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By Joanne VictoriaRecently published1 topic

Crazy or Adopted - Pick One!

I never fit in no matter how hard I tried. I just had to be adopted. There was no way I could be a biological part of the family I was living with. These were my innermost thoughts, maybe even my hopes, for years. I wasn’t like my cousins, didn’t follow the rules easily, hated taking care of my baby brother and constantly received a ‘D’ in deportment. Yet I stayed out of any big trouble. Maybe I was just crazy.

Primary topic: Business Coach and Business Coaching

Business Coach and Business Coaching

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By Joanne VictoriaRecently published1 topic

Strategies to Help Your Small Business Prosper in Challenging Times

We have all discovered, again, the only constant is cultural change. Just look around and you will see state and presidential politics on messy display, financial institutions in chaos and Wall Street crashing. This is not the first, nor will it be the last time that we see these ups and downs. However, you may need different tactics and strategies to help your small business prosper as some small business owners have never been through a downturn.

Primary topic: Business Coach and Business Coaching

Business Coach and Business Coaching

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By Joanne VictoriaRecently published1 topic

How To Create The Life You Want

You want to know what I think? I think too many of you are trying too hard, doing too much and not achieving what you really want anyway. You are not achieving because there are too many things in the way: unnecessary obligations at work, at home, with friends. ?

Primary topic: Business Coach and Business Coaching

Business Coach and Business Coaching

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By Joanne VictoriaRecently published1 topic

First Impressions-Make Them Count

When is the first time that you give any idea of who you really are and what you really do for your potential clients, customers or prospects? One important way is the telephone. You use phones everyday, but do you know the most efficient procedures for using this instrument as a marketing tool? Every call you make and receive is a sales opportunity. If you are a sole proprietor and the only individual who answers the telephone, use the call as a marketing tool for advertising your services. Whether voice mail or an answering machine, have your message state who you are,r

Primary topic: Business Coach and Business Coaching

Business Coach and Business Coaching

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By Joanne VictoriaRecently published1 topic

Lighting Your Path - How To Create the Life You Want

You want to know what I think? I think too many of youare trying too hard, doing too much and not achievingwhat you really want anyway. You are not achievingbecause there are too many things in the way: unnecessary obligations at work, at home, with friends. You can burn out by trying too hard to hold on to toomuch information. You alter the way you live your lifeto accommodate others’ needs before your own. Holdingon too hard will wear you out. In order to live your life instead of someone else’s you have to reinvent the way you live it.

Primary topic: Business Coach and Business Coaching

Business Coach and Business Coaching

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By Joanne VictoriaRecently published1 topic

An Easy Way to End Your Business Year

As a healthy business owner or independent professional,how do you end your year? Well, I tell my clients tostop working. That's right, stop working. The kind of workI'm talking about is the work of getting new business.There is no new business in the dark days of winter,just the clean up of old business. If you have clientsthat must spend in order to deduct prior to years’ end, go to it. This is for those who have the timeto take the time.

Primary topic: Business Coach and Business Coaching

Business Coach and Business Coaching

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By Joanne VictoriaRecently published1 topic

Know Thyself and Thy Business

I recently interviewed a prospective client. I asked her tornbriefly describe what she did. She said it was complicated, she did so many things. I asked who her clients were. She said she couldn't define them, that she dealt with everyone. I then asked how her business was growing and she said she was losing money, clients and had no referrals. You get the picture. If you can't describe yourself, your ideal client and yourr

Primary topic: Business Coach and Business Coaching

Business Coach and Business Coaching

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By Joanne VictoriaRecently published1 topic

How To Take the Personal Out of The Workplace

Bringing your emotional baggage into the work place is inappropriate for all the reasons you may imagine. Yet employees, managers and business owners do itall the time. The question is, how do you handle it? How do you look at your manager and think, "No one is going to tell me what to do!" What if a client, peer or prospect gets you on a Bad Day? How do you take the personal out of the workplace?

Primary topic: Business Coach and Business Coaching

Business Coach and Business Coaching

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By Joanne VictoriaRecently published1 topic

Eat Your Breakfast!

Eat Your Breakfast! It never ceases to amaze me how many people do not eat breakfast! From trades-people to service providers, executives to kids, real estate agents to bankers, they do not eat the meal that breaks the fast. The meal that would make them stronger, healthier and much easier to be around. I have found that people who do not eat breakfast are extremely cranky.

Primary topic: Business Coach and Business Coaching

Business Coach and Business Coaching

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By Joanne VictoriaRecently published1 topic

7 Steps to Sell Your Home in Twenty Seconds

7 Steps To Sell Your House in Twenty Seconds Did you know that purchasing a home is an emotional process? Most people decide in less than twenty seconds, yes, twenty seconds if a particular house is for them. Not only that, but buyers look at an average of twelve homes before they make the momentous decision to buy a home. That means your home must compete with at least these eleven other properties. Then, you must sell to the Multiple Listing service members, first, before you can sell to the buyer of your home.

Primary topic: Business Coach and Business Coaching

Business Coach and Business Coaching

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By Joanne VictoriaRecently published1 topic

Market Your Way to Professional Success

It’s never too early to start saying thanks to yourclients, vendors and referral sources for what theycontribute to your business or practice. Everyoneloves to be appreciated and acknowledged, so start now and do something every month. Keep in contact with your clients and vendors by sending articles you have written or that would beof interest to them. Add a little "How are you?" note to these people and keep the lines of communication open. Include current information about any new value-added products or services, such as a newsletter, or tele-class you will be presenting.

Primary topic: Business Coach and Business Coaching

Business Coach and Business Coaching

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By Joanne VictoriaRecently published1 topic

How To Create Your Vision With A Capital V

This article is based on a radio interview with Romanus Wolter on Entrepreneur Radio, www.wsradio.com. How to Create Your Business Vision with a Capital V 1. Why is it that some business owners persevere after several disappointments while others, maybe even the listeners, give up? A: It is through the power of vision. Your vision can be an inspiring, energizing idea that you can use to excite others. You need a vision to be more effective, more desirable and more attractive to your clients and customers. 2. What is the value of a business vision?

Primary topic: Business Coach and Business Coaching

Business Coach and Business Coaching

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By Joanne VictoriaRecently published1 topic

Are You Satisfied With Your Business Just As It Is?

Did you know that satisfaction is the number one emotion people want to experience about their life and business? Yes, fame and fortune are up there, but satisfaction is the key. Satisfaction is about contentment, gratitude and pure joy. Are you satisfied with your business and your life? If not, read on and see how you can transform your life in the simplest method possible. To be satisfied is to enjoy each step along the way, to be able to integrate the practical with the fanciful, to continually refine your dream or vision.

Primary topic: Business Coach and Business Coaching

Business Coach and Business Coaching

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By Joanne VictoriaRecently published1 topic

Is Your Business Ready For a Do-Over?

Is Your Business Ready For a Do-Over? Let’s say the business of your dreams allows you a comfortable income, enough money for contributions, more than enough for retirement purposes and a little bit of fun along the way. However, your clients get in the way. They may contact you too much, not follow up on their commitments, cost you too much, drain your energy or may just be the wrong clients for you at this stage of your business. Maybe it’s time for a Business Do-Over. What does a Do-Over require? First, review your client list.r

Primary topic: Business Coach and Business Coaching

Business Coach and Business Coaching

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By Joanne VictoriaRecently published1 topic

A Simple Plan To Start The New Year

Another New Year for small office, solo-preneurs and other professional individuals, so start it off right. What you need to determine is how you will spend your time: earning, learning, yearning or a combination of all three. Follow the three strategies presented below to create a New Year of abundance, balance, focus, and fun. The first strategy is Time Alone. Take your calendar and, at least for the first quarter of the year, select one weekday and designate it for yourself. This is in addition to any weekends that you have designated for other work or family activities.

Primary topic: Business Coach and Business Coaching

Business Coach and Business Coaching

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