Poulsbo, WA—May 14, 2013—Maria Marsala, a Kitsap-area based consultant and executive coach, has been chosen as one of four experts featured during Staples’ Small Business Month promotion, “Moving Your Business Forward”.   Staples is showing appreciation for its small business customers by featuring helpful articles by the top four contributors to its LinkedIn group, named SUCCEED: Small Business Network.  Staples is also hosting a “Push It Forward” contest, which will award three businesses $50,000 in free digital marketing.   Staples’ Small Business Month promotion began on May 1st and will continue through May 31st.  Marsala’s contribution will be featured on the SUCCEED group and the Staples website  May 19th through May 25th.  Her article offers small

Poulsbo, WA—May 18, 2012—Local organizations, associations, and schools can raise funds with AVON’s best-selling products. Since the “AVON Foundation for Women” started in 1955, it is the world’s largest corporate-affiliated philanthropy and it has raised more than $860 million in more than 50 countries for causes most important to women – breast cancer research and efforts to reduce domestic and gender violence.  With AVON, Independent Sales Representatives are able to host independent local fundraisers to raise money for causes that are important to them, their customers and consumers with AVON’s popular products.   “Since the 1990’s, I’ve noticed that more limitations are being placed on fundraising efforts," states Maria Marsala, AVON Independent Sales Representative. "In my

For Immediate Release Contact:  Maria Marsala Elevating Your Business 19906 Hamilton CT NE, Suite A Poulsbo, WA 98370   “Local Entrepreneur Selected ‘Top-Idea Maven’ by 2012 Woman’s Advantage Calendar” Thought-Provoking Advice for Female Business Owners Available Today Poulsbo, WA—October 27, 2011—Maria Marsala, business strategist and coach to accountants and financial advisors, contributes sage advice for the second time to The Woman’s Advantage Shared Wisdom Calendar.   Marsala’s entry, “It’s OK to fire your clients”, was selected from over 5,000 submissions. The Woman’s Advantage 2012 Calendar provides sound bites of advice to female business owners from influential women leaders across the US and Canada.  It covers key business issues including: organization, promotion, sales, and human resources.  

Poulsbo, WA—June 30, 2011—Poulsbo resident and native New Yorker, Maria Marsala—a.k.a. Coach Maria—was recognized as one of the World's Top 30 Coaching Gurus, a distinction awarded by Coaching Gurus International.  http://tinyurl.com/coachguru Coaching Gurus International surveyed 22,000 business owners, consultants, academics, and MBAs from around the globe to nominate top professionals in the coaching industry.  Candidates were rated on originality of ideas, practicality of ideas, coaching results, presentation style, international outlook, impact of ideas, quality of publications and writings, dispersion of publications and writings, public opinion, and the guru factor. The survey asked participants to vote for the world’s most influential coaching professionals from an estimated pool of 100,000 candidates worldwide.  The candidates were rated on their

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