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It is more important now - more than ever, to grow a business around your dream life - not the other way around.

You will often hear me talk about time and energy as our only true currency in our business lives....So, that's why this discussion with Mahnaz rang so true for me. 

Mahnaz Sharif is helping women entrepreneurs reclaim FREEDOM and JOY by working LESS and achieving MORE 💜 Strategy + Productivity

This week, Mahnaz Sharif answers your questions on how to get more done - with intention - to grow your business.

~ Respecting our time and energy

~ Creating a sustainable business model

~ Utilizing your daily schedule

~ Creating aligned support

Mahnaz points out that by creating and keeping to a  Daily Schedule you keep it manageable.

The  POWER of the Daily is in Mastering Your Minutes

She tells us that  the goal is to build a business as a sustainable model that YOU as the SoloPreneur can manage

And - that it’s ever so important to find our aligned support - the people around you can be the difference between mediocre and Ah-maZing! 

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Welcome to Rise Above Noise. Each week I have the honor of shining a spotlight on somebody in the Rise Above Noise community who is making a real difference and helping others with their business growth.

You can see how our Rise Above Noise community is revolutionizing how service professionals show up - in their marketing - to make a real difference in the world.

Marketing is what helps your business grow.

Our only true currency in this life is our time and our energy.  As we work at building our businesses, it’s of the utmost importance to practice efficiency and flow - to set up the systems that allow you to shine in your zone of genius, without sucking your precious time and energy.

Now - more than ever, our world needs our transformation creators to be successful in their ventures - to show up in service and make a real difference in our world.

----------------------------- More about this week's guest, Chantelle Davis-Gray: Website, Branding & Card Deck Designer //

Meet Chantelle Davis-Gray, an expert when it comes to designing with purpose. She specializes in helping change-makers with brand design, (Squarespace) website design, and custom card decks, so they can skyrocket their confidence, proudly share their work, grow their businesses, and create real change. But Chantelle’s here to do more than just design -- she’s also here to serve as your go-to guide, trusted collaborator, and biggest cheerleader.

When she’s not designing something gorgeous and action-inspiring, you can find Chantelle heading out on a nature walk with her love, Trish, and her puppy, Leo.

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BEST TAKEAWAYS:

~ Start talking to a designer earlier than you think you need to....put the pieces into place

~ How do you want someone to feel when they're on your website?

~ You can spend less time talking to the people who are not your aligned clients

- Filter out the non-dream clients ~ As you're growing, you want your website to do more for you....collect aligned leads...

Get Chantelle's Free Guide, "Roadmap for Website Planning":

Follow Chantelle on Instagram (You'll be glad you did!)

The Rise Above Noise community is filled with business owners and support providers of every kind. When you are searching for just the right person to help you scale, you are sure to find that person in our community. Join the Rise Above Noise Facebook Group

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Many of you who have been listening to me over the years have heard me offer the one tip I feel is THE MOST VALUABLE practice as you create your digital marketing strategies that will allow you to grow your visibility with more flow and ease.  It’s this…. ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS!  Everyone on the internet is searching for an answer to something.  If YOU have the answer - SHARE IT.  Let them find YOU. 

In today’s conversation, Neil Carroll of VidWheel, shares some resources and his special slant on using video and faqs to show up for the people who are already searching for what you have to offer. 

I think you will really enjoy this conversation.

TAKEAWAYS:

Power Play: Using video content that answers questions for your audience is the most impactful thing that you can do. It’s a really impactful thing when it comes to building that know, like, trust factor. It shows that you're an expert in your field.

Multiply Yourself: When you create thoughtful videos to be viewed with a click, you're essentially multiplying yourself. You can be in multiple places at once. Your ideal client can, therefore, more easily find you, especially if you're saying the right things. It's all about using the right language, saying the right things, and making yourself available so that people can meet you and consume your content when it's good for them.

Video can get you across the world:
The biggest thing is, if you're a solopreneur, or smaller business, we have again, gone through one of those inflection points in history where you're on a much more level playing field than you were just a few years ago, when it comes to being competitive with bigger businesses out there. So don't fritter it away. Get in there and utilize it. 

You can see how our Rise Above Noise community is revolutionizing how service professionals show up - in their marketing - to make a real difference in the world.

Marketing is what helps your business grow.

Now - more than ever, our world needs our transformation creators to be successful in their ventures - to show up in service and make a real difference in our world.

The Rise Above Noise community is filled with business owners and support providers of every kind.  When you are searching for just the right person to help you scale, you are sure to find that person in our community.  

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Neil K. Carroll

vidwheel LLC
http://www.vidwheel.com

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In the Rise Above Noise Signature Roadmap, the first pillar is to get a real handle on who your ideal client truly is:

What are her concerns? 
What is she trying to accomplish? 
What are the deeper issues that are holding her back that she doesn't even know about yet.
How are YOU uniquely positioned to support this person?

Active listening is the foundation of effective communication.

As a service-based business owner,  Active Listening means being totally focused on the words that the customer/client is saying, understanding what those words mean and responding in a manner that validates what they're saying.

Join the discussion with Joanne O'Neil, Holistic Psychotherapist as we explore how to be an effective listener to help you grow your business.

My favorite takeaways:

~~ Active listening is being fully present..no judgment -no interjecting comments . ..learn how to be quiet - let the person speak. Most people really want to tell a story - sit in that space and listen. 

~~ Non-judgment is an ART form

~~ Active listening is an act of Kindness and Compassion

~~ Take note of direct quotes - useful for future insights.

~~ We gain the power to offer suggestions - offer a different perspective.

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The Rise Above Noise community is filled with business owners and support providers of every kind.  When you are searching for just the right person to help you scale, you are sure to find that person in our community.  

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In the Rise Above Noise roadmap, we talk about setting up systems and processes to protect your time and your energy.  

Really, these are our only true currency, wouldn’t you agree?

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Today’s conversation with Donnie Boivin, of Success Champions Networking, throws a spotlight on this pillar.

He wants us to think like a CEO (not an employee) in our own business. 

Donnie realized that so many people create a crappy job and not business. They think in ‘what’ and ‘how’ and they feel like everything is on them. 

Well, the first thing is to make sure to take a moment, step back, and ask yourself - "What am I trying to accomplish?"

When you understand how to think like a CEO it changes everything. Figure out how to get the ‘things’ off your plate so that your business can scale and grow.  Business OWNERS (CEOs) think in "Who can I get to do this?" vs how do I get this done?

He wants us to think of the “WHO” - as in....who can get this done for me?

Always be thinking..... "What's my next investment?" (time, money, energy

COACHES - 1-1 coaching is not a sustainable model. Creating community and mastermind is more effective. Peer coaching is magical.

If you are a coach, an energy worker, a teacher, a creative - you are a business owner. What can you put into place to be the CEO of your business? Where can you find the support to grow.  

The Rise Above Noise community is filled with business owners and support providers of every kind.  When you are searching for just the right person to help you scale, you are sure to find that person in our community.  

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Donnie Boivin is an entrepreneur and serves as CEO and Founder of Success Champions and Success Champion Networking. Donnie is considered one of the leading global minds on sales, business development, and business growth. He is described as the first person to make sales and business development relatable and human.

Donnie is a community builder at heart — he builds champions. Today he helps small business owners leverage sales and business development to grow and then scale their business through his global brand Success Champion Networking is part of the Success Champion family of companies which include Badass Business Summit and Champions Table Masterminds.

In addition to running multiple businesses, Donnie runs a full working farm with goats chickens ducks, turkeys, and geese., his podcast ‘Growth Mode’ ranks among the top podcasts globally. He is a four-time Best Selling Author and a highly sought-after public speaker. 

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The Rise Above Noise Roadmap offers you 5 pillars to create a digital marketing strategy that allows you to show up - share your gifts - attract more clients....

With Ease and Flow.

There are so many ways for us to share our gifts these days.....sometimes we just need to be guided with the roadmap to get a biz off the ground

Susan Salzman wants you - the solopreneur - to have the ability to tap into your strengths and weaknesses for your personal and creative growth.

She's going to tell us about her signature 360˚ self-achieved performance review

It gives you the ability to:

~~ uncover positive "feedback" for your past performances

~~ highlight your potential for further growth and development

~~ be brutally honest by recognizing your failures in order to improve

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"We don’t see things as they are; we see them as we are." - Anais Nin

 This was a quote shared this week by Shawna Pelton, owner of Quantum SHIFT. In today's spotlight, Shawna shares the simple proven process to immediately change the way we respond to stress and avoid burnout. Conscious leaders know that to really make the impact you're here for, you must be willing to see and correct the blind spots that are stopping your progression. Make your commitment to showing up - with ease and joy. If you're a purpose-driven high achiever with aspirations for success in business but are on the fast track to burnout, you're not going to reach great heights without risking the loss of health, happiness, and harmony in your life.    TODAY'S TAKEAWAYS: Energy synchronization is a physiological experience and it comes from the place within you that essentially....is your power, but it is a Nervous System state. Shawna works with her ability to create coherence first and foremost within herself to be able to then help others. Stress has purpose - helps us grow. Keeps us strong. BUT - there needs to be a balance. Some folks may have more resilience. We need stress in our life to grow....(think muscle development). Trying to REPAIR from burnout is so much harder (wasteful) than being proactive. BLINDSPOTS: It's not about what we are experiencing. It's about our perception of what we are experiencing. Leaders won't overreact to other people's opinions - Leaders don't take things personally. Dear friend, how will you claim your sovereignty at this point in your life? Who can you lean on to support you on your journey?  Schedule your free call with Susan and with Shawna, to begin with that first step today. --------------------------------- OTHER RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO:   RISE ABOVE NOISE  

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Rise Above Noise - it’s the name of my business because it’s my mission. It’s time that we understand that marketing is, truly, an act of service.  

When you do marketing.  You reach people.

Service-based professionals lean on me to guide them to create their own system for showing up in a way that feels generous and in service so that they show up with consistency so those who are already looking for you can find you.  Your business grows with flow and ease.  

We can often think of marketing as relationship building. So, even networking - meeting people one-to-one can be considered marketing. 

So - when you do meet someone - it’s important to Be INTENTIONAL. How will you build trust and relationships? How will you simplify so networking follow-up doesn't become overwhelming?

We know follow-up is where the fortune is, but what if we realized that follow-up begins at introductions. And the key to making it successful isn't about fancy scripts or the right timing. It is about being relatable as a fellow human being and staying present to your contacts. 

Well, today, I’m talking with Bethany George.  Around these parts, she’s known as the Follow Up Boss.

Bethany is a whiz at helping you make the most of the new relationships you create.  She is on a mission to help us feel that Sales can come naturally. 

With a strategy, follow up will revolutionize your business so that you can Grow a business without burning bridges.

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TODAY’S TAKEAWAYS:

~~ No matter what your business is, you’ve got to realize that- your business is built around PEOPLE. They need to know that you see and hear them as a person - not as a commodity.  Stop thinking of relationships as transactional and begin to think of them as personal.

~~ It’s important to interact beyond the sales process.  Bethany suggests using:

SERVE

INVITE

ENGAGE

              ~~ SERVE - How can you support the new connection?  Offer introductions, offer valuable resources,  give value,  build knowledge and credibility.

             ~~ INVITE: This may be multi-tiered - be delicate at first. I.E. - come to a networking thing with me, check out x.

             ~~ ENGAGE: This can be purely conversational! The POWER of conversation. i.e. How was your son's game?

A good CRM (contact relationship Management System)

Bethany uses PipeDrive - https://pipedrive.grsm.io/the-follow-up-boss

Susan uses HoneyBook -  https://www.honeybook.com/invites?code=riseabovenoise 

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The Rise Above Noise 5-pillar marketing roadmap is a helpful guide for entrepreneurs when they are putting together their digital marketing roadmap.  It begins with having clarity on your own values, your mission, your non-negotiables, and how those align with your ideal client.

When we set off on our business growth journey, we are called to do this thing we call ‘networking’. We network and network and network.  But…..to what end?  How do we SHOW UP in our most authentic, worthy selves and clearly communicate our “Why?”

Isis Latham knows a thing or two (or 100) about networking.  She is the founder of Evolution Business Development which is a community built on the concept of sharing equally from a platform where you can simultaneously be a teacher and a student.  

In today’s conversation, Isis and I talk about Energy and your sense of Worth. 

My favorite takeaways:

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Rise Above Noise

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