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On Being a Warrior-Preneur: Focus

Ann Evanston — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:32:33 +0000

Focus everyday is one thing but I am thinking about a bigger, much more important type of focus. Do you know these people? Could you be one? I have a friend or two that I adore, but they are just like the Jamaicans in “In Living Color”. Remember in the 1990′s a TV show called In Living Color and they did these skits called “Hey Mon” (The Jamaicans, do you remember? The video of one is linked). That is the kind of focus I am talking about!

This is a great book about focus, can’t go wrong with Mark Victor Hansen right? I have decided to add it to my list again for getting my dang book done!

What are you going to do to re-focus effort into working yourself out of the job?

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Branding Social Media-Powerful SEO and Exposure

Ann Evanston — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:49:42 +0000

UPDATE as of 8/16/10: Market me Tweet is now becoming Market Me Suite because of all the features they have added and are continuing to add this product is worth every penny. Pricing has changed, but you might have noticed Hootsuite is adding these features as well (coming soon), at a much higher price point! The investment has gone up since I did this video, but it is so worth the investment in your business. My click throughs have tripled from Twitter to my website!

I also HIGHLY recommend that my corporate clients use this product for corporate exposure, right now the corporate plan is crazy good because you can have UNLIMITED accounts with it and amazing customer support!

As graduates of my bootcamp and lifetime members of my Social Networking Coaching Club will tell you, one thing I do is make myself guinea pig to all the apps and new programs out there to see if they are worth your time. It can be exhausting, haha, but what you know is I don’t recommend anything I wouldn’t use myself.

Twitter, let’s face it can be a beast, but tools like Hootsuite (which I have blogged about before as I love it) make it easier. But have you ever noticed that there is a prime piece of real estate on each and every tweet? Every tweet tells you when and WHERE they tweeted from. Where they tweet from is a link back to their site. So if you tweet from Hootsuite your tweets say “via Hootsuite” with a link to Hootsuite.com (you can click on the pic to see the larger version).

Market me Tweet (yes I am an affiliate-it’s a GREAT product!) has done something amazing! Now you can have that link be the name of YOUR business! (like mine in the pic) Watch this video to see what Market Me Tweet can do for you!

What a great investment for your business! SEO and visibility! I think you will be glad you made this investment! Yes, the price has gone up since I did this video, but I’d happily pay it!

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Building Your Circle of Influence: Why it MUST grow

Ann Evanston — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 18:22:55 +0000

Sometimes my inspiration comes from simple places. Last week I taught a seminar in SF. The number one thing the participants wanted to know about was how to network to build more influence. I love teaching influence strategies. Today I opened Trust Agents but Chris Brogan and read: “be sure to find ways to facilitate important meetings with new unknowns, because once you’ve cut yourself off from developing new contacts, your value to the network diminishes significantly. You must remain present to remain relevant.”

This audio shares my thoughts I hope you will take a listen...

What are you doing, in your networking, to remain present and relevant? How are you keeping QUALITY the goal while growing?

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The Power of Persistence: On Being a Warrior-Preneur

Ann Evanston — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:42:53 +0000

I now I get it, immediate gratification feels good. And often we want the immediate result versus the one that will actually work. So we keep building new programs, making new “special offers” – hoping for those fast results. Think about how persistent you are as you watch this video:

See those calla lilies never gave up, and they are now reaping the rewards. Sometimes I think it’s easy to feel like they did over the last several years; tired, neglected, your heart and soul not nourished. Those things come when you are persistent.

I mentioned blogging as an example, persistence is key with blogging. And let’s face it, it’s NOT easy! Writing, doing a video, uploading, tagging, sending it out to the world. And it sits. Finally a friend may comment. BUT with persistence, by knowing who you are and what you have to offer the world, your voice can be heard and clients show up.

Irene Turner of Irene Turner at hOMe recently posted this on my facebook page:

“blog about inspirational ideas…I just landed a client…client says, we should get together…I say, yes, it’s important that we click as it’s a very intimate process to be in your home the way I am…client says, oh not a problem, we’ve been all over your blog and already love you and what you do (including the color you use say’s the wife)! Oh yea…that’s why I do that!”

That is why I love the work I do.

Persistence pays off, I know cliche, right? WRONG! It’s true- ask those calla lilies in my front yard.

Where has persistence paid off for you?

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Sales and Being a Warrior-Preneur: Are you Chasing Your Tail to Get the Sale?

Ann Evanston — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 22:26:05 +0000

Recently I did a great interview with Louise Edington that inspired something that’s been brewing inside me for a while. In that interview we talked about the fact that often early on, because of your fresh new exciting business often you “get a sale” right away. What we often think is: “that was easy”. And that is the problem, see it wasn’t easy it was probably lucky.

Sales aren’t easy. I’m not trying to scare you–> I want to know that it isn’t magic.

My ssales success comes from these basic steps:

1-build a follow up system

2-learn to ask for the business

3-break down your goals. If you want to make $10,000 a month, what do you need to do to make it?

4-develop multi levels to engage, upsell, and ways to ask customers who they know that should know you and what you have to offer.

I give additional tips in my post on how to “Prime the Pump”

What do you need to start doing to build a sales process for your business?

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Is it Creativity, or is it Stealing?

Ann Evanston — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:07:41 +0000

I know many of you watching have felt this pain, I hope you will share your story of how you handled it in the comments section!

How can we help people, that like me when I was that kid in the store taking the barbie shoes, might not realize they are stealing?

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On Being a Warrior-Preneur: Success is in PLAY

Ann Evanston — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:22:06 +0000

I had been chewing on this moment and how to create a Vlog for you and my radio show interview with Bill Browning truly inspired it. This particular morning I was mesmerized by these two boys!

How do you play?
What have you done to create silly in your life?
Where does play come into what you do?

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On Becoming a Warrior-Preneur: Sexy

Ann Evanston — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:14:53 +0000

Over several weeks I have been sharing the traits a successful Warrior-Preneur develops. See a Warrior-Preneur is the NEXT LEVEL of entrepreneur! Week one HISTORY, week two, DISCIPLINE and this week SEXY!

Now before you get your feathers ruffled, watch the video, then tell me what you think!

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On Becoming a Warrior-Preneur: Discipline

Ann Evanston — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:31:31 +0000

Last week I shared with you the first and most important trait of a Warrior-Preneur: History. This week it’s a tough, but powerful one to incorporate into your life: discipline.

Do you have the discipline to do what needs to be done? Were are the areas in your life you need more discipline? How will you remind yourself to do those things?

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On Becoming a Warrior Preneur: History

Ann Evanston — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:46:50 +0000

What make s a true Warrior-Preneur? I will cover the traits and characteristics over several blogs. It all starts with HISTORY. Understanding your success depends on understanding those that came before you!

Who do you need to take the time to honor?
Where do you need to go learn?
And how are you creating a unique voice while respecting them?

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