Discussing Multiple Income Streams on “Dresser After Dark” Radio Show
Posted on | August 27, 2010 | No Comments
Really enjoyed being interviewed by Michael Ray Dresser on his show “Dresser After Dark”. The interview went very fast, and for someone who’s used to hour-long interviews seemed like a moment in time! It was also very different to be interviewed by an actual radio show host - I could feel his masterful touch in every question (and sometimes there was no question at all!) As I said to my coach, if you don’t know your topic well - you’re screwed! Enjoy the recording of our discussion below:
Overwhelm, Green Monster, and Depression - Entrepreneur’s 3 Worst Enemies
Posted on | August 19, 2010 | 7 Comments
Waking up late this morning, I drag myself to check e-mail. Orders came in overnight. Ka-ching, ka-ching, ka-ching… Yep, everything is just as it should be. My son’s 16th birthday is coming up on Friday, and his new bed is arriving today as his very boring present. But what’s that unsettling feeling brewing inside? The feeling is familiar - I know I experienced it about a year ago, when someone named their program almost identical to mine.
Ah…. Last night I found a web site that seemed dangerously close to my own. The concept, the program - everything is close, and yet completely original to its creator. Not only that, but the creator has been in business for years, and is most definitely an online celebrity. How can two people come up with almost identical program?
I start reading, downloading, almost enjoying his writings, but falling deeper and deeper into that state of mind, in which it is impossible to feel anything but overwhelm and depression. In which it’s impossible to function, grow, and create.
Being depressed about someone else’s great idea and success is the worst feeling, and can turn you into a “green monster” that can eat at your creative entrepreneurial spirit. Re-framing time! Read more
Top 100 Multiple Income Streams Women - Part III
Posted on | July 31, 2010 | 3 Comments
This is part III of what’s become a really cool list of amazing women with multiple income streams businesses. If you missed previous posts, you can find Part I and Part II of this list here, along with the criteria I use to identify these entrepreneurs.
The hardest task so far has been to filter through the many recommendations and nominations, and come up with “true” multiple-income-streams women. When there are no information products or programs that allow an entrepreneur to leverage their knowledge and not trade time for money, that’s one of the biggest reason for leaving her out from the list. Even if she’s a super blogger or world-known trainer!
With that, here’s Part III of this list, amazingly with 12 spots still remaining open! Are you the one?
51. Jen Blackert, http://www.jenblackert.com
Jen Blackert is an author, speaker and strategic success coach. She is the founder of the Simple Way System and has personally taught hundreds of individuals her unique principles and approach to massive success. Her principle system called The Simple Way, is based on time-honored universal wisdoms. It’s a proven wealth acceleration system. It takes the confusing world of wealth creation and puts it into a coherent and comprehensive system, start back taking her Dragon Test to see what’s holding you in business. Jen has authored of several books, and programs, including Seven Dragons: A Guide To A Limitless Mind and Discover Your Inner Strengths co-authored with Steven Covey and Ken Blanchard.
52. Erin Blaskie, http://www.erinblaskie.com
Erin Blaskie, also known as the Bizinatrix, is in a hot, passionate love affair with the Internet. She started her first company at the age of 21. After launching BSETC, a professional outsourcing team, she joined forces with some of the top Internet Marketers to support, build, grow and sell some amazing companies. To date, Erin and her team have serviced over 300 entrepreneurs in countless countries around the world. Five years and a few more businesses later, Erin has put her hands on every style of business out there. Always one to figure out how things on the Internet work, she has made it her livelihood to experiment with the latest technologies, ideas and to even create concepts that didn’t exist before. Today, As a multi-faceted entrepreneur, Erin has been featured in three print books; honored as Office Arrow’s 2008 Runner-Up Business Woman of the Year; interviewed by countless gurus and media personalities; featured in major news outlets such as ABC and CBC; and asked to speak at both national and international events. Read more
How to Create Profitable Membership-Based Programs and Make Money While on Vacation
Posted on | July 22, 2010 | 3 Comments
Last month I went on my dream vacation in London. When I came back, I realized that I made a little over $8,000 while I was away. Would you like to know how I did that? Then don’t miss this FREE recurring revenue video training I created, where I share my biggest money secret. Plus, you’ll learn:
- Four Biggest Membership-Based Program Mistakes
- Six Reasons 99% of People Will Never Start a Membership Program
- How To Come Up With an Idea for a Great Monthly Program
- Real-Life Examples of Money Making Membership-Based Programs
- How to Start Your Program Without Any Overwhelm and With Complete Confidence That It Will Sell
To discover How to Start a Profitable Membership-Based Program Even if You Never Created a Web Page in Your Life, Have No Content, and Are Brand New to Business, watch the videos here.
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Top 100 Multiple Income Streams Women - Part II
Posted on | July 18, 2010 | 16 Comments
I received many comments and private e-mails about this list, and I grateful for all your feedback! Although I can’t include all recommendations and nominees here, (Part I of this list can be found here, along with criteria to select candidates), I am THRILLED to see more and more multiple income stream women posted here!
Keep’em coming and I’ll be sure to consider EVERY single recommendation based on the original criteria.
Continuing with the list of top 100 Multiple Income Stream Women, here is Part II with the next 25 amazing entrepreneurs, in NO particular order:
26. Stacy Brice, http://www.assistu.com
Stacy Brice is an American entrepreneur, and pioneer of the Virtual Assistance profession. She is the founder and Chief Visionary Officer of Assist University, a Baltimore, Maryland-based organization committed to training, coaching, supporting, and certifying Virtual Assistants. In 1997 she formalized the Virtual Assistance profession by creating AssistU– the first organization of any kind for Virtual Assistants (VAs). Brice was awarded the (VACOC) InnoVAtive Award in 2006 and 2007 for her pioneering work and leadership in the field. Recently, VACOC named AssistU as their preferred educational provider. Today, she’s a long-time blogger, Brice heartily believes in the power of social media to connect peop le globally. In 2008, she was voted to the “Top 50 Tweeple to Follow ” list, and in 2009, her company, AssistU, was a finalist in two categories (the only finalist in multiple categories)for the “Shorty Awards.
27. Mari Smith, http://www.marismith.com
Mari Smith is considered the “queen of Facebook” and the author of four books due out in 2010, including Facebook Marketing: An Hour A Day and The Relationship Age with Nick Nanton and 20+ social media devotees. She has been dubbed “the Pied Piper of the Online World” by FastCompany.com and is an in-demand Social Media Keynote Speaker. Mari has a strong background in the world of relationships and internet technology, and has been a passionate leader in social media since 2007. Her motto is “relationships first, business second.” Through her consulting and training business, Mari helps businesses to accelerate their profits using an integrated social marketing strategy. Read more
Top 100 Multiple Income Streams Women - Part I
Posted on | July 14, 2010 | 33 Comments
Although Internet marketing and information marketing is still dominated by men, there are many women who are building their multiple income streams empires. In the next few posts I’ll be featuring some of the most successful women entrepreneurs who turned their passion into a multiple income streams business online!
First, here are the criteria I used to identify them:
- Content-rich blog
- High quality web site
- Clear strong personal brand
- Prominent free giveaway
- Book or signature product
- Information products
- Coaching programs
- Live events
- Membership programs
- Use of audio and video
- Active community
So far I found 73 women who qualify for most of the above criteria, so PLEASE help me complete the list!
In no particular order, here are the first 25 that made the list! Read more
Creating a Video Made Easy
Posted on | July 2, 2010 | 3 Comments
I see so many people get hung up on the technology of creating a video, I wanted to share something a client just created. She used 3 tools:
- PowerPoint (to create the slides)
- Camtasia (to record the slides with audio narration; once you have Camtasia installed on your computer, it adds a little “Record” button to PowerPoint.)
- Screencast (to upload and host your video file)
The results is a stunningly simple video that ANYONE can create! Watch the video, where Roberta Eastman talks about my Passive Income Unleashed program:
I had to reduce the size of the video to fit on this blog, but if you’d like to watch in full size you can do so here.
33 Ways to Promote Your Product or Program
Posted on | June 14, 2010 | 10 Comments
Creating a great product is one thing. Generating income from it is a whole different matter. There are thousands of under-marketed products out there that have the potential to change people’s lives. If you have a great information product and want to get it out there, there are so many great ways to do that!
Let me share with you a list of 33 different techniques and tools you can use to spread the word about your new infoproduct, coaching program or service offering:
1. Send an e-mail announcement (with a deadline for getting the early bird discount) to your ezine, client and personal lists and address books.
2. Send a postcard announcement to people in your snail mail address book.
3. Write a press release and submit it to a number of free press release sites (you can find a list here).
4. You publish a blog or ezine, right?
5. Write a press release with a local angle that your nearby newspaper(s) might pick up.
6. Get speaking engagements with local groups whose members might be interested in your program.
7. Set up a free introductory workshop for people who might be interested purchasing the entire program or product.
8. Write an article on the topic and submit it to some of the free article directories on the Web (include information on your product or program in the resource box).
9. Once the article is published, tweet about it. Read more
5 Types of Continuity Income Streams
Posted on | June 4, 2010 | 6 Comments
You cannot be creative when you have to worry about money or where your next client will come from. When you know that you have revenue coming in no matter what, it’s much easier to free up your creativity to create whatever your heart desires!
So the most important thing you can do for your business is to create a continuity income stream. Regardless of what type of business you own, there are five continuity income streams you can easily create.
Create your first subscription-based income stream.
At least 50% of my income comes from automated monthly streams in subscription-based programs. There is nothing better than having monthly payments arrive in my bank account automatically. We always hear Internet marketers talk about passive and residual income, but most entrepreneurs still haven’t cracked the code of how to do it effectively.
I started out with a membership-based web site and charged $17.95 a month, then kept adding other continuity programs over the years. Some require more of my time, others don’t require any time at all. What I love most about automated income streams is that they free me up to be creative.
Five Continuity Income Streams
Here are five continuity income streams you can easily create, in no particular order:
1. Content.
This is the most common subscription-based income type you’ll see. You can publish industry trends, news, interviews, newsletters, CDs, and any other information of interest to your niche market. You can deliver this information digitally or by mail, weekly or monthly. You can create content yourself or hire someone else to do it for you.
What I love about content-based membership programs is that I can re-purpose the content from my monthly newsletter by including it in my other information products. Read more
What it Takes to Create Your First $250K
Posted on | June 4, 2010 | 1 Comment
Everyone talks about six figures, a six-figure business, your first $100,000. And that may be a great first milestone to work towards. But what about the next level – $250,000? What does it take to get there? To understand what it takes, let’s look at how you get to your first six figures – it’s easier than you might think!
Simple Formula to $100K
In spite of so many people struggling in the first few years of their business, getting to $100,000 in is not that hard. Here are the basic steps that will easily allow you to do that:
1. Specialize in a “hungry” niche market
2. Create a high-ticket product or program for them
3. Market this program via articles, teleseminars, and simple strategic alliances
This is all there is to it, really. To create $100K a year, you need to generate $8,500 a month. And that means getting 15 people to pay you $567 a month; or 5 people paying you $1000 for private coaching and 10 people paying you $350 a month for group coaching; or a combination of some coaching and speaking income.
At any rate, it doesn’t take a lot of clients to create your first six figures.
The Journey to $250K
I remember the day I realized that my income surpassed $250K. It hit me then that it’s a quarter of a million dollars. Such a wonderful ring to it! It’s the first time the word “million” was in my income!
$250K starts with several mind shifts. Read more
- Discussing Multiple Income Streams on “Dresser After Dark” Radio Show
- Overwhelm, Green Monster, and Depression - Entrepreneur’s 3 Worst Enemies
- Top 100 Multiple Income Streams Women - Part III
- How to Create Profitable Membership-Based Programs and Make Money While on Vacation
- Top 100 Multiple Income Streams Women - Part II
- Top 100 Multiple Income Streams Women - Part I
- Creating a Video Made Easy
- 33 Ways to Promote Your Product or Program
- 5 Types of Continuity Income Streams
- What it Takes to Create Your First $250K
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