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		<title>Because we all need a hand from time to time</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 16:28:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Rosado</dc:creator>
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Running your own business can be really tough.
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<p><strong>Running your own business can be really tough.</strong></p>
<p>There are so many things to do, so many people to connect with, so many action items to execute, and so many little things you just don&#8217;t want to fall through the cracks.</p>
<p>And keeping up with it all can be really tough.</p>
<p><strong>That&#8217;s why it&#8217;s so important to build your Power Team.</strong></p>
<p>These are the people that you know, lean on, and can easily refer them to others. You know the quality of the work they do or the product they sell and the value of the help they provide.</p>
<p>Because we can&#8217;t do it all alone.</p>
<p>And this is also what networking is all about &#8211; helping others.</p>
<p>Some of us have huge, wide and deep networks, and some of us are just starting out to find these people, get to know them and develop relationships.</p>
<p><strong>Not everyone is there yet&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>I&#8217;ve been fortunate enough to be out and about &#8211; networking, speaking, volunteering, working, playing, and so on &#8211; getting to know literally thousands of people over the past several years.</p>
<p>And every networking event I attend, every social function my family goes to, every conference I speak at, I keep meeting more and more incredible people! And I know that I can&#8217;t keep them all to myself, because that would be doing them a disservice and it would be doing you a disservice.</p>
<p><strong>So I want to share something really special with you:</strong></p>
<p><strong>My own network of high quality, easy to work with, top-notch professionals.</strong></p>
<p>But because I know so many people in different industries and locations, I&#8217;m not just going to list everyone&#8217;s name, website and phone number.</p>
<p>If you have a need, a want or something you&#8217;ve been procrastinating on, I want to make it really easy for you to move forward.</p>
<p><strong>Here is a list of people </strong>(in no particular order) that can help you.</p>
<p>If one or more piques your curiosity, please reply and let me know which category. I will reply to you with all the information I have on those people, and if you&#8217;d like, I&#8217;ll even see about making a personal introduction.</p>
<p><strong>- Mortgage Broker<br />
</strong>Whether you&#8217;re a first-time home buyer or thinking about a lowering your current bill &#8211; right now you can save hundreds or thousands of $$ each month.</p>
<p><strong>- Chiropractor<br />
</strong>Put your body back in a state of pain-free healthy balance, rest and repair.</p>
<p><strong>- Realtor<br />
</strong>Looking for *the* perfect home for you &#8211; based on your tastes, your life, your dreams.</p>
<p><strong>- Handyman<br />
</strong>If it needs fixing, I know the guy (sorry ladies.. don&#8217;t know any female handywomen off the top of my head &#8211; but let me know if you are in that category!)</p>
<p><strong>- Web Designer<br />
</strong>If your business isn&#8217;t online, you don&#8217;t exist to many of your potential clients. Marketing is about adapting. If you can&#8217;t easily make small, fast changes to your site, you probably need some help here.</p>
<p><strong>- Insurance Provider<br />
</strong>Making the wrong call (or no call) can cost you thousands, easily.</p>
<p><strong>- Accountant / CPA / Bookkeeper<br />
</strong>Tax time!! But beyond that, you can&#8217;t know everything, and these sensational people that I know, do!</p>
<p><strong>- Estate Planner<br />
</strong>Waiting to get your or your parents&#8217; affairs in order is a recipe for disaster. And fighting among loved ones is no way to live after someone close dies.</p>
<p><strong>- Book Publisher<br />
</strong>Want to be immediately recognized as an expert in your field? This gentleman can make it happen &#8211; and make you a published author in the process.</p>
<p><strong>- Personal Banker<br />
</strong>This one is very difficult to find a great mix of personal service and capability in today&#8217;s world! My team delivers.</p>
<p><strong>- Health Consultant<br />
</strong>We need to fight off terrible health problems from diabetes, smoking, childhood obesity and so many other personal and environmental hazards. Not to mention swimsuit season is right around the corner. Eeeeek! Start now.</p>
<p><strong>- Financial Planner<br />
</strong>&#8220;Those that fail to plan, plan to fail.&#8221; Seriously, how can you reach your goals if you don&#8217;t have a plan and support from someone extremely knowledgeable and proven in the field?</p>
<p><strong>- Career Coach<br />
</strong>The job market is TIGHT. You need every edge you can get &#8211; resume, interviewing, job search and networking &#8211; they all need to be systemized and in top-noth form.</p>
<p><strong>- Home Inspector<br />
</strong>My wife and I found out the hard way when we bought our home &#8211; ASK FOR A REFERRAL WITH THIS ONE.</p>
<p><strong>- Business Growth and Development<br />
</strong>You can probably guess that I can help you here. Yes, I am taking on new clients this spring, so ask me if you want to explode your business.</p>
<p><strong>- Marketing Consultant<br />
</strong>You NEED to have a marketing system in place if you want sustained, dynamic growth that won&#8217;t stress you out.</p>
<p><strong>- Leadership / Executive Coach<br />
</strong>With tight budges all around, managers and leaders are expected to get more done with less resources. And employees are not always motivated and happy. You need help here.</p>
<p><strong>- Day Spa<br />
</strong>You need to look your best. Feel your best. Be your best! Hair style, color, cut, massage, no-chip nails, health tips and more &#8211; for men and women!</p>
<p><strong>- Property Investment<br />
</strong>There are several people you can work with &#8211; you can find them all over. But how to you know whom to trust? This isn&#8217;t something you want to leave to chance. Ask me about my team of experts.</p>
<p><strong>- Support Staff<br />
</strong>Virtual assistants and interns are great ways to get more done in less time, and without breaking the bank. Let me point you to some fantastic help.</p>
<p>And so many more&#8230;</p>
<p><strong>Just reply and let me know how I can help you</strong> to meet these and other qualified people that will take your business and your life to the next level and beyond!</p>
<p>To your success,</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" title="BizCoach Jason Rosado" src="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/187564_619976562_7201744_n.jpg" alt="BizCoach Jason Rosado" width="108" height="163" /></p>
<p>&#8220;BizCoach&#8221; Jason Rosado</p>
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		<title>&#8220;Fantastic 5 Keys to Delivering a Kick-Ass, Sales-Generating Presentation&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Nov 2010 16:56:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Rosado</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the single best ways to connect with potential clients in a way that they get to understand how you can help them is to speak to groups of people – a very powerful way for others to get to know, like and trust you.
This can be done in person via speaking engagements, workshops, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of the single best ways to connect with potential clients in a way that they get to understand how you can help them is to speak to groups of people – a very powerful way for others to get to know, like and trust you.</p>
<p>This can be done in person via speaking engagements, workshops, classes, networking events; on the phone on teleclasses, teleseminars, etc.; or on the web through webinars, social networking, blogging, newsletters, Fan Pages, and so many more methods&#8230; </p>
<p>Over the years, I have given hundreds of presentations. And I&#8217;ve learned something VERY IMPORTANT that I want to share this with you:</p>
<h4>To make sales from your presentation, just giving a killer speech isn’t good enough.</h4>
<p>Below are my <strong>“Fantastic 5 Keys to Delivering a Kick-Ass, Sales-Generating Presentation!” </strong>as posted on my &#8220;Small Business Daily Success Tips&#8221; on <a href="http://facebook.com/GrowYourBiz">http://facebook.com/GrowYourBiz</a>: </p>
<p>11/8/10<br />
MONDAY “Tip of the Day”: BizCoachJason’s Fantastic 5 Keys to Deliver a Kick-Ass, Sales-Generating Presentation: <strong>Key #1 &#8211; “Make a great first impression!”</strong> How important is this? Our subconscious mind tells us whether we like someone or not based on an intuitive first impression. If it’s a bad impression, it can be overcome but that can be *very* difficult. Get started on the track, right away. And remember to SMILE!</p>
<p>11/9/10<br />
TUESDAY “Tip of the Day”: <strong>Key #2 &#8211; “Make a BOLD promise!”</strong> Grab your audience’s attention in a big way! Tell them what’s in it for them to spend their precious time, attention and energy listening to you. You’ll gain acceptance and enthusiasm, and make it more fun for you and them. And you better deliver on your bold promise!</p>
<p>11/10/10<br />
WEDNESDAY “Tip of the Day”: <strong>Key #3 – “Learn something about your audience”</strong> This is a really important component of your talk to make sure you are delivering value and building the relationship with your audience members. You need to know who you are talking to and what their challenges are, even when you invited a specific group of people.</p>
<p>11/11/10<br />
THURSDAY “Tip of the Day”: <strong>Key #4 – “Involve your participants” </strong>People learn in different ways. Engage your audience members by involving them and making them a part of your presentation. Make it fun for them. Give them an experience, not just a lecture, and they will learn, remember and enjoy it exponentially more.</p>
<p>11/12/10<br />
FRIDAY “Tip of the Day”: <strong>Key #5 – “Provide a Call to Action”</strong> Without this, you can give a magnificent, stellar presentation and GET NO SALES. I’ve been there, done that. I’ve seen too many others fall prey to this as well. YOU NEED TO MAKE AN IRRESISTIBLE OFFER and tell your audience EXACTLY what to do to accept. This makes it a win-win!</p>
<p>Now go out there and create massive value for your target market by giving kick-ass presentations that will serve you and serve them!</p>
<p>Remember, to get even more sales, marketing, social media and other business success tips:<br />
- Go to and &#8220;Like&#8221; <a href="http://facebook.com/GrowYourBiz">http://facebook.com/GrowYourBiz</a><br />
- Introduce yourself and your business on The Wall<br />
- Come back each day to read and comment on the tips. This will grow your skills and your business as well as your own social networking connections and effectiveness.</p>
<p>To your success!<br />
<em>BizCoachJason Rosado</em></p>
<p><em>P.S. For more tips on using social networking to build your marketing and sales funnel, provide huge value to your prospects and build your business quickly, check out the special report <a href="http://www.distinctivecoaching.com/social-networking-special-report/"><strong>&#8220;Untangling Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and More&#8230;&#8221;</strong></a></em></p>
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		<title>Q: How can business coaching really help me explode my business?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Rosado</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Q: How can business coaching really help me explode my business? What are the tangible, measurable results? I want to know how this is a great investment of my time and money.
A: That&#8217;s an awesome and very valid question. I always look at any business opportunity or investment as what&#8217;s going to be the bottom-line [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Q: How can business coaching really help me explode my business? What are the tangible, measurable results? I want to know how this is a great investment of my time and money.</p>
<p>A: That&#8217;s an awesome and very valid question. I always look at any business opportunity or investment as what&#8217;s going to be the bottom-line return on investment?</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re like me, you&#8217;ve probably spent a lot of time reading articles, books, listening to CDs, MP3&#8217;s and watching DVD&#8217;s on various success topics. You may have also spent money to attend workshops, weekend or sometimes week-long seminars, and paid great tuition and travel expenses to do it. I&#8217;ve done all of these as well.</p>
<p>There is a ton of great information out there, and I enjoy providing my <a href="http://www.DistinctiveCoaching.com">Business Success E-Series</a> subscribers the valuable insights that I provide on various business-building ideas, strategies and skills. But it&#8217;s the lack of a specific customized strategy and accountability that usually slows down entrepreneurs from taking this wealth of information and creating the kind of success that they want.</p>
<p>According to statistics from the American Society of Training &amp; Development, the probability of achieving a goal if you hear an idea is 10%. If you plan how to achieve the goal, it&#8217;s 50%. When you commit to someone else that you will achieve the goal and put in place a specific accountability system with that person, it goes up to 95%.</p>
<p>Coaching helps you sustain measurable progress towards your goals, improves your skill set, and helps you to think and plan more strategically while managing risk more effectively. Because of these factors, your stress level will decrease because you have created a strategic plan, an accountability partner, a sounding board and a mentor to work with you, freeing up even more energy, time and thought to make your accomplishment even easier and the process more enjoyable.</p>
<p>And the investment? Well, yes.. it&#8217;s not free. Entering in business coaching is an investment in yourself and your business. If you want to double or triple your sales, spend less time working and more time playing, or reduce your stress so you can sleep soundly at night - are those worth the investment? Only you can answer that. And I am happy to help you find that answer. <a href="http://www.distinctivecoaching.com/connect/">Just ask</a>.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s to your success!<br />
BizCoachJason</p>
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