Denise Griffitts - Your Partner In Success™ Radio!

  Dixie Gillaspie has been a business consultant and analyst, a firestarter and mentor, a coach, alchemist and general trouble-shooter for more years than she cares to admit. (but if you ask, she'll probably tell you.) Her success stories have been featured in books such as Go-Givers Sell More, by Bob Burg and John David Mann, The Referral Engine, by John Jantsch of Duct Tape Marketing, and more than one of the books by “The Nametag Guy,” Scott Ginsberg. She will release her first full-length book, JUST BLOW IT UP!, through Sound Wisdom this November. Dixie says she is blessed to have come to a wonderful convergence where "What I am and what I do is the same thing - I am a coach." Dixie considers herself more of a “story teller” than a speaker, but she’s shared the stage with the likes of Zig Zigler, Bob Burg, John David Mann, Scott Ginsberg, Mark Sanborn, and Southwest Airlines Emerita, Coleen Barrett. She's allergic to the word "CAN'T" and her Blast Thru Coaching(TM) method is a process for challenging and even eliminating the word from your vocabulary.   

Author of Brand Against the Machine John Michael Morgan has been called “a force to be reckoned with when it comes to branding”. John is a branding and marketing specialist who helps entrepreneurs build their brand and create a community of raving fans. John has worked with some of the largest brands in the world and has worked with Fortune 500 companies, TV stars, and entrepreneurs just starting out to those making over $150 million a year in sales. John began studying branding and marketing when he was just a teenager. While this did not make him popular with the ladies, it has helped his career. He has started 3 successful businesses both online and offline. John has been compared to the popular TV character House for his ability to get to the root of a business’s problem without any b.s. John is the president of a digital marketing consulting firm, Brand Against The Machine. He is an in-demand keynote speaker, speaking at events from entrepreneurial organizations to major corporations. He is the author of Brand Against The Machine which has been labeled as the “new definition of branding.”

Author, publisher, veteran, and daughter of the late bestselling author and motivational speaker, Charlie “Tremendous” Jones, Tracey C. Jones is the President of Tremendous Life Books. As the premier publisher of motivational, leadership, and business media, Tracey’s goal is to change the world one book at a time. After graduating from the United States Air Force Academy, Tracey spent 12 years living all over the world and participating in various global deployments. Tracey spent the next five years in Austin, Texas working in the semiconductor industry, and then moved to Saint Louis, Missouri where she rounded out her operational expertise in several high-profile defense contracting positions. Tracey enjoys the outdoors, traveling, speaking, and spending time with her five rescue pets. She is the co-pawthor of three books: True Blue Leadership: Top 10 Tricks from the Chief Motivational Hound, From Underdog to Wonder Dog, and Saucy Aussie Living: Top 10 Ways to Get a Second Leash on Life which she published with two of her canine kids.

Sean Moffett of The Moffett Company says "business IS personal" and I absolutely agree with him. [Source: The Moffett Company.com] After the financial crash we witnessed in 2008 the landscape we do business in has changed. Back then we used language like customer satisfaction and exceeding expectations. Today, we see our clients now know their dollars are far more precious than ever before. That's the new economy. As a result, our clients are no longer looking to be satisfied - they need to be electrified! We need to do more than just exceed their expectations, our clients are looking for authentic care - a true reciprocal relationship. They will invest in us as we invest in the them. While it's true that excellence in your field is critical, it is also true that the process by which your clients receive your goods and services is becoming equally important. So in effect, our ability to deliver our expertise is directly linked to our ability to control the experience for our clients. Drop the ball somewhere in the process and chances are, your competitor will pick it up. You need to create an environment where your customer comes first! Sales excellence and sales success are Sean Moffett's passion. Developing those traits in others is his mission. Through years of dominating the markeplace in his fields Sean has identified the three things individuals and organizations do to force themselves into sales mediocrity.  Want to know what you are doing right and what you are doing wrong in sales? Tune in!

Mike Stenger is a Social Media Specialist who's been heavily involved with various platforms for the past 7 years. In 2005 while still in high school, Mike used Myspace as a primary traffic and lead generator for a few of his early businesses. Since 2010, he's been devoted full-time to the social media space and has worked with clients ranging from personal brands to the city of Myrtle Beach." Investing time on Twitter, Facebook or Google+ but not getting the best results? Or are you new to social media marketing and are just not sure what you should focus your time and attention on for the best results? Mike will share with us the 4 pillars to social media success. We will also be talking about the psychology of social media. Why we do it and why it works or doesn't work for us.

Felicia J. Slattery, M.A., M.Ad.Ed., is a speaker, communication consultant and author of Cash in on Communication and Kill the Elevator Speech. Felicia works with small and home-based business owners, experts and entrepreneurs to help them more effectively communicate their messages in order to get more prospects, more clients, and more cash flow while building and maintaining strong relationships locally, nationally, and virtually using the Internet and public speaking. Felicia lives her life with energy, passion and enthusiasm because she realizes each moment is precious. After nearly losing her life during childbirth in 2004, a little more than a year later she began to put her communication and public speaking talents to use to create a positive impact on the world. Felicia holds two Master’s Degrees: one in Adult Education and Training and another in Communication. Her enthusiastic passion for communication is contagious because she knows that one important message delivered with power can transform a life. A mom to two young daughters and wife to an entrepreneurial husband, Felicia knows what it takes to build a successful and fun business that feeds your soul in the midst of a busy life.   

Nancy Marmolejo cut her teeth in business running the snack bar at her Dad’s flea market in the era of feathered hair, tube tops, and Aqua Net. It was the greatest place on earth to learn branding, guerilla marketing, daring publicity, and customer service. She credits her late father for being the best business mentor a girl could ever have. Years later, she became an inner-city teacher where she fine-tuned her abilities to see the potential in everyone she met. In 2003, Nancy launched her own business and quickly made her mark as a creative strategist, early adopter and innovative thinker. Fast forward to today and Nancy’s achievements are many: national winner of the 2006 Anna Maria Arias Award for business innovation, Entrepreneur of the Year from the National Hispanic Women’s Association, over 100 media credits (including Smart Money, the Orange County Register, Redbook), featured in 5 books on business and social media, named to numerous “Best Of” lists from social media innovators to marketers, and a respected expert with a loyal following from around the globe.

  Theodore Henderson is a certified career advisor, author of both the best selling book “The Wisdom Compass: Your 31 Day Journey to Wisdom Filled Living” and the audio series “The Intelligent Career Manager”, as well as a professional speaker and trainer. He is well versed in the uses of Social Media for online branding and as a twenty-year veteran of the Information Technology area he is able to leverage this knowledge on behalf of clients when appropriate. When Theodore was last on the program we ran out of time and did not get to talk about his book, The Wisdom Compass. There is no shortage of self-help books or programs that promise to make you more successful. But what if the key to a wise and successful life was actually written thousands of years ago? Inside the Book of Proverbs, Theodore discovered secrets he used to become a successful entrepreneur, powerful businessman and passionate mentor. He devised a 31-day journey that is based upon teachings which have influenced the spiritual and personal development of countless people. And now he wants to share those secrets with you. www.TheWisdomCompass.comwww.TheodoreHenderson.com

  Known as “The Micro-Entrepreneur’s Mentor,” Susan Baroncini-Moe has been mentoring entrepreneurs and small business owners for over fifteen years. A veteran of the web industry, Susan has leveraged her unique fusion of business and technological knowledge, her experience in the personal growth industry, and her incredible brainstorming capabilities to transform businesses around the globe. Specializing in working with micro-entrepreneurs (a word she coined to refer to businesses owned and operated by one or two people) in the service industry, Susan works with clients on four continents and is a sought-after trainer, business and marketing consultant, and public speaker. She holds a Master’s degree in social psychology, was trained by Nightingale-Conant, and is a certified practitioner of neuro-linguistic programming. She has read over 1,500 books on business, entrepreneurship, marketing, branding, sales, personal growth, creative thinking, and peak performance. She has started successful businesses in both the profit and non-profit sectors, and has worked in academia and corporations. She has interviewed some of the most successful entrepreneurs, bestselling authors, and experts for her podcast, Business in Blue Jeans Radio, and has self-published three books and has been a featured contributor in two books. Susan’s first entrepreneurial venture was a grape Kool-Aid stand in her front lawn (because everyone else was doing lemonade) when she was six. As a teenager, she ran a nannying and lawn care empire in her neighborhood. Because of how she has structured her businesses, she has traveled the globe and has tried over 100 hobbies and pasttime.

Author, speaker, internet consultant and blogger.  Rosalind Gardner returns to Your Partner In Success Radio to chat with me about being a successful, and HAPPY entrepreneur.   Contrary to popular belief, creating a sustainable business on the internet is not particurlarly complicated or even all that difficult. It does require passion, perserverance and a plan. Rosalind begin her internet odyssey in 1997 and was so passionate about and interested in building the life that she desired by building an internet business that she was able to leave her job as an air traffic controller in 2000. Keep in mind that though this was just over a decade and a half ago, that *gasp* WordPress did not exist, nor did social media. The internet was pretty basic and raw at the time but she was still able to connect with thousands of people from around the planet through her gardening and seed exchange web site. There was no such thing as downloadable e-books or guides and you couldn’t watch training videos because YouTube did not yet exist.   Her e-business success has since been profiled in many venues and she is the author of The Super Affiliate Handbook which is one of the most popular books on affiliate marketing.   

This week I am visiting with fitness professional Peter San Nicolas. Peter has been a part of Ramona Fitness Center since age 11 when his late mother bought him a membership to the club.    Peter competed in his first Bodybuilding Competition at age 14 and competed for the next 6 years winning Mr. Teen San Diego, Orange County, and Border States.    After studying Marketing at San Diego State University, Peter purchased the club at age 23 and did a complete 2 million dollar remodel in 2005.     Peter has been a personal trainer since age 16 and is committed to giving his clients his full attention and strives to be the best part of their day.     Peter is always striving to increase his knowledge in the fitness field with certifications from the National Academy of Sports Medicine, the Titliest Performance Institute and he is a CrossFit Certified Trainer.  He is also part of a group of 25 elite trainers as member and contributor to the Todd Durkin Platinum Master Mind Group.   Peter's Ramona's Trainer column reaches 60,000 people each week and includes motivational, nutritional, and inspirational advice on fitness and wellness.     We are going to be talking about entrepreneurism and the exemplary customer experience that Peter brings to the table every day.

This week I welcome back to Your Partner In Success Radio Author and Speaker Bob Burg. Although for years he was best known for his book Endless Referrals, over the past few years it’s his business parable, The Go-Giver (coauthored with John David Mann) that has captured the imagination of his readers. It shot to #6 on The Wall Street Journal’s Business Bestsellers list just three weeks after its release and reached #9 on BusinessWeek. It’s been translated into 21 languages. It is his fourth book to sell over 200,000 copies. Shifting your focus from “getting to giving” is not only a nice way to live life…but a very financially profitable way, as well. When Bob Burg, coauthor (with John David Mann) of the international bestseller, The Go-Giver, speaks about “giving,” he’s talking in terms of “constantly and consistently adding value to the lives of others.” When you can take your focus off yourself and shift it onto how you can be an asset of value to other people, you’ll plant seeds of goodwill — of great will — that will come back to you many, many times over. And, not because of some magical, mystical type of thinking, but because it makes absolutely practical sense.”

Let’s face it. People are not as successful as they want to be, as rich as they think they could and should be, or even as happy as they want to be. And that is the truth. And when you couple these very normal and natural thoughts with persistent economical / political low-level dread, there is some real room for mental and emotional improvement just to survive the evening news! Larry Winget is known as “The Pitbull of Personal Development” and is a 5 time New York Times / Wall Street Journal bestselling author and somebody you see on TV a lot. Larry is a regular contributor on Cavuto, Fox News, and other news networks.  Larry has partnered with national bestselling author Bob Burg (The Go Giver),  Chief Fascination Officer of Fascinate, Inc., Sally Hogshead and leadership development speaker & consultant Mark Sanborn to create A Year of Success. Together they have reached over 1,000,000 people with their messages, all over the globe. And  A Year of Success is the combination of all of the best work they have developed over the years of their careers and is now available to the public in weekly bite-size, easily digestible chunks.  In A Year of Success, the four of them will teach you, challenge you, provoke you, and push you outside your comfort zone to the point that you win bigger, faster, smarter results. Click here to watch videos.

  Lisa Manyon is an award-winning, #1 bestselling author, copywriting strategist and master of powerfully communicating marketing messages to increase results. A leading expert in copywriting, Lisa successfully challenges the notion that “copy is king,” with her message that copy is actually QUEEN, strategy is KING, and together they are the key to creating strong and effective results. She is the creator of the new marketing model for success that’s changing the way people market today. Lisa tuned into tactics that consumers, especially women, were turned off by. She recognized that standard marketing techniques, especially in the copywriting arena, are antiquated and not as effective as they once were including; hyped-up claims, overly “sales-y” spiels, hard-sell tactics, broad-based messages, scare tactics, stretching the truth, false claims of scarcity, over-dramatizing pain and problems and more, Lisa shares a better way. She’s found that the traditional copywriting formula of “Problem. Agitate. Solve.” isn’t resonating with women. Women are looking for solutions to their challenges. What’s really working is her new copywriting formula of “Challenge. Solution. Invitation.” In the traditional formula we’re taught to highlight the issue, we’re told to agitate that issue to focus on the pain points and then we solve the problem. Manyon believes people are in enough pain. We don’t need to be agitated to make a decision. In fact, especially for women, when someone acknowledges our challenges (and really understands where we’re coming from), provides a helpful solution and extends a friendly invitation, we’re more likely to take action. Nothing truly flows when it comes from a place of pain and fear.

This week we are talking about the Virtual Assistance / Online Business Management Industry.  I will be chatting with Nekiwa Smith of Optimal Admin Virtual Solutions and we will be exploring everything from new business start-up to how to find and retain clients while building your professional team.   Virtual Assistance is an explosive growth industry and is not for the faint-hearted, but if you possess an genuinely entrepreneurial soul and a fire in your belly to succeed in a business that you envision and build, then we are here to help.