
Eloquence Communication John Jantsch (Duct Tape Marketing) is just SO good at this small biz marketing thing! Here's ANOTHER excellent, hugely useful post on how to speak to groups for free and get lots of leads out of it. I can personally attest to the huge value in speaking for bringing in new clients. Do it! Speak!
Source: www.ducttapemarketing.com

Eloquence Communication Got your Essential Brand Message all tidy and brilliant? In case you could use a little help, here's a blog post with Three Essential Questions to ask yourself - plus the 5 minute audio from my recent talk on the subject.
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I recently did a very short talk at The Network of Entrepreneurial Women monthly meeting on ways to power up your Essential Brand Message. I only had five minutes (yes – ANOTHER five minute talk opportunity/stressor) to bring real value to this group. ...

Eloquence Communication All Public Speaking is NOT Created Equal - blog post. Reflections on my Ignite Bend experience.
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It takes more than 5 minutes just to get my three daughters from the living room, up our short flight of stairs and into the bathroom to brush teeth at night (often 2X 5 minutes.) You can be five minutes ...

Eloquence Communication Want brilliant tips on how to use Facebook for Business? Excellent article by John Jantsch of Duct Tape Marketing - TONS of moves you can make to protect your privacy a bit and enjoy both Facebook worlds (personal and business).
Source: www.ducttapemarketing.com

Eloquence Communication Would LOVE to see you at the Fall Femme Festival this Saturday October 17th at St. Charles, 9-4pm. Come have SPA treatments, attend mini-workshops (I'm facilitating the Building Business with Soul workshop), and make lovely connections with good people. Plus - it supports the Women's Resource Center. Learn more at the Women's Resource Center Link here.
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Built on a partnership model of community members, organizations and businesses, our non-profit organization provides education and training, sliding scale counseling, support services and resource referrals to effect positive change for individuals.

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What is your verb? http://www.eloquencecommunication.com/bl og/?p=133
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Nancy Duarte, who wrote Slide:ology, an excellent book on how to create great presentations, says her verbs are “conquer and liberate” while her husband’s verb is “relax” – a fascinating combination – and one to which I personally relate. ...

Eloquence Communication Here's a little video clip of my talk last month on Being Your Brand in Social Media at the Network of Entrepreneurial Women's meeting. Plus, a little sneak peak reveal of the new brand I'm building...
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Here’s a clip from a talk I did at Network of Entrepreneurial Women last month with my friend and colleague, Lynn Wenger of Webprodigy.

Eloquence Communication Transparency Tips for Business. Good ones.
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Transparency is a big issue in social media because customers now demand it. But what does it mean to be transparent and how can your business start doing it?

Eloquence Communication Sometimes really strange things arise as one goes through the logo process... words, images, color-mixes conspire in strange ways, causing roadblocks and conundrums. Hoping we resolve the current issue so I can reveal our NEW NAME and NEW BRAND **very** soon. I am SO excited...

Eloquence Communication Ever get seduced by one of your own ideas? Yea, me too. Posted tips to myself on the blog. Maybe you'll find 'em useful.
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You are peacefully walking along, minding your own business, and suddenly this BRILLIANT idea shows up! It feels like making eye contact with the most gorgeous person in the room and noticing that they aren’t looking away. ...

Jenny Emmert Berg Michelle, I wanted to let you know that I joined Twitter after last week's NEW meeting and received a client who lives in NY. Amazing!!!! Thank you for the encouragement on this. I had been reluctant to incorporate Twitter. I will let Lynn know, too.

Eloquence Communication This is such a simple and useful intro to setting up a Facebook Fan Page for your business.
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If you don't already have a Facebook Page for your business, you need one. It's a perfect way to engage customers and keep all your company info in one place.

Eloquence Communication There is Magic in Naming. It gives you a reference for Action. Nancy Jane Smith wrote a lovely, useful blog post (inspired by City Slickers, no less!) about naming your Values. Check it out.
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This weekend a friend of mine and I were watching the movie City Slickers. In the movie Billy Crystal and his friends has gone a vacation to a ranch to drive cattle. While there he meets an old cowboy named Curly (Jack Palance). ...

Eloquence Communication Eloquence is getting a shiny new name (and a whole new outfit to go with it!)... get ready... the big reveal coming soon...

Eloquence Communication Are you building (or considering) a new website? Here are Seth Godin's (brilliant, as always) questions to ask yourself before you venture on. For me, they are perfectly timed... I pasted them into word and am answering them right. this. minute.
Source: sethgodin.typepad.com
I don't do any consulting, but that doesn't stop people from asking me questions. The most common question people ask me when they want a new website is, "If you were in charge of this, who are the 2 or...
















