I am honored to have amazing fans that engage on my Warrior-Preneur Fan page, participate, share and just give love! What more can I do but honor them in return? This week’s fan, if you don’t know her get to! We originally met on Twitter, and her energy, good spirit and love for LOVE just jumped off the stream! Take a moment to meet Rachel Miller: our Friday Facebook Fan!
1-What makes me unique? I have to admit I’m having a hard time with this one. I guess I’d have to say my willingness and desire to be authentic. I am most comfortable being open, honest and genuine. I call it how I see it but am willing to always hear both sides of a story and hope to learn and grow from doing so. I’m very comfortable sharing my mistakes, errors in judgment and flaws hoping that it may one day help someone else through theirs.
2-My power partners: For my business I am so lucky to be a member of the For Your Pleasure, Inc. Advisory Board. This board is filled with 9 other Independent Business Associates and the company’s CEO. These ladies have provided me with the best business mastermind group that I’ve ever been in contact with! In my personal life my power partners are some of my closest family members. My aunt, my cousin and my sisters. They are who keep me sane on a daily basis and who’s support I count on most!
4-My favorite thing about running my own business is that I now run my own life. A corporate office used to dictate my schedule and therefore the schedules of my family. Working from home and seeing the smile on my daughter’s face everyday after school is priceless. Being home after school, for her, is so important and I am so grateful that my business allows me to do that.
5-What do I do? Well, I empower women (and men) to be comfortable & confident with their sexuality enabling them to have more intimate relationships with themselves and their partners! I do this mostly through the fabulous world of direct sales by providing in-home sex toy parties. I also provide workshops and seminars on numerous sex and relationship topics.
6- I’m not sure I know who it is I need or would like to meet right now. I firmly believe when the student is ready the teacher appears and right now I’m looking to create some info products of my own to help people who don’t to get experience me live. I’m also working on a book idea. So I am open to meeting anyone who can help me grow my business in these areas.
Reach out to Rachel this week, say hello – become her friend, great things happen when you connect! Thank you Rachel for being a fan!
Ann M. Evanston is a “Chief Breakthrough Officer” teaching other Business Warriors how to slow down, and find the most unique part of their business that makes them stand out among the crowd. She has been named one of the top marketing consultants by About.com, is a guest blogger for Showcasing Women and takes pride in moving you from “blah, blah, blah” to “BOOM, BOOM. BOOM!”
Warrior-Preneurs are the next level of entrepreneurs; they get that strategy, mindset and habits create outstanding results. I have shared the first four characteristics of a Warrior-Preneur: 1-history; 2-discipline; 3-sexy; 4-community.
Now the fifth – integrity – a BIG word – watch here for my thoughts:
Now some might say, “they did not intend it Ann” – WHATEVER! Ignorance is not a healthy excuse! What demonstrates Integrity for you?
Ann M. Evanston is a “Chief Breakthrough Officer” teaching other Business Warriors how to slow down, and find the most unique part of their business that makes them stand out among the crowd. She has been named one of the top marketing consultants by About.com, is a guest blogger for Showcasing Women and takes pride in moving you from “blah, blah, blah” to “BOOM, BOOM. BOOM!”
Every week, for the Warrior-Preneur Fan page on facebook, I select a fan that embodies the give first mindset – in Social Media. What’s interesting is these people also embrace it in life! How can you get this honor? Participate, comment on our posts, share, invite people to participate with us!
This week I am honoring Sasha Sabbeth: she is the embodiment of stretching positive energy through social media! Get to know her, friend her, follow her, visit her blog – you will be happy you did!
What’s one thing that makes you – not your biz unique?
The current piece that perhaps makes me unique is that I am planning a fundraiser to raise $20,000.00 for my cat, Serenity’s cancer treatments for one year. I am organizing a social media and email announcement that will be a powerful contribution to those who donate. I will be featuring donated services and products from high caliber resource people so that it is a win for my contributors as well as for myself and my donors. I will be offering my services for free and/or at steep discounts. Who are your power partners (not clients)?
Coaches who have large group coaching practices. I would provide the day to day quality of life entrepreneur soul coaching/healing systems that the group coaches don’t want to address.
Coaches who want a referral source for their clients to assist their clients in identifying their Soul Purpose, Passions, and to gain deep insight into their personality profile.
Professionals who hear the confidential business and personal needs of their clients:
Lawyers,
Hair dressers,
Chiropractors,
Bodywork therapists,
Yoga and Pilates instructors
Divorce Counselors
Career Counselors
Health Personal Trainers
Public Speaking Coaches
Organizations that support moms in having their own businesses
Organizations that support people in having their own businesses due to health challenges
What’s your favorite thing about running your own biz?
Freedom of my own schedule preferences
Freedom to inspire, uplift, and empower others
What do you do?
I assist entrepreneurs to become centered, intuitive, charismatic, confident, excited about life, effective Soul Purpose based business owners.
As a healer, I use several energy release tools and my intuitive skills to resolve unwanted behavior
I teach my clients an energy self management tool kit with which to manage their day to day quality of life.
Who would you most like to meet ( type of person) that would help you get to the next level?
The type of person that would help me get to my next level are 6 – 7 figure business development coaches.
Thanks Sasha for being a true fan! Ann
Ann M. Evanston is a “Chief Breakthrough Officer” teaching other Business Warriors how to slow down, and find the most unique part of their business that makes them stand out among the crowd. She has been named one of the top marketing consultants by About.com, is a guest blogger for Showcasing Women and takes pride in moving you from “blah, blah, blah” to “BOOM, BOOM. BOOM!”
Facebookology is about the social psychology of using facebook for business, and with that I decided to start “Facebook Fan Friday” – a tribute to fans of Warrior-Preneur that actively participate, understand engagement and share with others. A fan that gets that “givers gain!”
Last week, due to my very sick cat, I did not select a fan, thank you fans for being so understanding.
This week, I have selected a very special Warrior-Preneur that demonstrates the power of relationship building naturally! We first met on Twitter and then grew to know each other better on Facebook. We have even turned our connection into contact and had a GREAT conversation on the phone – he GETS it! Meet Bill Browning!
Take a few moments to learn about Bill, and then connect with him, be a resource and honor a great Warrior-Preneur today!
What’s one thing that makes you unique?
I found this question hard to answer because I have never considered myself unique. I know we’re all unique, but what is it that makes me different? I wasn’t sure so I called two friends. The first word out of both of their mouths was “passion.” In roughly the same words both said, “You’re passionate about helping others and you’re passionate about your life.”
I must say I was surprised by their answer and touched. I said thanks guys, but everybody says that. It’s kind of like going to an interview and saying your best quality is that you like people.
Both said “Here’s the difference.” One said that you “live it.” It’s in every fiber of your being. Every decision you make, every interaction you have is about being true to yourself and sharing that with others.
My second friend said, “It’s not about the money. You’re willing to do whatever it takes. It shows up in everything you do – your work with seniors, business or playing it doesn’t matter, it’s all the same.”
As I think about what they said, it’s possible I haven’t considered myself passionate because I take it as there is no other option. We’ve each been given a unique set of gifts and it’s our responsibility to use them fully by passing them on. On a practical side, the cost of not doing do, is too great.
One other thing about unique. Thomas Leonard my first coach said he never had worked with anyone like me saying that I was “dogged.” I wasn’t sure if that was a good thing or not so we came up with another word and blended the definition.
The word was perseverance – continued action in a state of grace despite difficulties and obstacles.
So in a nutshell – passion, perseverance, and experience (I’ve done a lot).
What’s your favorite thing about running your own biz?
Freedom, flexibility, discovery, creativity, connection. Freedom and flexibility is really all about choice. I get to choose the life and work I want. As I change, my business changes. So for me, it’s about personal discovery, growth, creativity, and self–expression. Connection – It’s all about relationships.
What you do? I build businesses. I change lives.
Change Agent I’ve been told and consider myself to be a Change Agent. You bring me in, things change.
Connector I had never heard this term until Ann listed me as a Connector, but it’s what I do. I build relationships; heart-to-heart and then share that with others.
Coach I don’t compartmentalize between business and life. I don’t think God or the universe does either.
There’s a level of mastery where there is no distinction between work and play. That’s what I want. My clients tell me what they want and then we set about doing it.
Thanks Bill for sharing, and for being a true giver, in person and online!
Ann M. Evanston is a “Chief Breakthrough Officer” teaching other Business Warriors how to slow down, and find the most unique part of their business that makes them stand out among the crowd. She has been named one of the top marketing consultants by About.com, is a guest blogger for Showcasing Women and takes pride in moving you from “blah, blah, blah” to “BOOM, BOOM. BOOM!”
