Your Partner In Success Radio Show Welcomes Bud Bilanich

Posted by Denise Griffitts on Nov 18, 2009 in Internet Mastery | 0 comments

Bud Bilanich, "The Common Sense Guy"

Your Partner In Success Radio Show

Bud Bilanich, The Common Sense Guy, is a success coach, motivational speaker, author and blogger.  He helps individuals, teams and entire organizations succeed by applying their common sense.

He is the Official Guide for Career Development at SelfGrowth.com and the Success IQ University Preferred Partner for Career Development.  Bud is a member of the USA Today Small Business Advisory Panel and a member of the Creating WE Institute, an international group of coaching practitioners who have come together to create new forms of engagement and innovation in the workplace.

Bud writes a monthly column called “Common Sense” in PM 360, a print magazine for pharmaceutical product managers.  He also writes a monthly column for “Dot Com Secrets” magazine.  You can find his popular blog at Success Common Sense.com.  He posts there five days a week.

Dr. Bilanich is Harvard educated but has a no nonsense approach to his work to goes back to his roots in the steel country of Western Pennsylvania.  His approach to career and life success is a result of over 35 years of business experience, 10 years of research and study of successful people and the application of common sense.

He is the author of eleven books:

• Straight Talk for Success
• Your Success GPS
• 42 Rules to Jumpstart Your Professional Success
• I Want YOU…To Succeed
• Star Power: Common Sense Ideas for Career and Life Success
• 4 Secrets of High Performing Organizations
• Using Values to Turn Vision Into Reality
• Fixing Performance Problems
• Supervisory Leadership and the New Factory
• Leading With Values
• Solving Performance Problems

He is a featured contributor in four other books:

• Speaking of Success
• 42 Rules for Creating WE
• One Great Idea
• Handbook of Business Strategy

His clients include Pfizer, Glaxo SmithKline, Johnson and Johnson, Abbot Laboratories, PepsiCo, AT&T, Chase Manhattan Bank, Citigroup, General Motors, UBS, AXA Advisors, Cabot Corporation, The Aetna, PECO Energy, Olin Corporation, Minerals Technologies, The Boys and Girls Clubs of America and a number of small and family owned businesses.

Dr. Bilanich was awarded an EdD by Harvard University, an MA by the University of Colorado and a BS by Penn State.

He is a cancer survivor and lives in Denver Colorado with his wife Cathy.  Bud is a retired rugby player, an avid cyclist and a Penn State and Pittsburgh Steeler football fan.  He enjoys independent film, live theatre and crime fiction.

We will cover a wide range of topics and focus largely on what Dr. Bilanich calls the “4-C’s”; clarity, commitment, confidence and competence.

Your Partner In Success Radio Show

When: Friday, Nov 13, 2009

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

We look forward to “seeing” you!

Your Partner In Success Radio Show Welcomes Deborah Dubree

Posted by Denise Griffitts on Oct 7, 2009 in Internet Mastery, Your Partner In Success | 0 comments

Your Partner In Success Radio Show

Please join me as I interview Speaker, Trainer, Coach and President of Clear Edge, LLC.

Deborah Dubree delivers high-energy, content-driven, actionable material that is customized to suit your audience. She tells real stories that inspire, motivate, engage and teach.  Her presentations challenge your audience to act, to do something different, to “up their game” by holding up the reality mirror and help them face their challenges, and achieve them.

Deborah is internationally recognized by satisfied clients for pushing, stretching and making them uncomfortable as they cut through their empty words and promises to themselves and learn to dominate their sandbox …and then beg for more.

In addition, her leadership skills earned her several respected positions including: President of Construction Financial Management Association and International President of the Timberline User Group. Her contribution to the construction industry was so valued, industry peers nominated her National Woman of the Year in Construction.

Eventually, Deborah stepped away from her CEO position to create her company ClearEdge.

She now coaches and trains worldwide serious achievers how to stop wasting time, money and energy, and instead experience the clarity, confidence and courage to be powerful – consistently- as they strive to be “THE” #1 Best in their Category.

We will be discussing some of the important questions a lot of people have on their minds about how to shortcut personal and professional success. Be sure to have a pen and paper hand as she will be giving you information you don’t want to miss.

Your Partner In Success Radio Show

When: Friday, Oct 9, 2009

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

Where:  Your home office telephone or computer.

Website: Your Partner In Success Radio Show

Call-in Number: 347-843-4988

Time permitting, we will take questions so please be sure to join us in the chat room.

We look forward to “seeing” you!

The Secret for Business – With Details!

Posted by Denise Griffitts on Oct 6, 2009 in Web Development | 0 comments

I think by now that most people who pay close attention to social media marketing are probably familiar with Gary Vaynerchuk. He is the “social media” expert behind the now famous Wine Library TV. Frankly, I don’t much care for wine and rarely drink alcohol of any description but keep up with this website just to see what new ideas Gary comes up with that can be utilized for myself or my clients.

I just found out that one of my favorite WordPress Plugins, WP Wishlist is now offering a free copy of Gary’s new book “Crush It” and an interview with Gary during the month of October with any purchase. The book is a perfect match for all WishList customers as it outlines how to turn your passion into a profitable business by using the internet.  As Gary himself says about this book, it is “the secret for business – with details!” If you are in the process of building a membership site WP Wishlist is a “MUST HAVE” plugin. Combining it with this book is pure genius in my opinion.

Review (Courtesy of Amazon.com)

“Gary is a force of nature. His authentic, raw passion and caring touches everyone. His insights into social media & his message of opportunity could not be more timely.” (Tony Robbins )

“Gary was the first person to push me on the importance of personal brand and transparency – this was months before anyone was talking about it, he’s always two steps ahead of anyone else.” (Kevin Rose, Founder of Digg.com )

“Anyone looking to supercharge their career should beg, borrow, and steal to learn Gary Vee’s techniques. He reinvented the rules to build a $60-million business from scratch-on his own terms.” (Tim Ferriss, #1 NY Times bestselling author of The 4-Hour Workweek )

“Gary Vaynerchuk is one of those entrepreneurs who has discovered the secret to combining passion with business. He is always an inspiration and always entertaining. You owe it to yourself to read this book!” (Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.com )

“Gary Vaynerchuk has become a walking, talking (and oh, such talking!), webbing and Tweeting example of how believing in what you do and keeping it fun can step up your life in all ways. There is nobody I would rather talk sports with-or wine or life.” (Scott Simon, host of Weekend Edition Saturday on NPR )

Product Description

Do you have a hobby you wish you could indulge in all day? An obsession that keeps you up at night? Now is the perfect time to take that passion and make a living doing what you love. In Crush It! Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion, Gary Vaynerchuk shows you how to use the power of the Internet to turn your real interests into real businesses. Gary spent years building his family business from a local wine shop into a national industry leader. Then one day he turned on a video camera, and by using the secrets revealed here, transformed his entire life and earning potential by building his personal brand. By the end of this book, readers will have learned how to harness the power of the Internet to make their entrepreneurial dreams come true. Step by step, Crush It! is the ultimate driver’s manual for modern business.

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Memberships Sites

Posted by Denise Griffitts on Sep 22, 2009 in Internet Mastery, Web Development | 1 comment

My clients needs fully functioning membership sites and together we have run the gamut from Moodle to iGrOOPs and everything in between, including Ning which is a nice free community site, but just doesn’t have the functionality that we needed.

Eventually I landed on WP Wishlist and life become much easier. We have launched this software for many client websites and as it is easily integrated with 1shoppingcart, our clients have a powerful membership site up and running in short order.

Chris Garrett, a high profile blogger, was recently interviewed by the developers of WP Wishlist on how he has developed several membership sites using WordPress.  The whole interview is available here.

To get your own copy of WP Wishlist Plugin go here.

Already using Wp WishList? Please share your comments!

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How to Capitalize During Recession Times

Posted by Denise Griffitts on Sep 17, 2009 in Internet Mastery | 1 comment

Ali R. Rodriquez will be my guest on “Your Partner In Success” Radio Show next month and I wanted to share a recent article that she wrote with you. Be sure to mark your calendar for Friday, Octber 16, 2009 to hear this interview.

How to Capitalize During Recession Times

by Ali R. Rodriquez

Is the “R” word getting too much publicity, lately? It seems “Recession” is all everyone’s talking about, and rightfully so, but it doesn’t have to be “frightfully” so. There are a few ways you can deal with it, turn it around, and use it use it to your advantage.  Think: Marketing, Publicity, Visibility and Public Relations. Also, if you’re looking to cut costs or (God forbid) “decrease prices” think how it will affect you once the economy turns around (and it will) and then…what happens to you? The truth is that now, more than ever, you really need get off your butt and get out there to promote yourself in more creative ways than you ever thought possible, let alone “comfortable”. The good news is that you are stretching yourself out of the comfort zone that kept you cozy for way too long, and now makes you more diversified and a step ahead of the competition as you’re thinking bigger and acting better than you ever did before, while your competition, due to hard economic times, may disappear, leaving you to pick-up their shares of your market!

Marketing is about consistency. Be consistent in your marketing techniques and re-evaluate some of your marketing tools that may not be working as effectively as they once did. Perhaps it’s time to do an educational seminar on the benefits of your services and products to keep your clients and business community up to date on what all else you’re doing differently to serve them better. After all, success in business is based on building relationships, good, honest, integral “relationships”, so don’t stop building them now just because Mother Fortune does not appear to be smiling upon you today. ~ In fact, this is the best time to use it to your advantage, as being generous, gracious and genuinely interested in other people’s problems (you are here to solve some of them, aren’t you?) will place you in the spotlight of credibility so that people would want to do business with you, and if not, they’ll want to refer you or partner with you.

Take a good look at the marketing tools you have been using and stick to those that bring you the most business. On the other hand, perhaps your website needs a few tweaks or a mini-face-lift? Do you need to offer some new freebies to allure people to take a closer look at what you have to offer?

Work only on things that matter and eliminate those activities that are not high pay-off for you. Be very mindful of your time, and how much your time is worth to you and to the sustenance, maintenance and growth of your business.

Delegate as much as you can. Outsource if you must! Don’t be afraid to let others do things that are not your greatest paying-off activities. Consider hiring a “Virtual Assistant“, it will be worth it in the long run.

Why re-invent the wheel? Model yourself after those who are already successful doing what you’re doing. Get a coach or a mentor to help you. It has the highest return on your time and money, when you invest in yourself!

Let’s turn the word “Recession” into “Wincession” as you enjoy your time to shine, stretch out of the comfort zone, and do bigger and better things for your clients, your community, your family and your lifestyle.