- Academy of Wealth and Achievement Formerly known as Christopher Howard Training certified me in NLP and Hypnosis. I also received expert Speaker training through them. I highly recommend them as a resource for training as a speaker, NLP and Hypnosis Mastery or to expand your own perso...
- Ann Evanston - Social Networking Debra Russell, of Artist's EDGE, recommends Ann and her Social Networking Coaching Club! She is committed to teaching the strategies and tactics to successful social networking to grow your business, increase traffic, and generate revenue!
- Audio Acrobat - Easy Audio! Create Audio for your website, record teleclasses, testimonials, podcasts - quickly, easily, and inexpensively. No equipment to buy. No special skills necessary. I've built my entire membership site based on this tool!
- August 2011 Ask Coach Debra Call In this month's Ask Debra Russell call, Debra answered your individual questions about how to be successful and prosperous doing what you love. Artists MBA Academy Members' questions got priority: When is the appropriate time in a 5 year plan to ac...
- Blue Ocean Strategy Kim and Mauborgne's blue ocean metaphor elegantly summarizes their vision of the kind of expanding, competitor-free markets that innovative companies can navigate. Unlike "red oceans," which are well explored and crowded with competitors, "blue oceans" represent "untapped market space" and the "opportunity for highly profitable growth."
- Book Yourself Solid - I use many of Michael's stratagies in my own coaching business.
- Business Management for the Creative Mind How many times have you thought to yourself, "I'm creative! I'm just no good at business!" In this dynamic, interactive workshop, I'll dispel this myth and help you identify and apply your unique talents to create a successful business without sacrificing your creativity or your integrity. Whether you're freelance, self-employed or working around a day job, acknowledging that you are a small business owner is key to creating sustainable success.
- Business Management for the Creative Mind How many times have you thought to yourself -- I'm an Artist. I'm just no good at business! In this dynamic, interactive workshop, I'll dispel this myth and help you identify and apply your unique talents to create a successful business without sacrificing your art or your integrity.
- Cashflow Quadrant This brilliant look at the four kinds of business people had a significant impact in how I think about myself and my business as well as what I teach in Business Management for the Creative Mind
- Copyright and Trademark Basics an Interview with Jeff Fabian Trademark and copyright protection are fundamental components of a sound business strategy for all artists and professionals in the Music Business, Visual Arts or Film and Television Industry. But do we have to be lawyers to understand the basics? Jeff Fa...
- Create and Maintain Your Team Are you sick of doing it all alone, but the idea of delegating to someone else overwhelms or confuses you? Do you have people working for/with you – agents, managers, assistants, web designers, etc. – but you’re unsure how to work with them? Or even worse, you feel like you’re working for them, not the other way around? Creating and managing teams takes a particular skill set.
- How to Create The Plan Once they've set a goal, most people make the mistake of jumping right into action doing the stuff they think they should. Which may get them to a level of success, but more often they get stuck at that level, because they are only doing what they alre...
- How to Manage Cash Flow for Your Art Business Do you know the number 1 reason businesses fail? Cash Flow. Or to use business terminology, insufficient capital or operating funds. Knowing how to manage your finances (business and personal), manage your cash flow and plan your cash flow management...
- How to Write the Dreaded Business Plan "By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail." Benjamin Franklin We've all heard this quote, and yet, we struggle and resist against writing a business plan. For most artists and creatives, there's the myth that the plan will crimp your creativity...
- Interview with Patrick Schwerdtfeger, Internet Marketing Expert Having seen Patrick speak, I’m absolutely thrilled to have him join us and teach us about Step 5 – Generating Traffic: Over 98% of websites get fewer than 5 visitors each day and a fantastic website without traffic does nothing to build your business. Attracting high-quality website visitors doesn’t have to cost a fortune. With some time and a little direction, you can accumulate strategic one-way inbound links and watch the targeted traffic pour in! This presentation will show you how.
- Investing in Women Free Business Resources Resources for Women Entrepreneurs, Grants, Scholarships, Business Resources, Networking, Free Information, Internet Marketing, Business Opportunities. Investing in Women is a place for Empowering Women through education and a...
- Leadership I believe that Leadership, or the lack thereof, underlies many if not all of the challenges that we are experiencing in today's world. But what is Leadership?
- Meetup.com Creating Community in Your Community Meetup.com was mentioned in response to a question from the March 2009 Ask Coach Debra call. The question was about finding and/or building community with fellow artists. I have found meetup to be an incredible tool for finding and creating community ...
- Multiple Streams of Business Income To find out where Debra is appearing, check the Workshops and Events page. Bring Debra in to speak to your group or conference of 40 or more people. Tired of struggling to achieve success with your business? Ready to learn how to make a prosperous li...
- Multiple Streams of Income I've been following this model in building my business and it has made a tremendous impact on my income, on my success with my clients and on how much fun I have working! While these products are primarily focused on Coaching or Service and Consulting...
- Ning - Create Your Social Network Ning.com is a very cool thing! Ning lets you create your own social network and/or join others. Based in Palo Alto, Calif., Ning offers an easy-to-use technology platform enabling you to create and join Ning Networks for your interests and passions...
- Patrick Schwerdtfeger - Internet Marketing Expert I met Patrick in 2006 through his San Francisco Bay Area Meetup - The Entrepreneur and Small Business Academy. I am tremendously impressed with his vast knowledge of marketing on the internet, SEO and social media marketing. Patrick is, frankly, a se...
- Project Management - The Key to Getting Stuff Done! Too much to do! It all feels equally urgent! Oi – where do I start? Sound familiar? We have so many demands on us – both externally – people wanting us to get stuff done for them – and internally – fulfilling our dreams and goals. How do you manage it all and maintain your sanity?
- Rich Dad, Poor Dad What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money--That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! by Robert Kiyosaki I loved this book. It made me take a good hard look at my relationship with money, but even more so, how I thought about my business. Amazon.com:...
- Secrets of the Millionaire Mind "You can have all the knowledge and skills in the world, but if your "blueprint" isn't set for success, you're financially doomed." --T. Harv Eker I want to take this opportunity to introduce you to T. Harv Eker. He is a bestselling author and one o...
- Step 1: Niche Picking Designing your marketing around a Niche can enable you to have a major impact on a small budget. Since most Artists are working with a limited to non-existent marketing budget – Niche Marketing can give you a tremendous advantage over your competition.
- Systems Creation - Work Smarter, Not Harder Ever feel like a rat on a wheel, spinning and spinning and not getting where you want to go? A great way to get off the wheel is to set up systems that automate your business. Anything you do more than twice in your business will be easier, faster, and simpler to delegate if you systematize it.
- The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom Practical and Spiritual Steps So You Can Stop Worrying by Suze Orman When Suze Orman was 13 she watched her father dive into the flames of his burning take-out chicken shack in order to rescue his cash register. In that moment Orman learned that money...
- The ABC's of Building a Business Team That Wins Great champions in sports, business and even families have one thing in common. It's a legitimate secret weapon. It is something that lies deep in the genetic code of winning organizations. It appears when pressure is high, when the stakes are critical and when everything is on the line. They know how to work as a team.
- The E-Myth Revisited The brilliance of Gerber's approach to systematizing your business has made a significant difference in my success and the success of my clients.
- The Economy and Your Business There's a saying floating around out there among the financial and personal growth Gurus - "I refuse to participate in the recession." I intend to help you come up with an even better, more empowering mantra to keep you focused and clear in this time of challenge, uncertainty and fear.
- The One Minute Manager by Kenneth H. Blanchard and Spencer Johnson For more than twenty years, millions of managers in Fortune 500 companies and small businesses nationwide have followed The One Minute Manager's techniques, thus increasing their productivity, job satisfactio...
- The One Page Business Plan for the Creative Entrepreneur by James T. Horan, Jr. I met Jim Horan when he came to speak to the Entrepreneur and Small Business Academy Meetup. I very much enjoyed his whole approach to this most daunting of subjects. I often recommend this book ...
- Turning Passions Into Profits Turning Passions Into Profits - 3 Steps to Wealth & Power by Christopher Howard This is a book by my NLP and Hypnosis teacher. What surprised me about this book was what it wasn't. It wasn't another "follow your bliss" woo-woo book. And i...
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