Attention Small Business Owners, Coaches, Authors, Speakers and Those Ready to Up-Level their Business in 2012
Say YES to Weeding out Distractions, Eliminating Fears, and Building Profitable Systems So that Your Business Delivers the Benefits You Want from It!
If you are like most business owners, you created your business because you wanted to live on your own terms and you knew that you have something amazing to offer.
But, have you realized that dream?
Do you have time to do what you love? Are you constantly putting out fires? Do you have millions of ideas, but nothing getting done? Tired of every minor business problem gathering other problems, rolling downhill and ending up smack, dab in your personal life?
You KNOW that you have the potential to succeed your way – to take your business to the highest level – but you keep getting sidetracked by issues or problems that prevent you from gaining the traction you need to move forward!
The truth is every performance gap, every little inefficiency, every lack of organization or productivity, not only reduces the effectiveness of your business, it also steals time from your personal life! This is TRUE FOR all BUSINESS owners!
Calahan Solutions, Inc. and experts from around the globe, invite you to:
Get ready to stop constantly riding the brake on your business and shift into OVERDRIVE!
- Fire up your personal performance.
- Unleash your profit potential™.
- Discover new strategies to manage the demands of running your own business.
- Get a handle on the minutia and details that prevent you from doing the ‘heavy lifting’ to move your business to the next level.
- Quiet the ‘fear voices’ and manifest a larger vision for your company.
- Have a profitable business and time for what’s important to you!
- Live a richer, more fulfilling life
- Have powerful support systems that allow you to free up time and grow your business at the same time.
- And lots more!! Check out the session descriptions below.
Maybe you feel that your business is already all it can be. But if you are like most of us, you have goals for your business that you haven’t yet met. The idea of firing up your business and enriching your personal life (or just having one) sounds pretty good.
Do you wish you had a business consultant right by your side helping you make the hundreds of critical decisions that you are faced with daily? Have you looked at other successful business owners and wondered how they were able to figure it out? Now you can find out!
We’re going to share all of the secrets that you need to get your business — and your life — on track. Get the benefit of advice, brainstorms and business shortcuts from business consultants/coaches, who are bringing their ‘best game’ to the table.
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Starting on January 18th, we will interview 3 experts a week for 6 weeks, each expert interview will deliver practical, actionable strategy and tips. You can join in on one call or all of them! The more you listen in, the more you will learn…and, if you attend live, you just may win a great business boosting prize.
No Fluff — All Answers — Strategies & Tactics You Can Use Right Now!
I don’t know about you, but I’m tired of all of those telesummits that you sign up for, only to be misled into sitting through 60 minutes of a huge sales pitch. That’s not what we are about! I know that you are busy and so am I! Our goal is to give you solid, actionable content that you can use right away when you are done listening. I’ve pulled together experts that are amazingly knowledgeable, caring and giving and want to help answer your questions. After all, this is about you FIRING UP YOUR BUSINESS right?
Fire Up Your Biz – Enrich Your Life was born from the 1000s of conversations that we have had with business owners just like you about what holds them back from really going where they want to go with their business.
…so we know exactly what is needed to “fire up” your business to the next level AND free up your time, so you can live the life you dreamed of when you started your business.
We identified the critical topic areas and then we connected with some of the world’s best authorities on the topic. Our experts aren’t just trainers who train trainers who train trainers… Our experts know what is going on in today’s marketplace because they are in it — working with their clients (all kinds and sizes of businesses) and helping them grow businesses daily.
It’s free and it’s easy to join in on the live calls. Just tell us where to send the call in information by entering your name and email in the form on the right of this page.
Do you have something you want to make sure we cover?
Do you have questions, challenges or topics that you have been hesitant to ask? Now is your chance! Find clarity to the questions that have been hanging on your mind. Ask them now and we’ll be sure to cover them in our sessions and bonus material. There are no silly questions and I’m sure that the question you ask will help many others that participate! What’s your biggest challenge or frustration when it comes to time management and productivity?
So, if you are an entrepreneur and you are looking to get more clients, make more money, systematize your business and really stretch what’s possible for you then you’ve come to the right place.
“You can’t get there alone. In fact, you can’t get very far at all.”
~ Keith Ferrazzi – author of Never Eat Alone
TiME Strategies for the Busy Entrepreneur
TiME™ STRATEGIES offers proven concrete steps for prioritizing, organizing and simplifying your work in today’s over stimulated and interrupted life. This session provides an extensive step-by-step program with strategies for achieving results in today’s work place by offering the fundamentals for radical change.
In this session, you’ll discover:
- How to get “more” done in less TiME
- How implementing practical yet dynamic small steps can lead to big breakthrough results
- What a 5 before 11 list is and how to use this technique to propel your business forward
- How to complete your unfinished tasks without guilt.
- What the 7 big life questions are and how they will help you manage your time.
Allyson Lewis is a time strategy expert, bestselling author, and speaker. Her enthusiasm is believable and contagious. You will be entertained and enthralled at the same time. Readers and audiences across the country have left with their hearts pumping and their brains full of concrete ideas that can be applied immediately to their daily lives. In as little as “7 Minutes” a day you can clarify your goals, improve your time management, and create repeatable systematic processes to create a life with meaning.
The 3 Surprising Keys that Open the Door to Small Business Abundance
A recent survey of 3000 small business owners revealed a shocker: 91% believe the dream life they imagined when they first started in business will never be real. Well, it can be but it takes a massive rejection of the conventional route to business success. In this conversation, long-time business owner and coach to business owners Andrea Feinberg will share 3 critical mind sets that must be in place if you want a business that runs like a well-oiled machine, whether you’re there or not, and allows you to focus on building all your tomorrows; this is life on your terms.
In this session, you’ll discover:
- The #1 myth, commonly believed to be a route to success that will sink a business faster than you can say “Titanic!”
- The secret “guilty pleasure” that most successful business owners will never reveal yet is, in fact, a direct path to a thriving
business and a happy, relaxed life. - The little used yet powerful tool a business owner bends over backwards to avoid yet is key to being able to walk away, without worrying about daily operations.
- Proof that you do have enough time, every day, to get it “all” done!
Top Tech Tools for Busy Business Owners
So many choices! If you are like many business owners, you know you need tools in order to get the important things done in your business. Too many choices, not sure how to decide and fearful of choosing the wrong tool? It can be a bit frustrating and overwhelming! You want to feel empowered by the new technology rather than confused & feeling like pulling your hair out. You can be smart & savvy about your choices and focused on the important parts of business, with tools to help make it easier
In this session, you’ll discover:
- How to use technology to simplify little tasks
- How to manage sticky notes so you can find crucial information
- 10 essential tools you might not be able to live without
- The tools that are available for sharing calendars and making appointments online
- Tricks for keeping contacts organize
- How to corral things like brilliant ideas & bits of information that tend to end up on scraps of paper all over the office
- Ways to share information between people in different physical locations.
From Procrastination to DONE!
95% of the population is prone to procrastination AND 25% are chronic procrastinators. Procrastination is more than just annoying. Procrastination leads to loss of money, time and energy. Procrastination leads to overwhelm and stress. It’s time to stop putting off till tomorrow what you can get paid for today!
In this session, you’ll discover:
- Why you procrastinate. Until you understand this it’s nearly impossible to get yourself going.
- Three simple steps to take before starting any project to help you not only get it started but get it done.
We’ve Got To Stop Meeting Like This: How to Run Meetings that Actually Get Things Done
Meetings are a critical activity yet people complain that meeting are boring, unproductive and a waste of time and money. Time, energy and money invested are too valuable to waste. Listen in on this session to eradicate bad meeting habits and replace them with good!
In this session, you’ll discover:
- Why there is more than one way to plan a meeting and how to choose the right structure for your situation
- How to make meetings productive opportunities for mutual learning and decision making
- Key strategies to employ varied meeting formats
Mindset Matters: Secrets to a Powerful Mindset
Behind every achievement, every action, every communication and every stress point – there hides a mindset. If you want to get more, do more and ‘be more’ – you need to know what’s under the hood, and more importantly, how to drive it.
In this engaging session you’ll find insights that will open new doors and opportunities.
In this session, you’ll discover:
- Why understanding your mindset is vital for business and professional growth
- How you can achieve more without working longer hours or increasing stress levels
- Why how you think is more important than your abilities and actions
- How to use your mind to be more disciplined and achieve more quicker and easier
- If you’re over whelmed and stressed – what you’re doing wrong, and how to fix it
- The shocking truth about positive thinking and motivation
Solopreneur Motivation Secrets: Create the Work Environment and Results You Want
Working from home isn’t for everybody. There are unique challenges that face almost all solopreneurs. Among the most uncomfortable are the lack of structure, systems and support. However, with a little mindset adjustment it’s possible to stay motivated and productive.
In this session, you’ll discover:
- How to keep from being lonely when you’re working alone
- How to structure your work day to stay energized instead of feeling overwhelmed
- How to create your own incentive program to both challenge and reward yourself
- How to find new business associates to take the place of the support departments larger corporations have
- How to look at priorities so that you spend your time doing things that will advance your business
Elaine Quinn is an internationally-known organizing, time management expert and author of “There’s No Place Like Working From Home” who focuses on solo professionals working from home. She is “The Solopreneur Specialist.” In addition to helping solopreneurs strengthen their productivity skills, she offers practical advice on how to overcome feelings of isolation and overwhelm when you’re on your own and responsible for everything. Over the past 10+ years, her guidance has helped hundreds of clients create structure and systems, and develop a network of business associates who fill the business-friendship void and help get things done.
A Busy Family’s Guide to Getting Organized So You Can Live Your Best Life and Still Enjoy Your Family
It’s 5pm… no dinner on the stove but laundry is in the living room and your kids are nowhere to be seen! Join Certified Professional Organizer and Certified Family Manager Coach Ellen Delap to learn how to pull it all together: your family, your time and the rest of the stuff too!
In this session, you’ll discover:
- How to build a cohesive family team
- How to generate “house rules” and “standard operating procedures” that keep communication open and stress to a minimum
- How to manage multiple schedules for you and your family
- How to create a starting point for balance in your home, work and life
How to Overcome your Mental Money Barriers, and Break Free to Success
In Georgina’s exciting breakthrough session, not only will you learn new ways of thinking that you can apply immediately in your business to achieve greater success, you’ll also experience mindset shifts right on the call!
In this session, you’ll discover:
- The strategies and exact same thinking that Georgina used to take her business from nearly standstill to over $100,000 in less than four months – without a website, a list or even business cards!
- How you can grow your business your way, even if you are an introvert and don’t like being “visible”
- The #1 thing you MUST do to help you accelerate your success and keep you motivated no matter how tired, fearful or frustrated you may feel
- How to quickly uncover inner resistance and what to do to eliminate it, so you’re always moving forward with grace and ease. NOTE: This is critical to your success! If you don’t “turn-off” the negative thinking that holds you back, no amount of effort and hard work will ever generate the results you want!
- How your ego may be secretly sabotaging your success and blocking ideal, high-paying clients from working with you – and what to do to keep it in check
Georgina Sweeney teaches heart-centered women entrepreneurs how to create their own freedom: the freedom to be who they are, do what they love and earn what they want—NOW! She is the creator of: “Break Free to Six Figures”, the 6-week money mindset transformation program that helps women identify and overcome the mental money barriers they didn’t even know they had, so they can earn fabulous money, doing what they love, “Cash Explosion Secrets: How to create an explosion of cash, opportunities and momentum in your business in 90 days or less”, and “Create Your Own Freedom” her signature mentoring program that teaches women how to build a six-figure business in under twelve months (or even four months, as she did!)
Networking for Success
The strength of your network can literally mean the difference between success and failure. Get your networking right and the business will start pouring in. Get it wrong and it just becomes a demoralizing time-consuming activity. The rules of the networking game have been changed by the social networking – have you adapted your networking strategy to harness the power of on-line AND offline networking? In this session, Heather will explain how she managed to grow a six figure business (and secure a lucrative book deal in the process), by building a powerful network – without any prior sales or marketing experience.
In this session, you’ll discover:
- The biggest mistakes people make when networking and how to avoid making them yourself
- How to identify and build relationships with a handful of people who can really make a positive difference to your business & career
- How to leverage your network to win more business, without it sucking up all your precious time
5 Keys to Social Media Success: Do it Right, Stop Wasting Time and Get Results!
Social media is the most powerful new marketing tool in decades and you owe it to your business to have a true understanding of how it works. It’s time to get down to the nitty gritty on social media and find out how to use it effectively to grow your business.
There are lots of myths and misconceptions about social media marketing and it is time to learn exactly what works and what doesn’t. Learn what you need to do BEFORE you begin and how to maximize your use of your time on the sites. Whether you are using Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter or Google+, you’ll want to join Janet Slack as she shares tried and true ideas on how to leverage these hugely powerful tools to benefit your business. You won’t want to miss this call – we are going straight to the heart of the matter – with a focus on specific strategies to make you successful.
In this session, you’ll discover:
- The biggest mistake marketers make on social media
- Facebook? Twitter? Google+? LinkedIn? Where to be and why
- How to make the best use of your social media time
- Turning social media connections into clients
- Creating a successful social media identity
Passion Management: How to Juggle/Prioritize all of the Passions We Have
Do you have more than one passion and get overwhelmed with trying to decide which to do and which to implement? In this call we’ll take a look at “Passion Management” and how to manage all of the passions that you want to tackle in your business and life.
In this session, you’ll discover:
- How to tap into your passion and take it to the next level.
- How to ignore the naysayers and surround yourself with people who believe in your passionate goals
- How to evaluate whether you have achieved a certain level of success for a particular passion and to reward yourself.
How and Why to Get the Right Support for Your Business, Inside and Out
In order to be excellent at the things you and only you can do, you need the right support from people, both inside and outside your company. It’s difficult going out and slaying the dragons every day, and without the right people around you, it will be a lot harder.
In this session, you’ll discover:
- Why it’s so important to have a plan for leveraging your business, especially if you want to get out of the dollars for hours routine and have a life
- What it means to be a good leader, how to know if you are one, and how to get better if you’re not yet
- What people who work for you really want, and how to give it to them (so they’ll give you what you want)
- How to be strategic about what and when to delegate
- The three areas you need support from, and how to get it
- The scoop about mentors, coaches, & mastermind groups
For over 25 years, as owner of Hoeck Associates, Inc., a leading marketing communications firm in Toledo, Ohio, Marcia Hoeck lived what she now teaches. Because of her “quirks” (only recently identified as ADHD tendencies), Marcia found the business aspects of her work daunting. Out of necessity, survival, and in order to understand, she developed simple methods to take the complexity out of the way her business ran. The results: a terrific team of people who stayed long term, profitable clients who came back year after year, a very manageable lighter-than-average workload, and a business with great flexibility.
Get Time and Tasks Managed Quickly
Do you have a pile of to-dos on your desk? Will one more sticky note completely cover your monitor? Mastering how to get things done without guilt and without costly rework is critical to moving your business forward.
In this session, you’ll discover:
- How to simplify your workflow and get your ‘In-Box’ to empty, fast
- How to make fast decisions about everything
- How to make clear choices and prioritize based on only two criteria
- How to say ‘no’ with confidence to what isn’t important and let go of guilt
- How to use two amazing tools that make managing tasks a breeze
Secrets to Streamline Your Work Flow
Systems and routines can bring consistency and success to your efforts – any and all of them. When you take the time to develop procedures for the repetitive tasks, the tasks get easier and they can be delegated. That will free up even more time so you can focus on the fun and creative aspects of your work.
“Five Secrets to Streamline Your Workflow” shows you the steps to make your work flow easier, and more fun!
In this session, you’ll discover:
- How to clear space to create and support for your ideas to flourish so, you feel energized and essential
- How to create systems that adapt to changes as you and your business grow so, no more reinventing the wheel
- Why workflows increase the appraised value of your business
- How to save over 6 weeks a year, so that you can do those things you have been putting off
Unlock the Secret to Achieving Your Profit Goals
Join Numbers Whisperer Nicole Fende, and her trusty companion Fluffy the Finance Feline, for a session that is sure to super charge your profits.
In this session, you’ll discover:
- Nicole will walk you through a simple exercise that uses only 4 numbers to boost your bottom line
- That’s right, only 4 numbers!
- No tricks, no special widgets to buy. Just 4 simple numbers and you are on the road to success.
Depressing Desks and Psychic Debris: Cleaning up the work space by de-cluttering the head trash
Cluttered minds and cluttered closets weigh us down, thwart productivity, and make it difficult to move forward with ease and a sense of clarity. Negative thinking blocks the light of positivity, and overwhelmed spaces block us from the simplistic life.
The clutter and chaos of this “psychic debris” often reflects the clutter and chaos of our living spaces, but just how do we clear the debris?
In this session, you’ll discover:
- Understand the relationship between the internal baggage of negative thinking, and external baggage of having more than you actually need.
- Your words and your things: What do they say about you?
- Turn psychic debris into a clear mind.
- Turn cluttered space to a clear path
Conquering Your Fear with a Knockout Punch
To succeed in the competitive world of business you must learn the right skills to combat the enemy within. The truth is that everyone experiences fear. Knowing how to deal with it, and defeat it is the difference between average and excellence in business. Discover how to change your fear from a liability into an asset.
In this session, you’ll discover:
- The truth about fear
- The six major types of fear that can hold you back
- The 5-step process to overcome your fear
- The 3 certainties in life
Conquer Email Overload
How often have you started your day by checking email only to find that two hours later you are still checking email? It’s time to take charge of your email so that you’ll have more time in your day. By the end of this session you will have a list of email strategies and tips that you can start applying immediately.
In this session, you’ll discover:
- Send quality messages that are productive for both the sender and recipient
- Understand key strategies for sending, receiving, and processing email
- Recover hours back into your weekly calendar
- Drastically reduce the amount of unnecessary email
3 Key Reasons Why You’re NOT Getting More Referrals!
You’re visible, well known and frequently attend various networking, chamber and association events. But… the few referrals you get never end up as sales. I bet you’re asking “What’s Missing!?” Maybe you are thinking “this is such a waste of time!”
If you’re frustrated by infrequent or poor quality referrals it’s definitely time to uncover exactly what to do to get all the referrals you deserve and start growing your business the simple way!
In this session, you’ll discover:
- The biggest myth that’s keeping you from getting a ton of referrals
- Understanding the 3 types of referral relationships
- 3 key mistakes that most owners make that has them destined for failure
- Sue’s simple formula to develop successful referral relationships.
When Life Interferes: Making it through Life’s Transitions as a Business Owner
Changes interrupt life. Big life changes need our attention, yet so does our business. Join Stephanie as she and Sue West, Certified Organizer Coach® discuss time strategies, work strategies and home management strategies to get you through the life change.
In this session, you’ll discover:
- strategies and practical approaches to handle life’s curveballs, while keeping the business going
- Your spouse has major surgery. Handling him/her with care and still pay attention to your business
- Parents – Caregiving and still running the business. How do you do this in a way that makes you feel good about both?
- Your kids are around the house and it’s tough finding time to work on your business
- Staying productive – how to balance what your business needs with what your family and you need
… And More To Come!
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I can’t wait to hear what these fabulous, passionate people have to share. I encourage you to sign up and participate!
To your amazing and continued success,
Stephanie LH Calahan
Calahan Solutions, Inc. & Fire Up Your Biz – Enrich Your Life!
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