asked to define your target market, you may have been asked in the past to get clear about your target market’s:
• Age
• Sex
• Marital Status
• Occupation
• Problem they need solved

Let’s pause for a second…does this really guarantee to help us get narrow and specific so our message stands out to what they need? Well, not necessarily. I bet we could get a room full of:
• 35 years old
• female
• single
• nurses

…and they aren’t all going to have the same problem.

So what we’re really interested in is the situation your target market needs solved and we make YOU the situation solver. Then we tap into the energy that is the essence of attraction between you and whom you WANT to work with.

It’s this “inner part” that moves you into the excitement of creating your “Ideal Client” rather than just “Target Market.”

You can begin to better understand who your ideal client is by asking yourself:
1 What are the qualities of my ideal client?
2 What jazzes my ideal client?
3 What does my ideal client expect from me?

Really, just let the answers to these questions flow and FEEL what would have you excited about working with this person. Answering these questions connects you to a situation or type of person with whom you are a natural energetic match. This way, you’re drawn together like magnets and your ideal client recognizes right away that working with you is a must. They just feel it.

EnergyRICH™ Golden Nugget: Your ideal client is usually someone like you who shares your journey. However, they’re in a different, earlier phase of the journey. To understand this truly is gold: when your ideal client is looking to hire you, they’re looking for a solution to their situation or problem. They recognize you’ve been where they are and have successfully made the change. This ignites belief that they can do it too. It’s a reassurance they’re investing their time, energy, and money in the right person and process. It’s easy for you to talk to them because it’s kind of like talking to an earlier version of yourself, yes? Just think about what you would’ve wanted to hear.

So when you get clear about who your ideal client is, and can effectively share the experience of your journey (whether in person or in your marketing materials), in a way that ignites the energetic match that the two of you naturally are, then you’ve just accelerated the whole process of bringing on new clients. (This is the whole point of having a target market in the first place).

EnergyRICH™ Call-to-Action:
1 Focus on the qualities of your ideal client: what jazzes them (hint: it will jazz you, too!) and what they expect from you. This sets you up to be an energetic match.
2 Get clear about your journey. What did it take for you to get where you are? Be willing to share it. You’ll be setting up an automatic path of connection and understanding. You’ll be confident in your work because you both recognize you’ve done it and now it’s their turn to do it, too.
3 Give yourself permission to work with your ideal client. Nothing good comes from working with non-ideal people out of fear. You deserve to be jazzed in your business—it’s the magic water for continuous business (and income!) growth.

You CAN Shift Overwhelm Energy

2007-09-27T17:31:00.000-04:00

Of course, there’s all types of steps, tips, and tricks to business success, but there’s one that I’ve found that really keeps the whole energy moving: the ability to process information.

There's more information out there than ever before. There's more to learn, more to do. There's more stuff to read, watch, listen to. And there’s a ton of energy that gets stirred up with all of it. That’s a lot to sort through in order to succeed in business. How can you deal with it all? A piece of feedback I often hear about my coaching skills is that I can take a lot of information and cut right to the essence of what needs attention. Honestly, this skill has always been with me (it’s the same skill I would use as a theatre director), but it’s truly strengthened from being a solo-preneur and it’s also a must-have skill for business success I truly believe anyone can learn.

EnergyRICH™ entrepreneurs are always evolving; however, without a clear approach for how to take in and use all the information coming at you, it's all too easy to spin your wheels, waste money on programs and products you'll never use, and then lose energy getting down on yourself about not getting a thing done!

Now, one of the things I figured out right away when I started my first business was I needed guidance and support from someone who knew more about all of this self-employed stuff than I did. I’ve since worked with a coach for every new phase of my business, joined various coaching programs, am part of a local mastermind group, have my hugely helpful coaching buddy, and I am always reading newsletters and books. As you can see, getting support and learning rate HIGH on my list of business (and life) “to-do’s.”

I’ve also learned to be very selective about where I get my information and support from, how I weave it into my daily business operations, and whatever I choose to do engages in me the energy of “opportunity” rather than “obligation.” This way I’ll be excited to actually use it and/or do it.

Here are my 3 favorite tips for shifting the energy of overwhelm, so what you do puts energy in your step and money in your savings account:

Tip #1: Ask yourself this key question.

“Does this serve my ‘dire need’ (my most pressing business need)?”

When you're clear on what your intention is (e.g., this is going to connect me with new clients, this is going to help me speak about what I do, this is going to give me some space to regroup my energy), you increase your chances of doing it by close to 100%. In addition, when you're this specific about what you expect to get for doing this task, you're more likely to be fully engaged in what you’re doing, you’ll also take-in the learning at a cellular level and so then put yourself in a place to be able to do it more easily the next time around!

Tip #2: Create focus.

That’s right. I said, “create” focus. You see, overwhelm perpetuates itself by looking to the outside for change to happen (e.g., the circumstances, the employees, the business partner, the networking event, you name it). However, the real shift can only come from you. You must choose to create focus. The key is to embrace that you can’t do it all, all of the time! For example, just because a product comes with CDs, a workbook, and other goodies does NOT mean you must use all of them. I used to feel so burdened by the Internet book promotions that would come with all of these bonuses. I’d get stressed trying to figure out when I was actually going to get to read it all. Then I realized I could just read what I really needed at the moment and forget (or give-a-way) the rest—reclaimed my energy, thank you very much!

Here's another example: I have a client who is really wanting to delegate tasks, but struggling with releasing the control and doubting the tasks will be done to expectation—to the point where my client is going back and just doing what was given to someone else to do!

So we set up a simple tool. My client keeps a running-notepad of everything that’s handed off, (if it’s given to someone else, it’s written down) and then sets a weekly meeting time with assistants to go through the list, get the run-down on what’s been done, and then re-assign if needed and start a new list.

Now my client’s energy is free to focus on creative money generating (which is what he’s really good at)!

Tip #3: Talk about what you're doing.

I tell trusted folks (my husband, my coaching buddy, my coach, even my cat!) what I’ve got going on. Talking about it helps you simplify your thoughts, incorporate what you’re learning, plus sparks additional insights and epiphanies. I find this so valuable when it comes to getting clear about what my priorities are. Again, you can’t do it all, all of the time. If you try to it that way, the energy is stuck and stagnates and that’s where overwhelm comes in.

So, whether you find yourself trying to balance business and family, choose where to get your information from, or what tasks to delegate, put these three tips into action and you’ll find yourself getting more done, more quickly and serving your business rather than taking away from it.

EnergyRICH™ Call-to-Action:
1 When feeling overwhelm just stop and ask, “Out of all of this, what serves my ‘dire need’ (what my business needs most)?”
2 If you find yourself pulled off focus, stop and take 30 deep breaths. This will help create focus and you’ll find yourself back on track.
3 Find a trusted person to share what’s going on with you. This shifts the energy immediately.

Not sure how to shift the energy of overwhelm into the energy of productivity and profit? I highly recommend joining the EnergyRICH Business Boot Camp™. This program gives you the most important things to do to shift any inner blocks you have that are holding you back, set up rock-solid outer marketing systems, so you consistently increase your income. It’s a step-by-step program supported by powerful like-minded group energy. So, we go one step at a time consistently partnering the inner and outer approach to business success. Right now, we’re full for the Fall Boot Camp, but we are taking early, early bird registration for the Winter EnergyRICH Business Boot Camp™ starting in January. If you have a sense that this inner-outer approach is exactly what you need to pull your business to the next level once and for all, just email our EnergyRICH™ Client Relationship Manager, Naomi, and she’ll find a time that is great for us to chat no strings attached. :)

How to Move Through Your Prospects Biggest Blocks

2007-08-27T12:42:00.000-04:00

I've found that there are three big blocks that most often come up when anyone is looking at using a professional’s service or getting ready to buy a product.
1 Money
2 Time
3 Timing

This is with the understanding that everything else is a match. They have a need and you can serve that need. They feel connected to you. You have established trust, you both feel excited, and the energy of possibilities is clearly in the air between you.

Then one of the major blocks pops up.

What now? How can you help?

Let’s start with first understanding the energy behind the blocks. By doing this, we are able to come from a place of empathy, rather than sympathy. It is a disaster move, as a service provider, for you to join them in their blocks. That might sound something like, “I know exactly what you mean Ms. Prospect, and t here are a lot of things that I really want, but can’t have either. I hate it, too.” This is a HUGE disservice to them and you.

So what we are really looking at here is fear (of the unknown, success, change, doing something positive for themselves...the fear takes different forms for different folks, but fear is fear). Even if they really don't have the money, have absolutely no time, and are in some way not ready or able, they are making excuses to mask the fear.

We make excuses because we can’t see the difference between an outer reality and our inner belief regarding that reality. For most of us, we have a hard time separating the two; we make them the same.

It might sound something like this:
1 I don't have the money now. = I don’t believe I can raise the money.
2 I don't have the time now. = I can’t see how to mak e the time.
3 I'm not ready now. = I'll never really be ready.

Back in the summer of 1999, I was studying in Ashland, Oregon and one weekend we found this beautiful lake to swim in and saw that across the lake people were jumping cliffs. Now, this is something I use to do a lot when I was in high school. So I swam across, climbed to the top, got to the edge and froze. I could not jump off that cliff. Every time I looked over the edge I thought, “This is a fifteen foot cliff; what if I miss and slam into the rocks, I could break my leg, I could die...”

Then, as I stood there, this boy, maybe he was eleven, came up next to me, and asked, “Are you going to jump?” I started to come up with all these excuses, but sighed and just told him I was really scared. “It's just air and then water. Just jump.”

As I watched him sail over the e dge and then bob up to the surface just seconds later, amazingly to me, I jumped. It was exhilarating! (And, obviously, I survived.)

This, my friend, is exactly how a prospect feels when considering working with you. They see a financial investment, an obligation of time and a challenge. They’re preparing to face a cliff to be jumped off.

So the automatic-human-fear-reaction is to make an excuse.

And, again, the worst move you can make is to join them. “Yes, this cliff is really high. You're right; it's impossible to jump. I understand how hard it is, so let me call you back in a few months and see if you're ready to jump then.”

I can tell you, they will never be ready. (I know if that’s what I’d heard, I would still be standing on that cliff, or worse, I would have turned around and gone back the way I came.)

Again, assuming your offer is right for the m and they will truly benefit from working with you, then you are NOT serving their best interests if you “just let it slide.” Telling yourself that you are serving them by letting them slide is your own excuse.

The energy of commitment is very strong. Let your prospect know that when you make a commitment the Universe begins to line up for you. Things may start slower than planned, but when you truly commit, it happens. Let them know that, together, you will take care of their concerns (money, time, doubts).

My sense is you’ll hear, “Let's do it!”

Can I tell you it will ALWAYS go this way? No, but what I can tell you is that if YOU make the commitment to take a stand for the truth about the difference your service will make for your clients (and don't back down when they give you excuses), you will have a client who puts themselves completely in your process and together you will p roduce magnificent results.

Go ahead. Take a stand. You can do it.

EnergyRICH™ Call-to-Action:

When clients are afraid to move forward, they will make excuses. They will give excuses that keep them from facing the challenge.

As a professional, you need to call forth the magnificence of your client, not join them in their fear.

Take a stand for them.

Take a stand for you.

Ready to take a stand for yourself and your business? If yes, join the EnergyRICH™ Business Boot Camp. You’ll be amazed at what starts to happen for you. You can ONLY win. The focused, powerful, group energy begins to make things happen very quickly. You’re given lots of vital “how to’s” at the same time to help you systematize your business for gro wth while still having time for everything else in your life that you love. Get more details at energyrichbootcamp.com. (Why waste a lot of time and money when you can manage your energy to build your business successfully with JOY?)

Small Business POWER HOUR on the RADIO!

2007-07-31T20:09:00.000-04:00

Tune into the Small Business POWER HOUR on the RADIO!

Every Monday at 1 p.m. Eastern

Your Small Business POWER HOUR includes:
• FREE weekly mastermind radio show guaranteed to grow your business.
• Compelling business development topics with possibility-driven content.
• Visiting entrepreneurial experts from various fields of success.
• Exclusive access to business building events and growth opportunities.

Tune in here to the Power Hour. (HINT: Listen to my appearance on July 16th, Prospects to Profits: How to Confidently Sell with Compassion.)

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Let Your Prospects KNOW You

2007-07-16T15:39:00.000-04:00

Every experience is an energy exchange. If you are focused on only what you can get from a prospect, your fear of not signing on the prospect or being withholding about the amount of time you’re spending with this person, your energy will be resonating at a very low level. This makes all the difference in the world when you are interacting with someone (actually, even more than the words you say!).

I highly recommend NOT offering a free sample session of any kind. This is what I compare to the perfume counter at Macy’s. When you walk by the perfume counter, you know you’ll be asked to try something for free. You feel no connection to the person offering it and the value of the sample registers are pretty low. Maybe you’ll take it, maybe you’ll leave it, but you, the customer, are in the driver seat.

You want to create a different energy when connecting with a prospect. You want it to be a co-creative experience. You and your prospect are coming to this meeting on equal ground. You don’t need to prove anything. You just need to meet together to connect.

When you do this in a way that sets the stage for sparking the energy between you, then you are set up to move to the next level of relationship (prospect into client).

Now think about it...when you are about to buy something or are exploring working with someone, do you want him or her to rush you through it or actually have the experience they really want to get to know you and your needs?

Now also think about this...do YOU want to rush into a relationship with a new client or customer without getting a sense of if they are your ideal client or not. (Think about any not-so-great client or customer relationships you’ve had in the past...want tons of those? I didn’t think so.)

Setting the EnergyRICH™ Stage

Setting the stage is getting on the same page energetically with the person you're connecting with. You start any serving opportunity by allowing in energy of trust. Below is a list of questions/steps for you to sample as part of forming an initial trusting connection with a prospect. As you read through the questions, consider what is important for you to include in your initial prospect meeting, ask your inner guidance: “What parts of this sample feel good to me? What would I like to incorporate into my own Process?” Make note of these answers.

Questions to Ask Your Prospect

Start by gathering information about the prospect’s current experience.
1 How did they hear about you?
2 What/Who brought them to you?
3 Ask, “What would you like to experience from our time together today?”
4 Be clear about what they can expect from you in this conversation.

These types of questions put you in a place to truly connect as PEOPLE and this makes all the difference in the world when preparing to move to the next level of a relationship. And yes, you CAN do this in any business. Imagine more people being more invested in your good interest...your mechanic, grocery store clerk, doctor, lawyer, accountant...feels good, right? Only good can come (for you and the people you serve) from taking the time to create this connection.

Next, be willing to share parts of you and your experience that relate to and connect with what you’ve heard. Tell a brief story, share a little tid-bit of a similar experience; be honest and be human. Be willing to share what it is about you and your business that connects to their situation. Let them know they aren’t alone in this.

When I used to work as a high school teacher, over and over I saw the same pattern in teachers who struggled with discipline and getting high-achieving results from their students.
1 They did not treat their students as people.
2 They blamed the lack of success on the students.
3 They didn’t really trust (or believe) that their students could succeed.

Not quite an invitation to thrive, huh?

Now, please know I am not saying to give away oodles and oodles of your time or information for free. I am simply inviting you to embrace joyfully giving your time and energy in a thoughtful and systematic way when you connect with future clients, rather than starting a connection off by “making sure you aren’t giving too much or being taken advantage of.” Only abundance can come from really taking the time and energy to truly connect with those you are meant to serve (and to really make sure you are a match!) The type of energy you start a relationship with makes a HUGE difference in effecting the results you’re looking for.

EnergyRICH™ Call To Action:

1 Make up your own list of “setting the stage” questions.
2 Bring to the surface what you want in an initial meeting experience below. List everything you want in an easy, positive selling experience. (Just think about how you would like to be treated as you prepare to invest in something.)

What do you want/need to make the selling experience an easy, joyful one?

Set up a practice conversation with a “prospective client” using the questions and practice sharing of yourself, too.

Ready to magnetize more prospects to you? (You’ve got to meet ‘em before you can connect with ‘em, right?) If that’s the case, join the EnergyRICH™ Business Boot Camp. You’ll learn everything you need to know to create a marketing message with energy that draws clients to you. You’ll be trained on how to always create Raving Fans so their friends are calling to work with you, and lots of vital “how to’s” to help you grow your business quickly while still having time for everything else in your life that you love (actually, it will be a requirement). Get more details at www.energyrichbootcamp.com. (Why waste a lot of time and money when you can manage your energy to build your business, effortlessly?)

The Magic Move to Being in Business (That No One Is Talking About!)

2007-07-16T15:38:00.000-04:00

Lots of entrepreneurs that I speak to spend a lot of time “being busy.” They’re attending meetings, answering emails and a ton of activity that fills up their schedule. They have great ideas in the middle of it all, but are so overwhelmed they fall into “productivity paralysis” and are just plain perplexed about how to really get to that next level. There’s a magic move to being productive and profitable in business that no one is talking about.

Before we get to the “Magic Move,” we have to first acknowledge that as an EnergyRICH™ Entrepreneur you should always be striving to work on your business rather than just in your business. You open up the energy around this by setting up systems. This approach allows you to be set up for growth and actually implement all those fabulous ideas you have. For example, if you’re an acupuncturist instead of only treating patients all day you can explore ways to treat and reach more people at once—leveraging your time and your income. Strong systems in your business operations will create that space. I have entrepreneurs I coach who either set up or strengthen their systems as a must. For the sake of this article, we accept that as a given. Now, step into the magic move—the one that has you in joy with everything you’re doing, rather than just trying to catch your breath and stay one step ahead (or filing you your time with “stuff” because you secretly feel lost about what to do next).

Often, I’ve found that even when you have the tightest of systems, you can find yourself feeling like something is missing. Your energy is a bit blah and you don’t feel jazzed to create. Even though the systems are crankin’, you feel stuck. Just about every time I hear this from an entrepreneur, I know the magic move is missing; there isn’t anywhere in the systems that allows for time to just be. Incorporating this move makes all the difference in the world and it’s the one that is most resisted (including myself at times). Interesting, right?

Let’s get clear about exactly what I mean by “time to just be.” I’m not talking about time to watch TV or be with family and friends—although this is important and should be part of your systems, too. I’m talking about time to really connect to that part of yourself which is a direct connection to divine, inspired action. These are the ideas, solutions, and “how tos” that cannot be conceived of, created, or tapped into when you are busy “doing” and “going 24-7.” And it’s the powerful, magic move that no one in business is talking about. Frankly, I believe it’s because they’re scared to.

Traditional business doesn’t operate from a place of stillness. The battle cry is, “if you’re not in motion, you’re losing money!” Meanwhile, money is being left on the table everywhere because folks are rushing by and too busy to see it. Even all the latest buzz about the Law of Attraction is filled with insistence to, “use this tool, this exercise, this strategy.” Be sure to understand, these are very helpful, but the point of them is often lost; to bring us to that deep place of knowing that comes from being able to be.

Every time I’ve coached a client around this magic move more money has appeared. I have one client who just created $4,500 in a half day. The inspiration to pursue this means would never have appeared had she just still been going, going, going. It works.

EnergyRICH™ Call To Action:

1 Start by scheduling some “be” time. Just take it and see what happens.
2 Write down anything that comes to you.
3 Let it go and then return to it a week later. Mark what that experience is like (you might be surprised what happened in the week between!).

How to Create Your Own ‘Shatter the Myth’ Marketing

2007-06-21T16:56:00.000-04:00

My experience has shown me that every person comes to this earth with a purpose. As an entrepreneur, you have the awesome opportunity to fuse your business with your purpose. As an EnergyRICH™ Entrepreneur you *know* this is a must (because your clients benefit highly and so do your bottom-line profits). One great tool for moving purpose into productive profits is to get clear on what myth you are here to shatter and start marketing your business with it!

The first step to identify what myth you are to shatter is to tap into what really makes your passion juices flow. A great question I’ve found to jump-start this process is one I recently posed to my Advanced EnergyRICH™ Entrepreneurs, “If you had the power to solve a pressing world problem or issue, what would you solve first? Second? Third?” The magic lies in your answer. Really close your eyes and go inside, and give yourself the space to answer this question. (I can always tell when someone is answering from his or her head, i.e., “this is what I SHOULD answer.”) As the answer comes to you jot it down. Then walk away. Give yourself at least five minutes and then come back to your writing. When you read it over, if your heart starts pounding and you feel a tug in your chest—you’re on the right path.

Next, begin to explore all the ways you can begin taking action on this in your business RIGHT NOW. See, it’s common to tell yourself stories like, “that’s such a big issue...what can I do about it?” Or, “Yeah, it means something to me, but right now I just need to pay the bills.” And this one, “Some day.” Now, my coach’s challenge to you would be, “How can the putting off of your passions possibly serve your business (and I’ll be bold, your life)?” When you actually begin to partner your passion for the BIGGER with the immediate—your energy moves mountains.

I’ll share with you one the of the myth’s that I’m here to shatter and a recent action step I took. Myth: It’s impossible to be a spirit-oriented, financially profitable, female entrepreneur, when you’ve had a past of financial distress. First, I’m living proof: not true. But, more importantly, a very recent action I took also says this myth is not true…(drum-roll please...this is the first time I’m sharing this publicly…). I’ve created an EnergyRICH™ Entrepreneur Scholarship fund! A percentage of all EnergyRICH™ programs and products will go to supporting a budding, Savvy Lady entrepreneur and her business success. This truly partners with my passion to change the way the world does business—from a place of reverence rather than fear.

When you get clear about which myth (or myths) you are here to shatter, and you begin to incorporate this into every business communication and interaction, your energy soars! Clients, prospects, and partners feel this and it makes you mighty attractive. It’s a path paved with effortless success.

What myth are you here to shatter?

EnergyRICH™ Call To Action:
1 Ask yourself the question: “If you had the power to solve a pressing world problem or issue, what would you solve first? Second? Third?” Let the honest answers come to you.
2 Begin speaking about it (no hiding!).
3 Incorporate this passion into your marketing materials.

Want to get really clear about the myth you’re here to shatter and learn the ins and outs of HOW to use it to enhance your marketing, all while being supported by 15 other like-minded entrepreneurs? We’ll be launching the fall (starting the last week of September) EnergyRICH™ Business Boot Camp in just a few weeks. The webpage doesn’t have any of the new tweaks or info yet (I always improve everything I do, every time), but if you are a person of action (which I really admire) and truly feel called to make leaps and bounds with your business this year then register for the early, early bird special: (4 payments of $99). The price is honestly going up in the fall, so this is a $120 savings off of the regular fall early bird and a $400 savings off of the regular Fall rate. Are you ready to take action on your passion?

Unlock the Hidden Steps to Signing On a New Client

2007-06-21T16:52:00.000-04:00

To begin, we call upon the clarity of our niche target market, and make sure we’ve got the decks cleared of any doubt or fear that might be trying to sneak in. Then we set up a system for what we offer, how we speak about what we offer and how we create relationships with those that want to work with us (aka, gain the commitment).

This system is of UTMOST importance. You would be surprised how many people ‘wing it.’ Now, with that being said, it’s also important this system is natural to you—that’s why YOU need to develop it. :)

Let’s go over the steps that you want to be sure you cover when developing or honing your EnergyRICH™ Offering System.

Step 1: Be clear about exactly whom your message is for and what their challenge is.

Step 2: Clearly articulate this: "I [power action word] with these kind of clients who have this kind of challenge."

Step 2a: You prepare your energy. Remind yourself what a joy it is to do what you do and here is an opportunity to connect with someone about it! Yay! How exciting!

Step 3: Easy scheduling of initial connection (part of operations). I call this a “Get-to-Know” call. This is an opportunity for you to hear more about what they are looking for and to see if the work that you do makes sense for them.

Step 4: Reminder goes out about this initial meeting.

Step 4a: You prepare yourself to truly connect with this person. It is an opportunity to serve from your highest place, from your heart, to share joyfully.

Step 5: You have this initial chat where you verify their challenges and IF you can help them, emphasize this with a story, "This was a client who came to me. They had this frustrating challenge. I implemented my service. These were the results."

Step 6: You present your offerings very clearly with more than one option of how they can work with you.

Step 7: You ASK which option connects with them.

Step 8: You ASK when they would like to get started.

Step 9: You set the start date.

Step 10: You reserve their appointment with payment information.

Whala! Yay! We have a wonderful, new client that we are so joyful about having the opportunity to serve. Weee!

EnergyRICH™ Call To Action:

Begin to craft your offering system. Take yourself through the whole process from the moment you speak about what you do, to the moment you gain a new client relationship. Write it out in as much detail as possible. Include dialogue and any other sensory details that will make this very real for you.

My Top 10 FAVORITE Productivity Tools

2007-05-30T16:36:00.000-04:00

So many entrepreneurs try to do it all and get frustrated by all the time it takes. I'm often asked, How do you do it? You have a full private client load, coach 16 members in your Boot Camp, write a newsletter every other week, attend events, speaking engagements... Well, I have a lot of systems in place that allow me room to create new opportunities all of the time, without feeling overwhelmed. (I really HATE that feeling.)

While I know that there are dozens of time management techniques, I wanted to give you 10 of my straight-from-my-bookmark-bar favorite tools to use that save me tons of time and energy. Yes, I'm totally giving them to you! Here are 10 free/small fee (and good) productivity tools to get your tasks movin' quickly.

1 Shorten Your URL's:
Save lots of email space and be sure your ezine readers, clients and email recipients easily get a URL that you are sending them (some of those URL's are REALLY long). This is also good if you are sending a link that has multiple connections (like affiliate links).

http://tinyurl.com/create.php

2 Format Your Text:
Keep email text in tight, easy-to-read rows. For example, in my shopping cart system, I can't send out text that is longer than 60 characters - the system doesn't send it properly. To help quickly align my message, I use this invaluable tool:
http://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gif
http://www.web-source.net/format_text.htm

3 Track Your Ranking:
Are people visiting your web site? You can check your visit ranking by quickly dropping by Alexa:

http://www.alexa.com/

4 Write Powerful Headlines for Your Sales Copy:
Oh, this is truly one of my favorites! Sometimes this is not a time saver because I can get obsessed with this fabulous little tool, but for the most part it's a true gem! Check and re-check how effective your headlines are (the most important element in writing get-results-copy) and if the energy of the words matches your target market.

http://www.aminstitute.com/headline/

5 Send Files Easily
I use this pretty much every week to send large files to my EnergyRICH™ client relationship manager, Naomi. Anything that is too big for email: photos, audios, large documents, can all be sent from here easy-breezy!

http://www.sendthisfile.com/

6 Action Words:
Did you know that sales copy with more verbs has a higher conversion rate than copy with more adjectives? I always write from the heart, but when I need help with action words I go straight to this page:

http://www.resume-help.org/resume_action_words.htm

7 Time Maps
I coach with people from all over the United States (and starting soon, with someone who lives in Australia), so I always want to be clear what time zone they are in. Being a visual person, this tool is great to quickly get a sense of where someone is calling in. I love it. It also keeps me on top of showing up for appointments!

http://www.timetemperature.com/tzus/time_zone.shtml

8 Time Check
This little guy helps me to keep track of how much time I'm spending on a project--like writing this article. :) It just sits on my desk top and gently reminds me, like a friend, of when too much is too much.

http://www.apimac.com/timer/
http://www.timeleft.info/
(if you use a PC)

9 Submit Articles, 1-2-3
This tool is completely worth the small fee. It saves hundreds of dollars in time and marketing. Be out there in a BIG way by submitting your article just ONCE and then having it sent to multiple article banks for you. SO worth it.

Submit Article

10 Record Audio
This tool makes audio recording just effortless. Whether recording teleclasses, single recordings, creating audio links or html link it is all here and more. It makes it so easy--and usually takes less than a minute!--to record a coaching call and easily email it to clients as a text link (a part of my VIP Coaching Program). Everything is taken care of for you at this site, including hosting and cataloging all calls on their server--a huge value!

http://ersuccess.byoaudio.com/

EnergyRICH™ Call-To-Action:

Jump right in and add these tools to your bookmark bar so they are always there to use. Begin to consider all the tools you can use to truly save you time and energy as you zoom along doing what you love--YOUR BUSINESS.

Make room for the "expert" that you are.

Oh, and email any of your own tools. I'd love to know about them. Thanks!

Move Your Business Intentions into Reality

2007-05-20T11:44:00.000-04:00

Do you sometimes wonder what’s the point of setting intentions? Some solo-preneurs set goals and intentions with joy; but others sabotage their business success by subconsciously waiting for their intentions to bomb. Which is it for you?

I’ve spent a lot of time creating vision boards, journaling, writing success recipes—you name it. I would do it all with gusto and secretly wonder, does this really matter? I mean, I’ve done it for 30 days and, well, where’s my millions?

Until this past weekend.

This past weekend I had the yearly wahoo! of celebrating my birthday. I always take time to reflect (in a good way) over the past year, where I’ve been, where I’m going—that kind of thing. This birthday happened to be partnered with the first warm weather (finally!) that we’ve had in New York City so far this year, so that also meant spring cleaning and my reflections stretched back to 2001 as I went through various journals and intention-mementos.

I was literally astounded as I read and looked at “my intentions.” First, I was shocked at how much of it had happened and second, I had to laugh at some of what I had put my energy and focus on. I had manifested everything from long hair to starting my own business, to getting married. But just for giggles, let’s start with the long hair, shall we?

So back in 2001 I was having a tough time. You may have heard me say this before, but I was very sad. I started a new job with a major salary cut, was dumped by my boyfriend (harshly) and my city underwent the largest on-soil terrorist attack in U.S. history—all in the same week. The months that followed were not pretty. As I looked over some of the intentions I had created for myself that year, I couldn’t believe I listed in my top 5: grow my hair long. How embarrassing! Grow my hair long? Where was world peace? A healthy relationship? Increasing my income? Oh, it was there, but as I reflected on the results of that year, guess what I was successful at? You guessed it—long hair.

Hmmm...interesting.

Of course, you might be thinking growing long hair is nowhere near as tough as starting a business. True, for some. I personally had struggled for years with growing my hair. And this is where the magic lies. I had so much else going on that I didn’t give my hair a second thought. It just happened.

So as you create goals, make vision boards and use other tools to get you closer to what you want, I invite you to also be aware of what I’ve come to call your “back-stage thought.” When I used to teach drama, I would stress to my students how important the stage crew is. They are vital. A show cannot powerfully function without a stellar crew. However, all the audience sees is the performance. And that’s the way it should be, but if there isn’t synergistic support between back and on stage, you’ve got a mess on your hands.

What’s going on back stage for you?

I’m happy to report that I’ve learned to ask for much more than long hair and continue to constantly partner my on and back stage energy, and have watched my life and business continue to blossom.

EnergyRICH™ Call-To-Action:

If you feel frustrated with not seeing your intentions come about, I’d like to give you a coach’s challenge to look back and see, perhaps, something that has manifested. It might not be the million dollars, but my sense is there is something you might not have been so attached to that has shown up. Take note of it. It’s not that you can’t create—it’s a matter of what you’re creating.

That said, if you feel called to truly shift your intentions into high gear, and are really ready to partner your inner and outer intentions for more success in your business, I currently have 3 private client spots open. I would be happy to chat with you to hear more about what you’d like to see happening in your business and we can see if the coaching I do is a match for you. Just email our EnergyRICH™ client relationship manager, Naomi, and she’ll find a time that works for both of us.

Move Through Your Fear for More Money

2007-05-10T11:20:00.000-04:00

Most business coaches don’t go near talking about fears and doubts, but my experience has shown me it is extremely crucial to address if you are serious about being an EnergyRICH™ Entrepreneur. These emotions are valid and completely understandable.

As a solo-entrepreneur you’ve chosen to really stand on your own two feet. You are a renegade. This is very different from working for someone else. The objective isn’t about ignoring or hiding from these feelings; it’s simply about managing them when they appear. To pretend they don’t exist or get down on yourself when they show up just keeps you stuck in the low-level energy of these emotions and further away from your success.

One of the best ways you can manage your energy around fear is to have a clear, powerful vision of what you want. Great success stories start with a compelling vision that pulls you forward, even on those days when you are feeling very doubtful about your business.

So then, you have to ask yourself—what’s my vision?

Too many business owners float along, believing they do have a vision, when in reality, they don't. I often hear things like: "I want to transform people’s lives." This is not a vision. If you REALLY do want to transform people’s lives, then your vision must be clear, focused, and electrifying! It’s gotta get your heart pumpin’ and specifically zero in on how you will serve the people you are meant to connect with.

Another example I often hear sounds like this, "I want to get more clients." Again, this is nothing more than an unclearly spoken minor goal. This lack of clarity is a true “Come on in!” for all those fears and doubts. The vaguer you are, the more room for the mind to say, “You can’t do that. How are you ever going to make that happen? I can’t get my arms around that. We’re outta here.”

Here are 7 steps to focus your vision and move it from your head into your heart:

Note: This is an excerpt from my EnergyRICH Success System™ I designed and have used exclusively for my EnergyRICH™ Business Boot Camp clients..

Clear the Decks Step #1:Look At How Fear Has Affected Your Business Actions

I don’t recommend dwelling here, but we do need to have an understanding of where we’ve been to get clear about where we want to go. So take some quiet time to connect with yourself and go inside.

List ways fear and/or doubt led you to under-value, sell-out, or give away your services in the past. Just let the list flow and resist the temptation to get down on you. You are going through this so you can do it all differently the next time around.

Clear the Decks Step #2: Look at How Fear Has Affected Your Business Speak

One of the biggest blocks that I see facing entrepreneurs is a resistance to talking about what you do. There is a fear of being questioned, judged, called out as a fraud, or jumping ahead and assuming the person you’re speaking to doubts what it is you have to say. The thing is, if you don’t tell people what you do, then no one will know about it. I know that sounds silly and obvious, but it’s true, right? It’s like throwing away a gift before you’ve unwrapped it. You don’t even know what it is, but you’ve determined it’s no good.

It is a MUST to shift the vision around how you speak about what you do. So let’s start by listing times when fear and/or doubt affected the way you spoke about your services in the past.

Clear the Decks Step #3: Look At How Fear Has Affected Your Productivity

Entrepreneurs can be experts at appearing busy. They check email, move papers around on their desk, run errands, research websites, and have coffee meetings. At the end of the day, not one action has been in support of the growth of their businesses. This is about hiding. You tell yourself that you’re busy, you tell others you’re busy, but when it comes down to it, we know we’re avoiding what really needs to be done. And that’s about putting ourselves out there.

Let’s be honest. List ways fear thwarted your productivity in the past. It’s the best way to move through it all. The relief and success on the other side is so worth it.

Clear the Decks Step #4: Put the Fear Pieces Together

Looking back at the 3 lists you created, what can you identify as your main fear? What are you afraid of?

There is usually one main thread that connects it all. One big “yikes” that we’re convinced if THAT happens it will be the end of us.

What is that for you?

Clear the Decks Step #5: Connect the Doubt Dots

Looking back at the 3 lists you created, what are you doubtful about? This is the sticky part. This is the part where most folks want to jump ship and blame it all on outside stuff (my work area is a mess, my family doesn’t support me, it rained today), so they get stuck, totally stalled in their tracks.

It's tempting, I admit, to want to abort. My coaching request here is…don't. Every time you doubt yourself, go back to your vision and ask, if not me, then who?

Clear the Decks Step #6: Make Peace

What are some ways you can begin to “make peace” with your doubts and fears?

First, start by looking at why these little buggers are showing up. Are they trying to protect you? Is it natural to want to stay with what you know? Did this path work for you at some point in the past?

Thank them for the messages of guidance they are giving you. Every time you feel a ‘pang’ of fear or doubt, it’s a message something is off track from your vision. So you gently guide yourself back. Give yourself some powerful self-talk (I CAN do this!) and begin releasing the fear as you put one foot (or one toe if you need to start there) in front of the other.

Clear the Decks Step #7: Make a Choice

What do you want more: fear or success? If you chose success, clearly state WHAT you are inspired to create. So instead of the loose "I want to make a difference" story, envision something state-of-the-art, specific, juicy, dripping with the details of what excites you and attach a time frame to it. Go for it!

How does that feel? Now, what are you willing to do to create that?

EnergyRICH™ Call-To-Action:

Find someone you can speak to about these entrepreneurial doubts and fears. Be very conscious about who you choose. Often individuals who don’t have their own businesses cannot completely relate, even if they are one of our closest companions. Ask for support. Ask for accountability.

Put this into consistent practice.

Continue to develop techniques that are easily available to you, which you can reach out and grab onto during times of fear and doubt, which can help to restore your energy and confidence.

Accept this road will become smoother, but it will be constant. As an EnergyRICH™ Entrepreneur, you are on a constant road of growth and expansion. Better to embrace all that comes with that; otherwise, you’ll stay right where you are in all areas.

Oh, and prospects smell fear and doubt from a mile away. You want to step up to be present to those you serve and for yourself.

The result is extremely powerful.

If you’d like to hear more about being a “Daring Visionary” and feeding your vision, rather than your fear, here is a bonus recording for you of this past week’s EnergyRICH™ Business Members Only Re-Charge Call. You can listen here: http://tinyurl.com/2za7rk. Not a member? Becoming one is easy-breezy and it’s FREE.Join here.

Let Your Beautiful Story Get You Profitable Results

2007-04-04T12:40:00.000-04:00

I’ve dealt with a few criticisms about including my personal story on my website, but more importantly, for every skeptic I’ve had at least 10 people tell me how much they admire what I share and how it resonates with them (and those folks usually end up coaching with me). So why share your personal story? Because it’s going to be one of the fastest, most genuine ways to connect with those people that you are meant to serve in your business.

My ideal clients are high-integrity healers, practitioners, and female entrepreneurs, who are really good at what they do, but want more financial success in their own businesses. They want more money, free time, and to market from a place that feels good to them in their heart and soul. Developing their own self-marketing system helps them successfully be in their business, have more freedom, and piece of mind (it also helps them go to places much bigger than they had originally imagined). It’s about doing what you love and still being able to spend time with family and friends, simple as that.

Part of building a business that is a JOY to you involves sharing with people who you are. Recently I had the opportunity to listen to Dr. Deepak Chopra share messages on the Soul of Healing. He spoke about the power of a story. He talked about the power of a story as the key to communication.

The first example Dr. Chopra gave was to highlight how our consumer society is literally built on stories. All of our large corporations have marketing teams that come up with a story to sell. The examples Dr. Chopra gave were Nike—the power of the urban hero, VW Bugs—the carefree life of the hippie and beatnik, Apple Computers—the independent hipster. Now whether these images were what the companies had intended (my sense is Dr. Chopra didn’t have that inside information) I’m not sure, but I will tell you everyone in that room could relate to what he was saying and my guess is you do, too.

The second example Dr. Chopra gave was to emphasize the power of the story to heal. He told a touching story about his own father as a young doctor, while serving in the army, was faced with a young soldier who had lost his voice. With thorough research, the senior Dr. Chopra had discovered this young soldier had received news of his mother’s death and when he had tried to tell his superiors, they cut him off before he could even finish the sentence, “My mother...” and his body shut down, and his voice disappeared with it. When this young soldier was able to have his story heard, his voice returned.

This truly brought tears to my eyes. We all want to be heard.

The question then becomes, HOW do you use your story in your business? My answer? Tell it. You’re a solo-entrepreneur, so you don’t have to hire a marketing team to “create you.” You are you. Let the people who are going to do business with you KNOW you. This way you get to be you, do what you love, and work with people who you love (they already connect with you because you shared your story!). How great is that? No more “trying to sell,” instead you get to BE your business and it happens more easily.

The key also becomes about them being able to share their own story and Dr. Chopra clearly showed the power of that. They’ll get the results they are looking for that much more quickly because all the c*r*a*p will be out of the way. They’ll also see that if you can be it, so can they. You are in business to make amazing things happen for people. So, share.

I know I can already hear the “but you can’t do that in MY business!” You have to be very clear, about whom you are serving. The sharing of your story is applicable, even if you have a more corporate target market. However, you’d do it differently. You might not talk about your personal pain, but you’d perhaps make yourself more open, more available, less dull, and looking-like-everyone-else-humdrum. (I had a client who fought me on this and continued to get dripple and draps in advertising; changed gears and presto! 57% increase in sales.)

So what’s been learned? Your story is beautiful. It’s how you came to do what you do. Be willing to share it and you’re on your way to more energy and more riches and a whole lot more joy.

Your EnergyRICH™ Call to Action:

Brainstorm how can you share a little bit more about you to create more of a connection, more belief in what you offer, more quickly.

How can you open up to hear the story of the people that you serve? Think a CEO doesn’t want to share? Oh, think again! And see what happens...

...and then email me about it. I love to highlight Excelling EnergyRICH™ Entrepreneurs: we’ll share your story and you’ll watch the business roll in!

Do You SEE Failure or Success?

2007-04-04T12:14:00.000-04:00

I attended a meditation workshop recently with Mark Epstein, a well-known ‘Buddhist psychologist.’ He told a story about a meeting he had with Ram Dass, spiritual teacher and author, where Ram Dass had asked Mark Epstein about his work with his patients. As Mark talked about his work, Ram Dass interrupted him and asked, “Do you see them as already healed?”

I was so struck by this story. As a coach and healer of businesses, I saw the clarity in this question. So often as solo-service professionals it is easy to focus on our success by looking at ourselves (what we are doing, creating, visualizing, etc.), but the results are incredible when we turn the focus on those that we serve.

What do you see when you look at your clients or customers? Do you see failure or success?

When I worked as a high school teacher—in moments when my students were working on their own—I would say to myself, “The light in me sees the light in you.” I really felt that. I could see my students succeeding long before they could see it or could even venture to believe it. However, I knew as their teacher it was my duty to hold that vision and energy for them and then guide them through the action steps of getting there. It always worked. I have countless high school teaching success stories.

I see that same (if not more—I’ve learned a lot in the past few years) success for the private and Boot Camp clients I work with now. I literally see them as a successful magazine owner, professional organizer, coach, meditation expert, feng shui practitioner…and the list goes on. It continues to work. See some testimonials here.

I ask you to begin to apply this to your own business. Here are 3 steps to begin SEEING success in those that you serve.

Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change.

In Dr. Wayne Dyer’s book, The Power of Intention, he sites that, “It turns out that at the tiniest subatomic level, the actual act of observing a particle changes the particle.” This is a clear example of energy affecting energy. If I look at you and see your success, then you begin to create more of and be success! How great is that?

So when speaking to a prospect, customer, or client, instead of questioning your abilities (wondering if you’ll get the sale or joining them in their woes), the most powerful action you can take is to change the way you are looking at the situation. See them as happy, joyful, peaceful, well, successful…and more. You will be effecting a change that will result in more success and abundance for the both of you. (It feels so much better than worry and doubt!)

Be constantly giving.

The energy of success is constantly giving and the supply is limitless. When you can come from this place in your own business, you begin to attract more into your life.

I know when I first heard this, it was hard for me to grasp. Mostly, because I used to come from a place of giving, but have one eye immediately on making sure that I was compensated and at the same time convinced that I wouldn’t be. Guess what? I wasn’t and I felt a whole lot of resentment at the same time.

When I shifted my attention to giving for the sake of the success of those that I was serving and simultaneously confidently took care of what I needed for myself and my business (instead of waiting for someone else to do just do it), there was more success ALL around.

Detach from the outcome.

When you are able to SEE success, you don’t need to be attached to the outcome because you KNOW that it’s going to be successful. Whenever you are caught up in accumulating (I have to get this client; I have to sell to this customer), then you lose sight of what your main goal is—to see the success of those that you serve.

Find out exactly what’s going on for the person that you’re speaking to. Ask them and ask yourself, what do they need? The answer to this question is usually multi-layered. (For example, prospects that come to me may need more income from their businesses, but they also need to move through the blocks they’ve unconsciously set up for themselves that’s keeping them from getting more money). So, you then SEE them as getting their needs fully met and begin the process of working with that person, so you can help make it happen.

Your EnergyRICH™ Call To Action:

Ask yourself, how do I see my prospects, clients, or customers? Be honest. Just let the answer come. No judgment. It will give you a lot of information.

With whatever answer you get now, ask yourself, “How can I improve?” How can I see this situation differently?

For one day focus only on those you serve and their success. Write down the difference in how you feel, the results that your clients get, and anything else that pops up.

3 Sure Fire Ways To Connect With Quality Prospects (So That They Can Become Future Clients!)

2007-02-27T19:42:00.000-05:00

Many of my clients share that one of their biggest marketing challenges is actually connecting to enough prospects. They are doing all of this great work in their businesses, but not very many people know about their work; or at least not enough for the flow of business to be moving smoothly and easily. Stop. Start. Stop. Start. Sound familiar? There isn't one perfect way to consistently connect with prospects, but there are many ways that, when used collaboratively, will build you a nice stream of people who are interested in what you do.

To get the energy of your marketing moving, start with these 3 sure fire ways to connect with quality prospects. Remember, it isn’t about connecting with everyone and anyone. It’s about connecting to those prospects that are interested in you and what you offer, and the way you offer it.

1. Know Your Clients and Customers

I’m sure this is not new news to you. When you are in business for yourself, you must know whom you serve. The more you know about your ideal clients/customers, the better you'll know where and how to find them.

But here’s another side to this that you won’t hear a lot of business coaches talking about. Have you ever noticed how you behave differently when you’re with different people? You operate one way with grandma and another with your mechanic, right? Now, obviously, we are always going for being genuinely ourselves, but still there’s always a slight difference. It’s the same when connecting with prospects. The more you know the essence of who you serve, the more you’re able to always be on the same page with them. Then you aren’t trying to talk to your mechanic the same way you would to grandma. It just isn’t the same energy. No matter how hard you try to make it so.

2. Have Your Own Main Stay In-Touch Tool

This is a crucial tool when it comes to being able to connect with quality prospects. I always like to say, “Offer something F*R*E*E of extremely high value and content, in exchange for being able to stay in touch.” Not everyone is ready to work with you right away. But because people are so busy and have so much information available to them, it can be easy for you to drop off of someone’s radar—even if they are interested in what you have to offer. Better to stay in touch so they don’t forget about you and you don’t forget about them.

Now, there are many different ways to stay in touch: email, teleclasses, postcards, event announcements, and more. The key point is that you choose at least 3 and then rank them in order of regularity and plug them in so they are consistent—like clock work. Prospects like to know they can count on you. For example, one you do once a week, another you do every other week and the third happens monthly. For myself, I offer on-going FREE weekly teleclasses called EnergyRICH™ Business Re-Charge Calls; every other week I share the e-zine that you’re reading right now and every month I host a special 1-hour teleclass, also free.

3. Talk about Your Stay in Touch Tool

Having a stay in touch tool doesn’t do us much good if we keep it to ourselves. No need to be shy. Let prospects feel how much you love to do what you do by inviting them to join you. This creates a “Hey, come join me!” energy, versus a, “Ugh, I have to chase you down” energy. Of course, the first option is rich with possibilities. You can go about inviting people in all sorts of ways. When you meet someone at a networking event, party, or just in casual conversation and they express interest in what you do. It’s the perfect chance to invite them along. Everyone likes to be invited somewhere. When they join you, then you know you’ve connected with someone who is interested. You’ve started a relationship. This is the golden key.

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Solo-entrepreneur Expert, Heather Dominick, is author of the information packed 'EnergyRICH Biz Tips' bi-monthly ezine. If you're ready to jump-start your business, make effective changes, and have more profit in your life, get your FREE subscription and BONUS e-course, "How to Avoid the Five Major Misconceptions Solo-entrepreneurs Make" at
www.energyRICHcoach.com

Two Trustworthy (And Not Often Discussed!) Ways To Build Your Opt-In List

2007-02-27T19:40:00.000-05:00

Too many SUCCESSFUL entrepreneurs ride the ‘Feast or Famine’ wave. They have almost too much business and are SO busy, or they’re worried, anxious, and restless because nothing is going on. There’s nothing more draining and exhausting than riding that wave all the time (it’s NOT a day at the beach, if you know what I mean). Here are two trustworthy ways to build your opt-in list and continuously connect with high quality prospects.

1. Communicate Collaboratively, Not Competitively

I’ve found this to be a major key to success when building a successful flow of prospects and clients. It really calls for a high level of trust and faith that you and your services are unique and successful, no matter whoever else is doing what you do. But you know what? There really is enough to go around and when you share with and through others, you really set yourself up to receive more.

Find strategic partners and other like-minded entrepreneurs who are willing and happy to share their contacts with you and be more than happy to do the same for them. (I personally love sharing the skills of talented entrepreneurs with others.) You’re already coming with a seal of approval and those prospects who join your stay in touch tool will be happy to be there. You can connect with partners in many ways. For upping your on-line presence and getting more people to join your e-zine (if this is one of your stay in touch tools) two free services that I recommend are: ListHero.com and Ezinefire.com. This is where you share subscribers with other e-zine authors who have similar themes to yours. You host them on your site and they host you on yours. AND the software program takes care of it all. Easy to use and more for all. Try it.

2. Appreciate Your Prospects

This is really where I see a lot of solo-entrepreneurs make mistakes when it comes to connecting with high quality prospects. They are so anxious about not having enough prospects that when they get them, they don’t even let the celebration take place. Focus your energy on really appreciating those prospects that have joined you. Don’t let your stay in touch tool community become just “a list” or “a number.” Personally, I thank every subscriber who joins me. I thank them with gifts of a free chapter and e-course when they join, but I also thank them energetically. I am so appreciative of being able to share my coaching and I let them know it. Thank you, thank you, and thank you! It’s even better when I hear from someone who’s joined and I get to connect with them over email or phone, but even when I don’t, I still am sure to recognize them as a person, not a number, and appreciate that we are now connected. We can be so removed from our prospects with all of our automation these days. Really acknowledge each person that joins you and your business. You’ll experience a windfall of prosperity as a result. Again, try it, then get in touch and let me know what happened. :)

Your EnergyRICH™ Call To Action:

1. Commit to working collaboratively, not competitively. Use programs to put that sharing on auto-pilot.

2. Connect with your prospects with appreciation. Be grateful each time you connect with someone that’s interested in your service. It shifts the energy of your success to one of wealth and riches for the long term.

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Solo-entrepreneur Expert, Heather Dominick, is author of the information packed 'EnergyRICH Biz Tips' bi-monthly ezine. If you're ready to jump-start your business, make effective changes, and have more profit in your life, get your FREE subscription and BONUS e-course, "How to Avoid the Five Major Misconceptions Solo-entrepreneurs Make" at
www.energyRICHcoach.com

How to Turn Mistakes into Miracles (And More Money!)

2007-01-19T12:53:00.000-05:00

When I think of all the mistakes I've made in my business (some small and some not-so-small), it's important to remind myself that “perfect” doesn’t equal more successful.

I've observed that one of the main things that keeps people from marketing themselves is fixating about "getting it right." But this is where the famous popular sneaker phrase pops up, because it seriously is about jumping in and doing “it” and by that I mean ANYTHING. Just get moving. It’s better to do it wrong than not do it at all. At least the marketing energy is moving.

Any shortcoming or small blunder will hardly ever wreck a business. But getting so stuck in preparation that you never get started, will stop you right in your tracks every time.

Worrying about making a mistake reminds me of my freshman year in high school. Somehow, in Junior High I was confident enough to perform a solo version of King Lear (for extra credit in 8th grade), but when I crossed over the football field into the High School, everything changed. I suddenly second guessed my every move. It was agonizing and a BIG expenditure of energy. I shudder just thinking about it. I can tell you one thing, I felt much more powerful in 8th grade. So, let’s ask ourselves, which is a better way to do business—scared and second guessing, or powerful and performing?

In my EnergyRICH™ Business Bootcamp, we underline three major causes and effects you need to focus on in order to market miraculously. Ignore these and we’re floundering. And I hate to say it, but we do ignore them. Not on purpose, but because we’ve got our attention on our fear of making a mistake.

Let’s look at the three major “mistake blocks” we can bump up against and how to turn them into minor miracles:

1. Talking ourselves out of it

We can spend so much time, attention, and energy talking ourselves out of something before even starting it. We need to develop a marketing way of thinking that focuses on making a difference in the lives of the people we serve, instead of tormenting ourselves about rejection.

I was considering a joint-venture project with someone once who, as we prepared our proposal, came up with over 10 reasons why it wasn’t a good idea. I’m sure you already realize I did not continue collaborating with this person. Why sink the ship before it has even sailed!?

Minor Miracle: Declare, “My services are valuable. I will speak this, feel this, believe this when connecting with my prospects, and they will then see the value as well.” If you don’t, who will? If you don’t, why would anyone give you money for what you have to offer?

2. Getting ourselves tongue-tied

The bottom line of business building as a solo-entrepreneur is conversation. It's connecting with people in a way that has them relating to what you have to offer.

However, obsessing about the perfect wording is death to productivity. Many of us don't even realize that there's a certain way of communicating that gets the attention and interest from prospects, and it isn’t about choosing the biggest, best words in the dictionary.

Minor Miracle: Talk about who you are best at serving, the problems they have, and the benefits they will get from working with you. Believe it and the words will take care of themselves. People will be drawn to you and be happy to work with you (and don’t forget to charge them when they show up). :)

PS: The same rule applies for verbal and written.

3. Becoming paralyzed

There are thousands of different marketing approaches you could use to get the word out—from networking to skywriting. How do you know what’s most effective for your business? Where do you start?

Well, the answer is there is never just one-way, don’t do something you hate and don’t use something just because everyone else in your field is. We tend to shoot ourselves in the foot by using only one mode of marketing, forcing ourselves to do something because it’s the “right thing to do when building a business” and just following what everyone else is doing (which isn’t necessarily working that well for anyone).

Minor Miracle: Start with what you really love and then build up from there. (I always say we have to have a marketing ladder that reaches into the sky.) I personally like speaking and writing, so I do both to connect with those people who will benefit from what I have to offer. I always make sure I offer the highest value and then I keep building from there. What do you love to do? Start there.

EnergyRICH Call-To-Action:

1 - Identify something you’ve wanted to do or implement in your business, but you’ve been a bit afraid.

2 - Answer this: why aren’t you doing it?

3 - Give yourself a small step to take in the direction of “getting started” and DOING IT.

4 - Mark on your calendar when you’d like it done by.

5 - Find someone you can make a commitment to that you will do this.

6 - Go for it! “Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it gets you nowhere.”
—Glenn Turner

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Solo-entrepreneur Expert, Heather Dominick, is author of the information packed 'EnergyRICH Biz Tips' bi-monthly ezine. If you're ready to jump-start your business, make effective changes, and have more profit in your life, get your FREE subscription and BONUS e-course, "How to Avoid the Five Major Misconceptions Solo-entrepreneurs Make" at
www.energyRICHcoach.com

How to Prepare to Win

2007-01-08T15:17:00.000-05:00

It’s been my experience that most entrepreneurs miss a very important step when it comes to the success of their business: they fail to plan. When you are your business, it’s extremely easy to get caught up in putting out the latest fire or being distracted by the newest email. (I’m so guilty of this one that I now turn my email off when I’m working on anything but email!). In order to be really on an energy track of pulling in clients and growing our business, we must plan.

Some professionals that I’ve chatted with actually boast about not having a plan. They love that they’re self-employed and feel entitled to freedom. I agree with the love of freedom; however, if we want to have a juicy, dripping with clients business, we must set ourselves up for that (because then that’s what we’ll get). I’m not a big sports fan, but I really doubt the football teams about to enter the Super Bowl are going in with a “ah-let’s-just-wing-it” attitude. Is your life and business really worth less than a football game? I’m going to say, NO!

EnergyRICH™ Biz Entrepreneurs are excellent planners. They are always looking ahead. Charting when they want a project completed by and putting in place systems that guarantee it is done. Now here’s the jiggy—real EnergyRICH™ Entrepreneurs don’t limit their plans to only what they know. They create a vision, commit to it, and set about finding someone who will know how to get it done (with results!) and is willing to help.

EnergyRICH™ Entrepreneurs aren’t afraid to ask for and receive help. They know it’s the best way to win.

Now, let’s also be honest, planning isn’t all the rage. Planning isn’t about instant pleasure. It’s much more fun to just hand over the responsibility to someone else, right?

Well, let’s do a re-frame: what about creating your own vision. Seeing how you want it to look. Dreaming of how you want your life to be…believing it can happen…going about crafting the steps along the way…doing what it takes to charge your goals and dreams with energy.

That’s exciting. Let’s do it!

EnergyRich™ Call-to-Action:

Take out a calendar.
Look at the next 90 days (approximately 3 months).
What would you like to have completed by that time?
What would you like to be doing differently?
Create a 90-Day Action Plan for yourself that has your bigger year and life vision in mind.
Keep it somewhere you can see it.
In 90 days…repeat. :) This will keep the energy moving forward!

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Solo-entrepreneur Expert, Heather Dominick, is author of the information packed 'EnergyRICH Biz Tips' bi-monthly ezine. If you're ready to jump-start your business, make effective changes, and have more profit in your life, get your FREE subscription and BONUS e-course, "How to Avoid the Five Major Misconceptions Solo-entrepreneurs Make" at
www.energyRICHcoach.com

Are You In Or Out?

2006-12-08T09:32:00.000-05:00

One of the most important points I learned, when building my first business as a Health and Energy Coach, was I needed to make myself stand out and FAST. At least this is what I realized for myself, but I then soon came to understand this is the case for all solo-entrepreneurs. We are our business and there are A LOT of us. Standing out is EVERYTHING. If you try to fit in, you’ll blend in. (This isn’t good when it comes to connecting with clients and building an EnergyRICH™ business, by the way.)

The question then becomes, ‘How can we each stand out when we’re all trying to do the same thing?’ The answer is easy; the action is what’s challenging to most. The answer is—nobody else can be you! The challenge is—most of us are afraid to be who we are in our business. We are caught in what Dan Kennedy refers to as “marketing incest,” a.k.a doing what everyone else is already doing. I recently had a prospect say to me, “but aren’t all the good marketing ideas taken?” to which I responded, “Is there anyone else out there that’s you?” The only thing you’ll get by imitating what’s out there is lost in the shuffle. To stand out you’ve got to be willing to be bold.

One thing you can do is always look for ways to improve incrementally. Ask yourself, “How can I make my service better? How can I connect with more people? How can I grow?” These are very different questions then, “How can I get by? What can I do to stay in business? What will happen if I fail?” If you are always looking for ways to improve, your customers, and clients see and feel this. Your energy is on the horizon and they will follow you there.

So, what does one do to actually stand out? Think OUT of the box:

That can be a dentist that offers chair massage while you wait. (Or manicures! Personally, I would love that.)

It can mean a financial advisor that hosts theme parties. (I know I would enjoy my yearly planning much more.)

Or a Wellness Consultant that sends out a joke of the week. (They say there’s nothing like laughter to keep you healthy.)

I’ve heard many, many times, “Heather, I can’t do that in my line of work. That’s not what so-and-so professionals do.” Of course, barring anything illegal, dangerous, or harmful, my thought is, “Why not?” All that you do should absolutely be authentic to you; however, shouldn’t we let folks know what that authenticity is?

Look around at what you’ve been doing in your business this past year. Now look at what others in your field have been doing. Similar or different? If you come up with mostly similar, let’s start by brainstorming ways for you to stand OUT rather than just fit in. You can trust me, people will still like you and, actually, probably more :). Go ahead, make your business EnergyRICH™!

How to Change the Energy of Career Confusion

2006-10-13T12:05:00.000-04:00

Have you ever felt confused when it comes to your career? Maybe you’ve felt unsatisfied in your work, longed for some challenges, or knew you wanted to enter a certain profession or start a business, but just felt unsure about what to do. Whenever this topic comes up with my clients (as it has also come up for me), I’ve learned to notice that it isn’t really about confusion, it’s more about fear of success.

Do any of these fears connect for you? The fear of starting something new, fear that you won’t be able to measure up, fear of disappointing others that count on you, fear of not doing something right, fear that you’re a fraud, and the biggie, fear that you DON’T DESERVE IT?

I don’t think I know anyone who hasn’t experienced some form of fear when starting a new career or beginning a business. It’s natural. The problem is when it stifles our energy, and leaves us living dull and disconnected from our purpose.

So how do we move past that fear and on into the success of our lives? We look for the coffee.

When I was a teenager, and would get so nervous the night before starting a new job, my dad would always say to me, “By this time tomorrow you’ll know where the coffee is.” This was code for—you’re scared because it’s unknown, but you’ve got to actually go do it to get to the known. And he was always right. By the end of my first day, not only did I know where the employees got their coffee, but it was also always a good conversation starter to people I didn’t know, “Could you please tell me where the coffee is? Oh, I take mine with just milk. No sugar, thanks.” You get the idea.

Fear of change keeps people from thriving, from evolving,from asking for what they really want, from reaching out to connect with others, from taking care of themselves, and from challenging themselves. You are the manager of your energy, and this equals the master of your life , which includes what you do for work and the level of your success.

Ok, so this sounds all good, right? But exactly HOW does one become the master of his or her success? Well, I’m what I like to call a “Get-It-Done-Gal.” If I’m going to master anything (especially my life’s work) I’m going to want to know some concrete steps I can take to do that. Now I know you’re thinking (maybe wishing?) that I’m about to try to pass on a magic bullet. Nope. What I am going to say is there are exact steps to take, but those steps aren’t about expending your energy outward. Instead, those steps are about turning your energy inward. We’ve got to shift the inside to see the results on the outside.

Here’s what you do:

Begin by identifying the original fear that’s holding you back from making a career change or starting a business. (Fear of starting something new, fear that you won’t be able to measure up, fear of disappointing others that count on you, fear of not doing something right, or, again, maybe the biggie, fear that you DON’T DESERVE IT…or perhaps it’s something else for you)

Look at your work history. Start with your first job. Write it down. (Don’t just read; do. You’ll get faster results. Trust me.) Continue the list from there. Now go back and mark what you did and did not like about each job and how long you stayed in each position. What map do you see in front of you?

Celebrate what you’ve done. Give yourself a big pat on the back for everything that you’ve experienced and achieved so far. Nothing is too small. Wahoo! Go you! Seriously. To energize your success, you want to start with acknowledging what you’ve done so far.

Accept the compliments of others. This is just as important as #3. If you want more energy and success in your career and business, you’ve got to be able to let it in! If you can’t say “thank you” when someone tells you they like your sweater, what makes you think you’ll leave your energy open to accepting a large raise, bonus, or new, high-paying clients?

Track your commitment. Career, confusion, and fear of success, are great ways to talk around what you say you want, without having actually to do anything. It’s important to check in with yourself. Do I really want this? Take one week and track the amount of times you think about/talk about making this career/business change. What kind of energy is generated? Do you feel excited, but scared? Or, could you really care one way or another?

Visualize your new career/business success. Take a look around you, right where you are this moment reading this. Take everything in. Now, what would you like to be different? Close your eyes and see, and really feel, what it would be like around you if you were successful in your new career/business.

Reevaluate the limiting belief or your fear. Is this fear who you are or maybe, just maybe, now that you’ve shed some light on it, not so powerful after all? Is it perhaps just a defense (again, it’s natural to defend yourself when you’re scared) or an excuse because you’re actually happy to stay where you are, but feel pressured by others to want more—do more. The more open and honest we can be with ourselves about our fears, the less power they have, and the more energy we have available to us actually, to make the change.

**Bonus** If you can’t shake the fear, then FEEL it, but act. Eleanor Roosevelt said, “You must do the things you think you cannot do.” That’s been my practice. (This can happen a lot as a self-employed professional. You never know what the day holds.) When I feel myself being stuck, I recognize the fear, I take a breath-break, and then I do it. It usually turns out just to be about the “unknown” and then I remind myself that I NOW know where the coffee is.

You Know What This Is About

2006-09-20T13:20:00.000-04:00

Is there a part of your life that’s on pause because you’re just doing what you always do? Are you so caught up in commuting, trying to get clients, picking up the dry cleaning, and getting dinner on the table (or at least down your throat) that you’ve lost all sense of purpose? Or maybe the idea of having goals, doing something different, getting your life/relationship/business to another place just feels, well, exhausting and, anyway, if you really went after your dreams, you’d probably be disappointed. Better just to stay put.

Try something. Close your eyes and let your mind wander. Let it wander past your “to do list” or what has you annoyed right now and wander into the daydream area. Start to imagine your ideal life. Imagine yourself feeling at your best, doing everything you love, achieving your goals. Do it before you read any further.

Did you do it? (You’ve got to engage to get going.)

What did you see?

There are usually two responses to this exercise:

1-Excitement and the start of newfound energy.
2-A list of all the reasons this isn’t possible.

Are you able to listen to your dreams, or do you cut them off before they even begin to speak?

Our daydreams, fantasies, desires, goals, and future possibilities are the active power of our sixth energy point: intuition. What excites you and fills you with passion is directly connected to your life purpose and those thoughts are your intuition telling you, “Yes, this is the right direction. Go here!” This is your life energy in full force.

Interestingly, what I hear from people a lot is the perception that intuition is the ability to predict the future, when actually it’s simply about being able to tap into your natural knowing. We all have this ability. It’s a practical tool and you don’t need to wear crystals or listen to New Age music to access it. (Of course, if you do, there’s nothing wrong with that—it’s just not a requirement.) It’s just the intuitive voice is more clear for some than others. What’s usually blocking the voice from being heard are “shoulds,” “doubts,” and “fears.” Most of us have been trained to listen to these voices by people who were simply trying to protect us, “Don’t talk to strangers,” “Keep your day job—it’s safe,” “You can’t do that without an education.” So to actually listen to our intuition, when it’s telling us the opposite, tends to make us feel like we’re a little crazy; so we just shut down and do what were told.

Let me give you an example.

I was recently faced with a decision concerning my business. A situation came up that had me questioning whether I should continue with a networking group I have been with since the start of my business. This group has served me really well and there are a lot of high quality entrepreneurs that make this group what it is, yet my intuition was telling me this situation had popped up for a reason and it was time to let the group go.

The should/doubt/fear side of me was yelling, “Are you crazy? You’ll never make it without this group. It’s part of staying in business. It’s what people do!” The intuitive side said to me, “You’re not fully being served by this group. You have the choice to believe you have it in you to achieve success in a way that’s aligned with your values.” So I chose to leave and I’ll tell you it wasn’t easy, but I don’t want to be the person that just writes about this stuff. I’ll let you know what happens.

You have this knowing in you, too. Can you think of an example for yourself? A small voice that’s nudging you to do something different? Perhaps something about the care of your body or a change that needs to happen in your schedule.

If nothing comes to you right away, try getting quiet so you can listen. You might not hear anything at first; however, as I said, you have to wander past the daily noise. Take some slow, deep breaths. Write down what comes to you.

Successful people pay attention to their values, purpose, and passion. Begin to notice when you feel excited about something. Listen to your intuition.

Not even sure where to start when it comes to using your intuition? Experience the clarity of your life purpose, receive your own EnergyRICH Success Session. To order an EnergyRICH Success Session with Heather, GO HERE. You'll be sent everything you need to have a session by phone. After the session, a recording will be emailed to you. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain. 100% money-back guaranteed if you're not satisfied within 24 hours of your session.

How to Speak With More Energy

2006-09-11T11:42:00.000-04:00

Just this past weekend I needed to tell someone I was sorry (‘Sorry for acting like a jerk’ would have actually been the best phrase). You would’ve thought I was about to be executed the way I was dragging my feet. No matter how hard it felt, I knew I needed to do it because by not speaking, those words would have toxic energy over-spilling into my health and my success and that’s a price I’m no longer willing to pay.

The fifth energy point is located at the base of the throat and it’s quite powerful. Most people have a hard time believing this. I often hear, “What does my voice have to do with my health or getting more clients or a promotion?" Everything, my friends, everything!

There’s a belief out there that a person’s life energy, like money in a bank account, is limited. This is often used as an excuse (usually a sign of something deeper that’s being avoided): “It’s not worth saying anything. I need to save my energy.” Energy isn’t limited. It’s either flowing or it’s blocked.

What blocks energy, simply enough, is holding back.

When we are afraid to speak, the energy flow becomes very restricted. The constriction of the fifth energy point manifests in physical complaints such as chronic tonsillitis, thyroid problems, sore throat, stiff neck and in characteristics such as acting shy, untruthful, incommunicative, literal, introverted, and unresponsive. Tightness is evident everywhere. Or the energy point can swing the other way out of balance: over-eating/drinking, gossiping, excessive talking, constantly interrupting.

Ironically, when we lose touch with our fifth energy point, it’s usually because we are trying to avoid conflict, don’t want to hurt someone’s feelings, or get ourselves fired (we want to keep ourselves safe), but we end up doing so much more harm than good. Tightness develops fear of expansion and that’s our own success sabotage in action. The less energy you spend on speaking your truth, the less you have to spend. (Read that again. It’s key.) Here are steps you can take to use your voice to have more energy:

1) If a tough truth must be voiced, say it WITHOUT anger, revenge, or hurting the person you’re speaking to. Write it down first if this will help.

2) Be generous with genuine praise and appreciation (this is actually even more powerful than being generous with money). We all are eager for praise and most of us get much less than we deserve.

3) Make eye contact when you speak to someone.

4) Express your life purpose and natural gifts and abilities everyday whether it’s professionally, personally, or creatively as a hobby.

I speak from experience when I say that fusing power into your fifth energy point is not something that necessarily happens overnight, especially if it’s been blocked for some time, (you can read more about my own story here), but the way the world starts to click for you, the more you harness this energy, is an amazing miracle—BIG TIME.

Are you ready to know how exactly to voice your purpose? If you want to find out where you’re losing energy, what’s holding you back, and the clarity of your life purpose, receive your own EnergyRICH Success Session. Order an EnergyRICH Success Session with Heather. You'll be sent everything you need to have a session by phone. After the session, a recording will be emailed to you. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain. 100% money-back guaranteed if you're not satisfied within 24 hours of your session.

The Secret Key to Your Heart

2006-08-25T09:36:00.000-04:00

- Feature Article: The Secret Key to Your Heart

- Newest Update: It’s Incubation Time

- Heather Recommends: Your Own Personal EnergyRICH Success Session

A Note From Heather:

I’ve found that there is a major key to the success of my body and my business. I call it ‘incubation time’. This is time that I take to just UNPLUG. Everything goes off: phone, TV, computer. I take time to just be. I do this for a couple of hours every week, but even better than that every year I take a week in August to incubate. It’s a miracle for my body and my business.

Next week I’m heading up to my folks summer cottage where there isn’t – you guessed it – a computer, TV and my cell phone doesn’t get coverage (Yes, there are still places where that’s so). The plan is no plan. I’ll be sure to let you know what creative-genius-inspirations strike during my true week-off!

What Is The Secret To Your Heart?

There is so much power and energy in our fourth energy point: the heart. Take a look at this week’s article to understand how it’s connected to the well-being of your body and your business. Enjoy!

IMPORTANT NOTE ⇒ No issue of EnergyRICH Tips next week. I’ll see you on September 8th!

Wishing You Energy and Success,
Heather

Heather M. Dominick, "The Energy Expert” and
Creator of the “EnergyRich Success System™”

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The #1 Energy Secret: Your Heart
By Heather Dominick, “The Energy Expert”

Just the other day I was walking to the subway in my New York City neighborhood and just as I approached a woman walking the other way, I sneezed. “Bless you”, she said. “Thank you”, I answered, as we passed. Neither of us stopped or even slowed down (it’s New York, after all), but I smiled. Such a simple gesture; such a powerful impact.

This is the energy of our heart in action, our fourth energy point.

We tend to miss, ignore, deny and avoid the energy of our heart. Constantly. Yet, it’s where our brightest light and our darkest demons reside. It can soar us to triumph or crash us into despair.

I believe it’s pretty safe to say that we’ve all been hurt at one time or another. The hurt doesn’t damage us, what we do with it does. We close our heart for protection and end up harming ourselves in the process: we overeat to feel better, leave our relationships before they leave us and limit our financial income to what we’ve been told we’re worth.

So what do we do? We open up. Wide.

Perhaps you’ve heard the saying “Do unto others as you would have done unto you”. This is true. I like to take it a step further. We get what we give and it starts with the energy of our heart. If you want to resolve your issues with food, volunteer at a soup kitchen. Looking for a love relationship? Celebrate the love relationships that are around you; embrace wedding invitations. Want more money? Give some away.

The REAL key to the energy of the heart: no expectations of what you’ll get for giving.

Here’s my coaches challenge, if you’ll accept it. Write down one thing you really want to have happen for yourself. Now write down something connected to this want that you can give. Next, write down at least one name of someone that you can give to – even if the name is ‘stranger’. Put this in action for at least one day. Go for seven and then thirty. Email me the results.

Our strength, not our weakness, is in our open-heartedness.

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3 Energy Strategies

2006-08-18T15:42:00.000-04:00

In part one of our seven part series; we explored ways to work with our need for family and security energy.

In part two, we discussed the power of creativity in our lives and how to have our energy work for us to give us more of what we want.

Are you ready for energy point #3? Tap into your worth!

When we step back, we can see that the energies of points #1 and #2 are all about what’s happening in the outside world. As we mentioned before, when we give our energy away to these outside circumstances, we’re left, well, drained, empty and looking for ways to fill up.

It’s in energy point #3 that we start to turn inward. This is our core center of self, and it’s truly where our power lies. Ever feel sick to your stomach when you’re doing something you don’t feel good about? Ever feel a tightening in your abdomen when you haven’t told the truth? What about when you’ve witnessed something cruel or terrible?

This is because our third energy point holds our truth, integrity, and core values.

I was talking to some friends recently about the book The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis. This was one of my all-time favorite books growing up (still is). It’s about a girl who’s playing hide-and-go seek with her brothers and sisters, goes into a wardrobe and steps out the back into the magical land of Narnia. The connection to our third energy point is in the battle between the two leaders: the Ice Witch and Aslan, the Lion Ruler. The Ice Witch has turned Narnia into a forever winter and turns anyone who goes against her into stone. She rules through fear. Aslan is loving, honest, does good for others and still takes care of himself. He leads through trust.

Both of these characters live in our third energy point; the stronger one can make or break our well-being, business, and success.

When the Ice Queen has control over our third energy point, we are playing ourselves down, not getting paid what we’re worth, doing out of obligation and not telling the truth to ourselves, our friends/family, the world. We walk around feeling miserable, desperate, and cranky, and we turn to bringing in false comfort: food, smoking, excessive/secretive spending, and overworking. Our stomach and intestines will seize up, bloat, and turn into a protective barrier or discharge erratically to try to get our attention. It’s crying out, “This isn’t who you are! This isn’t what you’re meant to be doing!”

When the Lion Ruler is in command, we are living from our core values, our actions match our deepest beliefs, and our relationships and work reflect this. We are able to come honestly into our lives through purpose, and we recognize that we can serve the world without sacrificing our own well-being. Our stomach rests easy, responds well to the good food we give it, and we feel energized and in the flow—from our bodies to our business.

The key is in strengthening this energy point so it’s always working for you and on automatic.How do we do this? First, we understand what’s standing in our way; second, we clarify our purpose; third, we put it into practice daily; and finally, we allow the world to reflect our value through the wellness of our bodies, the relationships we surround ourselves with, and the use of the wealth that comes into our lives.

Are you ready to know your purpose? If you want to find out where you’re losing energy, what’s holding you back and the clarity of your life purpose, receive your own EnergyRICH™ Success Session (and save $70!). To order an EnergyRICH™ Success Session with Heather, GO HERE. You'll be sent everything you need to have a session by phone. After the session, a recording will be emailed to you. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain. A 100% money-back guarantee, if you're not satisfied within 24 hours of your session.

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Energy Success Coach, Heather M. Dominick, "The Energy Expert," is author of the information packed 'EnergyRICH Tips' weekly ezine. If you're ready to jump-start your energy, make effective changes, and have more profit in your life, get your FREE subscription and more EnergyRICH Tips at
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Are You A Resistor or Persistor?

2006-08-10T17:23:00.000-04:00

- Feature Article: The Second Key to Energy Creation

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A Note From Heather:

I had quite a time with the heat wave that hit New York City last week (they recorded ‘real feel’ temps of 110 degrees!). I’m usually great in the heat and put in place a lot of my own advice: more potassium, fresh fruits and gentleness with my body. But something hit me last Saturday (the end of the heatwave) while shopping at the Farmer’s Market, and I felt like I was literally melting.

It felt more like prison than summer. Thank goodness we’re back to normal temps here!

Need Some Ideas For Creating What You Want?

Today's article dives into the power of the second energy point (#2 out of our series of 7) – it’s about what we bring into this world. It will give you ideas for using ALL your second point energy for MUCH better results. I hope you enjoy it!

Wishing You Energy and Success,
Heather
Heather M. Dominick, "The Energy Expert” and
Creator of the “EnergyRich Success System™”

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An EnergyRich™ Tip:
The Second Key to Energy Creation
By Heather M. Dominick, The Energy Expert

Back when I worked as a highschool drama teacher, I had a term that I used to describe really good work happening in my dramaroom: creative chaos. What was so special about these creatively chaotic moments was that to anyone just walking by it would have looked like mayhem, but instead it was students so engaged in creating that they didn’t notice they were working right on top of another group of students. They would beg me for more time to work (yes, you read that right) and would create more quality in 15 minutes than they ever thought possible.

This is the second energy point in action, my friends, and we all have the ability to tap into it – all the time.

The second energy point is located throughout the hip area of the body, and it’s no mistake that’s where our creation organs live as well (yes, you know what I mean). The key with this energy point is that we need to be able to plug into this energy source in order for it to really be able to work for us. The key to doing that is in shifting our thinking. For that to happen, we must be willing. What’s so exciting is that when we are willing to shift our thinking around what we’re actually capable of creating, nothing can limit the explosion of energy that will naturally come bursting forth.

Let me stay with my drama students to show you what I mean.

To kick-off creative chaos I would usually count the students off and put them into groups. (Some of them hated this. This meant they weren’t with all of their friends.) Next, I would give them the task of what they needed to create and then I would give them, say, 10 or 15 minutes in which to do it. At that point there was always 1 or 2 from each group that would freak out: “What? Are you kidding? How are we supposed to do THAT with ONLY this?” My answer, “You have 8 more minutes.”

These kids weren’t wrong, and I wasn’t mean. They were simply playing the role of resistance, and I was playing the role of persistence. We all have both inside us, and they live in our second energy point.

Whenever we are faced with wanting something to come into our lives--a leaner body, new home, relationship, more money, whatever it might be--we ignite the energy of our second point, and we call up either resistance or persistence – depending on which one we’re more friendly with. If you aren’t sure which it is for you, take a look at what’s around you. There’s your answer.

How do we change? How do we get this second energy point working for us?

We must create who we want to be. It’s a shedding of skin that’s required. Sounds simple; why haven’t we done it? We're all bound together by the common tension that lies in the second energy point. This is tension between the belief in our potential to be our highest and most successful selves (persistence) and the fear that, for a reason most of us can’t prove, it just won’t happen (resistance). What I really want to point out here is that persistence isn’t about struggle, strife and ugh. That’s just resistance pretending to be persistence.

So, is it possible? Of course! One great recent story is www.oneredpaperclip.com This man started with a paper clip (red) and with the intention that he would trade it up for a house. Last I heard his house warming party is Labor Day, and anyone and everyone is invited.

You can do it, too.

It’s about using our energy to say YES to our creative abilities rather than engaging our energy to say no. Time frames work well and so does accountability. My students wouldn’t have done it without my constant countdown reminder and the knowing that they would be asked to present SOMETHING when the time was up. (I’ve always been a coach!)

We are incredible creatures. You get to have what you want.

Oh, and my dramastudents? Well, wherever we performed I would hear, “I can’t believe you got these kids to do this.” I still hear from a lot of my students today. It’s stayed with them and, well, that’s the power of the second point, right?

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Energy Success Coach, Heather M. Dominick, "The Energy Expert," is author of the information packed 'EnergyRICH Tips' weekly ezine. If you're ready to jump-start your energy, make effective changes, and have more profit in your life, get your FREE subscription and more EnergyRICH Tips at
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