Free Resource – Build a Personal Mission Statement

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A mission statement is only a paragraph long, but it has specific, measurable outcomes and a deadline for accomplishing that outcome.  Your personal mission statement should  guide your actions, spell out your overall goals, provide a sense of direction, and guide decision-making for your daily life.

Nightingale Conat’s free Mission Statement Builder helps you clarify what you want out of life in as little as 5 minutes.

Another great resource is Franklin Covey’s Mission Statement Builder. After you create your personal mission statement, you will want to refer to it often. When you are finished, they can send a copy to your email address.

Your Partner In Success Welcomes Tom Buford

Your Partner In Success Radio Show

This week I welcome to the show fee-setting expert Tom Buford.

Do you ever feel like you… 

• Get nervous when you discuss your fees because you feel unprepared and self-conscious?
• Are frustrated by the number of hours you have to work because you’re trading time for money?
• Have been undercharging for the amazing results you know you deliver but are unsure what to do about it?
• Are hungry to raise your rates, but you’re nervous about the reaction you will get from your clients?
• Are completely OVERWHELMED?

Every day, service professionals are leaving hundreds and even thousands of dollars on the table by undercharging for their valuable products and services.  Tom Buford, founder of ChargeWhatYouDeserve.com is a fee-setting and marketing strategist and he’ll be revealing common mistakes that service professionals make when setting prices and fees and how they can instantly overcome them.

Whether you’re just starting your business or you’re a seasoned veteran, Tom’s advice can help you add thousands of dollars to your pocket.

Imagine what it would feel like to…

• Double your current fees and know that you can get it
• Have complete confidence when telling prospects what you charge
• Be a sought after EXPERT in your field

Get on the fast track to charge what you deserve and dial in on Friday, July 9^th to listen to Tom Buford live.  He will even stick around for Q&A if you need. If you have any questions you would like to ask Tom, or to speak with us live please join us in the chat room or on the phone.

We look forward to “seeing” you!

Your Partner In Success Radio Show

When: Friday, July 9, 2010

Time: 9 am PST, 10 am MST, 11 am CST, 12 pm EST

Where: Your home office telephone or computer.

Website: Your Partner In Success Radio Show

Call-in Number: 347-843-4988

How to Create a Whitelist Instruction Page

Weekly Recommended Resource

Did you know that a recent whitelist study showed that only 22 percent of all email newsletters give specific instructions to recipients to whitelist their newsletter?

I came across this nifty free tool by Chris Lang that will create a detailed set of email whitelist instructions for all major ISPs, mobile devices and spam filters. None of your information is recorded or stored, it only creates a web landing page for you as you can see by the image below.

Once you have created your page, simply “View source” and copy the code to your html editor. Voila!

Google Voice Phone Management Service

Google Voice is now available to subscribers in the United States after being in beta mode (with over a million subscribers) since 2007 after Google purchased a company called Grand Central.

As with all new product launches there are good and bad points, ranging from really great to oh no! However Google Voice is a free service and when combined with other free tools available from Google can provide the synergy to make a unified communication solution available to small home-based companies. As the system in its present form does not support ported numbers, users are required to use a new Google Voice phone number which can be a non-starter for businesses with a widely known or published phone number.

To recap:

• You get your own free phone number.
• You can provide customized phone messages depending on who is calling.
• You can have your Google voice number forward to any number you want.
• Voice mail messages can be transcribed to email and emailed to you. However, it should be noted that the inaccuracies are so extensive some companies may decide not to rely upon this feature in its present state.

The following information was pulled from Google’s website:

The first thing you’ll need to decide is whether you’d like to use the full version of Google Voice with a brand new phone number, or add some Google Voice features (like voicemail) to your existing mobile phone number.

The basic differences between these options are:

Google Voice with a Google number

• Use one number to manage all your phones; your Google Voice number is tied to you, not to a particular device or location.
• Voicemail like email: Save voicemail messages for as long as you’d like, star important ones, and search through them
• Voicemail transcription: Voicemail messages will be automatically transcribed to text and sent to you via email and/or SMS.
• Customize your callers’ experience (custom voicemail greetings, decide which of your phones ring based on who’s calling, send some callers straight to voicemail, etc.)
• Define which phones ring, based on who’s calling, and even ListenIn^TM on voicemail before answering the call. We use smart technology to route your calls. So, if you’re already on a Google Voice call, we’ll recognize it and use call waiting to reach you on the phone you’re on.
• Works with mobile phones, desk phones, and work phones. There’s nothing to download, upload, or install, and you don’t have to make or take calls using a computer.
• International calling: Make low priced international calls from the web or from your phone.

Google Voice with your non-Google phone number:  

With this option you won’t get some features (i.e. call forwarding, screening, and call recording), but you’ll still get plenty of others, including:

• Voicemail like email: Save voicemail messages for as long as you’d like, star important ones, and search through them
• Voicemail transcription: Voicemail messages will be automatically transcribed to text and sent to you via email and/or SMS.
• Custom voicemail greetings: Customize your voicemail greeting based on who is calling.
• International calling: Make low priced international calls from the web or from your phone.

For a complete list of the features with each option, click here. You can also check out a video about Google Voice’s You Tube channel for explanatory videos.

Please be sure to drop back by here and let us know how Google Voice works for you.