Everyday Bliss For Women In Leadership

Just read about this at Sandra Ghalinger’s "Tittyology" website courtesy of Suzanne’s ezine - thanks, Suz!

If you’re reading this blog, then you’re undoubtedly dedicated to the experience of Everyday Bliss. So I KNOW you’ll want to participate in the FREE Teleclass I’m doing TODAY with Ellen Britt, for her Everyday Qi program.

I’ll be sharing the first FIVE Keys to Everyday Bliss from my upcoming Everyday Bliss For Busy Women book, a technique you can use to rev up your energy (even when you are tired, ill or have had a horrible day) and how to use the energy of intention to transform your  limitations into a precious treasure.

Interested? Calendar open at 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern TODAY, Wednesday 5/23?

Great!  Sign up here:

http://www.everydayqi.com/signup4webster.html

There are MASSES of goodies included of course,  and you’ll also get to hear LOTS of other fantastic speakers on energy techniques and other health and wellness promotion info that you can really use.

See you there!

Warmly,
Maryam

How’s Your Chi/Mana/Prana/Qi Quotient?

For you Energy savvy out there, don’t forget to register for the excellent  ‘Everyday Qi’ energy telesummit! I’m one of ten expert participants who are going to be speaking on health and wellness and will be organizer Ellen Britt’s guest in late May, but there’s a whole host of others you will love to hear from too. More info, and f. ree registration here:

http://everydayqi.com/maryam/

Something Very Cool For Coaches, Therapists and Other Service Professionals ONLY

And if you’re a coach, therapist or someone else who needs more profits plus a way to sell your audios, videos, ebooks, private sessions and such, join me at FreeIQ where you can do just that - they market your products for you for a minimal honorarium. Absolutely excellent.  To find out and get on the boat before it’s released to the public, click this link to check it out here:

http://beta.freeiq.com/access/

Here’s the sample of one of my most popular audios I’ve put up, so you can get an idea of how this system works:

http://beta.freeiq.com/conqueroverwhelm

Fr eeIQ’s got a few glitches, but looks very promising as a content distribution system, and they’ll be ironing the glitches out soon.

Running A Service Business With Heart? Still can’t get enough Clients, Need to Know How to Make a CD, Create a Joint Venture, Cash in on Affiliate Income?

And if you’re like we were when we started out, are you also clueless as to how to make your business exquisitely profitable? We know how it is, we’ve been there. And we’re sharing every single secret we’ve learned on the way to profitability and world-changing, heart centered businesses that are the joy of our lives. 

Come pick up our free eCourse "Seven Deadly Mistakes Service Marketers Make" and get your business up and making money in 90 Days… If you’re still struggling in your business, and still need to know best Practices In Running an Energy Therapy Business please do join Betsy Muller, myself and our 10 expert adjunct-faculty in the virtual version of our Tao of Ka- Ching Service Business Maximizer Program at:

taokaching.com  (sorry, offer no longer available)

We had a great time on the Tao of Ka-Ching Intro Class today. If you didn’t get a chance to listen to it, the replay is available on our Tao of Ka-Ching website, here:

http://taokaching.com

And now, to answer a Very Important Question that came up on the call:

Baya, on the call from the U.K. mentioned her overwhelm at the bewildering array of different things to do to boost her business and increase pro.fits. She’s already spending most of her time working, but says she would need several days to study a tool like Google Adsense, for example. She concludes with "..in the meanwhile, I am not making any money! I am lucky because I have a good practise but would like to expand it much more"

Baya, I regret we didn’t have the time to go into this on the call - I wish we’d had another hour!

We’ll definitely go WAY DEEP into this problem in the Tao of Ka-Ching class experience. But since this is such a WIDESPREAD problem, I’d like to give a bit more of an answer here. I don’t know your business or you, but I’m glad to meet you. :-)  I’d venture to say however, that you don’t have a solid foundation to your business, or that your foundation has changed significantly since you formulated your first business plan.

When I say business foundation I mean:

• You know exactly what your business vision, mission and purpose is, you know exactly what you offer and who you serve and exactly how you do that.
• You know who your ideal client is and you work with NO ONE but that kind of person.
• You have the granularity of your business down pat and have no suprises or sudden emergencies you can’t handle immediately because you have protocols put into place.
• Your business operations manual not only exists, but is up to date.
• You don’t waste time, ever. And you have at least one employee hired on at least a part time basis to take care of the busy work and mundanities, so you can concentrate ONLY on doing what you love.

That sound familiar? Have all this under control? No? Then it’s no suprise that you find yourself with little time and overwhelmed by all the options. Even if you work a day job, you can still  manage your time and create even more time than you think you have! And knowledge of the fundamental business elements above will let you know, instantly, what you need in terms of classes, resources and so-on to improve your business. With this knowledge you won’t be jumping on every bandwagon that rolls by, you’ll know which opportunities are a unique fit for your business.

Here’s some homwork for you Baya, and everyone else who has the same problem, straight from the Tao of Ka-Ching Homework archives - a little sneak peek for you!

It’s not going to be the most exciting thing you do all week, but you will get a very GOOD idea of where your time is going by completing this homework assignment. This is the first step in creating *more* time. And it’s this: document every FIFTEEN minutes through your waking day, for a week. You can do this simply by making a grid with every fifteen minute increment marked out from the time you wake up until bedtime (yep, bedtime). And yep, fifteen minutes. Twenty is too much, you can switch activities several times even in as low as the fifteen minute increment. So you’ll have  four opportunities an hour to make a real quick note of what you’re doing, and choose to do something different…if you want.

Use a shorthand system to mark the grid, such as "W" for work related activities, "F" for family time, "P" for scheduled personal time such as grooming, meditation, yoga, etc, "E" for exercise,  "R" for "recreation" such as reading non-work related material, non-work related web surfing, online gaming, television watching, going out for activities, "M" for miscellaneous - anything that doesn’t fit elsewhere. Make a small note on what you’re doing in each square of the grid. As the squares start to add up, you’re going to begin to see where the extra time in your day is hiding. 

This may not be as exciting as just floating through your day unencumbered, but remember that you’re like a sniffer dog on the trail of extra time. It’s there, it’s just doing a clever job of disguising itself among other activities. Sniff it out! Rebelling against the idea of documenting your days? That’s just fear inside you talking. This is usually fear of success (if you don’t identify as successful yet, there’s definitely fear there), fear of losing something you value through being more scheduled…the possibilities are as many as there are human beings out there.

Deal with this rebellion-disguised-as-fear using your favorite energy therapy method: EFT, ZPoint Process, TAT, BSFF or others.

There’s more to getting ahold of your time and knowing what to invest it in, that we will deal with in the Tao of Ka-Ching 90 Day Program. Try this exercise though - you’ll really get a LOT out of it!

Remember - you can grab the "Extended Earlybird" price on the Tao of Ka-Ching Program for the next 24 hours. After 6pm Eastern on Tuesday Jan 30th, the bird flies off forever again! Check the program out here: taokaching.com  Then Grab The EarlyBird, here:

http://snipurl.com/TKCspecial

Dave, thanks for your kind comments on the previous post - glad you liked the exercise! 

Baya, responding to your comment too about being unwilling to spend "that much money" on your business. I’m not so much concerned about you spending money or not, but in the general mindset indicated by your comment. It goes into a piece of "wrong thinking" that coaches and therapists tend to have internalized that GREATLY hinders their success.  And I speak from experience, having been there myself many years ago…

If you have a business, a passion and are doing something that is WORTH DOING IN THE WORLD…then no amount of money is "too much to spend" on getting that business as successful and profitable for you as it can be. Would you say the same about a needed hospital procedure ("sorry, I don’t think that kidney looks like it’s worth $25,000, even if I do need it…"), or an absolutely imperative need in your child’s life ("looks like math tutoring will cost too much, even if you are flunking out of school")?

Value your business like a child, for it is. Whether you have flesh and blood children or not, your business is the one thing you can parent and completely shape the growth of. The one vehicle that will absolutely express your unique values and Mission in the world.

Would you spend $399 to make $3,999,999? Of course you would! That’s called making an investment. It’s a fact that you have to spend money to make money (and if you don’t know this yet, ask your financial advisor or banker - they’ll tell you the same). Investing in your business is one of the thing you absolutely cannot NOT do if you want to be successful.

Go look at some of the other programs most therapists ahd coaches invest in that you could be taking: gmarketing.com ($2500), bookyourselfsolid.com ($2800), getclientsnow.com ($1900) and so on. This is the "starter level", and each and every one is an excellent business development and marketing program. I know, I’ve taken them.

It’s a fair bet if you’re not choosing to take these courses, that like many just starting out, you’re not made of money…BUT YOU CAN BE. Really.  (oh yeah, a whole LOTTA tapping here…)

You are going to get out of your business exactly what you put into it. If you don’t care enough to invest in its ultimate profitability, that, according to the Law of Attraction, is energy you are also sending out to potential clients. It says you don’t care enough to make your business tight and solid, so why should they trust you to help them get their act together? It basically says "stay away" - which is a BIG reason you’re not seeing the kind of clients or numbers of clients that you want.

It’s just a little shift to make, from Poverty consciousness to Abundance (the fantastic Kim George will be teaching us about that in the TKC Program) but it’s one that is Absolutely Imperative - or your business will sink as if mired in quicksand.

Whether with us or with someone else - please get the kind of marketing training that your business needs and DESERVES to make it an astounding success. It can be, I am certain of it.

You also asked if this forum would continue to be open to ask questions. While I do indeed welcome dialogue, my blog isn’t a forum in that sense. My expertise like yours, is a product that I sell. I’d be a poor teacher indeed, if I gave away any more of it than I already have in the free "7 Mistakes" ecourse, intro teleclass and articles here!

If you appreciate the value you’ve gotten and want to access further expertise in this area, you will need to pay for the product, just as you’d ask your clients to pay you. That’s the way a profitable business works. There are many programs out there for you to access, ours is just one.

We’d absolutely love to have you join us if you decide our program is right for you. You can still enroll here at: http://taokaching.com 

Warm Blessings,
Maryam

Hey folks! I wanted to let you know that Tao Of Ka-Ching Adjunct Faculty member Andy Wibbels is giving his most amazing "Easy Bake Weblogs" class starting next week. This is the course that started me and many other coaches out blogging for our businesses and heck, just for fun. I can’t tell you how many business connections I’ve made since EasyBake, so if you’re looking to get started, this would be the class.

Go ahead and click here:  Easy Bake Weblogs to see what this is all about and why you NEED a blog to max your business potential. Or, keep reading to check out what you get:

EasyBake Is…

• A 4 part course with Andy Wibbels with 4 weekly 1-hour calls.
• Includes webcast.
• All calls are recorded. Audio archives from previous runs of the course are also available.
• Library of tutorials and Flash demos.
• Instant,
  anywhere, lifetime access. Archives are available forever from any
  internet connection on any browser. Free registration for future runs
  of the course.
• 60-day money back guarantee.

Main points covered:

• Creating your first blog (on your TypePad blog)
• Customizing your blog to suit your business
• Techniques for maximizing your business blog

Plus which I can tell you that it’s an awful lot of fun. And if you don’t know Andy yet, he’s a hoot! The thing I like is that you can keep on coming back again and again for life if you want. Andy’s always there to answer a question, and the Easy Bake community is really supportive. Easy Bake Weblogs for all your blogging needs!

In our ramp-up to the Tao Of Ka-Ching Service Business Maximizer Program, I’m answering questions from therapists and coaches who NEED TO KNOW how to build high grossing businesses. Sara U. asks the following two "Burning Questions" and I’m answering them.

Now, Sara’s first question:

"Can you honestly get a big
clientele using the term energy psychology or energy coaching?  Isn’t this too
"far out" sounding to the common "man?"  Is it better to have this as a part of
a regular coaching practice and bring it out when a person seems open to
it?"

My reply: Personally Sara, I wouldn’t use the term Energy Coaching (or psychology) in your advertising except as an addendum. You see, consumers just don’t care. They don’t care where you went to school, how long you worked on your grad thesis, what techniques you use or anything about you personally. What the prospective client cares the most about is "can this person help me with my problem?" and sometimes "can they do it faster than Method X, which I used for a year to no avail?"

Jargon generally speaking will not hook clients and make them want to know more about you or to hire you. They want to see from your advertising: "how fast and how well can you help me fix my problem?". So concentrate on that. Choose a population that really jazzes you to work with and concentrate your advertising on the problem or problems that they have.

I wouldn’t hide what you do however because Energy Coaching or Psychology might be your primary mode and you definitely want to acknowledge that. And too, once people come to know what it is, they will come to highly value it. You can certainly create mystique around your business by using the term Energy Psychology or Energy Coaching which will cause people to ask about what this is. This gives you an opportunity to educate and introduce the topic before they even come into your practice.

Personally, I don’t want to see clients who aren’t savvy to Energy Coaching or at least willing to give it a go. That is one of my Primary Client Filters. We’re teaching more about this in the Tao of Ka-Ching Program. If you don’t have good Client Filters, you could waste a lot of time and leave a lot of money on the table. Savvy coaches and therapists know who to take as clients and who not to, and max their earning potential by advertising only to the client’s problems and your ability to help them out.

One thing that advertising with Energy Coaching or therapy has in its favor, is that clients can easily learn the techniques and enhance their personal development between visits and also address traumas inline, in the client’s everyday life. This is tremendously attractive to just about anyone!

I would rather go to someone who had the clinical expertise plus cutting edge technqiues that can help MY particular problem I’m seeking help for - wouldn’t you?

So in summary, a combination of advertising HIGHLIGHTING your expertise and success rate in handling a particular problem for a particular population PLUS mentioning that energy therapies can drastically reduce time spent dealing with the problem is best.

An example from the Tao of Ka-Ching Program:  "We help coaches and therapists who aren’t making enough money and have clients that try their patience, learn how to fill their practices with clients they adore, plus make enough money to live on, have vacations, and save for retirement."

That’s specific, and to a very unique target audience. Further:

"We’ll help you bust your blockages to abundance with cutting edge energy changework methods you can learn and practice easily on your own."

This puts the energy therapy in the picture but highlights it against the *result* the client wants to see, coupled with ease of use. See how this works? No jargon, no confusing acronyms, just speaks to the problem and how quick and simple the answer is.

Try it! And let me know how you do - you can make a comment on this below, if you like.

Sara also asks:

First of all, if you’re in a private practice service business (Coaches, therapists, acupuncturists, chiropracters, etc.) and you’ve not got enough clients, are not getting enough profits or just flat need help to construct, market, take advantage of technology for your business and get off the rat-wheel, you’re going to want into Betsy’s and my :

Tao of Ka-Ching! Private Practice Business Maximizer Program

We’re going to teach you not only how to get clients, but how to monetize that business of yours out the wazoo in ways you never heard of, but work well and are in many cases, cheap to free. And take a load off your feet, head and bottom, by getting the stress out and having your personal development path work FOR you, as a business Builder. (oo, intrigued yet?)

Get yourself on over to: http://taokaching.com and sign up for our FREE eCourse: "The Seven DEADLY MISTAKES Service Professionals Make in Business (And How To Avoid Them)" This is a completely free, no-obligation course delivered through email and it will point up some stuff I bet you haven’t thought about that’s leeching money, time and sanity out of your business like crazy. We’ll teach you a little bit about how to plug those leaks in the eCourse and much more in the Program.

Go ahead and sign up right now.  No risk, we promise!  Go on, I’ll wait….

Back? Excellent! Don’t forget to check your email and click through on the "opt-in" email you’ll get from me. Then the lessons will start flying into your box!

Second, click on the "Experts" link at http://taokaching.com and see just a few of the private practice marketing bigwigs we’ll be bringing in to teach you their special areas of expertise. There’s Lynnea on making a tight Business Plan, Suzanne on building your Expert Platform, Andy on the new cheap-to-free Technologies to Build your Business, Kim on allowing Abundance, Krishna on building your unique personal Brand, Wayne talking about On Air Publicity and more, much more….!

Third, ENROLL NOW because on January 20th the price goes up quite a bit. We’re  throwing an introductory price for the WHOLE 90 -day extravaganza that is so low we ought to have our heads examined…but we wanted to make it easy for the most people to attend. Again, that would all be at:

http://taokaching.com 

Fourth…can’t take the class on Mondays at 9am Pacific / 12noon Eastern Feb - April??? That’s okay, sign up anyway! We have several people from the darkside of the planet taking the class by listening to the class audios in our state-of-the-art eCampus in their daytime, while we’re snoozing away. They’ll be posting to our class forums like maniacs and we’ll all keep in touch that way.

While we’d love to have you BE in class, this isn’t a certification, so the only thing you have to be there for in person is your mastermind group. This  you’ll arrange times for on your own, and hence can work around your own schedule. It becomes this incredibly supportive, tight-knit little community
that is all geared towards making YOUR business a complete
success..while you do the same for others.

(Oh yeah, you’ll increase your network exponentially in this Program)

Fifth…what? You’re still here? Get your booty on over to http://taokaching.com and sign up for that FREE eCourse! And think real hard about cashing in on our drastically low introductory enrollment. Once January 20th hits the decks, it’ll be gone forever.

Get going! I’m looking forward to helping YOU maximize your service business’s potential in February!

Just For Today, I will be unafraid. I will especially not be afraid to enjoy what is beautiful, and to believe that as I give to the world, so the world will give to me. I will be accepting of the blessings that are always coming into my field, all the time, especially today.

This concludes our Nine Day Self-Improvement "Just For Today" Program.

Today is the first day of December, and of the winter holiday season. Working this Program will help you get off to a good start and truly make the most of the holidays and your preparations for the New Year.

What did you get out of working this Program? What insights or blessings did you receive from it? Feel free to leave a comment below and share what you’ve gotten out of working this program…

Just For Today, I will have a quiet half hour all by myself, to relax. During this half hour, sometime, I will give thanks for all that is mine, and I will try to get a better perspective on my life. I will hold this time sacrosanct - for it is important to consistently nurture myself before I can give of myself to others.

Stay tuned for our last "Just For Today", tomorrow