Denise Griffitts - Your Partner In Success™ Radio!

Please join Your Partner in Success, Denise Griffitts as she interviews Mastermind Groups Facilitator Karyn Greenstreet. Karyn Greenstreet is a small business coach and a mastermind groups facilitator, and the owner of The Success Alliance, a website devoted to helping mastermind group facilitators start and grow their own mastermind groups. She has spoken at three ICF conferences and numerous ICF Chapters on business-building topics and action planning. She has been creating and running mastermind groups since 1994 and she contributed to Joe Vitale’s book on mastermind groups, Meet and Grow Rich. Karyn holds a B.S. in Business Administration and Management, and is a certified Adult Education Trainer. She has postgraduate work in Business Administration and Computer Systems, and is a graduate of CoachU.

Relationships can be compared to a garden in that they require attention and care in order to flourish. A garden requires sunshine, water, good soil, fertilizer, and a caring and knowledgeable gardener to tend it. If all, or most of these things are not provided then the garden will suffer. So it is with personal and business relationships. For those of us who have developed virtual, online relationships with clients, colleagues, business associates and friends, there are certain critical distinctions and skills that can allow those relationships to flourish and prosper. By not recognizing and utilizing these skills you may well find your relationships in the weeds. (Pun intended!) Please join me as I welcome “Successful Relationship Coaches” Paul and Layne Cutright to the show. In this interview Paul and Layne will be sharing relationship wisdom garnered from their 30+ years as international relationship experts, best selling authors, trainers and coaches to help you create satisfying extraordinarily and successful relationships.

Business blogging expert Denise Wakeman is an online marketing advisor and founder of The Blog Squad. With more than two decades of business and online marketing experience, she helps authors, speakers, service professionals, and small business owners optimize and leverage great blogs as well as strategically use social media tools to gain visibility, build credibility and manage their online reputation. Denise has been using the Internet as a marketing tool since 1996; she writes regularly on 3 blogs and has co-authored many blogging programs including "Build a Better Blog," “Better Business Blogging” and “The Blog to Book Project.” She frequently speaks at conferences and workshops about business blogging and how to create massive online visibility as well as gain expert status through social marketing. You can learn more about Denise at www.DeniseWakeman.com.

Colin Arthur is a singer/songwriter, author/speaker, entertainer and founder/CEO of fastcreative.com. He lives in Vancouver Canada with his wife and two daughters. Colin's passion is music as well as marketing and design. He has records and tours the world with legendary classic rock icon, Randy Bachman (of the Guess Who and Bachman Turner Overdrive) and has for over 17 years. He has four nationally released CD's and is a past winner of the American Song Festival. Colin gained his experience as the Creative Director of advertising for Vancouver's two major daily newspapers, The Vancouver Sun and The Province. He founded Fast Creative in 1997 and went on to work with many dot com companies during the boom of the 1990's. It was during his contract with an online advertising start-up that Colin exhibited at his first ad:tech conference and discovered the power of Internet marketing. Colin now speaks internationally on marketing and web design, using rock and roll as a metaphor. He reveals behind-the-scenes stories from the rock'n'roll tour bus that illustrate usable techniques you can immediately use to become a rockstar in any business. Colin co-authored The Constant Conversation and The Cashflow Conversation with SEO expert Colin McDougall and he is promoting his new book “Advertise To Yourself” that looks at the subconscious effect of motivational advertising. Colin is passionate about inspiring you to become all that you can dream. He has always followed his passions and believes if you follow your heart you'll find true wealth and success.

On this week’s Your Partner In Success BlogTalkRadio show I will be welcoming world class speaker Craig Valentine. Craig is the author of “The Nuts and Bolts of Public Speaking” and co-author of “World Class Speaking”. Craig will share his 5-part formula for making a content rich speech. We will also discuss the following topics: How can people present with impact and persuade with ease? How do you hook people into your presentation from the beginning? How can you structure your presentation to make your audience want to hear more? What is the real essence of public speaking and persuading with impact? What separates the excellent from the average? How can you sell people on taking the next step whether it's investing in a product or service or simply buying into an idea?

Our BlogTalkRadio show this week will focus on just what is involved in creating a good business plan. If you are a newpreneur, this show will show you the 5 essential elements of an effectice and actionable business and marketing plan. My guest is Carma Spence-Pothitt who has more than 20 years marketing and public relations experience under her belt. She has worked on campaigns for organizations such as City of Hope National Medical Center, The Marine Mammal Center and Champagne Deutz. She helps authors, speakers, coaches and other info-service professionals develop and nurture a business they love through better marketing, branding and web presence. We will be covering: What are the five essential elements you need to create a business and marketing plan that is easy to use and moves you toward your vision? What is the difference between the Vision and the Mission statements? What are the best types of objectives to include in your plan? How do strategies differ from the action plan? Once you've created you plan, what do you do next? Time permitting; we will open up the call for questions and answers. Please be sure to login to the chat room to ask questions during the call. We look forward to “seeing” you!

Lou Bortone is a long-time marketing and branding consultant who helps entrepreneurs build breakthrough brands on the Internet, with services such as online video production, video branding, coaching and creative support. Lou is a former television executive who worked for E! Entertainment Television and later served as the Senior Vice President of Marketing & Advertising for Fox Family Worldwide, a division of Fox in Los Angeles. Lou is an author and ghostwriter of six business books, a Certified Guerrilla Marketing Coach and a Book Yourself Solid Certified Coach. We will discuss why now is the best time to jump on the online video bandwagon and what the benefits of having a strong web video presence are. Did you know that since the dawn of YouTube, marketing with video has become the best way to connect with customers and drive sales? In fact, studies show that video is 600% more effective than text alone in delivering your message. 600%! Do you need to know some quick, easy and free ways to distribute your video? Lou will cover thoroughly cover that topic. He will also offer tips for optimizing your videos and how to make your videos more interactive and viral.

Judy Peebles, 'The Journaling Jenius' has taken a life-long passion and turned it into a highly successful consultant business. Judy advocates the use of a business journal to help you monitor your business activities, record your payouts, deposits, cash receipts, and withdrawals. Not only that, she says that regularly using your business journal as a "success journal" allows you to imagine and envision your business growing and succeeding. Once you hit your milestones, it can be very important to go back into your journals and see just how far you have actually come with your business model.

Ford Myers was a guest on 5/29/2009 and his topic was so important and I had so many questions, that we decided to have a "special edition" interview. Ford will share the number one secret to job search success and what the first five things that someone should do immediately after being laid off from their job. Ford Myers says that every company is hiring all the time. How do you approach a company about a job when they’re not advertising any openings? And whom do you call? You CAN find a job in a bad economy – but not with conventional search strategies. To win a job now, you need a recession-proof plan. Ford's new book “Get the Job You Want, Even When No One’s Hiring” explains why your chances are better than you think, and gives you the strategies to land your dream job. These skills and techniques are well-known to those inside the career coaching field, but little known to most job hunters. This practical book includes insider secrets and powerful job-search tactics that readers won’t find anywhere else!

I am delighted to have the opportunity to interview Jack Humphrey this Friday on my BlogTalkRadio show. I have been tagging around after Jack on the internet for many years now. Why? Because Jack is a ten year veteran internet marketing consultant, blog marketing expert, and author of one of my very favorite blogs, The Friday Traffic Report. He is also the author of the Authority Black Book and Social Power Linking which is now no longer for sale as a stand alone product but has been incorporated into his Blog Success membership . If you don't yet have your free copy of the Authority Black Book, RUN and get that free download. This book is, has been, and continues to be a very important part of my entreprenurial success library. Each time this book is updated, I download. You should too. We will explore the world of social media marketing and networking during this interview. Everyone has heard of the power to brand, engage, link, and network to further their business. But relatively few people get as much out of it as the pros talk about. What do people need to do to engage in a successful campaign? How do you coach people to keep from getting overwhelmed with all the information and sites they belong to? Where would someone best start getting into social media marketing if they only have so much time to do so? And more!

Given the current state of the economy and the job market, this is going to be a very important interview. Please join me as I interview author and career coach Ford Myers. Ford will share the number one secret to job search success and what the first five things that someone should do immediately after being laid off from their job. Ford Myers says that every company is hiring all the time. How do you approach a company about a job when they’re not advertising any openings? And whom do you call? You CAN find a job in a bad economy – but not with conventional search strategies. To win a job now, you need a recession-proof plan. Ford's new book “Get the Job You Want, Even When No One’s Hiring” explains why your chances are better than you think, and gives you the strategies to land your dream job. These skills and techniques are well-known to those inside the career coaching field, but little known to most job hunters. This practical book includes insider secrets and powerful job-search tactics that readers won’t find anywhere else!

One thing Virtual Assistants, Web Developers, Online Business Coaches and other people who work largely in front of a computer screen all have in common is that we work largely in front of a computer screen! This means that we can quickly become tired, experience eye strain and back aches, weight gain and just generally begin to feel run down and cranky if we don't take control of our lives and incorporate physical activities into our work day. One thing that we all share with the rest of the world right now is what I term "news driven economy stress". No matter what your industry, whether you are self-employed or employed outside of the home, economy concerns seem to be driving stress levels to very high levels which can affect your health, your mental acuity, and your relationships. Did you know that recent research indicates certain forms of exercise requiring a fairly consistent repetitive motion can alter one's state of consciousness? Described by some as moving meditation, the physiological effects of regular participation in these activities is very similar to what happens when one practices meditation. Breathing and movement, act as a mantra and may in part be responsible for the feelings of calmness and tranquility claimed by some in response to exercise. Coach Frank Dolan will talk about easy and effective ways to manage stress with physical activity. He will talk about how working non-stop can actually hurt your productivity and why you should take regularly scheduled quick exercise breaks during the day. This call is your opportunity to ask a world class fitness expert questions that will help you positively impact your physical and mental well-being.

Ben Cope, "The Internet Genuis" will be re-joining me on BlogTalkRadio tomorrow as we continue to delve into WordPress and the business benefits of using Wordpress as a CMS (Content Management System) to power your static html website. Ben will explain why you don't have to have web development or html experience to use Wordpress as your website or blog. These days most hosting companies provide the ability to install Wordpress on your website with a single click of the mouse and we will furnish you with a link to a step-by-step Godaddy installation video after the interview. WordPress is an Open Source software which allows it to be used free of cost and you can use it on any kind of personal or commercial website. We will also discuss the top five essential WordPress plugins that you must have running on your blog. Do you know what permalinks are and why they are important? Ben will tell you about them.

Ben Cope, "The Internet Genius" is a DotComPreneur, Web Designer, and Internet Marketing Consultant specializing in high-end, custom websites, including WordPress blogs. Ben earned his sobriquet "The Internet Genius" because of all the people whose websites helped to build and saw immediate changes in fortune. I work with Ben a LOT and can tell you from the heart that he is internet marketing savvy, well versed in code, and a top notch graphic designer.

We all know or understand the "Law of Attraction", but just what is the "Law of Receptivity"? Michelle will explain that "The Law of Receptivity" is the missing key to your success and is the gateway connecting all your dreams into reality, connecting all your desires with action, and all of your intentions with clarity.