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The rest of the month has a ton of great networking opportunities coming up.  My post today is a compilation of events from today through the end of the month in an effort to help you figure out what’s out there!   See if one, or maybe two or three is right for you.

• New Media Marketing Event will premier this Friday, September 18^th from 3-5 PM at Centro Restaurant.  (www.imperial-image.com/VPevent). A panel of experts will be speaking on a variety of topics that will help you build brand.
• MVCC Mixer Event on Tuesday, September 22nd from 6-8 PM at MNTW Community Credit Union.  Call the Merrimack Valley Chamber of Commerce for more information.
• Septebmer 23rd at the Wyndham in Andover check out Wyndham on Wednesday’s from 5 -9 PM offers a free networking event followed by Main Event Trivia!
• Also on September 23rd check out E Women Network’s Monthly Event with special Key Note Speaker Hank Phillipi Ryan from Channel 7 in Boston.  Open networking begins at 5:30 PM with dinner and accelerated networking.  Go to ewomen.com for more information.
• September 24th at Riverwalk Village in Methuen another MVCC Mixer Event! Event runs from 5 -7:30 PM.
• September 29th join us for DARE To Be Phenomenal Success Minded Women’s Business Network evening networking event.  7 – 9 PM at the Boxwood Grill, Methuen, MA.  Register here http://www.meetup.com/Dare-To-Be-Phenomenal-North-of-Boston-Chapter-Meetup/
• Septebmer 30th at the Wyndham in Andover check out Wyndham on Wednesday’s from 5 -9 PM offers a free networking event followed by Main Event Trivia!

Do you  know of any other events?  Post them in the reply section so everyone knows what’s going on for the rest of the month!  Happy networking.  Will I see you there?

You can be your own best friend or your own worst enemy.  It is the beliefs you have about yourself, others or situations that moves you forward or holds you back. Your belief system creates how you see the world and the possibilities or barriers within it.   When self-limiting beliefs create roadblocks to your success, the result can stop you from living your best life.

A couple of months ago I attended the W.I.S.E. Women’s Annual Breakfast hosted by the Greater Lowell Chamber of Commerce. The guest speaker was Hank Phillippi Ryan successful author and award-winning investigative reporter for WHDH TV Boston.

Hank told the story of when she was writing her first book, Prime Time. She was speaking with her mother telling her that she was unsure if she could finish the book; she questioned if she had what it took to complete the project. Very simply her mom replied, “You will if you want to.”

How many times have you started a new project or was in the process of announcing a new product or service when you stopped and began to have doubts whether or not you could pull it off? I know that I have had those doubts creep into my mind on more than one occasion. But I also know that Hank’s mom was 100% correct when she passed on those words of wisdom to her daughter.

I want you to think for a moment about the conversations you have had with yourself today. Did you tell yourself you were phenomenal, successful and talented or did you tell yourself you were unorganized, forgetful, and lazy?

Most of the time we don’t even realize that the negative thoughts are playing like a tape over and over again in our head.  They have found a place in our mind so comfortable that we accept them as true rather than what they really are, an unproven self-limiting thought.

Your mind is an incredible tool that believes what you tell it, so why not challenge the self-limiting beliefs you currently hold as true.  What if you discovered that they were not true and could finally discard them and create true direction instead of a misguided story line?

When you banish self-limiting thoughts, you can make significant changes and begin to live life with joy, power and clarity. That clarity will allow you to see things differently.  It is a wonderful experience to be free of those negative beliefs and to make room for positive thoughts that move your forward!

As a business coach, I hear these negative beliefs from my clients all the time. We work through them by having them challenge their thinking and replace them with a new belief that is true or truer than the original.

Author Byron Katie, has done a phenomenal job in addressing limiting beliefs in her book titled The Work. I suggest you read the book to get the full understanding on the methodology. In part Katie suggests that we challenge each limiting belief by asking four questions:

1. Is it true? The answer is a “yes” or a “no” only.  If your answer is “no”, continue to question three.
2. Can you absolutely know that it is true? What proof do you have that it is true?  It most cases you will find it is not true.
3. How do you react, what happens, when you believe that thought?
4. Who would you be without the thought? Close your eyes and drop your story just for a moment and notice, who would you be without that thought? Who would you be without your story? How about if you were not capable of believing that thought.  Turn the thought around. Reverse the thought as many ways as you can and ask yourself if these reverse versions seem as true as or truer than your original thought.  http://www.thework.com

By challenging those negative thoughts you are now free to replace it with thoughts that empower you and move you forward into the business and life that you want.

Maureen and Hank Phillip Ryan from Channel 7 News

Last week I discussed with you some basic marketing strategies that every small business owner should be implementing in their business.  This week I would like to highlight three more advanced marketing strategies that can help  push your business into higher profits.

Tip #1:  Create Mini Celebrity Status

I remember when I first learned of this marketing technique it made me feel VERY uncomfortable.  The notion of creating celebrity status for myself seemed icky.  But once I understood this concept and the power behind it I quickly embraced it as a technique that could help me build my business.

For a very long time women business owners have taken a passive role in their marketing, blending in with all the rest of the business owners out there.  But when you embrace this strategy you take a powerful stand and become known and seen as a true leader and successful entrepreneur.

But you are probably wondering how you do it?  One way that you can build up your celebrity status is by rubbing elbows with other celebrities.  Look for opportunities to be photographed with high profile people.  This could mean having your picture taken alongside a famous key note speaker at an event or training that you are attending.  Post these pictures in your newsletter, blog or on Facebook.  It will automatically up your status!

Tip #2:  Grow Your List

Now I am not talking about growing your list one name at a time.  I am talking about growing your list significantly each time you make a concerted effort at it! How will you make yourself known to others?

There are many different strategies that you can take to grow your list.  When I was researching the best ways to grow my list I found several different strategies that would work for me and my business.  Each time that I have implemented one of the techniques I have been able to grow my list significantly.  And the more people on my list  the more people I reach.

Tip #3:  Have a Marketing Plan

Do you wake up each day and do a different marketing activity without any clear sense of how they work together?

Successful marketing is based on a clear well thought out plan of action that takes different marketing activities together to produce a clear outcome.  When you willy nilly market yourself do you get the type of results you are looking for?  Probably not.   So stop what you are doing right now and develop a clear game plan of what you are going to do and when.  Then track your progress and make adjustments as needed.

There are so many different strategies out there.  Pick at least three strategies and do them consistently to get the best results possible. Follow your plan and you will be on the road to higher visibility and more clients!