About Maria Marsala

An irrepressible entrepreneur, Maria Marsala sold AVON at age 14 and landed on Wall Street three years later. She became a bond trader when female executives were as rare as pink diamonds. For 25 years, Maria streamlined Fortune 500 companies, nurtured non-profits, and discovered her niche—mentoring women CEOs and executives. Armed with corporate secrets and life coach credentials, Maria founded Elevating Your Business to help female financial professionals live better using her proprietary brand of consultative-coaching. Contact Maria today and take the first step toward freedom, full-fillment, and a sparkling quality of life!
13 June 2022

19 Best Practice Systems for Growing Businesses

2022-08-07T16:11:46-04:00June 13th, 2022|Leadership|0 Comments

Best practice systems identify the bottlenecks in your workflow. Creating systems involves examining a process step by step so that you find hiccups and other problems. The process of defining and refining your workflow with systems makes your business run smoothly. Which of these best practice systems is your firm missing? Use the list below to check which basic best practice systems your firm is missing or that you feel needs some help. To grow your business, add or update these best practice systems. Business Naming – A process of listing attributes of or descriptive words for a business, product, or service to brainstorm a one to three-word name by which to identify it and/or market

12 June 2022

Inspired Change: 101 Coachable Areas to Transform Your Business & Life

2022-08-07T16:11:46-04:00June 12th, 2022|4. Consultative Coaching|0 Comments

The life of your dreams is closer than you think! Inspiring change lists places in business or life to review for improvement.   Your ideal life and business are intertwined.  Often, you’ll hear me say, “Life happens when you run a business.”  What I mean by that is: issues in your life affect your business and vice versa.  More than that, if you are prone to, for example, to procrastination or disorganization, chances are 99.9% that those issues show up in both your business and your personal life.   “All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.” – Walt Disney   Choosing to Embrace Change Whether you aim to grow personally or

2 June 2022

Sendy for Large Email Lists and Savings

2022-08-20T19:38:47-04:00June 2nd, 2022|Technology|0 Comments

If you have an email list of over 2,000 subscribers and want to reduce your email marketing costs, consider Sendy.  I've been using this email newsletter program since 2016.  It is also useful if you have multiple email lists to manage. What is Sendy? Sendy is a newsletter or ezine service that makes it possible to send authenticated bulk emails to people who have given you permission to do so.  You can set up an email to go out right away or schedule it for any time in the future.  Sendy has a low price without sacrificing deliverability (so your emails don't end up in spam folders). Additionally, for each "list" you set up, you can

1 May 2022

5 Effective Ways To Reach New Clients

2022-08-07T16:11:47-04:00May 1st, 2022|Niching & Attracting Ideal Clients|0 Comments

One of the ways to gather topics for an article you write, are by answering questions or reading questions on social networking sites.  That's how this article started.  I was on Alignment.com and someone asked, "What's The Most Effective Way To Reach New Clients". I started writing and it took a while for me to stop.  I turned what I wrote into a top 5 article.  Here it is! Pin down your niche - the general "who" you work with best, and then get specific by identifying your ideal client characteristics.  Marry your passion, products/services, and profit level within your niche.  If your marketing is great, but hasn't yet worked for you, go back to Step

8 April 2022

5 Ways To Grow Your Client Base

2022-08-07T16:11:47-04:00April 8th, 2022|3. Marketing|0 Comments

Each person finds success in different ways.  Integrate some of these tips and no matter what kind of business you’re in or for how long, your business will grow with clients you love to serve! Way #1: Nurture a Niche and Create an Ideal Client Profile Your business grows more easily and is more profitable when you choose a niche and create an Ideal Client Profile. A niche is a general category based on a population, passion, or product/service. For example: high-net-worth individuals, small business owners, divorced executives, and health enthusiasts. While an Ideal Client Profile may contain demographics, such as gender and income, it also includes geographics, psychographics and values. How do you spot your

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