IN THIS ISSUE:
1. Money Likes Speed
2. Holistic Marketing Resources
3. Affiliate Program Updates
4. Motivational Tips
~~ MONEY LIKES SPEED ~~
Joe Vitale said some interesting things in his ezine last
week. He was publishing the results of a survey he had
taken and was a little surprised at the number of business
people who were still in poverty consciousness and who
were willing to delay their success.
Here's the first thing he said that seemed worth
repeating. "People who want things for free or want to
pay bargain basement prices are reinforcing their own
poverty mentality. A secret to attracting wealth is to act
as if you are already wealthy."
This works at both ends of a business deal - buying...
and selling. If you're confident that your product or service
is exemplary, your fee schedule should indicate that you're
a first class business, not tourist fare.
It doesn't matter whether you sell coaching, massages,
teleclasses or wedding ceremonies. First class products
and services are worth paying extra for. We all know it...
so if the shoe fits - price your services accordingly.
The other interesting thing Joe discovered was that way
too many people were willing to delay their success. Hold
your conference NEXT year, they said. We can wait.
Joe's response? "The secret to making money is speed.
When you see an opportunity, jump on it. If you want
success, you need to act now."
Of course, if you're in tune with your intuition, your inner
voice, you'll be able to make instant decisions on things
like this. The more we follow our inner promptings, the
quicker the doors will open for us. If we delay and allow
fear to slip in, well... you know.
So gratefully pay higher fees to class acts, become a
class act to charge higher fees yourself, and act
positively when opportunity knocks. In Joe Vitale's own
words, "Remember, money likes speed."
[Visit
Joe Vitale's website for
a wonderful array of
articles on marketing, money and
motivation. If
you've read this newsletter for any length of time,
you'll know that I often recommend
"The Classic Seed
Money in Action," which Joe
distributes as a downloadable e-book through his website.]
~~ HOLISTIC MARKETING RESOURCES ~~
-- Book Review: "Marketing for the Holistic Practitioner"
Michelle A. Vandepas has just published a new book
called "Marketing for the Holistic Practitioner." It's all
about building a thriving holistic health care practice.
In fact, it's subtitled, "A Simple Low Cost Guide for
Therapists and Practitioners on Getting and Keeping
Your Clients."
Michelle has a deep respect and understanding of the
holistic health care world, partly as a result of her own
healing experiences, but also from a decade's worth
of business consultations with healers. Her book,
"Marketing for the Holistic Practitioner," is a basic
"how-to" guide for small business owners to
professionalize their business and marketing efforts
to match the quality of their healing work.
Quite often practitioners ignore the basic business
principles and methods that could help catapult their
practice from a "taking whatever comes" approach to
a "thriving business" commitment. Michelle Vandepas
intersperses chapters on pricing, advertising and office
space with sections covering integrity, clarity and
commitment, creating a holistic marketing feel
throughout the book.
For holistic practitioners just starting a business... and for
part-timers who have decided to actively build their
business, "Marketing for the Holistic Practitioner" is a
useful planning tool, written in a comfortable style that
will be accepted by the healers it's meant to help.
Visit Michelle Vandepas' website for more
information on
Marketing for the Holistic Practitioner.
-- "The
InfoGuru Marketing Manual" by Robert Middleton
is an excellent marketing course for a solo practice or
home-based business. It was written for independent
professionals and contains everything you need to
attract more clients to your professional service business.
-- If you would like to accept credit card payments for
your services or consultation fees and have a website,
consider joining PayPal, the payment service used by
e-Bay. It's free to join, fees are reasonable... and you
can be up and running very quickly. Plus, there's no
equipment to rent or buy. Click
here for info.
-- List your business free in over 20 online holistic,
spiritual
and business directories. Exchanging links is
a great way
to generate traffic for your website.
Click here to view the list.
~~ AFFILIATE PROGRAM UPDATES ~~
You can make money online offering products that change
people's lives... and earn referral fees at the same time.
To learn how affiliate program marketing works, I
recommend starting with Rosalind Gardner's "Super Affiliate
Handbook." I wish I had read this book much earlier, but
I was happy I came across it when I did.
Then visit "The Affiliate Program Directory with Heart" for
over 80 products and services you can be proud to offer
your website visitors.
Affiliate Program "Fact or Myth?"
Your newsletter subscribers value your opinion, so
endorsing an affiliate product or company counts.
FACT! Offering a newsletter that provides useful
information for your readers helps you build a relationship
with them. They, therefore, value your opinion when you
endorse an affiliate product, company or website.
(This affiliate program tidbit was brought to you by
Self-Healing Expressions, provider of self-paced
holistic email courses.)
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To succeed in business, you've got to do two things:
raise your personal energy and raise the energy of your
business. The one drives the other. For tips and tools
to increase the vitality of your business, please visit
http://www.newradiance.com/inspiredmarketingideas.htm
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~~ MOTIVATIONAL TIPS ~~
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving
safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid
in sideways, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly
proclaiming, "Wow - What a Ride!"
-- Peter Sage
Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and
persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for
success.
-- Dale Carnegie
Those who hold big dreams with integrity attract others
that catch the vision.
-- Eva Gregory
Big thinking precedes big achievement.
-- Wilfred A. Peterson
Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the
person we become.
-- Jim Rohn
HAPPY MARKETING!
Barbara Casey
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New Radiance Corp.
PO Box 86674, St. Petersburg, FL 33738
(727) 397-2702
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