Are you accountable?

I am known for telling my clients “Don’t be vanilla” as they build their brand message and influential voice. I frequently see it when people blog. Suddenly, they become scientific, bland, and almost robotic in the writing. There is no personality, no polarity, and no opinion strong enough to matter. When I tell people that their blog can get them business, as well as PRESS, this is a key factor.
Last week I opened my email to find this: Pete Thomas, the Season 2 At-Home winner of NBC’s The Biggest Loser. His book will come out in September, published by Penguin/Avery. Pete would like include a lengthy quote from a blog you wrote about accountability.  Would you agree to let Pete use this quote (of course you would be cited) in his forthcoming book? You would have to sign something that says you give him the right to use it in any format, overseas volumes all that stuff.
I have given Pete permission of course! I love that he didn’t just pick a sentence; he chose to quote three paragraphs about what a coach’s responsibility is in coaching.

Congratulation isn’t the point. The point is what and how you write when you blog.

• Are you opinionated?
• Do you think bigger than “what you sell”?
• Do you write from a perspective that ignites people?
• Are you strong mined enough that you know someone might not like the post?
• Do you create polarity?
• Do you keyword manage your blog and share it repeatedly?
• Do you blog at least once a week?

If you answered YES to all these questions, then these opportunities WILL present themselves. If you answered no, maybe your brand message is just too safe. Vanilla.

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It is interesting how many entrepreneurs have a “million” ideas.

Millions, of IDEAS.

Not dollars. It takes converting the idea into something that can be bought, something that people see value in that creates the success. The idea, without implementation, is just an idea.

[author] [author_image timthumb='on']http://www.warrior-preneur.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/20639_1304654341293_1650354_n.jpg[/author_image] [author_info]Ann M. Evanston, Ma has been a small business owner since 1997. She specializes in taking entrepreneurs to implementation, and financial success with their unique edge. Her mastermind groups are powerful, and action based, so the work gets done, not just talked aboot![/author_info] [/author]

This was one of the BEST things I did for myself!! Just watch!

Change how you think, watch how you grow!

This actually saved by business in 2007-2008. Without advisers, I would not have developed a new marketing strategy (know known as The SNCC Way) and saved myself financially! In this video I share who and why I picked who I did:

Be care of thinking a group of “friends” with opinions are a BOA! (that’s another blog!)

Take time and find these people, who should they be for you?

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Are you creating a hobby or a business?

The hardest part of running your own business is doing the things that make it run like a well oiled machine. Yesterday, I spent time working on those things for my business. Trust me, I don’t enjoy it any more then you do! Reality is our business needs these systems and processes in order to achieve a higher level of success. I’m not talking to hobbyists that really don’t want to generate a higher level of revenue in their business. I’m talking to true entrepreneurs, small business owners who understand that to achieve more revenue systems and processes are necessary.

What system or process have you ignored in your business that it’s time to stop neglecting? Is it related to finances? Maybe organization? Or is it your marketing system? Maybe it’s your networking and follow up system? Is it your content creation and management system?

The creativity of the business is the fun part. Implementing the systems that make your business run so you can be more creative are critical.

What’s interesting, is when I neglect my systems my business revenue suffers. You can have all the fun you want in the world but guess what? It is more fun when you do what you love and you have the systems that help to make you the money you deserve.

So yesterday, I spent several hours working on my newsletter system and my marketing system. I spent the time on details that needed to be taken care of, so my business runs like a well oiled machine. Was it fun? No. Rewarding? Yes, because I KNOW the results.

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[author] [author_image timthumb='on']http://www.warrior-preneur.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/20639_1304654341293_1650354_n.jpg[/author_image] [author_info]Ann Evanston has been a successful small business owner since 1997. She has stayed thriving through crazy changes in the world and business. She is a speaker, consultant and coach.[/author_info] [/author]