HELLO – all you lovely, gorgeous people who read my blog.
We all know that I don’t do Christmas for many varied reasons but anytime is a good time to give gifts. So I have permission to share with you a special little gift that one of my US Licensee Family, Karen C. Rothstein, shared with all of us earlier this week.
It is a meditation CD called “FREEDOM FROM STRESS” that she has generously given to celebrate her being on the cover (no less) of Health & Fitness magazine in the USA. Because she is such a star she has allowed me to send it onto others as well.
So because you have showed loyalty by getting a blog feed to your email or coming on regularly to read my blog and putting up with me in the early stages of blog learning, you will be first to get this little gift. It has to be downloaded before 31/12/07 – that is the only catch. ENJOY!!!
Karen is a gem who has helped me greatly over the past two years of me being in the Licensure Program and she is a real kindred spirit. I just love the abundance which exists within our Licensure Family and I love that some of it rubs off on you too.
Just follow this link and you can download the meditation from http://www.karenrothstein.com/
This will be my last post for 2007 as I’m heading off to the USA for a Vipassana Silent Meditation Retreat for 10 Days (imagine me (the Gemini who can talk under water) not being able to talk for 10days) and then I’m onto Colorado for a “full on” - “talking as much as I like” Mystery Tour for 5 Days before returning to the Cute House to get stuck in to make 2008 my very best yet.
Thank you all so much for you support this year – its been fabulous and I know 08 is going to be even more “fabulouser” than 07. Have a wonderful time with family and friends over the holidays and I will look forward to hearing you all again in 2008.
Luv Mz M xx
Monday 17 December 2007
Sunday 16 December 2007
What to do in Your Down Time
December is traditionally a very quiet time and many therapists report time on their hands and not a lot of clients in the last week of December. THIS DOESN’T MEAN YOU CAN SLACK OFF!!!
Firstly a change of mindset around the holiday period could result in clients coming through the door. Often this time of year brings “emotional stuff” up for people that they need to deal with and having your mindset open is a really grand idea. I did a successful presentation that will bring a lot of abundance to my business just two days ago and anyone would tell you that wasn’t possible at this time of year.
But if it is genuinely quiet for you, then now is the time to get all those jobs done that you have been “meaning to do”.
It is also a wonderful time to be getting ahead of yourself – so why not try some of the following:
- Get several articles written and finished
- Submit articles to various different media or websites
- Set up systems that you have been meaning to complete all year
- Do your filing (lets get honest – I’m sure there is a pile somewhere that needs doing!)
- Write your Future Letter for 2008
- Network – go out and go to some year end gatherings – you are bound to meet someone who might need your services
- Take a colleague to lunch or reward a strategic alliance partner
- Re-do your Welcome Pack to have a new energy for the New Year
- Design that program you have been meaning to write
- Have a spring clean in the office
- Handwrite some note cards thanking your favourite/regular clients
- Phone and book your favourite self care treat - nothing like doing something yourself to stir up the energy you want in your life
- Plan next years Grass Roots marketing campaign
- Start making lists of people to call in the New Year to ask if they need speakers
- Write a new talk you can do at these talks before they are even booked
The list of things we could be doing is endless so why not do them now. If you use this time wisely you will be highly prepared for the influx of people that will be looking for you to help them get their New Years Goals and Resolutions in place and working for them in 2008!
Gosh with all that work you are gong to need a holiday!!! SO TAKE ONE – don’t forget to spend time enjoying the things that give you joy.
Wednesday 12 December 2007
How Writing Articles Gets You Known
A friend recently sent me an article on getting outside your comfort zone. The topic is close to my heart and I might as well have written the article myself. I’ve included the link below for you but that’s not the point of this blog post.
People often ask me why they should write articles. Well this is a good example of how any article can be a powerful tool in your PR campaign.
The newsletter that this article appears in is for a Government Department. Somewhere in that Government Department some poor soul is given the task of creating articles of interest to feed to the waiting readers every Tuesday. A big ask for even the most prolific of writers. What they have done to overcome their content challenge is to go to an article publishing service and they probably got this item for free or they may also have purchased it. The reason the author gave it away for free is because they understand that it will get into places (like this) and it will get them free publicity. Free publicity are two of my favourite words linked together – my most favourite two words linked together are Free Lunch but we all know that to be a bit of a thing of the past!
So if you write articles there are websites that will list your article so people can come on and promote the article and your business by way of the little resource paragraph at the bottom of the article. This article even let him list his website plus the landing page you happen to land on - has his books that you can buy. Do you get the chain of events here. From one article he could get known to thousands of people without even getting out of bed that day.
If you have any ability to string a few words together I would recommend you start writing articles and submitting them for publication. The trick is to have a strong WHO & WHAT in place so your articles can be listed with people in your target market.
You can read the article here
People often ask me why they should write articles. Well this is a good example of how any article can be a powerful tool in your PR campaign.
The newsletter that this article appears in is for a Government Department. Somewhere in that Government Department some poor soul is given the task of creating articles of interest to feed to the waiting readers every Tuesday. A big ask for even the most prolific of writers. What they have done to overcome their content challenge is to go to an article publishing service and they probably got this item for free or they may also have purchased it. The reason the author gave it away for free is because they understand that it will get into places (like this) and it will get them free publicity. Free publicity are two of my favourite words linked together – my most favourite two words linked together are Free Lunch but we all know that to be a bit of a thing of the past!
So if you write articles there are websites that will list your article so people can come on and promote the article and your business by way of the little resource paragraph at the bottom of the article. This article even let him list his website plus the landing page you happen to land on - has his books that you can buy. Do you get the chain of events here. From one article he could get known to thousands of people without even getting out of bed that day.
If you have any ability to string a few words together I would recommend you start writing articles and submitting them for publication. The trick is to have a strong WHO & WHAT in place so your articles can be listed with people in your target market.
You can read the article here
Monday 3 December 2007
Working From Home with Kids
Question
I'm mother of two small kids and can't go out for work, so wished if, I could get cases at home with the help of centers running here. I wish you could say something on this.
Answer
I haven’t heard of centres outsourcing treatments in the way you describe because they have a vested interest in keeping their clients under their own roof so they can maintain their standard operating service. I suspect only an incredibility busy centre that was overflowing would look to moving their clients to a secondary location. Of course if you offered something unique and different to what they were offering perhaps they might do that but your standard would have to be very high.
What I would recommend that you do, to get clients at home, is to re-read through the 90 Day Challenge in the area of strategic alliances – it might give you some ideas how you could work with others LIKE YOU. If you could build up a selection of women with kids who were doing natural therapies at home, that complemented yours – then you could refer clients between you if it were appropriate for the client. I know a lot of women work from home – the trick will be finding them as they often get clients via word of mouth. You could also put flyers up where your children attend classes or school because women with kids go to those places and they would be interested in having treatments with a female therapist with similar circumstances to them. You might also like to consider do some talks or demonstrations at mothers groups or small community centres to help generate clients. Giving people the opportunity to meet you is the best and easiest way to get clients. People like to work with people and the more those people have in common with them – the more they like working with them.
I'm mother of two small kids and can't go out for work, so wished if, I could get cases at home with the help of centers running here. I wish you could say something on this.
Answer
I haven’t heard of centres outsourcing treatments in the way you describe because they have a vested interest in keeping their clients under their own roof so they can maintain their standard operating service. I suspect only an incredibility busy centre that was overflowing would look to moving their clients to a secondary location. Of course if you offered something unique and different to what they were offering perhaps they might do that but your standard would have to be very high.
What I would recommend that you do, to get clients at home, is to re-read through the 90 Day Challenge in the area of strategic alliances – it might give you some ideas how you could work with others LIKE YOU. If you could build up a selection of women with kids who were doing natural therapies at home, that complemented yours – then you could refer clients between you if it were appropriate for the client. I know a lot of women work from home – the trick will be finding them as they often get clients via word of mouth. You could also put flyers up where your children attend classes or school because women with kids go to those places and they would be interested in having treatments with a female therapist with similar circumstances to them. You might also like to consider do some talks or demonstrations at mothers groups or small community centres to help generate clients. Giving people the opportunity to meet you is the best and easiest way to get clients. People like to work with people and the more those people have in common with them – the more they like working with them.
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