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Marketing Tactics Small Business Owners Can Use Today

 

Without strong marketing for your small business, it’s almost impossible for it to grow and thrive. It is the cornerstone of a successful company, and great marketing can:

  • attract new customers
  • build better brand awareness
  • boost revenue
  • improve what you offer

 

Despite the power and importance of effective marketing, many small business owners struggle with it. Maybe they have a hard time because they don’t know where to start. Or maybe they feel like they don’t have the time or resources to dedicate to it.

 

In this article, we will explore small business marketing tips you can start using today. That last bit is important. These are simple ideas that you can begin to implement right now.

 

Once you get the ball rolling, it’s much easier to keep building on that momentum.

1. Define your target audience

One of the most important things you can do to improve your marketing is to define your target audience. Knowing exactly who your ideal customer is will allow you to build marketing around what really resonates with them.

How to define your target audience for small businesses?

You can start by creating buyer personas — fictional representations of your ideal customers that illustrate their desires and struggles. Think about their demographics, such as age, gender, income, and location, as well as their interests and pain points. You can use this information to create targeted marketing messages that speak directly to your ideal customer.

 

Buyer personas not only help you figure out the best way to talk to potential customers. These also help you structure how your business works. The kinds of offers you make to customers and the way they experience your company should be shaped around who your ideal customer is and what they want.

2. Develop a strong brand identity

Your brand identity is what sets you apart from your competitors. It encompasses your company’s name, logo, colors, fonts, and overall visual style. Developing a strong brand identity for small businesses is critical because it helps build trust with potential customers.

 

Don’t think this is something only major corporations need to worry about. A great brand helps businesses at all levels.

 

Strong branding makes it easier for people to remember your business and differentiate it from others in your industry. If you don’t already have a brand identity, consider hiring a professional designer to help you create one.

 

But if you want to get started today, consider the three main values you want associated with your business. That can serve as the basis of your brand.

3. Create valuable content

Creating valuable content is a great way to attract new customers and build trust with existing ones. Valuable content can include:

  • blog posts
  • videos
  • infographics
  • social media posts

 

The key is to provide content that is informative, educational, or entertaining. For example, if you run a plumbing business, you could create a blog post about how to unclog a drain or a video about how to replace a faucet. By providing value to your customers, you can establish yourself as an authority in your industry.

 

Wondering how you can do that today? Your business probably has some social media profile. Why not post a few helpful tips related to your industry, something that could help your potential customers?

4. Optimize your website

Whether you are a local business or an enterprise corporation, your website is often the first impression many people will have of your business. It’s essential to make sure it’s easy to navigate, visually appealing, and optimized for search engines.

 

This means using keywords throughout your site, including in your page titles, headers, and meta descriptions. You should also make sure your site is mobile-friendly, as more and more people are using their smartphones to search for businesses online.

How to Improve SEO Today

While you can pay people lots of money to do this for you, many of the basics are easy to implement today.

 

Looking for website optimization tips for small businesses? Here are some fast and effective things to do right now:

 

  1. Optimize your titles and meta descriptions with relevant keywords
  2. Use header tags (H1, H2, H3) to structure your content and make it easier to read
  3. Use alt tags for images to help search engines understand what they are about
  4. Improve website speed by optimizing images, using a caching plugin, and minimizing code
  5. Build internal links between pages on your website to improve navigation and make it easier for search engines to crawl your site.

5. Leverage social media

Social media can be a powerful tool for small businesses, allowing you to reach a large audience quickly and inexpensively. However, it’s essential to use social media strategically. You don’t need to be on every platform, but you should choose the ones that are most relevant to your business and your target audience.

 

For example, if you run a B2B business, LinkedIn may be a better platform for you than Instagram. Make sure to post consistently and engage with your followers to build relationships.

 

Also, as we mentioned above, almost every business has some social media presence already. The question is: are you making the most of it?

Get Started Leveraging Social Media for Small Businesses

It’s a powerful technology for connecting to potential customers. To see the effectiveness of your social media outreach, try running a discount for people who come in with a codeword that you post on your account. That’s a fast way to see how well you are currently engaging with your customers on social media.

6. Use email marketing

Email marketing is another effective way to stay in touch with your customers and drive sales. You can use email to promote your products or services, offer discounts or promotions, and share valuable content. Make sure to segment your email list based on your customers’ interests and behavior, so you can send targeted messages that are more likely to convert.

Fast Track to Email Marketing for Small Businesses

Now, marketing this way can be extremely lucrative, but it also takes time to develop a connection. Still, there is a way to start doing this today. Begin by choosing a good email newsletter platform. There are many alternatives, including:

 

  • MailChimp
  • AWeber
  • Constant Contact

 

Once you have that figured out, add a sign-up form on your website. You are on your way to email marketing!

7. Use customer testimonials and reviews

Customer testimonials and reviews are one of the best ways to build trust and credibility with your audience. We all know we can trust other customers more than we can ever trust a paid advertisement.

 

Ready to experience their power right now? Consider adding testimonials to your website, including them in your marketing materials, and encouraging satisfied customers to leave reviews on sites like Google, Yelp, or Facebook.

8. Get involved in your community

Getting involved in your community is not only a great way to give back, but it can also help raise awareness of your business. You can sponsor local events, participate in charity drives, or offer to speak at local schools or business groups.

 

By being active in your community, you can build relationships with potential customers and establish yourself as a trusted member of your community.

9. Monitor and analyze your results

Last but certainly not least, it’s essential to monitor and analyze your marketing results regularly.

 

This means tracking a whole slew of different metrics, including:

  • website analytics to see how people are finding and using your site
  • social media engagement
  • email open rates
  • click-through rates

 

If you stay on top of analyzing this data, you can identify what’s working and what’s not, and adjust your marketing strategies accordingly.

 

Want to jump start this process today? Spend 30 minutes figuring out the analytic tools on your website hosting platform and social media account. Any questions? YouTube and Google are great resources to get step-by-step guides. Not sure what something means? Make sure to search for the answer.

 

Trust me, once you can start confidently reading your analytics, you can start marketing like a boss.

Final Thoughts

Improving your marketing as a small business owner doesn’t have to be expensive or time consuming. And most importantly, you can start improving your marketing today.

 

That’s vital, because you need to get started somewhere. The small business marketing tips above are a great way to begin!

 

If you are interested in becoming a highly effective marketer, enroll now in my Academy of Creative Marketing. Thousands of small business owners like you are boosting their sales and growing their business with our proven marketing strategies.

 

Want to start your journey today? That’s why I made this free guided tour that gives you an enormous amount of information to get started.

 

The Key to Hiring the Right Team

One of the major sources of sleep-loss is the hiring and training of top staff. As a matter of fact that ranks #2 in the list of stressors that small business owners face. I don’t need to tell you that hiring the wrong person burns up an enormous amount of time, energy and dollars. So let’s distill down some very easy things that you can implement immediately.

  1. Can this person actually do the job?

In addition to having a strong resume and technical background, attitude is very important. If someone displays flexibility, willingness to learn new skill sets, and is a good team member, that is invaluable. Having talented employees can make or break your company

It is so easy to hire the wrong person. Remember when a candidate is being interviewed their job is to make themselves look amazing. You, the employer may also be in a weakened position because you need someone yesterday not tomorrow. These two catalysts may make for a poor hiring choice. To prevent hiring the wrong person I always advise my clients to create an “ideal employee”. What characteristics are you looking for? Do you want a male or female? Age preference? What specific skill-sets are you looking for? What type of personality are you looking for? Be as specific as possible. The more you can detail for yourself the ideal, the less of a chance you will be sidetracked into hiring the wrong person who cannot do the job

2.   Once hired, will this person actually do the job?

 

 

 

Fix whichever you determine is the cause of your negative results. If you are unable to fix them yourself, ask a friend, colleague or If you would like to have a professional opinion click the button below and schedule a complimentary strategy session.

As our clients are well aware, our niche is that we help our clients fix their mindset and their strategy. Our strategies  are created in the present economy. Since we have created success in our own lives and in our clients’ lives, we are able to motivate our clients and teach them how to create a better more serving mind-set for them self. For the mechanical side, we help our clients become organized. We teach our clients how to use strategic-based marketing so they get the “best” buyers to their clinic. We teach our clients how to attract, hire, and train the best staff. Most importantly we teach our clients how to enjoy their business again and become financially independent.

On the mindset side we teach our clients how to think differently. When you think differently you act differently. When you act differently you deploy your action steps differently and you get different and better results!

We offer step by step strategies coupled with world class support coupled with mind-set and performance coaching which will give you results that you will be very proud to own.

We specialize in two types of clients:

1. Business-owners that are very close to closing their doors, we help to become economically successful once again. We also teach young entrepreneurs how to limit mistakes when starting their business.

2. Business owners who have reached great levels of success but who have plateaued and can’t get to the next level.

We offer a 100% money-back guarantee and NO LONG TERM CONTRACTS.

Our clients were up 44% last year and are up 165% since 2008. If you decide to work with us, I can promise you that we will work our hearts off for you.

 

 

“Dear Paul,
I will sum this up very quickly. If the person reading this does not coach with you they are making a HUGE MISTAKE. Don’t make the stupid mistake I made by waiting three years to finally call you. You deliver everything and more. My practice is up over 60%. I am making money again! My wife is happy again! I can support my family again! Thank you!

Dr. Jeff, Texas”

Creative Coaching, LLC has been successfully coaching clients just like you for the past fourteen years. We have been trail-blazers in the industry being the first company to offer no long-term contracts and a money back guarantee.

Our CEO’s are enjoying another terrific and stress-free year in business. Isn’t it time that you enjoyed that too?  If you still feel that you are struggling, you will be thrilled to know that Dr. Paul S. Inselman, CEO of Creativecoachingllc.net  has formulated a specific step by step process that will help you to become a more powerful business leader. Our clients income has grown on average 165% since 2008. In 2016 alone they were up on average a whopping 44%!

Why You Are Not Getting New Business and What to do About it

New business is the life-blood of your business. If you fail to get a steady stream of QUALITY buyers your business will suffer. The following will give you insight why you are not getting your fair share and what to do about it:

1. Are You Doing Social Media or are you making money from social media? There is a huge difference between the two. Doing social media means that you are running ads and putting up posts on Facebook, Instagram etc. Making money from social media means you are running ads and putting up posts that make you money.

What to do now:
a. Evaluate how much money you have spent on ads vs how much money you have made. You will quickly know if you are doing social media or profiting from it.

b. Evaluate how much time you are spending vs. the return of dollars received. This will tell you how much you are making per hour so you can determine if it worth your time.

c. If you have hired someone to do your social media then it is even more important to evaluate your return on investment because your investment after expenses may be giving you a negative return.

d. If you are not getting a return click this button

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2. Do You Understand Strategic-Based Marketing Principles? Marketing (getting your phone to ring) should be set up as campaigns that have a beginning, middle, end and most importantly an objective. Marketing should NOT be doing this and doing that with the hopes that it will attract people.

What to do now:
a. Learn about the Buying Funnel

b. Learn how to use the Heuristic Marketing Equation

c. Learn how to create marketing for an ideal customer or client-remember I used the word quality new business in the opening line of this newsletter? The idea of marketing should be to get the best buyers to your clinic not just any old buyer. Knowing how to market to your target audience will do that for you.

d. Learn how to create meaningful follow-up campaigns

e. Learn how to create a Unique Value Proposition

f. Learn how to keep accurate statistics so you can measure your results

3. Poor Systems– Once a quality lead calls and comes to business if you have poor systems your business will suffer. It is imperative that everything in your operation is systematized and monetized for maximum ease of operation, stability, and financial growth.

What to do now:
a. Evaluate each system in your operation and make sure that it is running efficiently

b. If you do not have systems now is a great time to start creating them

c. Make sure that you are constantly training your staff so they utilize the systems to their maximum

If you do not have systems or understand strategic-based marketing click this button

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As a small business owner, what is possible when you learn how to market with better efficiency and profitability? Our clients have access to a dedicated team of professional that don’t “just do” Social Media but help our clients MAKE MONEY FROM SOCIAL MEDIA.
What is possible as a small business owner, when you learn how to effectively market strategically?

If working smarter instead of harder interests you; or, if having systems in place that will allow you to effectively train staff, take a vacation and have more quality time with your family interests you then click the button below.

If You’re Business Isn’t Growing – Check Out The Wheel of Life

Think of your life like a bicycle wheel. All spokes must be strong to support the wheel. What happens if one or more spokes become weakened or damaged? The whole wheel will suffer.

When clients come to me it is usually because their business or money spoke is weakened. Let me show you why we are able to get spectacular results with our clients. What would happen if your health spoke became damaged? Do you see how that can affect your money spoke? What would happen if your personal relationship spoke became damaged? Do you see how that could pervade into your business spoke or health spoke?

We started coaching a plumbing company. The wife was the office manager. The couple was like oil and water with gasoline on top and a blow torch next to it. They could not understand why their business was failing. All I did with them for the first six months was work on their personal relationship spoke. They did not understand why we weren’t working on “their business”. When I explained the Wheel of Life to Them they understood that their biggest weakness was their relationship.

Six months later they are happy as if they were newlyweds. Their business which we didn’t even “officially” work on yet was turning around and everyone was happy. Next we started to work on their business portion of the Wheel of Life. One year later they eclipsed $2 million in production up from $488,000 previously.


Deploy these Action Steps to help yourself:

  1. Evaluate the Wheel and life and determine which spokes are not working as well as you would like.
  2. Ask yourself questions that will help you determine why the spoke is weak or broken. Eg. If your business spoke is weak you can ask what is holding me back? What do I have to do to turn this around? What one action step can I take today?
  3. Determine if you can handle the task yourself or if you need the help of a professional
  4. Chunk down and deploy one or tow action steps at a time and determine if you are affecting a positive change

Creative Coaching, LLC, the first professional business coaching company to offer no long-term contracts has been successfully coaching clients just like you for the past fourteen years. We have been trailblazers in the industry helping to create millionaires and offering a money back guarantee. Our job is three-fold:

  1. We help our clients earn more money
  2. We help our clients save money
  3. We help our clients money earn them more money (working smarter not harder)

We do this by teaching our clients how to think differently. By thinking differently they take different and better action steps and create a better business and earn more money.

You will learn step by step strategies. You will receive world-class support; and, you will receive performance and mind-set coaching that gets results!  If you still feel that you are struggling, you will be thrilled to know that Dr. Paul S. Inselman, CEO of Creativecoachingllc.net  has formulated a specific step by step process that will help you fix all the spokes of your wheel of life.  In all the years that I have been coaching, I haven’t seen one CEO that executed the steps above and that utilized our procedures that failed to improve their life.

Do You Know The Practical Steps To Take In Each Phase of Business?

Each stage of business produces its own set of unique problems and opportunities. This blog will address the various stages and specific steps that you should take to ensure your continued success through each stage.

The stages of business are Survival, Stability, Success, Significance

Survival Stage

This is the stage when you first launch your business. It is during this stage that you are most vulnerable and apt to go out of business. Be extremely careful during this phase. Deploy these action steps to ensure success during this phase:

  1. Make sure you have at least twelve months of working capital in the bank or access to capital through loans, lines of credit etc. The number one reason why a business goes out of business is under-capitalization.
  2. Hire a business coach who will be your point person and prevent you from making costly mistakes. At this stage, you will need a business coach to help you assemble your professional team of CPA’s and attorneys. you want them to help you to make sure that you have adequate insurance protection, business plans, access to capital and find the right site for your business. You will need help creating your infrastructure, negotiate leases and build-outs, hire and train the right staff and create your marketing campaigns. If you are buying an existing business, you will need help with the evaluation, negotiations and help you assemble the right professional team for the buy and transition.

As you see there is a lot involved. Mistakes will lead to a loss of time and dollars. Two things that no new business can afford. Avoid mistakes like the plague! Do not try to do these endeavors without the aid of a team of professionals.

Stability

This is the stage where your income is fairly predictable and all of your bills are paid. Typically with a new business, this occurs around the twelve-month mark. However, the time can be greatly shortened or lengthened depending on the individual circumstance. Typically no business will survive past eighteen months without at least breaking even. This stage has to be managed very carefully. Common mistakes are expanding too quickly and mismanagement of funds. Deploy these action steps to ensure success during this phase:

  1. Work with your coach to determine where the blocks and gaps are now. Is the problem needing to hire more people? Is your infrastructure not able to keep up with demand? Determining where the problems are and fixing them early ensures continued smooth growth.
  2. During this phase, you want to start building up cash reserves. We recommend setting up an emergency fund that is equal to twelve months of business and personal expenses.
  3. Regular quarterly meetings with your CPA are important during this phase and all the others to follow. Tax planning becomes crucial to maximizing profits.
  4. Setting up retirement plans should happen during this phase. Remember the likelihood of Uncle Sam providing you with a comfortable retirement is slim to none. The earlier that you plan for retirement the more economically stable and happy you will be.

Success

This phase, in my opinion, is the most fun! This is where all of your bills are paid. You are making the maximum contributions to your retirement plan. You are able to take regular vacations. You are able to drive the car of your choice. Life is good! Deploy these action steps to ensure success during this phase:

  1. Manage your health. Success does not come easy. How much sleep did you lose pulling all-nighters? How much junk food did you fuel your body with during the other phases? While your health should have been managed during all stages, it is typically the one neglected first. Now is the time to reclaim your body and your health. Work with your business coach to set up goals and action steps. Hire a personal trainer or if you’re self-disciplined enough join a gym and GO to it.
  2. Speak to your attorney about setting up trusts or other asset protection vehicles
  3. Get your head space right. This is the stage where divorce runs rampant as well as anxiety rears its ugly head. Since I have a medical back ground we are able to help our clients specifically by helping them create great eating plans as well as making them aware of negative health signs and symptoms.
  4. Get annual physical exams and blood work
  5. Diversify your investments. Now is the time for your money to make you serious money. However be aware and stay clear of getting rich quick schemes. They don’t work and never will. Work with someone to Create a plan and portfolios to meet your goals.

Significance

Only 1% of all business owners get to this stage. This is where the Bill Gates and Warren Buffet’s of the world live.

  1. Work with your advisers to establish philanthropic endeavors
  2. Work with your attorneys to make sure that you have adequate asset protection
  3. Give back to the community and mankind by creating opportunity for others
  4. Create your legacy

As you go through the different stages of business be acutely aware of your needs. Make sure that you always have a great team of advisers to help you, guide you, nurture you, and prevent you from making mistakes. Advisers should be neutral so they help you make non-emotional business decisions. Creative Coaching, LLC  has been successfully coaching clients just like you for the past fourteen years through all of the stages of business. We have been trailblazers in the industry being the first company to offer no long-term contracts and a money back guarantee.

Our client’s income has grown on average 165% since 2008. In 2016 alone they were up on average a whopping 44%!  We get these results with our clients because we teach step by step strategies, coupled with world-class support, coupled with performance and mindset coaching. In all the years that I have been coaching, I haven’t seen one CEO that executed the steps above and that utilized our procedures that failed to be more successful.

 

How to Stop Sabotaging Yourself and Allow Yourself to Grow Your Business and Make More Money

Do you get so close to your goal and then poof, you fall short? Do you have a roller coaster type of business? If so you are not alone, self-sabotage is rampant. One of the key over-looked areas is how you run your brain. Yes, you read that correctly, how you run your brain.

Usually, when we fall short, fear, doubt, or some other negative thought has become our dominant thought. Here is an excerpt from Conversations with God by Neale Walsch that will put it in perspective for you.

     Harnessing your thoughts, exercising control over them, is not as difficult as it might seem. (Neither for that matter is climbing Mt. Everest.) It is all a matter of discipline. It is a question of intent. The first step is learning to monitor your thoughts; to think about what you are thinking about.  When you catch yourself thinking negative thoughts-thoughts that negate your highest idea about a thing—think again! I want you to do this literally. If you think that you are in a doldrum, in a pickle, and no good can come out of this, think again. If you think the world is a bad place, filled with negative events, think again. If you think your life is falling a part and looks like you will never get it back together again, think again. You can train yourself to do this. (Look how well you’ve trained yourself not to do it!)

Your head-space is vitally important to your success. 1% of the population knows how to run their brains effectively. It is interesting to note that 1% of the population has controlled 99% of all of the wealth of the world since the beginning of time. How’s that for a coincidence?

Here are some actions steps that you can deploy that will help you create better thoughts:

  1. Start doing affirmations.  It is important to feed your mind positive thoughts. Affirmations are a sure way to do that. Affirmations are positive statements that you say OUT LOUD and PROUD. They should be in the “I am” format. For example: I am a great coach. I am a great husband. I attract positive things in my life.  You should say your affirmations at least two times per day and anytime you have negative self-talk.
  2. Get a journal and start writing. Put pen to paper and just write for three pages each day. Write about your fears. Write about your successes. Write about anything that bubbles up. It will be your cheapest form of therapy that you never pay for.

Implement those two action steps and do them religiously for 45 days and see the shift that occurs.

This is what a client had to say about affirmations:

Dear Paul:

Today and Monday I was very frustrated at work with: – speed of change – access to people – doing things my way vs their way And… That has been making me: – paranoid – angry – frustrated – worried it is not going to go well But this time (unlike the last 8 years) I kept thinking of your advice: – they’re the boss – don’t push – don’t be antsy – affirmations ( every hour) – be positive – this is not a past job – control emotions.

Just talked to my boss and he is cool with how things are going. So doing “Paul’isms” has saved me from messing this whole thing up 11 different ways. Pretty much everything I would have done would have pissed these people off.

You Are Great!
Peter

Creative Coaching, LLC, the first professional business coaching company to offer no long-term contracts has been successfully coaching clients just like you for the past fourteen years. We have been trailblazers in the industry helping to create millionaires and offering a money back guarantee. Our job is three-fold:

  1. We help our clients earn more money
  2. We help our clients save money
  3. We help our clients money earn them more money (working smarter not harder)

We do this by teaching our clients how to think differently. By thinking differently they take different and better action steps and create a better business and earn more money. Isn’t it time that you enjoyed that too?  If you still feel that you are struggling, you will be thrilled to know that Dr. Paul S. Inselman, CEO of Creativecoachingllc.net  has formulated a specific step by step process that will help you to become a more powerful business leader. Our client’s income has grown on average 165% since 2008. In 2016 alone they were up on average a whopping 44%! In all the years that I have been coaching, I haven’t seen one CEO that executed the steps above and that utilized our procedures that failed to be a better and more powerful leader.

Are You a Super High Achiever Who is Not Happy With Their Life?

stressed CEO

In a super high achievers’ world, RESULTS ARE ALL THAT MATTER! You have built a great, successful business. You have given your family everything. Still something is missing. Think of life like a wheel with five spokes: Health, money, business, personal relationships, and spirituality. If one or more of those spokes become weakened or broken, the whole wheel suffers. This is why many successful business owners are just not happy or totally fulfilled.

Now is the time to transform your life so your entire life is as solid as your business. Now is the time to willingly transform instead of being force to transform because of ill health, divorce or any other broken spoke on the wheel of life.

Since you are a take charge person who exudes success, you probably are wondering why you haven’t been able to tackle these issues on your own. Guess what? You are not alone. For fourteen years we have been transforming high achievers just like you and preventing them from drowning in their problems. We can help you too

We use a three pronged approach with our clients:

  1. We deploy step by step strategies that transform lives-we don’t just say do this we show you how
  2. We give world-class support-nobody is accessible as we are NOBODY!
  3. We transform mind-sets-this is so overlooked and so important. If you can see it you can ahieve it. We will teach you the strategies so you can see your amazing life before it happens.

Here are some ideas to think about:

  1. What is my life like right now?
  2. What do I want my life to be?
  3. What has or is stopping me from creating that life?

Our CEO’s are enjoying another terrific and stress-free year in business. Isn’t it time that you enjoyed that too?  If you still feel that you are struggling, you will be thrilled to know that Dr. Paul S. Inselman, CEO of Creativecoachingllc.net  has formulated a specific step by step process that will help you transform your present life to the awesome life that you want to have.

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Congratulations You Are Just One Day Away…

What do you really want out of your life and business? Do you have a clear vision? Do you know how to create the action steps to achieve that vision? Are you one day away from quitting your day job and launching your own fantastic business? Are you one day away from doing two million dollars in sales?

At Creative Coaching, we understand that each client is unique and has different needs, wants and desires. What we also have discovered in our fourteen years of working with clients just like you is that most people either really don’t truly know what they want; or, they know what they want but they don’t know how to create the action steps to get there.

Our clients become millionaires and carve out the most perfect lives for themselves because we help them create the crystal clear vision and the specific action steps that will get them there.

So what are you just one day away from achieving? If you would like some help in discovering just how easy and fun it can be, click here for a free strategy session.

Deciding to hire a business coach is a very personal decision; and one that should not be taken lightly! Coaching will help you grow faster, easier, and with fewer mistakes than you can typically achieve on your own.

These are the specific traits that you should look for when hiring a business coach:

  1. You must resonate with the coach-this is extremely important. Just because your trusted friend did great with this coach is great. However, if you do not resonate with the coach DO NOT HIRE the person.
  2. Does the coach seem interested in only your money? If so RUN DON’T WALK the other way. It is ok if your coach earns a great living. However, the client’s best interest must always be put ahead of the coach’s interests. If you get the feeling it is not like that DO NOT HIRE that coach.
  3. Has the coach done what you want to do? It is important to work with a coach that has been in the trenches. Book learning is great, but it is far different from actually getting your hands dirty. If your coach does not have the practical experience DO NOT HIRE that coach.
  4. Don’t Sign a Long-Term contract. A long-term contract only helps the coach and not the client. We are very proud of the fact that we are the first coaching company that we know of that does not force its clients to sign a long-term contract. If you have to sign a one to multi-year contract, we recommend DO NOT HIRE that coach.
  5. How Quickly will your calls, emails, and texts be returned? Remember once you sign a contract the company owns you. Which means you are obligated to pay them even if the service isn’t too great. We are proud that all forms of communication in our company are answered by the end of the business day. However, our response time is usually under one hour, even on holidays and weekends.
  6. What is your coach’s track record? This is a very important question to ask. How much on average did her clients grow while being coached? A good ROI in our opinion would be 10%. You can’t earn 10% in the bank and you would be hard-pressed to earn that in the stock market consistently. We are very proud that our client’s income grew on average 44% in 2016 and 165% since 2008.
  7. Never Feel Pressured. If your coach tells you that you will fail miserably or get cancer of the ear lobes if you don’t coach then DO NOT HIRE that coach. You should never feel pressured nor have scare tactics used on you.

Using the traits above when choosing a good business coach will lead to increased profits, fewer mistakes and more fun in business. Creative Coaching, LLC has been successfully coaching clients just like you for the past fourteen years. We have been trailblazers in the industry being the first company to offer no long-term contracts and a money back guarantee.

Our CEO’s are enjoying another terrific and stress-free year in business. Isn’t it time that you enjoyed that too?  If you still feel that you are struggling, you will be thrilled to know that Dr. Paul S. Inselman, CEO of Creativecoachingllc.net  has formulated a specific step by step process that will help you to become a more powerful business leader. Our client’s income has grown on average 165% since 2008. In 2016 alone they were up on average a whopping 44%! In all the years that I have been coaching, I haven’t seen one CEO that executed the steps above and that utilized our procedures that failed to be a better and more powerful leader. Click here for a complimentary and no-obligation 1 on 1 business analysis and strategy session. Find out for yourself where your weaker areas are and how to fix them! Stop wishing, praying and hoping and take the meaningful step that will get you to where you want to be.

When You Understand This You Will have Financial Security and Freedom…Do You Know What it Is?

 

Do you want financial freedom? Do you want to be able to pay your bills on time, go on a vacation and in short be able to give your family anything and everything that they need and want? If it sounds like a fairy tale to you then you do not understand that your future can be EXTREMELY Bright when you know and use these basic strategies:

  1. In Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki, he talked of the four quadrants. E for employee. B for business owner. S for self-employed. I for investment. Since you are a small business owner how much of your money are you investing? As Kiyosaki explains in his book investing (using your money to make you money while you sleep) is your key to economic freedom. One of the very first things that we do with all of our clients is to establish their financial infrastructure. That infrastructure includes creating an emergency fund; evaluating that they have adequate insurance coverage; automating investments even when they “don’t have any money to invest”. Your first action step is to change the way you look at money and create financial infrastructure. If you are unable to do this on your own, ask a friend, colleague, or at the end of this blog you can sign up for a complimentary strategy session with me.
  2. 1% of the population has controlled 99% of all of the wealth of the world since the beginning of time. Wealth is defined as health, wealth, beauty, and opportunity. Why do you think that is so? Interestingly if you were to redistribute the wealth and give it back to the 99%, in a very short period of time the 1% would have it again. Let me say it another way. If Bill Gates, or Michael Jordan went bankrupt tomorrow, do you think they would become extremely wealthy again? Of course they would. But why? 1 Percenters think and act differently than 99 percenters. Since they think and act differently, guess what they get different results than 99 percenters. The second opportunity that we create for our clients is we get them to think like 1 percenters. Once they know how to use the tools to change their thought process they get amazingly different results. Our clients are up 49% this year to date and they are up 165% since 2008. Your second action step is to learn the skill-sets and tools that are going to have you think and thus act like a 1 Percenter. Tony Robbins book, Unlimited Power is a great read and a good place to start. Along with the classic Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill.
  3. You must understand that SUCCESS COMES FROM YOU NOT TO YOU. This hugely overlooked fact of point is where the rubber meets the road. When you understand that you, your vibration, and your action steps are going to bring success to you; causes you to become innovative and think outside the box. It also forces you to abandon being a victim. I agree it is much easier to blame the government, or the insurance companies or any other bogeyman for holding you down. However if you want to have more joy out of life and better financial results understand that YOU and YOU alone control your outcomes. All of our clients are taught amazing tools that they wish they had when they were growing up that helps shape their future outcomes. As a matter of fact, the majority of our clients start teaching their young kids and grandkids these valuable life lessons. Imagine the results, self-esteem and self-awareness that the upcoming generations will have! The key is to amass usable tools and to learn how to use them effectively. Your last action step to implement from this blog is the do a self-inspection and determine where your weaker areas are holding you back. is it a confidence problem? Is it a skill-set problem. Start analyzing where the problems are and the fix becomes easy.

Creative Coaching, LLC , the first professional business coaching company to offer no long-term contracts has been successfully coaching clients just like you for the past fourteen years. We have been trail-blazers in the industry helping to create millionaires and offering a money back guarantee. Our job is three-fold:

  1. We help our clients earn more money
  2. We help our clients save money
  3. We help our clients money earn them more money (working smarter not harder)

Our CEO’s are enjoying another terrific and stress-free year in business. Isn’t it time that you enjoyed that too?  If you still feel that you are struggling, you will be thrilled to know that Dr. Paul S. Inselman, CEO of Creativecoachingllc.net  has formulated a specific step by step process that will help you to become a more powerful business leader. Our clients income has grown on average 165% since 2008. In 2016 alone they were up on average a whopping 44%! In all the years that I have been coaching, I haven’t seen one CEO that executed the steps above and that utilized our procedures that failed to be a better and more powerful leader.

How to Save Megabucks-Do These Easy Action Steps Part 1

The key to getting good results from a good idea is to implement the idea. The problem with most blogs (mine included) is that there is a ton of great information but it is difficult to implement all of the ideas because of the volume. I have just solved the problem. Over the next few weeks I am going to give you a bazillion money-saving and money-making great ideas. Only a few will be given in each blog which will allow you to easily implement the ideas. Each week make it a habit to implement the ideas and when completed you could be saving in excess of $20,000 per year!

  1. Get reimbursed for ATM fees. Ask and you will most likely receive. Most online banks will reimburse you for fees incurred when you use another banks ATM machine. Some brick and mortar banks will do the same. Call the bank and request a refund. At best they will say yes and at worst they will say no. If they say yes you can save an average of $4.00 per transaction.
  2. Don’t upgrade your cell phone so fast. Most cell phone companies will allow you to pay off your phone in 24-30 months. After that time frame you own the phone free and clear. If you keep the phone and don’t upgrade you will save on average $45.00 per month.
  3. Don’t buy multiple memberships if you live in the same householdAmazon prime and Netflix allows the sharing of their memberships between two adults and up to four kids. This can save you $50.00 per year for Amazon prime and $48.00 per year for Netflix.
  4. Stop doing your own taxes. Hire and use a CPA to do your taxes. One audit or one dis-allowance will more than pay for his or her services. Depending on the amount of dis-allowance or penalty can cause your saving to be HUGE!
  5. Use ceiling fans. Your air conditioner is the most expensive electric appliance that you have in your home. As a matter of fact depending on where you live you could be spending about fifty cents per hour to run your AC. A ceiling fan uses about a penny an hour. In the summer-time run the fan counter-clockwise to push the cold air down. In the winter time reverse the direction to clockwise to move the cold air up where it will mix with the hot air (heat rises) already there. This can save you about $8.00 per day.

Start implementing these bite-sized pieces and start saving money!

Creative Coaching, LLC , the first professional business coaching company to offer no long-term contracts has been successfully coaching clients just like you for the past fourteen years. We have been trail-blazers in the industry helping to create millionaires and offering a money back guarantee. Our job is three-fold:

  1. We help our clients earn more money
  2. We help our clients save money
  3. We help our clients money earn them more money (working smarter not harder)

Our CEO’s are enjoying another terrific and stress-free year in business. Isn’t it time that you enjoyed that too?  If you still feel that you are struggling, you will be thrilled to know that Dr. Paul S. Inselman, CEO of Creativecoachingllc.net  has formulated a specific step by step process that will help you to become a more powerful business leader. Our clients income has grown on average 165% since 2008. In 2016 alone they were up on average a whopping 44%! In all the years that I have been coaching, I haven’t seen one CEO that executed the steps above and that utilized our procedures that failed to be a better and more powerful leader.