Ep 38 How to Step into Your Power as a Business Owner

This week Elizabeth invites Casey Dawes who teaches women business owners how to step into their power as  business leaders.  Casey shares tips on balancing your business and your home, the biggest unique problem women business owners face and the 4 areas that women consistently avoid in life and business.  Elizabeth answers a listener question on balancing growth with cash flow and shares her Entrepreneur’s Success Tip of the Week:  What is Your Real Financial Goal for Your Business?

P.S. This interview isn’t just for women…Men will gain powerful information too.

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How to Avoid the 4 Cash Flow Mistakes, part 2

Cash Flow Mistake #2 - "I’m Not Good With Money."

I know some of you reading this article are saying, "but Elizabeth, I’m just not good with money.  I’m not a numbers person."  I’m here to get in your face and say, pshaw!  I don’t buy that story!

First, if you are constantly saying to yourself that you are not good with money, what message are you saying to yourself, your clients, and the universe?  Before great wealth will ever manifest itself in your life, you must change the mantra in your brain.   Read more

Ep 37 How to Attract Your Dream Client

Elizabeth invites Nika Stewart, The Dream Client Attractor to talk about using the Law of Attraction to help your business thrive even in challenging economic times.  Nika shares tips on what traits you should consider when visualizing your dream client, how to get started using the Law of Attraction in your business, and what you can do to speed up the process of attracting your dream client.  Elizabeth also answers a listener’s question on How to Protect Your Privacy on the Internet as well as sharing her Entrepreneur’s Success Tip of the Week:  Transparency and How to Use it to Grow Your Business.

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What Do Virtual Assistants Do, Anyway?

If you’ve read the blog for a while, you know I’m constantly advising you to delegate more, using the power of leverage — but don’t necessarily hire an employee; instead hire an independent contractor "Virtual Assistant."

A true Virtual Assistant owns her (or his, but I’m using her to be pithy) own business & has multiple clients — which lets you avoid dealing with employee tax or other employee admin issues. Yes, they cost a bit more than some kid from the local college, but this makes sense — you are saving money by no employee taxes, admin, or benefits costs — and a VA is theoretically more experienced/skilled.

But working effectively with a Virtual Assistant does not start when you sign the contract. You have to figure out which tasks, or even better, which roles, to delegate to your new staff. Can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard a solo-entrepreneur tell me they hired a VA on retainer but have not yet given them anything to do (for months!).

To give you some ideas, below are some of the tasks/roles delegated to my two primary Virtual Assistants: Read more

How to Avoid the 4 Cash Flow Mistakes, part 1

When you started your business, you may have thought you were going to help people.  Change the world.  Enjoy working at home.  Make a good income.  Have control over your life as a self-employed entrepreneur. 

But what are you really doing?  Checking the bank account to see if you have enough cash to pay your rent.  Cringing at the pile of receipts to input into QuickBooks.  Waking up the middle of the night, wondering if that big client paid you on time.  Hoping that marketing campaign or coaching program will pay for itself.  Getting out your personal credit card to pay for a business expense, yet again.  Opening up a surprise tax bill from Uncle Sam. 

Is managing the fluctuating income and expenses of your small business an ongoing struggle for you?  It may be because you are falling for one of the classic mistakes small business owners make when dealing with the "numbers" side of their business.  Read more

Ep 36 Make a Quantum Leap in Your Business to a 7 Figure Income Level

Elizabeth speaks with David Neagle of Life is Now, Inc. about manifesting quantum leaps within your business and your life.  David shares his tips o how to leave linear thinking behind, what can stop your true desire in its track and what you need to make your quantum shift.  Elizabeth answers a listener question about timing your hire of a Virtual Assistant and shares her Entrepreneur’s Success Tip of the Week:  Going on an Information Moratorium.

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Ep #35 Mentoring & Modeling and Why It’s Important to Your Small Business

Elizabeth invites Marianna Olszewski of RichHappyandFabulous.com who shares her proven success strategies for modeling and mentors, as well as how "buttering up" and the "no option to fail" attitude can boost your business.  Elizabeth then answers a listener’s question of the week about time management strategies and shares her Entrepreneur’s Success Tip of the Week:  Taking Action on Your Decisions - Third in the Series of Everything I Know About Business I Learned From My Three Year Old.

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[VIDEO] Ep. 7: Business Success from a 3 Year Old, part 1

Episode 7 of Chronicles of a Mompreneur Video Show is the first in a series titled "Everything I know about business learned from my 3 year old daughter."  This episode is titled "Be Willing to Walk."

Ep 34 How To Use a Blog to Attract More Clients and The Attention of The Press

This week Elizabeth speaks with Jennifer Haubein of BestBizWebsiteSolutions.com who shares her top business blogging tips including: what to write in your business blog, how often to post and how to use the blog to attract the attention you desire for your business. Elizabeth will also answer a listener question and share her Entrepreneur’s Success Tip of the Week: "You Can Do Anything."

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