Denise Griffitts - Your Partner In Success™ Radio!

This week I welcome to the show Debbie LaChusa, The Business Stylist™. She is known as the business stylist because she helps others design a tailor-made business that reflects their personal style and brings them more fun, fulfillment, and financial abundance. An international speaker who has shared the stage with celebrity teachers from “The Secret,” she has inspired audiences in the United States, Canada, and Australia with her message of personal and business empowerment. She began her entrepreneurial journey 21 years ago, well before telecommuting and working from home were “in” and years before we all had cell phones and personal computers. Since then she has owned and operated 8 different businesses. She chronicles much of that journey in her highly acclaimed book, The Career-at-Home Mom: Secrets for Earning a Six-Figure Income While Having Time for Your Family. Debbie shares her business and marketing expertise frequently in the media and has been featured in Entrepreneur Magazine, Inc.com, Forbes.com, CNBC.com, Home Business Magazine and The San Diego Business Journal. She was also chosen as one of five expert bloggers for the Yahoo! Small Business blog. Debbie will tell her story and share her experiences and what they have taught her about creating and marketing a successful business.

Marsh Engle is an International speaker, author, LifeVision Coach and the CEO of Marsh Engle Media, a mass media personal development company offering creative resources essential to the success of women. Her clients include media personalities, coaches, entrepreneurs, authors, leaders of women’s organizations and those in the transformational arts. Passionate about helping people build lasting success, Marsh has spent over a decade facilitating hundreds of hours of coaching – especially to women – helping them to deepen their relationships, reveal their authentic power and turn their greatest passions into real world results. Her program, AMAZING WOMAN POWER 100 brings together women from around the world to create one of the most creative and transformational years of their life. In her book, “The Essentials of Feminine Success” she teaches the guiding principles every woman must know to embrace lasting creative freedom. In 2002 Marsh was honored with a United States Congressional Proclamation for her leadership in establishing the Amazing Woman’s Day initiative designed to celebrate creative innovation and ignite transformation among women. As author of the acclaimed Amazing Woman Amazing World book series, Marsh has gained the opportunity to interview hundreds of feminine leaders including California First Lady Maria Shriver.

A life-long bookworm with a passion for training others, Lynne Klippel is the co-founder of Love Your Life Publishing, Inc., which has helped nearly 500 aspiring entrepreneurial authors through the process of planning, writing and publishing their books. She focuses exclusively on non-fiction, business-building books that are designed to help coaches, speakers, small business owners, and spiritual practitioners write books that get them more clients, media attention, and additional income. Klippel stays extremely busy coaching, teaching, and finding ways to help authors get their books out of their heads and into the hands of eager readers. She is also the host of two radio shows, Book Bites Talk Radio and Web Sorority Talk Radio which bring inspirational interviews to writers and women business owners.

This week I will chat with George Krueger and Mary-Lynn Foster of BIGGSuccess.com. We will be talking about "Entrepreneuring in Times of Uncertainty". What it means to live life on your own terms. • Why tough times are ripe with opportunity for entrepreneurs. • Why entrepreneuring is about your life AND your profession.

Christine Kloser is an award-winning author, speaker, coach and publisher. She helps forward-thinking entrepreneurs discover their core message, share it with the world… and grow their business. She does this by helping entrepreneurs write, publish and market their signature “business building” book, and together with her business partner in Love Your Life Publishing, Inc. she’s helped nearly 500 entrepreneurs because published authors… and has taught book writing, marketing and publishing classes to thousands of aspiring authors around the world. As an author herself, Christine has appeared in dozens of media outlets including the Los Angeles Times, Atlanta Constitution-Journal, Leadership Excellence, Entrepreneur Magazine and on Fox News.

In May 2001 Jon sold his company for $12 million dollars – mostly shares and debentures, only to see the dot com bust erode away his personal wealth to practically nothing by 2007. This as it turns out was the catalyst that caused him to pursue his present endeavor in the world of social media. Today, the PI Social Media Network is viewed as being one of the top networks in the industry in terms of innovation and quality of content. The flagship Procurement Insights is actually the number one sponsored blog in its industry sector in total number of sponsors, and industry followers rate the PI Window on Business Show as one of the most popular in North America. Besides writing more than 1,200 articles and white papers, Jon is also a highly regarded speaker addressing audiences of all sizes ranging from 10 to 20 people in a seminar to giving a keynote address to 400 professionals at major conferences. Prior to completing this book, Jon had finalized the agreement to write a second book on the emergence of the So Act social network. This second book has now been released as an eBook with the paperback version becoming available starting in February 2010 through distributors such as Lulu, Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble. Jon's third book, a collaborative effort with "The Cop Doc" Dr. Richard Weinblatt titled "Tasers, Abortions and Parenting: Behind The Curtain of Policing America" is scheduled for release in September.

Todd Durkin is a performance coach, personal trainer, bodyworker, and motivational speaker who educates and inspires people worldwide. He is the founder of Fitness Quest 10 in San Diego, CA, named one of the Top 10 Gyms in the US by Men’s Health. Todd trains dozens of NFL and MLB athletes, including Super Bowl XLIV MVP Drew Brees, former NFL MVP LaDainian Tomlinson, and athletes such as Aaron Rodgers, Kellen Winslow, Shawne Merriman, and a host of others. He currently works with 9 NFL quarterbacks. Additionally, he has trained one Olympic Gold Medalist, an MLB Champion & MVP, two X-Games Gold medalists, 2 Heisman trophy winners, and tens of thousands of other elite and amateur athletes as well as fitness enthusiasts.

Peggy McColl is a New York Times best-selling author and an internationally recognized expert in the field of self-help and Internet marketing. As an entrepreneur, business owner, mentor and professional speaker Peggy has been inspiring individuals to pursue their personal and business objectives. She provides effective Internet marketing solutions for entrepreneurs, authors, publishers, professionals, and business owners, who want to establish an online presence, achieve bestseller status, build their brand, grow and/or expand their business online.

I am delighted to welcome back to the show Jack Humphrey who is a blog marketing expert and author of one of my favorite blogs — Friday Traffic Report. Jack is the author of a staple in my entrepreneurial library called The Authority Black Book which is 67 pages of resources for social marketing domination, buzz generation, higher rankings and endless traffic. It is also a FREE download. You can find some of Jack's products here: Blog SuccessBlog Talk Monitor Free Download Twitter Method Utility Poster We will be talking about:Authority is everything: rankings in the engines, successful product sales, high traffic site, online and offline success, and every successful site and individual shares it without exception.Go for authority and rankings, traffic, sales, gigs, fame will follow.Go for anything else first, failure will follow.A new look at what really matters most in Internet marketing above all else and how to do it.Blog promotion, social marketing, and link building tips. Please join us in the chat room or on the phone during the interview if you would like to ask questions of Jack.

Larry Winget, Pitbull of Personal Development joins me to discuss how he uses social media, why his website looks so very different from everybody else's, and just about anything else we feel like covering! We will also talk about his most recent book, Your Kids Are Your Own Fault. You are very welcome to join us in the chat room to ask questions of New York Times Bestselling Author, Television Personality and Award Winning Professional Speaker Larry Winget.

This week I interview Matt Clark of Tweet Pages. By maximizing your online presence in social media with a custom twitter background, you increase your followers and stand out from your competitors. Matt will share his story about how Tweet Pages was founded and has grown from offering simple, but beautifully effective Twitter backgrounds to creating complete social media branding packages to maximize your business / personal branding. Matt will offer advice about online branding as well discuss as some of the online tools that he uses and recommends. Tune in for the opportunity to save 10 percent on your custom order.

This week I welcome brand strategist and award-winning BrandU co-creator Kim Castle as she shares the real definition of “conscious business” and why developing your brand is imperative for a thriving business. Kim Castle, co-founder of Intention Products, is a business visionary, author, and entrepreneur, and has been working alongside Fortune 500 companies and guiding small business owners for almost two decades. She has indelibly touched thousands of small business owners and entrepreneurs throughout the world with her brilliantly insightful message and powerful entrepreneurial curriculum that she and partner W. Vito Montone developed into “BrandU.” The BrandU Business Profit System is a process-based results-driven, three stage approach to business development, created especially for creative entrepreneurs to grow beyond the confusion of possibility to the power of extreme clarity—from idea, to brand, to sales in the market.

This week I will be interviewing two very interesting guests who have teamed up to bring a cutting edge process to create real breakthroughs in money and increase your business. Nan Akasha, CHT is a hypnotherapist, a Spiritual Money Attraction & Wealth Creation Mentor and Wealth Esteem expert. A #1 bestselling Author of Already Rich! Secrets to Master Your Money Mind. Loren Fogelman. Since 1984, Loren has provided support through therapy, focusing on the mindset to help her clients reach their peak potential. Loren is a masters level therapist passionately devoted to helping her clients reach their peak potential. She is also a certified advanced Emotional Freedom Techniques Practitioner. Nan and Loren are going to share with you the 5 key areas people and entrepreneurs get stuck in creating more income, attracting money, and building a business and a life aligned with purpose and passion. Together, these ladies have created a new program called Wealthy You: Creating Breakthroughs in Money which will be available in early August, 2010.

This week I chat with one of my absolute favorite online entrepreneurs, Rosalind Gardner. Her book "The Super Affiliate Handbook; How I Made $436,797 in One Year Selling Other People's Stuff Online" is one the staples in my entrepreneurial library. Using a step-by-step plan to help you build you online business, this book answers all the questions you may have about affiliate marketing and many more that you didn't know you needed answers to. Not only is this book one that I consider an important addition to any small business owners library, the Super Affiliate Handbook is stocked in libraries and used in University and College ecommerce courses. For more information click here.

Your Partner In Success Radio Show This week I interview fee-setting expert Tom Buford. Do you ever feel like you... Get nervous when you discuss your fees because you feel unprepared and self-conscious? Are frustrated by the number of hours you have to work because you’re trading time for money? Have been undercharging for the amazing results you know you deliver but are unsure what to do about it? Are hungry to raise your rates, but you're nervous about the reaction you will get from your clients? Are completely OVERWHELMED? Every day, service professionals are leaving hundreds and even thousands of dollars on the table by undercharging for their valuable products and services. Tom Buford, founder of ChargeWhatYouDeserve.com is a fee-setting and marketing strategist and he'll be revealing common mistakes that service professionals make when setting prices and fees and how they can instantly overcome them. Whether you’re just starting your business or you’re a seasoned veteran, Tom’s advice can help you add thousands of dollars to your pocket. Imagine what it would feel like to... Double your current fees and know that you can get it Have complete confidence when telling prospects what you charge Be a sought after EXPERT in your expert Get on the fast track to charge what you deserve and dial in on Friday, July 9th to listen to Tom Buford live. He will even stick around for Q&A if you need. If you have any questions you would like to ask Tom, or to speak with us live please join us in the chat room or on the phone.