You 15 Minutes Of Fame

I am so excited about video. I know you all have heard me talk about this before, but I am telling you that this is a great way to grow your business. You can become the star of your own show with video and grow your business at the same time. I set a goal for myself to produce and distribute at least one video per week and because of this I have seen my visibility on the Internet increase. People are starting to contact me from all over asking questions about their business and how they can take it to the next level.

Since I did my movie RISE, I’ve been asked to be apart of other film projects and this is so exciting. Here is a prim example. I was asked to do a cameo in an upcoming film called Don’t Blink playing myself. I got to play myself and talk about my business Sister Inc., my books and my film. When I finished shooting my segment people who were watching the taping said that my part sounded so real and I told them that it was real. Because I was asked to do a cameo in this film I picked up two new clients. One was interested in starting a clothing line while the other one wants to write and self-publish a book. Can you see how my business is growing and how using video can help you grow your business?

Don’t be afraid of using a video to grow business. I know some of you maybe saying I don’t like the way I look on tape and I will tell you that you can create a video for your business and you don’t even have to be in it. However if you want that 15 minutes of fame you have to become the face of your business.

Until Next Time
Much Success
Audrey

Audrey is the President of Sister Inc. She also writes a monthly business column for Essex Times newspaper. Audrey is the author of The Sister Inc Blueprint For Starting And Running A Successful Business and the executive producer for her new film RISE: An Entrepreneur's Journey To The Top.

Running Your Business In A Recession

Running Your Business In A Recession

By now I am sure that everyone is aware that we are in a recession and for those of us who run our own business we are feeling the pinch. But there are some of us who are doing just fine despite the fact that the economy is bad right now. I believe the reason for this is because they understand that this is one of those times that you have to really beef up your marketing not cut corners. You have to really make sure that your advertising and marketing campaign is doing the job. If your funds are low you may want to get back to some grass root marketing like flyer distribution or passing out buttons or t-shirts. The holidays are slowly approaching did you think about holding some kind of holiday promotion? Below are a few ideas for you to think about.

You must be proactive in this recession not reactive
Find a partner to do a co-op marketing campaign with you
Ask for referrals
Get back to your roots

We can get through this, we jus have to stay focused and keep moving strategically.

Until Next Time
Much Success
Audrey

What Women Business Owners Can Learn From Barack and McCain

Man what a great day Nov. 4, 2008 was. This is a day that will go down into our history books. I don't think I've ever felt as proud as I did yesterday. I don't think I've ever felt as hopeful as I did the very moment I saw 294 in the electoral votes for Barack. Even though I got up at 5 am yesterday so that I could vote and went to bed around 2am last night, I awoke at 7am this morning because I could not sleep. The reason I could not sleep is because I could not stop thinking about something that Barack said in his speech last night. He said that he could not have made history if it wasn't for his team and all of the hard work that they did on his campaign. Just think about this. Outside of the people who live in Chicago, most of us never heard of Barack Obama until 2 years ago and today he is the President of the United States. Our President! Can you just imagine what would happen if you assembled a team and worked tirelessly for two years on your business? Can you imagine if you had that special group to help cheer you on when you felt like giving up? Well I don't know about you, but I can. I can visualize where I will be in the next two years. I know that I will grow my business into a multi-million dollar media empire. Why do I know this? Because I learned a lesson from both Barack and McCain. Two years ago they came on the scene and we had no idea who they were but their plan was to introduce themselves to us so that in the end they could get what they really wanted which was the presidency. They both put together a team and their journey began. Although McCain fought a good fight, his strategy was not as strong as Baracks. Baracks team put together a strategy that lead him to his ultimate goal which was hold the top leadership position in our country.

What lesson did I learn you may ask? Well I learned that no man is an island. I learned that to reach the goals that you set for you and your business you have to be crystal clear about what you want without a doubt in your mind. I learned that you need the right strategy and the last thing that I learned is that you need the right team to help you carry out that strategy. So I say to all of you who have goals of having a successful business, take a lesson from the candidates and do what they've done.

Audrey is the owner of Sister Inc. which is a company that help women start their own business. She is also the author of The Sister Inc. Blueprint For Starting And Running A Successful Business. Audrey writes a monthly business column for a newspaper and is the host of Master Mind Mondays radio talk show host. Audrey is also the executive producer of her new film RISE: An Entrepreneur's Journey To The Top. http://www.SisterInc.com Audrey@sisterinc.com

Audrey's 16 Week Challenge

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I am happy to be a part of the 16 Week Challenge.  Once again I am taking part in the challenge.  Andrew Morrison is breaking new ground for small businesses and I am happy to be a part of it.  http://www.sisterinctv.ning.com  http://www.sisterinc.com

Create Your Own Video For The 16 Week Challenge

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This video will show you how to create your own videos.  You will find out what equipment you buy for a very small fee to get you started.  http://www.Sisterinctv.ning.com People who are going to take the Andrew Morrison 16 Week Challenge will find this information very helpful.

Marketing With Newsletters

Newsletters are a great way to market your business. You don't have to make them complicated, just make them informative. Take a look at the video.

For more information on marketing with newsletters send me an email at Audrey@sisterinc.com

Great Marketing Tool

I just recently found out about a great marketing tool if you have a product to sell. It is called Google Base. This maybe old news for some, but for those of you who are just hearing about this for the first time this is a great opportunity to get your product out there. Go to Google and set up a Google Base account. Once this is done you will then be able to upload jpegs of you product write a brief description and then upload. I don't think there is a limit to the number of products you can upload. I only uploaded two. My book and my DVD. I am looking forward to seeing the results over the next 30 days which is the maximum amount of time the product will be listed.

Every little bit helps.
Much Success
Audrey

What's The Big Idea

There are many of you out there with a big idea and are afraid to tell anyone with the fear that someone my steal it. There are ways to protect your ideas. Below are just a few ways to do this.

1. Have the person sign a non-disclosure statement before you share your idea.
2. Apply for a provisional patent
3. Apply for copy rights if it is written
4. Apply for trademarks if applicable.

What I would suggest is that you contact an attorney who can help you better protect your idea. This way you can move foward with your plans. In order to take your project to the next level you will have to be able to talk about it. I would also suggest if you are using a business plan be careful about who you let take a look at it, because of all the work you've put into your project. If you need help with the business plan check out your local SBA or Small Business Development Center.

How To Be A Frugal Millionaire

I just finished up an interview with Brenda Hendrickson who is the author of How To Be A Frugal Millionaire. This book is a really easy read with a lot of helpful information to help you become a frugal millionaire. Brenda explains in the interview that being frugal doesn't mean that you have to deprive yourself. To listen to the interview go to http://www.blogtalkradio.com/sisterinc

Creative PR

I love coming up with ways to get the word out about my business. Back when my partner and I started the doll company we didn’t have any money so I had to be creative. To this day I still love to be creative and from being creative I was able to get over $25,000 in free publicity for our company. I almost went into the Public Relations field and sometimes I think I should have because I think I am kind of good at it. Anyway I know that most of you know that I recently released my film RISE: An Entrepreneurs Journey To The Top. Before I shot the film I started thinking of all of the ways that I could market the film. So what I want to do right now is share with what I did as part of my PR campaign and maybe you can use it or something similar in your business.
I made a list of business and women magazines. I then ordered a case of popcorn and packaged the popcorn with the DVD and my press release in a big envelope and sent it out to the editors of the magazines. I will let you know how that went, because I just did this.
When it comes to getting the word out about your company you have to come up with a strategic plan and be creative. PR is one of the best ways to get your name out there. I know a lot of people talk about advertising, which can also be good, but most people will believe in your product much faster if they see a story about you in their favorite publication or on the news. I remember when I was on the John Walsh show. That was amazing because the show was national, so family members all the way down in Georgia saw me. That boosted the company so much and our credibility. It was around that time I decided to write the books about starting your own business, because so many people started coming to me about learning how to start a business and I figured now was the best time for me to get the book out there to piggy back off of the momentum I had going.
Until Next TimeMuch SuccessAudrey
Audrey is a business coach and the author of The Sister Inc. Blueprint For Starting And Running A Successful Business. She is also the executive producer of the film RISE: An Entrepreneurs Journey To The Top. To reach Audrey write to her at Audrey@sisterinc.com

The Release Of RISE

I am so excited about the new release of my movie RISE: An Entrepreneurs Journey To The Top. This movie is about me and all of the businesses I've started over the years. I share my ups and my downs of being a business owner. The movie has been so positively received that an Internet Reality show is in the makings. So take a look at the trailer. To order a full copy of the dvd go to http://www.Sisterinc.com/rise.html

Start Using Video To Promote Your Business

By Audrey Bell-Kearney

As a business owner one of the keys to success is having a great marketing plan that is working. There are so many ways to market your business it is impossible to do them all, unless you have a team working with you that you can delegate to. I try to practice about 5 marketing techniques on a regular basis and I will share them with you.

Article writing
Blogging
Publishing an Internet newsletter called an e-zine
Sending out press releases
Flyer and post card distribution

Recently I got into using video to market my business and this is a great way to get your name and your face in front of potential clients. I know some you maybe thinking I don’t have a clue about how to use video and I will tell you it is as simple as buying a web cam or Flip video. Figure out what you want to say and record. Once you record you can upload your video to the Internet in a matter of minutes. A note here; make sure that your video is no longer than 10 minutes. Most of the video sharing sites will let you upload only 10 minutes of video footage. This process is so simple that my 9 year old niece can do, so I know you can. There are so many places out there that you can upload your video. You can actually have your own TV show right on the Internet. I’ve video on my website, I video on my social networking pages and my TV channel on a few of the video sharing sites. You owe it to the success of your business to check this technique out. Don’t Be The Last One To The Party.

I will be holding a workshop on Internet marketing in October. If you are interested in attending please email me and I will send you more information.

Until next month
Much Success.

Audrey
Audrey Bell-Kearney is the successful author of The Sister INC. Blueprint To Starting & Running A Successful Business, with 2 other books in The Sister INC. Blueprint series. She is also the Publisher of Sister INC. Magazine. Audrey is a speaker and home-business coach. To contact Audrey visit www.SisterINC.com or email her at Audrey@SisterINC.com

Doing A Business That You Love

I've been a full-time business owner now for almost ten years. One things that I found over the past nine and half years is that if you are not doing a business that you love, you will not be successful at it. Let me repeat that. If you are not doing a business that you love you will not be successful at it. When people come to me about starting their own business I always ask them what kind of business will they be starting and why did that choose that business. 95% of the time they tell me that they need to make some money and that they feel that this business would help them make that money that they need. Money should not be your main reason for starting a business. The reason I decided to start my business is because I wanted to be free to move around. Does that statement sound familiar? Well it should because it is from a commercial that I've heard or seen, but I don't remember which one. Anyway I started my business because I needed that freedom and I am glad that the money came with it. But let me just say this it didn't happen all at once. It took a long time for me to stop chasing the money and figure out what I really wanted to do. The funny thing here is that I was doing what I loved to do all along and did not even know it or I did not recognize it as a business.

I love being an entrepreneur and I love talking about business and marketing and all that stuff. Once I realized that I could turn this into a business, I had to then figure out how to do it. So I decided to host a radio show which I loved, but the producer would not let me expand the way that I know I could have, so I resigned. Then I went on to host a television show spotlighting women in business and this was good, but I wasn't making any money. I also published a magazine spotlighting women in business, but this is a very expensive venture. I loved all of these things, but I had to figure out a way to do them all with a clear goal in mind which became to get noticed and perfect my craft instead of making money being my main goal and that's when things started to turn around.

The Internet has made all of these things possible and really inexpensive to produce. Now I can be an Internet TV show host a radio show host and a publisher and still reach my goals of perfecting my craft and getting noticed.

So if you are thinking about starting business make sure that you have a crystal clear goal in mind pick a business that you are passionate about, create an action plan and take action.

Until Next Time
Much Success
Audrey

In Celebration Of Black History Month

February is Black History month and I just wanted to share this short video that I did about Madam CJ Walker. She is one of my role models. I always tell myself that if she could become successful in her time, then there is no reason that we can't become successful in today's time. We have so many more resources available to us. She had a plan for what she wanted to do and she worked really hard to do it. She has left behind a legacy and a very inspirational story for any entrepreneur who may be struggling.

The one thing that I know will never change I don't care how many years go by is that you have to be passionate about what you want and you have to believe that you can have what you want. Once these two very critical components are in place the answers that you seek will appear. Although I love what I do, I sometimes get overwhelmed and off track, but once I stop and think about what I love and why I am doing what I am doing, I am back on track again.

We have so many role models that have gone on to become extremely successful. There is a saying that "Success Leaves Clues". Find you a role model and start to make your dreams come true.

Audrey

Apples And Oranges Don't Mix

I had a coaching session yesterday with a young woman who came to see me because she wanted to start her own business. I always get excited about meeting with entrepreneurs. When our session started I asked her what type of business did she want to start and told me that she wanted to start two different businesses and attach them together. One of her businesses was an event planning business and the other business was a cupcake business. I personally could not see how these two businesses would work out unless her company would be planning cupcake events. She said that wasn't trying target kids, so I was really thrown off with the cupcake idea. So my advice to her was this.
1. Apples and Oranges Don't Mix
2. She had to make a decision on which of the two business ideas she was really passionate about.
3. She was advised to learn more about her market
4. She was advised that she needed someone on her team who had knowledge about which ever business she decide on.
A lot of entrepreneurs make this same mistake. They have so many ideas and they want to do all of them at once. In reality you can do them all, but not at once, because if you try to do them all at once nothing is going to get done. You need to be able to focus on your business so that you can grow. If you are stretching yourself between two or three different businesses they will all suffer.
Now if you are looking to add another income stream try and come up with something that will compliment your core business, this way you won't feel like you are starting a totally new business.

Audrey Bell-Kearney is the President of Sister Inc Network and the author of The Sister Inc Blueprint For Starting And Running A Successful Business. She can be reached at 973-762-4300 or Audrey@Sisterinc.com http://www.sisterinc.com

Affiliate Money

I love the Internet. People are making millions of dollars everyday on the Internet either by selling products that they own or being an affiliate for someone else and selling their products. I do a lot of Internet marketing for my business. It wasn’t until about a few months ago that I took affiliate programs serious. I know that there are a lot of people who make a ton of money just selling other peoples products, so I decided to sign up for some of these affiliate programs. I only joined the ones that compliment my website and the business that I am in. I also joined programs that I use to help me market my business.

Well I am excited to say that from my first program I earned $0.46. I know that this is just a small amount of money, but I earned that money doing absolutely nothing. I posted some ads on my Sister Inc blog at www.SisterInc.blogspot.com and that is all that I did. Someone must have stopped by and clicked on one of these ads and I made $.46. If that did not excite you, then let me tell you about the next payment that I received. I use a program called Audio Acrobat. This program allows you to record information interviews, trainings and seminars right from the comfort of your home and then make them available from your website and other places that stream audio. Well I am always telling people about Audio Acrobat because I love the service. I got an email saying that I had a new referral. I had forgotten all about the fact that I had joined the affiliate program until I get this email. So I decided to sign into my Audio Acrobat to see if I had made any commission and sure enough I had made $26. Well I was so excited, I decided to write this article and share this excitement with all of you. I know that some of you will read this article and ask why am I so excited about making $26.46 and my answer to you will be this. I earned that $26.46 doing absolutely nothing but signing up to some affiliate programs adding the codes either to my website or my blog and that’s it.

The reason I wanted to write this article, is because I know for a fact that there are thousands of affiliate programs out there that you could join and 95% of them are free to join. I bet that you can find an affiliate program about something that interest you and set up a simple website or blog and start marketing that site making some extra money. Amazon.com has an affiliate program that you could join. Then there is Clickbank.com which is where you can find thousands of ebooks and digital products that you can sell and make a commission. Here is two that I think you may like and you can get a FREE CD http://AJBK.TheSecondTier.com/freedvd. Check out this one also to see how much you can make
http://N7R7yT5P.12monthmil.hop.clickbank.net.

Don’t take my word for it go to the internet and read some of the affiliate marketers success stories and get inspired to start making some extra money with affiliate programs that you like.
Audrey Bell-Kearney is the owner of Sister Inc. She is the author of The Sister Inc Blueprint For Starting And Running A Successful Business. She can be reached at Audrey@sisterinc.com or by calling 973-762-4300 or visit t

Feeling Funky On Friday

I was feeling a little funky today. I was having a real hard time focusing. I couldn't figure out what I should be doing even though I have a schedule. I call this the Entrepreneur Blahs. Sometime this will happen to you. I think that as entrepreneurs we think that we should be doing something all the time when in reality, you have to take a minute to stop and be still just so you can focus.

One of my goals for my business is to try and blog everyday. I try to do this early in the morning when I am fresh and can think clearly. Well today wasn't one of those days when I woke up clear and feeling full of energy. Right now as I type this it is about 3:50 eastern standard time. I will give myself credit that even though I started late I still accomplished this daily goal.

The funny thing about Friday which is today is that I had said that I was going to make that my fun day, but being the workaholic I am, I find this really hard to do. I feel so guilty when I am not doing something towards creating a successful business. My goal is to become a millionaire by the end of this year. So when I roll into 2009, I will have achieved a very huge and important goal for me. This will be good, because my daughter is graduating from high school and off to college in the fall.

So that's my spill for today. So I guess my message today would be to give yourself permission to take a break.

Audrey

Guerilla PR

One of the best ways to get your name out there is through PR. Some people have mastered the skill of PR and have actually used what’s called guerilla pr to get mass exposure for their business. When you are trying to find ways to get noticed you have to think outside the box and strategically. If you are not in the position to hire a Publicist, then you will have to learn all that you can about how to use pr. That’s what I did.

My Case Study

When I started my first company, my partner and I did not have a clue about marketing or pr. We just jumped right in and started doing a business that we did not know about as well. We quickly realized that we needed people to know that our little doll company existed. I remembered a book that I had read about 3 years earlier called The Personal Touch by Terrie Williams. Terrie Williams was a publicist for top mega superstars like Eddie Murphy at the time. In the book she made some really good points about giving everything that you do the personal touch and also how to think outside the box so that you get noticed. So when I started this new company with my business partner I read the book again and from this reading I came up with a guerilla pr idea that got my company written up in a national magazine. So I am going to share with you what I did.

We were new and trying to get our name out there, so I decided to put together this pr plan that would help us. Here is what I did.

I went to the library and the book store and I pulled all of the magazines that I wanted my company to be featured in. I find out who were the editors and wrote down their names and addresses.
When I thought about doing this plan it was a few days before Valentines Day, so I went to the 99 cents store and purchased candy, small white gift boxes, tape and Valentine gift wrapping paper.
Then I went home and typed up a press release and put it in the box with the candy. I warped the boxes so that the back of the boxes was left open for the address. I put together 20 boxes like this and mailed them off.

What Happened Next!

Well I got a call from a national magazine called Emerge and they wanted to run our story. I was so happy, but before they could actually run the story the magazine folded. But it did not stop there. The story then got picked up by another magazine called Heart& Soul. They called me to tell me that they wanted to run the story and I was elated. They sent out their photographer and he took the pictures for the magazine story in my apartment. They ran almost a half page story under their Sisterhood Network section and our picture was right there on the page with song diva Kelly Price. We got major attention and it just kept coming. So now you can see how powerful guerilla PR can be.

Audrey Bell-Kearney is the President of Sister Inc Network and the author of The Sister Inc Blueprint For Starting And Running A Successful Business. She can be reached at 973-762-4300 or Audrey@Sisterinc.com http://www.sisterinc.com

Can You Really Be Broke And Bankrupt And Start And Run A Successful Business?

For Immediate Release:
January 22, 2008
Contact: Audrey Bell-Kearney
973-762-4300


According to Audrey Bell-Kearney who is the author of The Sister Inc Blueprint For Starting And Running A Successful Business the answer is a resounding yes.

When Audrey started her business back in 1999 not only was she broke living pay check to pay check, but she had bad credit because she had filed bankruptcy at age 24. On top of that she was also a single parent. Fast forward nine years and Audrey is still a business owner. She has been running her business from home full time for the past nine years. Although it wasn’t easy, it was a labor of love. Audrey feels that anyone who has a passion and a lot of faith can start and run a business no matter where you are in your life. She was really just one pay check away from being homeless, now she owns her home in suburban New Jersey. Her 10 steps to starting and growing a business are.

Find something that you are really passionate about
Become an expert in your field and learn all that you can learn
Learn how to power focus
Ask for help and don’t try to do everything yourself
Learn how to say no to yourself for buying things that you really don’t need
Build strong relationships
Surround yourself with positive like mined people
Don’t chase money
Believe in yourself when no one else will
Keep the Faith and Pray

These are the steps that Audrey used to grow her business. Her business has allowed her work from home for the past nine years. She was there for her daughter when she was just a little girl now her daughter is almost 17 years old, driving and has a business of her own following in moms footsteps.

If you ask Audrey would she do it all over again, her answer is yes without even thinking about it. The freedom that you get when you are an entrepreneur is just something that can’t be put into words. Yes it is a lot of hard work in the beginning, but once you fine tune your business and put some systems in place your hard work becomes fun work.

Just believe in yourself and make a decision that no matter what happens you will stick to your dream until your business is successful.

Audrey Bell-Kearney is the owner of the Sister Inc Network. She is speaker, trainer, coach and the author of The Sister Inc Blueprint For Starting And Running Successful Business, How To Become A 6 Figure Sister and The ABC’s of Self-Publishing. For more information Audrey can be reached at 973-762-4300 or email her at Audrey@sisterinc.com visit her website at www.sisterinc.com

Guerilla Marketing

Guerilla Marketing
By Audrey Bell-Kearney

If You Build It They Won’t Come

So you’ve started this business and you are so happy. You have a nice website and some products and you are going to make millions. Now two or three months have passed and you start to feel that pinch because not only are you not making millions, you’re not even making a dollar and you start to worry. I can almost bet you that you are not marketing the business effectively. When you start a business you must market it. I don’t care how nice your website is or what a great product you have, if no one knows about you, then you really don’t have a business.

Marketing will be key to your business success, so the first thing you need to determine is who wants to buy what you are selling? Once you have determined this you have to develop a plan to let your future buyers know that you have something that they want. Then you have to actually take action on your plan.

You know who your market is and you are ready to take action. You start marketing and your sales are slowly coming in, but you want to ramp them up more, so this is where guerilla marketing comes into play. I am going to give you five guerilla marketing ideas that you can implement and for cheap.

1. Get a magnet for your car to put on the side doors ( I had this one)

2. If a you don’t want magnet then you can get a name plate to put on the back of your car ( I now have this one)

3. When I go to the gym I wear a t-shirt with my company name and logo on it and this always start conversation

4. Speak for free. That’s right I said free. Whenever you speak to an organization or church for free you great exposure and an opportunity to perfect your speaking skills. If you have a product to sell, you also get the opportunity to sell your product to the people in the audience.

5. Create your own holiday. This can be a great marketing technique and a lot of fun. Can you just imagine having your own holiday and making it known to the world so that they can celebrate?

These are just a few guerilla marketing techniques that you can use to grow your business, but there are so many more. The general idea is to take your marketing step by step using a strategic action plan.

Audrey Bell-Kearney is the President of Sister Inc Network and the author of The Sister Inc Blueprint For Starting And Running A Successful Business. She can be reached at 973-762-4300 or Audrey@Sisterinc.com http://www.sisterinc.com

10 Tips For Moving Your Business Forward In 2008

By Audrey Bell-Kearney

As we close out the last quarter of 2007, we can reflect back on how business was for the year and then create a vision for what we want to see happen in 2008. So I wanted to share 10 helpful tips with you for preparing your business for 2008

1. Visualize in detail what you want this year. Be very specific and write it down on paper.

2. Create a goal list for what you want to see happen for 2008

3. Take a look at your business to see if you are hitting your target market. If you are not then, take some more time out to see just who your target market is.

4. Write out your marketing plan for 2008. This is why it is really important to know who that market is so that your plan can be geared toward them.

5. Get rid of all unnecessary stuff. For example books, papers, old business cards etc. Just clean house. Another thing you may want to do is to take a look at money that you are spending on services that you don’t use. I did this recently and realized that I was spending $450 a month on services that I have not used since the day I signed up for them. Now I can take this $450 and reinvest it back into my business

6. If you are working alone, you must build yourself a small team. This will help you move forward, because members of your team can take on projects that you don’t like and are not good at.

7. Find some partners that can help you grow your business. This may be someone in a non-competing business. The two of you can cross promote each other.

8. Do some networking this year. Create great relationships. After all great relationships help your business grow, because people do business with people they like.

9. Educate yourself on your industry. If you want to be an expert in your field you have to stay on top of the things that are happening. You must make a commitment to yourself that you will continue to learn. Buy videos, go online and read about what’s happening, go to the library, go to workshops, get on tele-seminars, buy training CDs and subscribe to industry magazines and publications. Do whatever you have to be that expert that people seek out in your field.

10. Surround yourself with positive people. I can’t tell you how important this is. When you are around positive people your mind set will be positive. If you are around people who aren’t doing anything but complaining and moping around, this will bring you down and make you unproductive. Find positive people who are doing the things that you like or things that are similar and surround yourself with them.

Happy New Year
Audrey

Audrey Bell-Kearney is the President of Sister Inc. and the author of The Sister Inc Blueprint For Starting And Running A Successful Business. For more business questions or to book Audrey for a speaking engagement email her at Audrey@sisterinc.com or call her at 973-762-4300