My Business Manager's On My Case

IN THIS ISSUE
1.    My Business Manager's On My Case
2.    New Articles in Brainy Article Bank
3 .   Quote of the Week
4.   Reader Comments
5 .   Resources for Entrepreneurs and Marketers
6.   A Little Fun
7 .   Smell the Coffee


Don't forget to tell all your friends and business associates about this informative newsletter! You don't want to be the only smart one in your group, do you?

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1. My Business Manager's On My Case

If you've been a Brainy subscriber for awhile, you probably know that my business manager is my husband, Don. He's a numbers kinda guy...and I'm definitely not a numbers person. I come up with the brilliant ideas and he figures out how we can make money on them and/or how we can afford them. It's a good partnership.

Well, lately he's been on my case because he’s given me some incredibly high sales goals. The only way I can hit them is by giving you what you need and want. To make sure we do that, I need your ideas and comments.


So I'm asking you to PLEASE FILL OUT this quick, 10-question survey and help us to help you. When you finish the survey, you'll be given a link to receive a free copy of my "Business Success Secrets" ebook. It's filled with tons of links to great resources you can use. I know you'll love it.


Here's the survey link. Click and tell us what you think!



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2.  What's New at Marketing Idea Shop?

• Articles in Brainy Article Bank
  
  
  Here are a few of the new articles you can download from our Brainy Article Bank:
  
  "Oprah Makes Billions by Breathing" by Carolyn Kalil
  "Plan Your Way to Success" by Michael Lee, CPA
  "Getting Reporters to Open Your Emails" by Bill Stoller
  "A Short Guide to Effective Public Speaking" by Dr. Stephen D. Boyd
  
  
  Here's the link to check them out (and in this library, there are no late fees!):
  
  
  
• New Resources
  
  Each week we add respected link partners to our resources page. It is filled with terrific resources (in categories so you can find them easily) to help you with your business. Visit our resources page.
  
  
  
• New Mini-Ezine (Brainy Flash) Available--Sign up Now
  
  Would you like to receive one extra tip or resource plus a special offer just for subscribers every week? If you do, sign up for our new Brainy Flash announcement. We started it last Friday. If you haven't already done so, please sign up automatically by sending an email here.
  
  
  
  Also, be sure to visit our blog. You'll find articles, resources, and interesting tidbits in the Marketing Idea Shop Blog.
  
  
  
• Coming this fall! WomenBusinessSuccess.com ... SIGN UP NOW for the new Women Business Success Ezine!
  
  In the last Brainy survey you told me that you'd like more resources for women entrepreneurs, a blog, a discussion forum, and teleseminars. By the end of September, I intend to have all this up on my new site, WomenBusinessSuccess.com, which will be devoted to women business owners. I'm busy creating the site right now.
  
  I'm also creating a new weekly ezine that profiles successful women entrepreneurs and tells you their secrets to success. Each business owner will tell her story and offer several tips for running a successful business. If you'd like to receive this new ezine, you can sign up by sending an email here.
  
  
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  3.  Quote of the Week
  
  "Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got."
  
  Betty Ford
  Former First Lady of the United States
  
  
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AND NOW, A MESSAGE FROM OUR SPONSORS...


What's your definition of success?
Email your comments to me.


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4.  Brainy Reader Comments

Last week I asked you to comment on unusual company titles. Wendy Weiss wrote back quickly. She said, "My title is "The Queen of Cold Calling & Selling Success." I have it on my business cards. Initially I used "The Queen of Cold Calling" but found it to be too limiting, so I gave myself a promotion.

I LOVE the "promotion" idea. Don't you? See what the Queen looks like here (and while you're there, sign up for her newsletter...see the next item).

 

5.  Resources for Entrepreneurs and Marketers

• Worried about Sales?
  
  Learn simple, specific, effective tips that generate new business, build customer relationships and increase sales now.
  
  F*REE EZINE: Sign up to receive "Opening Doors & Closing Sales" by Wendy Weiss, "The Queen of Cold Calling & Selling Success" and author of "Cold Calling for Women" and the soon-to-be-released "Cold Calling College."
  
  Subscribe NOW.
  
  
• Learn how to avoid identity theft.
  
  Karen and Jeff Solochek were victims of identity theft. Don't let it happen to you! As a result of their problem, Karen researched and wrote an ebook, DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU. AMERICA'S IDENTITY THEFT NIGHTMARE. It's just 143 pages, filled with ways to prevent this disaster from happening to you and complete with a special section for victims to direct them to the helpful resources they most need. Talk about taking lemons and making lemonade! It will be the best money you have spent in a long time.
  
  
  Read more about it and buy it here.
  
• Edward Lowe Foundation
  
  Here's a good resource for entrepreneurs. It has good articles and advice and a "peerspectives" section (profiles of business owners and their success secrets). Check it out.
  
• Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Promotes Hispanic-owned Businesses
  
  Visit their website to learn more.
  
  
• 2004 Venture Funding for Women Entrepreneurs Available
  
  Are you looking for venture capital? Here's a terrific resource for you! In this 400-page downloadable ebook, you'll find contact information for 200 venture capital firms and investors who recently invested in companies that are women-owned or women-led. You'll also have access to contact information for the 671 companies led by women that received funding. This is a wonderful tool for you. And you get it all for just $249. Read more about it or buy it here and begin your financial investment ride.
  
  
• Everyone's Getting on the Bandwagon! New Site for Women Entrepreneurs Debuts
  
  There's a new section for women business owners on the National Association for the Self-Employed website. It offers articles and advice from fellow entrepreneurs about how they dealt with business issues. Check it out here.
  
  
• Entrepreneurs Forum has 800 members (from PRWeb.com)
  
  With thousands of small business forums and millions of entrepreneurs on the Internet, small business expert Denise O'Berry thought it would be easy to find a forum that focused on day-to-day small business issues. But after five years of looking without any luck, she decided to start her own - the Minding Your Own Business network. Now celebrating its one-year anniversary with 800 registered members, O'Berry feels the idea was right on target. The site uses the Ryse social networking system to connect with members.
  
  
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  6. A Little Fun

 

Thanks to Kim Komando at http://www.komando.com for this fun tip.

This one's not about marketing, unless you are a dog trainer or a skateboard manufacturer, but take a look at this fun video clip.

And if you like videos of smart dogs, be sure to read The Publicity Hound newsletter from today! It has a link to a very smart dog, dancing.

Help keep the smiles coming ... please send me your marketing, PR or sales jokes. I'll be happy to give you credit and list your website! Email me.


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7 . Smell the Coffee...

We have a lot of hummingbirds near our house. They chase each other and zoom around our deck every day. My husband has said more than once, "I wonder what a hummingbird nest looks like? Where do they nest?" Well, Dick Cook at Norfolk Wholesale Floral Warehouse recently sent this to me. Thanks, Dick!

Take a look. It's fascinating.


Lois


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Published by:
Lois Carter Fay, APR
Marketing Guru, Marketing Idea Shop, LLC
411 Rainier Road, Massanutten, VA USA 22840
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