23 September 2009

Selected As a “Top-Idea Maven”

2022-08-07T17:47:15-04:00September 23rd, 2009|Press Releases|0 Comments

Maria Marsala Selected As a “Top-Idea Maven” by The Woman’s Advantage Entrepreneur’s Advice Featured in 2010 Woman’s Advantage Calendar Poulsbo, WA – Maria Marsala, Profitability Expert at Elevating Your Business was selected from over 3,500 submissions to be featured in The 2010 Woman’s Advantage Shared Wisdom Calendar. The calendar provides advice for women business owners from influential women leaders across the US and Canada. Mary Cantando, Growth Expert of The Woman’s Advantage, today announced that Maria’s advice will be included in the calendar which is to be released this month. “Maria Marsala’s quote was selected because it was simply powerful yet easy to understand. Her idea “Excuses are soul-killers” is relevant to almost every woman in

5 July 2009

Give-aways: Good or Bad?

2022-08-07T17:47:17-04:00July 5th, 2009|3. Marketing|0 Comments

They aren’t for everyone. “Basically” the way they work is that you give them some of your intellectual property (offer to give people an audio, ebook, report, etc) as a gift to post to a page on a website with other gifts. When someone joins the list of the creator of the give-away, they get the new subscriber. Then their new subscriber is taken to the gift page and hopefully decides they want your gift AND subscribe to your list. Then you send them the gift you offered or make it available as a download (easiest way to go about it) MY HISTORY I’ve joined a few that have brought me hundreds of new subscribers, 1

23 May 2009

Twitter Tips

2022-08-07T17:48:08-04:00May 23rd, 2009|Social Media|0 Comments

Sometimes I hear of new technology advances and I scratch my head. I did that a few years ago when I first heard of Twitter. But about three months ago, I bit the bullet and started @mariamarsala Then a week later, 9 people were following me. I was amazed. Today more than 500 individuals, I’m thinking, based on the content, that they’re business owners are following me. So today, after 2 1/2 months Twittering or Tweeting (the jury is still out on the wording) I provide you with the tips and tactics I’m using, so that you too can meet me on Twitter! 1. Keep every tweet you post in your a MS Word doc to

9 February 2009

Maria Marsala WINS CHIC OF THE WEEK AWARD

2022-08-07T17:48:11-04:00February 9th, 2009|Press Releases|0 Comments

For Immediate Release: Maria Marsala WINS CHIC OF THE WEEK AWARD Poulsbo, WA Feb 2009 – Maria Marsala was named the Chic of the Week, an award for women business owners this week by The Chic Entrepreneur. Maria will be featured on the ChicEntrepreneur.com website homepage all week with a full page profile highlighting her success in business. The Chic of Week Award was developed by Elizabeth Gordon author of the Amazon.com Women in Business 21-week bestseller, The Chic Entrepreneur: Put Your Business in Higher Heels as a way to help women in business highlight and share their success. Maria Marsala is the Senior Strategic Coach and Trainer at Elevating Your Business located at Poulsbo, WA

9 January 2009

Cold Call Scripts

2022-08-07T17:48:11-04:00January 9th, 2009|Networking|0 Comments

I submitted a question on Linked in regarding creating sales scripts… When creating your first script, let’s say for follow up with someone you met at a networking event, what recommendations do you offer a newbie to script writing? Do you recommend any websites as resources I received this great answer from John and have his permission to use it here on my blog. Enjoy. It’s full of great advice. When you look at developing a script, there are 6 steps to follow for the call to be effective. 1. Have clear and defined strategy, reason for the contact and best practices. 2. Understand each of the objectives you are attempting to reach. 3. Have an

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