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		<title>5 Keys to Building an E-mail List with “Real” Companies</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 01:58:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angelique Rewers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The idea of building an email list of interested prospects with whom you can build the know-like-trust factor is nothing new in the online marketing and solopreneur worlds. But what if your target market is made up of decision makers who work for “real” companies — whether those companies have 50 employees or 50,000? Not [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignright" style="margin-left: 21px; margin-top: 7px; margin-bottom: 7px;" alt="" src="http://www.thecorporateagent.com/newsletter/images/043013c.jpg" width="213" height="288" />The idea of building an email list of interested prospects with whom you can build the know-like-trust factor is nothing new in the online marketing and solopreneur worlds.</p>
<p>But what if your target market is made up of decision makers who work for “real” companies — whether those companies have 50 employees or 50,000?</p>
<p><b>Not only is e-mail marketing plausible in the B2B market — it’s also highly effective.</b> In fact, my very first ezine, <em>The Corporate Communicator</em>, had 2,500+ subscribers, most of which were the heads of communication departments at companies located all over the country. The ezine landed me several high-paying clients and twice as many speaking opportunities.</p>
<p>But with that said, there are some important differences to consider when building an email list made up of professionals in the “corporate” world versus a list made up of other small business owners. Let’s look at some of the keys to being successful.</p>
<p><b>Key #1: Up the ante.</b> These days, there is so much information available online that information alone has become a commodity. If you really want to attract the attention of insanely busy professionals (who, don’t forget, have a big budget to buy from you), you need to offer them something <em>irresistible</em>.</p>
<p>So forget your run-of-the-mill how-to e-book or special report and instead think up an indispensible resource or tool that will make a real difference in their workday. One of my all-time favorites is the “Smart Chart” that was developed by Spitfire Strategies. Check it out <a href="http://www.spitfirestrategies.com/pdfs/spitfire_grantee_final.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p><b>Key #2: Collect more information.</b> Unlike most small biz owners who are loathe to depart with even just their first name and e-mail address, corporate professionals aren’t nearly as protective of their information. Be sure to ask them for things like the name and size of their company, their job title, and their phone number.</p>
<p>You can even ask them about their biggest challenge as it relates to your area of expertise. (Imagine how much you’ll learn about your target market!) A great example to model is the way HubSpot.com collects information for its free e-books. Check out how they do it <a href="http://offers.hubspot.com/how-to-attract-customers-with-twitter-and-vine" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p><b>Key #3: Use a sophisticated customer relationship management tool.</b> There are many free and low-cost tools on the market that allow you to capture contact information and manage your email marketing. However, if you’re after the bigger fish, you’ll want to invest in a tool that not only presents you in the best possible light, but that also is sophisticated enough to let you customize the precise way you follow-up with warm leads.</p>
<p>Here at The Corporate Agent we used Infusionsoft. You can learn more about this invaluable tool <a href="https://crm.infusionsoft.com/go/infsta/a48214" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p><b>Key #4: Don’t over do it</b>. Professionals are so busy these days that they barely have time to take care of the urgent items on their to-do list, let alone think about things that are further down the line. So making time to read an ezine or newsletter is simply not a priority for them.</p>
<p>As opposed to sending informational articles on a pre-determined schedule, instead consider communicating only about things that are time-sensitive, such as live webinars or newly published reports or resources. If you’re looking for a good example, Vocus does an excellent job of keeping its clients and prospects in the know about upcoming <a href="http://www.vocus.com/resources/webinars-events/">webinars</a> via its email marketing strategy.</p>
<p><b>Key #5: Mix it up with the phone. </b>It may not make sense to make a follow-up phone call to every home-based business owner who signs up for your e-newsletter. But it’s a whole different ball game when you are attracting bigger companies that are ready, willing and able to pay you top dollar for your expertise. In this case, it’s a smart idea to make an introductory phone call within 72 hours to every qualified prospect who opts-in for your valuable content.</p>
<p>By applying these strategies you can begin to develop a pipeline of decision makers at companies who are your ideal prospects. Over time, the know-like-trust factor will grow, and you’ll be in a prime position to turn these prospects into paying clients.</p>
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<p><span style="color: #666666;"><em>Known as The Corporate Agent, Angelique Rewers, ABC, APR, teaches micro business owners and solopreneurs around the world how to grow their small business by working with Big Business. Get her FREE CD and articles at <a href="http://www.thecorporateagent.com" target="_blank">www.TheCorporateAgent.com</a>.<br />
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		<title>Women Business Owners: Are you living your best lives?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 23:44:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angelique Rewers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you know that over half of today&#8217;s businesses are created by women? Female business owners are shattering the 7-figure barrier every day and countless more are influencing the world in incredible, groundbreaking ways. The harsh truth remains, however, that too many women never realize their full potential and aren&#8217;t confident that they can achieve [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.TheFeminineInfluence.com"><img class="alignright" style="margin-left: 21px; margin-top: 7px; margin-bottom: 7px;" alt="" src="http://thecorporateagent.com/blog/images/040913.jpg" width="299" height="221" /></a>Did you know that over half of today&#8217;s businesses are created by women? Female business owners are shattering the 7-figure barrier every day and countless more are influencing the world in incredible, groundbreaking ways. The harsh truth remains, however, that too many women never realize their full potential and aren&#8217;t confident that they can achieve the personal fulfillment, successful business, and relationships they desire.</p>
<p><b>But, It is possible.</b> Whether you&#8217;re a successful business owner, or you&#8217;re a struggling entrepreneur, women experience similar challenges and struggles throughout life. The difference between a business owner who triumphs through them and one who does not lies in the decision to make a change.</p>
<p>All women must decide to take control of their lives, find out what they really want, and go out into the world and share their purpose with the world.</p>
<p>I want to share with you a complimentary, content-rich telesummit, hosted by my good friend and colleague, Erika Ferenczi. Her event, &#8220;The Feminine Influence,&#8221; shares the experiences of 12 business owners who have experiences difficult times in life, but because they made a conscious decision to overcome and triumph above them, they are living extraordinary lives.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m thrilled to be one of these 12 mentors featured in &#8220;The Feminine Influence.&#8221; In my interview, I reveal how to play bigger by landing lucrative corporate clients, multiplying your income, and making a more influential impact in the world.</p>
<p>With &#8220;The Feminine Influence,&#8221; Erika is ready change the status quo and show women that it is indeed possible to achieve it all &#8212; healthy relationships, financial independence, and the confidence to share your true purpose with the world.</p>
<p>To get instant, complimentary access to this telesummit, head to <a href="http://www.TheFeminineInfluence.com" target="_blank">www.TheFeminineInfluence.com</a>.</p>
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		<title>The Very 1st Sales Mistake You Make With Clients</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 16:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angelique Rewers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was a great commercial that ran on TV a few years ago. A man was sitting at his kitchen table with a knife in front of him and his doctor was on the phone giving him step-by-step instructions for how to perform his own appendectomy. The point the commercial was making is that that [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: left;" align="right"><img class="alignright" style="margin-left: 21px; margin-top: 7px; margin-bottom: 7px;" alt="" src="http://thecorporateagent.com/blog/images/030513.jpg" width="299" height="231" />There was a great commercial that ran on TV a few years ago. A man was sitting at his kitchen table with a knife in front of him and his doctor was on the phone giving him step-by-step instructions for how to perform his own appendectomy.</p>
<p>The point the commercial was making is that that approach is absurd. Yet, that’s pretty similar to the first sales mistake I see entrepreneurs and small business owners make when selling to companies — especially when the prospective client is the one who contacts them.</p>
<p>Here’s a sample snapshot of how that conversation often goes…</p>
<p>Ring… Ring…</p>
<p>Entrepreneur: “Hello?”</p>
<p>Prospective Client: “Hi, this is Sue Jones calling from Acme and we’d like to speak with you about teaching a half-day workshop to our employees about stress management.”</p>
<p>Entrepreneur: “Okay, wonderful. Can you share with me more details about what you’re looking for?”</p>
<p>At that point, the prospective client shares what they are looking for. The eager entrepreneur gets excited. Takes copious notes. Tries not to say the wrong thing. And is already wondering to him or herself how much to charge.</p>
<p>Here’s the problem with that…</p>
<p>Whenever a prospective client calls YOU, it means that the client has already, to some degree, self-diagnosed what it is that they need.</p>
<p>If you are a copywriter, then they have decided that they need a copywriter. Or, if you are a coach, a speaker or a trainer, then they have decided that they need a coach, a speaker or a trainer. And if you have an area of specialty on top of that, then that also means that’s the specialty that they <em>think</em> they need. You get the idea.</p>
<p>But here’s the problem.</p>
<p><strong>Clients notoriously misdiagnose what their real problem is.</strong> They are too close to the problem. They look for the most obvious — or the easiest — thing to fix first. They worry about budget. And, above all, they problem solve using the same reasoning skills and the same point of view that created the problem, challenge or frustration to begin with.</p>
<p>Letting the client tell you what they need is the same as you calling your doctor, telling her that your side hurts and you need an appendectomy, asking her how much it’s going to cost, and, as long as it fits your budget, scheduling her to perform the surgery.</p>
<p>Of course, that’s utterly absurd. When our side hurts, we make an appointment to go and see the doctor. We go to her office, and we tell her why we are there. “Hi, doc. I’ve got a pain in my side.” At that point, she asks you a litany of questions. Some of the questions even surprise you. (“Why in the world did she ask me whether my ankles are swelling? It’s my side that hurts!”)</p>
<p>After she asks her questions, she examines you. She takes a look in your eyes, nose, throat and ears. She takes your blood pressure and your temperature. She pokes you in your side. (Ouch!) She even pulls up your pants leg and double checks whether or not there is any swelling in the ankles. She doesn’t take your word for it. And she orders a CT scan, too.</p>
<p>You can tell she’s being very thorough and attentive. You feel like you are in good hands and that she’s going to get to the root cause of this problem. When she finally makes her diagnosis and suggests the treatment, you are relieved because you trust her. After all, SHE is the expert!</p>
<p>What’s fascinating to me is how many small business owners take the first approach — allowing the client to self-diagnose and schedule the surgery, versus the second approach when they act as the doctor who needs to ask questions, examine the patient and then make the recommendation.</p>
<p>The big concern I hear is that, “Well, if I ask too many questions and try to tell them what they need, and it’s different from what they are asking for, then I might lose the opportunity.”</p>
<p>To which my answer is: “Good!”</p>
<p>No doctor in her right mind would operate on a patient that she hasn’t examined and diagnosed herself. Nor should you.</p>
<p><em>This spring, at INSIDE EDGE, I’ll be teaching my magic formula for conducting needs discovery conversations with prospective clients. I call it a “magic” formula because not only does the client walk away with greater clarity on what they really need and want, but you walk away knowing everything you need to move forward — and can even bypass the proposal process altogether. If you haven’t yet secured your ticket to this groundbreaking event, <a href="http://insideedge2013.com/the-decision" target="_blank">you can do so here</a>. But hurry! Our early-bird registration fee expires soon!</em></p>
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		<title>3 Tips to Cut Time from Writing and Publishing Your Next Book</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:56:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angelique Rewers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Mary Lou Kayser, Holli Rovenger, and Leta Russell Writing a book is one of the best ways to set yourself apart in your industry and position yourself as a leader and an expert. Yet writing and publishing a book is only a dream for more than 80% of the population. What gets in the [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="left"><img class="alignright" style="margin-left: 21px; margin-top: 7px; margin-bottom: 7px;" alt="" src="http://thecorporateagent.com/blog/images/013013.jpg" width="299" height="197" /><i>By Mary Lou Kayser, Holli Rovenger, and Leta Russell</i></p>
<p>Writing a book is one of the best ways to set yourself apart in your industry and position yourself as a leader and an expert. Yet writing and publishing a book is only a dream for more than 80% of the population. What gets in the way of seeing a book come to life is a commonly-held perception that it just takes too much time but here are 3 tips to cut time from writing and publishing you next book:</p>
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<li><b><b>Work with a team and a proven blueprint to avoid wasted time and costly errors.</b></b>&nbsp;
<p>Having a team and a blueprint from the beginning will not only cut the time it takes to write your book the right way, but will also provide the step by step guidance that will speed up publishing, set up the foundation for promoting your book, and provide you with a clear plan for using your book to build and grow your business profits.Although self-publishing has opened the door for many writers to get their book and message into the marketplace without going through a gatekeeper, there are many decisions and steps along the way that not only delay the writing and publishing process, but also completely shut the door to successful promotion after its published.</p>
<p>Having a team of experienced and professional people working personally with you to get you started with clarity and with the end in mind is invaluable. The notion that a writer needs to sit at home isolated from the world agonizing over their “masterpiece” is not only misguided, but dangerous. Today’s bestsellers are almost always the result of a collaborative effort among many key players of a team.</li>
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<li><b>Keep track of what your clients want</b>.When doing a workshop, seminar, working with your clients one on one, or even interacting with them through social media, keep track of topics that consistently come up. Write down in a notebook all the questions and comments your clients have or want you to answer for them. Then transform this information into an outline for your book – you have not only cut down on the writing time and prevented writer’s block but you have also ensured your content is relevant to what your clients want.</li>
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<li><b><b>Do the research before you start writing.</b></b>&nbsp;
<p>‘Don’t try to reinvent the wheel,’ and ‘success leaves clues, so it’s up to you to find them,’ are clichés that apply to being an author, too. Invest your time up front in researching what is already selling well in your area of expertise will save you countless of hours later of heartache, disappointment and agony. There is nothing worse for a writer to discover (too late) that someone else has already written a book exactly like yours or your book topic isn’t selling.</li>
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<p>For more great tips on how to publish, promote and profit from your own bestseller, be sure to check out our Bookcamp™ 101 program (<a href="http://www.publishpromoteprofit.com/bookcamp" target="_blank">www.publishpromoteprofit.com/bookcamp</a>).</p>
<p>In this program you’ll learn tips and tools to overcome writer’s block, free you from other common pitfalls and misconceptions and provide many time-saving strategies and guided examples for doing targeted research, leading you to getting your book written and published once and for all.</p>
<p><em>If you like this article and want to use it in your own ezine or blog, please include the following blurb:</em></p>
<p><b>Mary Lou Kayser, Holli Rovenger,</b> and <b>Leta Russell</b> make up the Publish Promote Profit team and specialize in helping business professionals, entrepreneurs, coaches, consultants, and direct sales associates get their books written and published. Imagine being seen as the expert in your field, standing out from the crowd and attracting a higher level of clients. The team of Kayser, Rovenger and Russell help you create complete brand identity strategies, using a book as the starting point, to reach your ideal target market. They help you effectively promote your book and brand, and establish and grow a strategic and profitable business behind the book.</p>
<p>To learn more, visit: <a href="http://www.publishpromoteprofit.com/" target="_blank">www.publishpromoteprofit.com</a></p>
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		<title>Goals. Resolutions. Ideas. Projects.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 05:06:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angelique Rewers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whatever you call them, you have a list of things you’d like to tackle to grow your business and achieve your goals. If you want more clients, more profits and more freedom in your business, the BEST thing you can do is choose ONE strategy and see it through to completion. This means staying focused, [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="left"><img class="alignright" style="margin-left: 21px; margin-top: 7px; margin-bottom: 7px;" alt="" src="http://thecorporateagent.com/blog/images/011513.jpg" width="299" height="179" />Whatever you call them, you have a list of things you’d like to tackle to grow your business and achieve your goals.</p>
<p>If you want more clients, more profits and more freedom in your business, <a href="https://obr90878.infusionsoft.com/go/rewers/arewers/" target="_blank">the BEST thing you can do is choose ONE strategy and see it through to completion</a>. This means staying focused, sitting in your chair and actually doing the necessary work.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, this is where most entrepreneurs are struggling and as a result leaving tens of thousands of dollars in revenue on the table &#8211; simply because they don&#8217;t finish what they start.</p>
<p>If you would like to actually complete a project for a change and enjoy the results you&#8217;re looking for, I&#8217;ve got REALLY good news for you.</p>
<p>My good friend Sydni Craig-Hart is hosting a <b>FREE 30-minute webinar on &#8220;How to Finish What You Start and Achieve Your Goals!&#8221;</b></p>
<p><a href="https://obr90878.infusionsoft.com/go/rewers/arewers/" target="_blank">Click HERE for access info.</a></p>
<p>Sydni is going to teach you a simple step-by-step process for planning, executing and completing any project you have in front of you.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve known Sydni for a few years now and I&#8217;m here to tell you that she is the <b><span style="text-decoration: underline;">real deal</span></b>. Sydni truly is a marketing and coaching powerhouse and her easy-to-follow marketing strategies have transformed countless businesses. She knows what it takes to create an irresistible marketing plan and instantly see profitable results.</p>
<p>By helping you uncover and reconnect with your passion for your business, Sydni helps you eliminate your own self-doubt and break through the barriers that may be sabotaging your business and your success. From my personal experience with her as well as my connection as a fellow entrepreneur and business owner, I know that Sydni will help you achieve the results you want in a shorter time &#8211; with lasting results.</p>
<p>After attending Sydni&#8217;s upcoming, complimentary webinar on <b>January 17 @ 12 PM Eastern / 9 AM Pacific</b>, I know that you&#8217;ll have a plan in place to kick-start your 2013 goals and complete any project you may face in the year ahead &#8211; and beyond!</p>
<p>==&gt; <a href="https://obr90878.infusionsoft.com/go/rewers/arewers/" target="_blank">Sign up here.</a></p>
<p>I&#8217;ll &#8220;see&#8221; you there!</p>
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<p><b>About Sydni Craig-Hart</b></p>
<p>Sydni Craig-Hart, The Smart Simple Marketing Coach, is founder of SmartSimpleMarketing.com. Known for her easy, strategic and results-focused approach to marketing, she also has the unique ability to find untapped profit centers in her client&#8217;s businesses so they can create money NOW.</p>
<p>Visit www.SmartSimpleMarketing.com for your <strong>FREE kit, &#8220;5 Simple Steps to More Clients, More Visibility and More Freedom&#8221; and schedule your FREE &#8220;Profit Breakthrough&#8221; session</strong> with Sydni!</p>
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		<title>How to Finish the Marketing Projects You Start</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2013 20:23:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angelique Rewers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Sydni Craig-Hart I learned from one of my favorite mentors, Michael Port, that being successful in business is really about starting and finishing projects. He also taught me that most business problems are really personal problems in disguise. That means that if you struggle with procrastination and finishing what you start in your personal [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: left;" align="right"><i>By Sydni Craig-Hart</i></p>
<p style="text-align: left;" align="right">I learned from one of my favorite mentors, Michael Port, that being successful in business is really about starting and finishing projects. He also taught me that <strong>most business problems are really personal problems in disguise</strong>.</p>
<p>That means that if you struggle with procrastination and finishing what you start in your personal life, that this problem can easily plague your business. <strong><a href="https://obr90878.infusionsoft.com/go/rewers/arewers/" target="_blank">You&#8217;ve got to get a handle on this</a>; otherwise your work and your income are going to suffer severely.</strong></p>
<p>Fortunately,<strong> learning how to complete your projects is entirely within your reach, no matter WHAT your background happens to be.</strong> The only thing you need to bring to the table is a willingness and commitment to developing new behaviors.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s how you do it:</p>
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<li> <strong>Own your issues</strong> &#8211; Stop making excuses about why you don&#8217;t get things done and just own it! Forget blaming, the fact that &#8220;mercury is in retrograde&#8221; or whatever else you&#8217;re telling yourself. Be honest about what keeps you in a vicious cycle of setting a goal, procrastinating and not getting things done. <strong>Make the commitment to do something about it, even if that &#8220;something&#8221; is a small subtle shift that only you recognize.</strong></li>
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<li><strong>Start with something small and create a victory</strong> &#8211; When we get ready to make a mindset shift, we often convince ourselves that it&#8217;s going to be harder than it really is. Set yourself up for success by taking action on a small thing.<a href="https://obr90878.infusionsoft.com/go/rewers/arewers/" target="_blank"><strong> Stop thinking and start doing!</strong></a> That simple action will ignite a spark of motivation that can propel you right to the end of completing a project. The best way to eliminate procrastinating is to DO something. The first step is not as hard and won&#8217;t take as long as you think, I promise!</li>
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<li><strong>Create support and accountability for when you get stuck</strong> &#8211; It&#8217;s not a matter of IF <strong>you&#8217;re going to get stuck, it&#8217;s just a matter of when</strong>. You will have a question, you will come up against an obstacle and likely, an opportunity you couldn&#8217;t foresee will pop on the horizon. You may find that the project takes longer than you thought, you run into a technical glitch or you hook up with a flakey vendor. If you don&#8217;t have strong support and accountability to someone other than yourself, you WILL stop dead in your tracks. SO, <strong>eliminate this challenge before you even get there and put in place a support system for yourself</strong>. This is exactly why I&#8217;m hosting a <a href="https://obr90878.infusionsoft.com/go/rewers/arewers/" target="_blank"><strong>FREE webinar on Thursday, Jan. 17th on &#8220;How to Finish What You Start and Achieve Your Goals!&#8221;</strong></a> I&#8217;ll walk you through my proven system for planning, executing, completing and celebrating your projects!</li>
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<li><strong>Break your project into smaller steps</strong> &#8211; I can&#8217;t say this enough. If you try to grab your project by the throat and tackle it, you will quickly get tired an overwhelmed. Dealing with one step at a time will keep you focused and allow you to make steady progress.</li>
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<li><strong>Keep your eye on your goal</strong> &#8211; It&#8217;s easy to get bogged down in the minutia of a project and forget why you started it in the first place. Which makes it really easy to get distracted from your project and never complete it. This is why you need to plan out your work. Doing so makes it a heck of a lot easier to work your plan! Is your goal to enroll a certain number of clients? Generate a certain amount of revenue? Sell a certain amount of a new product? Keep that goal in front of your face EVERY day so you don&#8217;t forget what you&#8217;re working towards. <strong>When you keep your eye on the prize you&#8217;ll be a lot less likely to give up on what you started.</strong></li>
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<p>Keep this in mind: things will not go according to plan. Expect that and don&#8217;t let unanticipated circumstances derail your progress. <strong>Successful people got to where they&#8217;re at because they were determined to succeed and to keep moving forward no matter what happens.</strong> Take the word &#8220;can&#8217;t&#8221; out of your vocabulary and <a href="https://obr90878.infusionsoft.com/go/rewers/arewers/" target="_blank">stick with your project</a>. The more you develop this practice the easier it will become.</p>
<p>What marketing project are you going to dive into first this year? <a href="http://smartsimplemarketing.com/how-to-finish-the-marketing-projects-you-start/" target="_blank">Post a comment on our blog</a> and share your thoughts with me.</p>
<p>Your Action Plan For This Week:</p>
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<li>Give yourself 10 minutes (no more &#8211; no less), stare at yourself in the mirror and speak out loud what your issues are with procrastination are. Write them down on the<em> (no opt-in required)</em> <a href="http://smartsimplemarketing.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/ProcrastinationEndsNowWorksheet.pdf" target="_blank">&#8220;Procrastination Ends Now&#8221; worksheet</a> I&#8217;ve created for you. Take a fat red marker and put a big X across the page and tape this to your desk where you can see it every day.</li>
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<li>Schedule 30 minutes TOMORROW (no matter what day of the week it happens to be when you read this) to take the first step on completing your project. <a href="http://smartsimplemarketing.com/how-to-finish-the-marketing-projects-you-start/" target="_blank">Post a quick note on my blog</a> to let me know how you felt after you completed the task.</li>
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<li><a href="https://obr90878.infusionsoft.com/go/rewers/arewers/" target="_blank">Get the details</a> for my <span style="color: #333399;"><strong>FREE webinar on Thursday, Jan. 17th</strong> </span>on <strong>&#8220;How to Finish What You Start and Achieve Your Goals!&#8221;</strong> to learn more tips on how to ditch your old habits and develop new ones.</li>
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About Sydni Craig-Hart</h3>
<p>Sydni Craig-Hart, The Smart Simple Marketing Coach, is founder of SmartSimpleMarketing.com. Known for her easy, strategic and results-focused approach to marketing, she also has the unique ability to find untapped profit centers in her client&#8217;s businesses so they can create money NOW.</p>
<p>Visit www.SmartSimpleMarketing.com for your <strong>FREE kit, &#8220;5 Simple Steps to More Clients, More Visibility and More Freedom&#8221; and schedule your FREE &#8220;Profit Breakthrough&#8221; session</strong> with Sydni!</p>
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<p><span style="color: #666666;"><em>Known as The Corporate Agent, Angelique Rewers, ABC, APR, teaches micro business owners and solopreneurs around the world how to grow their small business by working with Big Business. Get her FREE CD and articles at <a href="http://www.thecorporateagent.com" target="_blank">www.TheCorporateAgent.com</a>.<br />
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		<title>Check out my DARE Magazine article: &#8220;Time to Play BIG&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 20:49:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angelique Rewers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my feature article in the December issue of DARE Magazine, I share 3 essential steps to tap into the trillion-dollar corporate market  — along with four of my personal &#8220;daring secrets&#8221; to live by. Here&#8217;s a sneak peek: &#8220;Cultivate a partnership-from-the-start mindset. As a business professional, you must consider yourself on equal footing with [...]]]></description>
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In my feature article in the December issue of <strong>DARE Magazine</strong>, I share 3 essential steps to tap into the trillion-dollar corporate market  — along with four of my personal &#8220;daring secrets&#8221; to live by. Here&#8217;s a sneak peek:</p>
<p>&#8220;<strong>Cultivate a partnership-from-the-start mindset. </strong>As a business professional, you must consider yourself on equal footing with prospective clients. Tap into that power by viewing every relationship as a partnership in which both parties work together to achieve a desired outcome. When you focus on how you can best help a potential client, versus worrying about closing a sale, you&#8217;ll reap the rewards that follow.&#8221;</p>
<p>You can find the full article on pages 14 – 17 of <a href="http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=Jk5Eg&amp;m=3h4Zjr36QI_p7si&amp;b=OeBz.ae_v08_ar0Y6hdjTw" target="_blank">DARE&#8217;s latest edition &gt;&gt;</a></p>
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		<title>5 Ideas to Boost December Revenue</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 17:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angelique Rewers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my new Upward Spiral coaching program, we’re talking a lot about how to turn small client wins into bigger clients wins, creating massive revenue momentum. The same approach holds true for the end of the year as well. The stronger you finish out this year, the stronger you’ll start out next year. With that [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img style="margin-left: 21px; margin-top: 7px; margin-bottom: 7px;" src="http://thecorporateagent.com/blog/images/120512.jpg" alt="" width="299" height="204" align="right" />In my new <a href="http://www.thecorporateagent.com/upwardspiral" target="_blank">Upward Spiral</a> coaching program, we’re talking a lot about how to turn small client wins into bigger clients wins, creating massive revenue momentum. The same approach holds true for the end of the year as well.</p>
<p>The stronger you finish out <em>this year</em>, the stronger you’ll start out <em>next year</em>. With that in mind, here are 5 strategies you can use to boost your sales this December.</p>
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<li> <strong>Help clients avoid losing their budget.</strong> These days, most big companies have aligned their fiscal year with the calendar year. That means December is the last month to spend whatever dollars have been budgeted for 2012. And while it might seem like the logical thing to do is just “roll” that money over to 2013, the fact is that “use it or lose it” still holds true when it come to many departmental budgets. So now is the perfect time for you to touch base with your corporate clients to see if there are any projects they’d like to get done now — or at least pay for before the New Year.</li>
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<li> <strong>Offer clients an incentive to book early.</strong> Along the same line of thinking, a highly effective sales strategy is to offer clients a discount on services you’ll provide to them in the New Year, so long as they sign an agreement and put down a deposit with you now. It’s a double benefit for the client because they save money, plus they get the tax deduction in the current year. (You’ll want to emphasize both in your sales pitch.) And it’s good for you too because it means you’ll start off the New Year with booked business in the pipeline!</li>
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<li><strong>Hold a no-brainer holiday sale to fill “surplus” on your calendar.</strong> Do you have two or three days (or perhaps just hours) left on your schedule between now and the end of the year? Don’t let those go to waste! Let clients know you have just a handful of spots still available in your schedule and, because it’s the holiday season, you’re offering up those spaces at 50 percent off on a first-come, first-served basis. For clients who’ve wanted to work with you but haven’t been able to afford it, they’ll leap at the reduce rates even during the busy holiday season.</li>
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<li><strong>Get more social. </strong>For 11 months out of the year, it can be challenging to get face time with corporate people because they are so busy. But come December, everyone is in a festive mood. Companies host holiday parties. Networking organizations hold holiday mixers. And clients are much more open to the idea of getting together for lunch, dinner or drinks. Take full advantage of this more relaxed atmosphere by getting out from behind your laptop and mixing and mingling with your target clients. Use the face time to glean information about what they still want to finish before the end of the year, as well as what his or her priorities will be in 2013. And while you won’t want to talk <em>too much</em> business in a social setting, you can most certainly ask for a commitment to schedule a follow-up meeting. Then refer to strategies 1 and 2 above. <img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-38" title="smiley" src="http://www.thecorporateagent.com/blog/images/smiley.gif" alt="smiley" width="18" height="12" /></li>
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<li><strong>Send holiday cards. </strong>No kidding. Every year, I grumble when it’s time to send out the holiday cards. Admittedly, it’s not a task I enjoy doing. However, without fail, each year when I send out holiday cards (professionally printed, with a super-short, hand-written note from me and a business card included), I inevitably hear back from clients who’ve been out of touch. And, more to the point, quite a number of these clients say, “Angelique! I’ve been meaning to reach out to you and your company about a project. Can we set up a time to talk?”</li>
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<p><strong>Here’s a final thought.</strong> Just like you’re looking to close the year out strong — so is every other company and business owner out there. Now is the perfect time to shop for services, programs, resources and products you’ve either been wanting to purchase or that you know you’ll need for next year.</p>
<p>Give it some thought. Is there a coach you’ve wanted to hire, but have resisted because of the cost? Give him or her a ring and see if they have surplus in their calendar that <em>they’d</em> like to fill. Thinking about new headshots or a new marketing video? Reach out to your favorite vendor and see if they’ll give you a special offer if you book now and put down a deposit. Already know you’re going to need 12 full months of an online service provider? Call their help desk and see if you can negotiate better pricing if you pay in full for the year now.</p>
<p>Even if it’s not an advertised deal, a lot of businesses and entrepreneurs will leap at the chance to lock in your business today.</p>
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		<title>Holiday Cheer: 5 Marketing Secrets from Big Retailers You Can Use to Boost Your Sales this December</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:32:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angelique Rewers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to industry experts, this holiday season is shaping up to be one of the most competitive in recent history. Thanks to the still-uncertain economy, budget-conscious consumers, and the fact that shoppers today are savvier than ever (thank you mobile phone apps), retailers are pulling out all the stops to get your attention. While the [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: left;" align="right"><img class="alignright" style="margin-left: 21px; margin-top: 7px; margin-bottom: 7px;" src="http://thecorporateagent.com/blog/images/img-112712.jpg" alt="" width="299" height="196" />According to industry experts, this holiday season is shaping up to be one of the most competitive in recent history. Thanks to the still-uncertain economy, budget-conscious consumers, and the fact that shoppers today are savvier than ever (thank you mobile phone apps), retailers are pulling out all the stops to get your attention.</p>
<p>While the clutter filling up our mailboxes can be frustrating, there’s also a ton we can learn about the marketing strategies these companies are using to not only get our attention, but also our dollars as well.</p>
<p>Here are 5 marketing secrets you can borrow from the brand name retailers to add some extra cheer to your income this year.</p>
<p><strong>Marketing Secret #1: Increase your open rates by using “trigger” emails.</strong></p>
<p>It’s harder than ever to get people to open marketing emails today. But according to the Direct Marketing Association (DMA), <em>triggered</em> email messages have a 96% higher open rate and a 125% higher click-through rate than other messages. Take advantage of these numbers by ensuring you pre-set welcome emails after opt-in, thank you emails after purchase, follow-up emails after delivery and even “don’t forget” emails for abandoned shopping cart purchases.</p>
<p><strong>Marketing Secret #2: ‘Tis the season for social sharing! </strong></p>
<p>By now we all know the importance of integrating social media into our marketing strategy. But according to a study conducted by Econsultancy, emails that include at least one option to share content via social media generated 30% higher click-through rates compared with those that didn’t. And click-through rates went <em>even higher</em>, to 55%, when the email included three or more social sharing links. So not only does including social share links mean that your readers are more likely to engage — but that you’re also going to benefit from increased exposure.</p>
<p><strong>Marketing Strategy #3: Think mobile. </strong></p>
<p>According to research company comScore, more than 55% of Americans now use a smartphone. With 70 million of them accessing email on their mobile device — and nearly half doing so four or more times every single day — it’s critical to optimize your emails so that they are easily readable and, said simply, look good on a phone screen. Be sure to send test messages to your own phone and even ask a few friends to view your marketing emails on their phones as well.</p>
<p><strong>Marketing Strategy #4: E-mail + direct mail performs better together. </strong></p>
<p>More than one study has shown that marketing efforts that combine e-mail with physical mail, such as letters and postcards, yield a much higher response rate from customers than doing one or the other by itself. In fact, depending on how the numbers are crunched, direct mail can have a response rate of 10 to 30 times that of email and, when the two are combined, you can get as much as an 80% lift in response. The best approach is to time your snail mail to arrive in your target’s mailbox within a day or two of sending a similar-looking e-mail.</p>
<p><strong>Marketing Strategy #5: Get face to face. </strong></p>
<p>Have you ever noticed that online retailers suddenly pop up at kiosks and temporary storefronts at the mall this time of year? There’s a reason for that. Ultimately cutting through marketing noise requires you to get face to face with your target clients. It’s not surprising that a study done this fall found that 48% of professionals said they prefer interacting with potential service providers in a tradeshow setting — far outpacing other marketing channels.</p>
<p><strong>Here’s one last thought to leave you with.</strong> Despite the perception that sending e-mail is the magic pill to growing your business today,<strong> the DMA has found that email’s average response rate is a measly 0.12%. </strong>So if you’re still putting all your eggs in the “I’ll just send more e-mail basket” —and yet you’re not seeing the financial results you want — it’s time to take a different marketing approach.</p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 12:11:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know you&#8217;re heading out for the holiday, so I&#8217;ll keep this quick: How would you like to partner with me for MASSIVE exposure for your business — while also helping to raise the bar for all of us entrepreneurs out there? If you&#8217;re sick and tired of online marketing strategies that just don&#8217;t yield [...]]]></description>
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<p>Then I invite you to <a href="http://thecorporateagent.com/powerup" target="_blank">join me for a FREE, one-time LIVE webinar</a> that I&#8217;m hosting on <strong>Wednesday, Nov. 28 at 4PM Eastern / 1 PM Pacific</strong>: &#8220;Power-up Your Profits.&#8221;</p>
<p><img style="margin-left: 23px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px;" src="http://www.thecorporateagent.com/html/images/banner-ie2013.jpg" alt="" width="299" height="152" align="right" />During this webinar, I&#8217;m going to reveal how YOU can become a Sponsor-Partner for my groundbreaking event, <strong>INSIDE EDGE</strong>, that&#8217;s happening April 17-20, 2013 at the spectacular Gaylord National in Washington, DC. INSIDE EDGE is the first-of-its-kind event to show small business owners exactly how to get Big Clients, make a Big Impact and earn Big Income.</p>
<p><strong>Here are 5 reasons why you&#8217;ll want to make it a TOP priority to <a href="http://thecorporateagent.com/powerup" target="_blank">join me</a> LIVE for this webinar:</strong></p>
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<div align="left"><strong> We only have a limited number of exhibit, sponsorship and SPEAKING opportunities available — and many of them are already GONE.</strong></div>
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<div align="left">We&#8217;re going to fill these spaces on a first come, first served basis (application required).</div>
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<div align="left"><strong>When you decide to come on board, your opportunity for massive exposure starts IMMEDIATELY!!! </strong></div>
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<div align="left"><strong>I&#8217;m giving away a FREE iPad mini on this webinar — but you have to listen in LIVE via phone.</strong></div>
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<p>If you&#8217;re looking for STRATEGIC marketing opportunities that bring you face-to-face with quality clients in the small business market, and keeps bringing you exposure again and again, there&#8217;s never been a better opportunity.</p>
<p><strong>Register here now &gt;&gt;&gt; <a href="http://thecorporateagent.com/powerup" target="_blank">www.thecorporateagent.com/powerup </a></strong></p>
<p>See you on the webinar!</p>
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<p>P.S. I&#8217;m using slides for this call and I highly encourage you to be in front of your computer for this so you can see exactly what I have in store for you.</p>
<p><strong>P.P.S. Remember: I&#8217;ll be giving away a FREE iPad mini at the end of the webinar, so you&#8217;ll want to make sure you tune in LIVE. (Hint: Use your phone line to listen in and use your computer to see the slides.) <a href="http://thecorporateagent.com/powerup" target="_blank">www.thecorporateagent.com/powerup</a></strong></p>
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<p><span style="color: #666666;"><em>Known as The Corporate Agent, Angelique Rewers, ABC, APR, teaches micro business owners and solopreneurs around the world how to grow their small business by working with Big Business. Get her FREE CD and articles at <a href="http://www.thecorporateagent.com" target="_blank">www.TheCorporateAgent.com</a>.<br />
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