Can we just get rid of just…
Gosh the first week of November already, I just realized it’s been awhile since I dropped you a note, so many things are happening here at Impression Engineers, we’ve been working hard to create new and exciting stuff for all of you.
Just a little rant first:
Can we just get rid of just….
"Just" is just one of those words that just annoys me. It is just so misused these days. It’s just used way to often. I was just writing a quick email to someone today—as I was re-reading before sending I noticed I had unconsciously just added the word “just,” and it just hit me! How demeaning, no, just demeaning doesn’t quite describe it, condescending, well maybe not just condescending, patronizing maybe, well, really it is just so limiting.
The actual word "JUST" doesn’t mean any of those ways I just used it. As an adjective it means to be guided by truth, reason, justice, and fairness and as an adverb it can mean within a brief preceding time, by a narrow margin or exactly. So exactly why do we just misuse the word so often? As a communicator it is incumbent on us to speak what we mean, without qualifiers. Wouldn’t life just be so much simpler if we just vanquished about 90% of the times we use the word “just?”
Okay – whew – glad that is off my chest.
Some of what we have been up to since my last note…we have a great Get More Clients through Social Media MasterMind group *f*r*ee to all of you every Monday at 10 to 11am Pacific. Come join us, share with us what is working for you and learn from others. To join in register at: http://sharonsayler.com/zyv. You only have to register one time, it’s good through the end of the year.
And this "just" in…exciting news! My new book was picked up by the publisher John Wiley and Sons. Due out in June 2010, What Your Body Says (And How to Change the Message) Inspire, Influence, Build Trust, and Create Lasting Business Relationships, is about we can communicate are message with congruence, confidence and clarity.
Popular today is the phrase "leading from influence," this leading from influence primarily assumes influence from verbal communication. As we all know communication is about more than words. You can say one thing with your mouth, yet your body may contradict you— so let’s have our body match what our mouth says… To get to the next level in your career, you must communicate with your entire self.
It has the straight-up "how-to" on unifying what you say with what you do with your body, allowing you to connect with others on a whole new level and reach your full leadership potential. Watch here for more about new book and workshops (and the process of writing a book under a tight deadline!)
Have a great day whatever your adventure
To Success! To Life!
Sharon
Our Radio Show Beyond Lip Service welcomes Pamela Harper this Tuesday November 10th. Pamela Harper is founder and president of Business Advancement Inc., a professional speaker, and author of the critically acclaimed book Preventing Strategic Gridlock®. We will discuss “The Keys to Credible Communication.” For over 20 years, Pam has helped companies going through gut wrenching change to accelerate progress toward their objectives. She has been featured in a variety of popular media outlets, including Business Week, Entrepreneur, and Investor’s Business Daily, and her articles have been published in a wide range of trade and professional journals—it’s going to be a great interview.
Join me this Tuesday 1:00 PM Eastern/10AM Pacific for Beyond Lip Service at
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/beyondlipservice
Isn’t it time to make the right impression online too?
Twitter, Facebook, Google, HTML, SEO… confused yet? With so much technology available today it can be overwhelming for you and your customers. We focus on website makeovers that make your website more profitable and simple to use. Let us show you how easy it can be by signing up for our free website makeover introduction. Your success is, our success.
Contact us today at support@impressionengineers.com to learn how quick, inexpensive and easy it is to get an impressive website and blog to market and monetize your passion.
Are you mis-using your imagination?
Beyond Lip Service welcomes Melissa Zollo! Her communication secret is one many share — to listen — yet Melissa, has her own unique way of understanding how we listen. Listen moment to moment, stripping away preconceived ideas of what we should hear and what we should respond with.
Her dynamic methods teach us to understand our accepted beliefs as error-patterns, once understood at the conscious level we can give full attention to educating ourselves in ways and beliefs that would better serve us.
Surrender that belief – use your inner resources to master your feelings. Break free, your destiny is not controlled by your thoughts. This is a misuse of our imagination.
Listen in on our interview, leanr more about harnessing the power if your imagination and Melissa Zollo, imagist, (imagination and law of attraction specialist), is the author of Discover the Power of Imagination – Melissa’s Secrets on the Law of Vibration CD program, and How to Unleash the Power Within and Attract Money audio programs.
After a serious and debilitating accident in 1992, she survived and rebuilt her life using the Power of her Imagination and Spiritual Principles. If one is thinking of using their Imagination creatively and wants to put the Law of Attraction into motion for successful results, then Melissa Zollo is the person who will help you achieve your goal. Melissa has a tremendous ability to inspire people and motivate them to rise up in consciousness, and attract results. Her clients call her the “how to lady”.
Currently Melissa is working on a 4 part ebook series — How to IMAGINATE & ATTRACT MONEY NOW. Sign up for her FREE daily tips and newsletter available at http://www.PresentMemory.com
Is it forgetting or believing….
A friend sent me this, I enjoyed reading it. I wish I knew who wrote it, it did not come attributed and a quick google search did not turn up a consistent author, I wanted to share it anyhow…
It sent another wake-up message from the universe that has been a consistent theme in my life this last month. You might laugh and recognize the theme…. I suggest that it is not so much forgetting as it is believing in the first place… I’m posting this for all my friends and readers of this blog — Thank you for being you; I appreciate you in my life more than you will ever know.
Have a great day whatever your adventure
Sharon
One Flaw In Women
Women have strengths that amaze men.
They bear hardships and they carry burdens, but they hold happiness, love and joy.
They smile when they want to scream.
They sing when they want to cry.
They cry when they are happy and laugh when they are nervous.
They fight for what they believe in.
They stand up to injustice.
They don’t take "no" for an answer when they believe there is a better solution.
They go without so their family can have.
They go to the doctor with a frightened friend.
They love unconditionally.
They cry when their children excel and cheer when their friends get awards.
They are happy when they hear about a birth or a wedding.
Their hearts break when a friend dies.
They grieve at the loss of a family member, yet they are strong when they think there is no strength left.
They know that a hug and a kiss can heal a broken heart.
Women come in all shapes, sizes and colors.
They’ll drive, fly, walk, run or e-mail you to show how much they care about you.
The heart of a woman is what makes the world keep turning.
They bring joy, hope and love.
They have compassion and ideas.
They give moral support to their family and friends.
Women have vital things to say and everything to give.
However, if there is one flaw in women,
IT IS THAT THEY FORGET THEIR OWN WORTH.
The 3 “S’s” of communication
Sarah shared with us the "3-S’s" of communication. They are give it to them
straight–no backstory or ;
simply–no apology or disclaimer;
with a smile–from your place of love and empathy.
Sarah Anand Anma has had years of experience researching, recording, and ultimately IMPLEMENTING the best techniques to optimize her relationships. From romantic to family, platonic to business, she has transformed her interactions with others to heart-centered and mutually beneficial connections.
Born from a desire to have the power to choose to act compassionately rather than react instinctively, she continues to gather all of the best teachings and integrate them into her own life and her practice. Sarah has executed these practices in her marriage, her family life, with friends and colleagues.
Sarah is highly intuitive and works with each individual as their specific needs determine. She offers very simple tools for shifting perspective that have profound results for both singles and couples.
She joined me on Beyond Lip Service where we focus on taking Action in Life. Go beyond just giving lip service to what we want to do! Every Tuesday at 10am Pacific join Sharon Sayler as we go beyond lip service.
ARE YOU ATTRACTING ENOUGH HAPPINESS INTO YOUR LIFE?
Beyond Lip Service welcomed Pat Mussieux
Pat is Founder of the company “Steps2Happiness”, and Creator of the “Steps2Happiness Home Study System”.
She specializes in helping female baby-boomers add more happiness into their daily lives by way of teaching mindset and goal-setting techniques. (www.steps2happiness.com)
ARE YOU ATTRACTING ENOUGH HAPPINESS INTO YOUR LIFE?
• Is it a struggle for you to find time for yourself?
• Are you noticing that life is slipping through your fingers? That you’re just ‘too busy’?
• Is your business or work taking over your life?
• Are you in a rut and feeling stuck?
• Do you wish you had more time to sleep, more time to play, more time with your family?
• Are your priorities out of whack because, perhaps, you have been caught in the ‘sandwich generation’ situation?
• Can you remember the last time you felt any ‘joy’? Pat will share with you the 4 major barriers to living a happy life and the 10 steps for getting past those barriers and adding more happiness to your daily life. These scientifically proven tips and techniques have helped Pat handle her divorce, the death of family and friends, the loss of a job, financial hardship, etc. and they can help you too! Listen in so you can get past that feeling of ‘overwhelm”, reduce stress, manage your time more effectively, and live your life by intent.
Beyond Lip Service is all about relationships, communication and success! Focus on taking Action in your life.
Go beyond just giving lip service to what you want to do! Every Tuesday at 10am Pacific join Sharon Sayler as we go beyond lip service.
If only I could see a way… what are your blind spots?
So… let me replay a recent snip of a conversation…
Have you seen the marketing of ‘X’ company?” (That concept) looks like it could be adaptable and transferable to your market…”
“But, I don’t do what he does…”
“Yes, I know, it’s about ‘the how’ of the delivery not the ‘what,’ let’s look at the structure; it could be a way to speak with your market that is new and relevant.”
“I’m not resisting you, but as I said I don’t do what he does….”
Here’s the thing:
Let’s be honest, we all have “blind spots” – things that we do day in and day out without really thinking about how it could be done smarter, quicker, faster, better….
As the label “blind spots” suggests these are actions, behaviors and beliefs that are not working to get us what we say we want and yet we can’t (or won’t) see for our selves they are not working. Most of the time our blind spots are all to obvious to others – isn’t that the old saying – can’t see the forest for all the trees….
Do friends, family or co-workers mention or tease you about the same thing over and over… Example…. I have a dear friend, no matter how many latest loves she introduces me to, it’s the same man, different body (syndrome)…. I ask myself “So why is she expecting different results?”
Come on folks, let’s get over ourselves. What are those things we continue to do — day in and day out — because that is “how it is done.” Or what about the ones we refuse to see or don’t see? I think back to a couple of my own that I refused to see… my reply was “You just don’t understand.” Funny thing was friends understood all too well, if I had only entertained the notion that there was another way to look at it.
If you’re having the same problems and frustrations over and over in your business (or your love life) then what’s important is NOT the beliefs about the messed up economy or the competition, or there are no good men or women left….
What’s important is you getting to the bottom of YOUR PART in these situations that are keeping you from creating what you want! (hint: YOUR BLIND SPOTS.) STOP and really take a look at what isn’t working, than try something else.
Share your comments please
Have a great day whatever your adventure
To Success! To Life!
Sharon
p.s. I have a favor to ask, if you enjoy the ramblings and rants of Best Impressions would you encourage others to join? I am trying to grow our community and the best way is to ask those that know and like you to ask their friends… hopefully they hang out with like-minded people right? Ways to join the community are right there on the right hand side of my blog —– that’s right see the twitter, facebook and Book Yourself Solid e course???
p.s. Our Radio Show Beyond Lip Service welcomes Pat Mussieux. Pat is Founder of the company “Steps2Happiness”, and Creator of the “Steps2Happiness Home Study System”. She specializes in helping female baby-boomers add more happiness into their daily lives by way of teaching mindset and goal-setting techniques. (www.steps2happiness.com) ARE YOU ATTRACTING ENOUGH HAPPINESS INTO YOUR LIFE?
Join me this Tuesday 1:00 PM Eastern/10AM Pacific for Beyond Lip Service at
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/beyondlipservice
Isn’t it time to make the right impression online too?
Twitter, Facebook, Google, HTML, SEO… confused yet? With so much technology available today it can be overwhelming for you and your customers. We focus on website makeovers that make your website more profitable and simple to use. Let us show you how easy it can be by signing up for our free website makeover introduction. Your success is, our success.
Join in Sharon’s Social Media Mastermind Call every Monday at 10am Pacific. run over to my contact me page if you would like to join us and l’ll send you all the great details!
Blogging and Social Media
A great interview just full of ideas for blogging, making money from your blog and using social media to gain leads and exposure.
• What is the purpose of your blog and what is your strategy for content, audience and advertising?
• How are you using social media to bring them back to your blog?
• When determining the niche for your blog answer what is the common passion and what are the urgent needs?
• Is the niche reachable and findable?
Andy is an award winning blogger and author of Blogwild: A Guide for Small Business Blogging. He’s been featured in The Wall Street Journal, USA Today and The Chicago Tribune as an expert in social media and related technologies.
To learn more about Andy, and his upcoming course titled: "The Only Integrated, Comprehensive Blogging and Social Media System" on blogging and social media visit http://andywibbels.com/mp/
Define your target market
Recently I was asked if I thought "Leaders who want to be more effective" was a good target market.
If you are just starting out the answer is no because—"Leaders that want to be more effective" is a good start yet spend some time and drill down further in two areas:
1. Define effective–it could be effective communicators, effective in HR, effective with time, in sales…
2. Narrow what types of leaders to start with. What is a business leader? Are you wanting C-LevelTop-Level Executive (CEO, CRO, CIO)? Or business leaders in the community, or….
You have to know where to find them… business leaders sometimes have associations and online forums, however it is better to go narrower than that, it could be sales leaders, church leadership, cpa leaders, boy scout leaders….
It is important to focus at first so you can narrow down where your target gathers in groups. As your reputation in your industry grows, the more you are seen as an expert in your field the easier it is to go larger, and be a bit vague…. (Be sure you know exactly your market though, do not be so vague you don’t know your target.)
How To Identify Your Most Profitable Ideas with Cara Lumen
HOW TO IDENTIFY YOUR MOST PROFITABLE IDEAS
1. Your idea has to be needed
2. You have to be passionate about them
3. You have to check out cost effectiveness, time effectiveness, profitability
ASK YOURSELF WHO NEEDS IT?
This is the most important clarifier you can choose. Ask yourself who needs this idea right now. Some of our ideas will be great fun to do but perhaps people don’t need them now – or ever.
4. Know your target audience. Know what changes have appeared in their lives. How have their needs changed? What are their most compelling desires?
5. Asking those questions alone will expand your list a hundred fold. Write those ideas down. Then circle the three ideas that seem to be the most needed.
6. Now identify the benefit in your offering. What’s in it for them? What will your product or service do for your target market? Write down the benefits they will receive for each of these ideas.
7. Then look for an emotion that your product will trigger. Emotion sells. Use that in information in your landing page copy. Will they feel relieved, more secure, will their body be more flexible, their relationship improved, their ability to succeed in their business enhanced? Make it about them and how they will change and what difference they will feel when they do. Before you consider bringing an idea to life see exactly where and how it will be of benefit to others.
DOES IT FORWARD YOUR BUSINESS?
Look over your business plan, your objectives for the quarter and see if this program or product will move you closer to your goal. Be sure the idea moves your business forward in the direction you have chosen to take it. Or, as an ever-creative entrepreneur, see if the idea takes you in a new, better, more appropriate direction and then follow that lead.
HOW PASSIONATE ARE YOU ABOUT THIS IDEA?
* Look For Spin Off’s of your idea For the moment you are considering three or four ideas. Let’s see how big we can make them. Think of your idea as an actor who can be in many plays and wear many costumes. One idea could be:
* A blog post
* A radio show
* A topic to interview others about
* An article or lots of articles. Every point in this radio show could be a separate article or blog post.
* An ebook
* A CD
* A teleclass
* Part of a bigger telecourse
* A home study course
* The topic for a live talk
* A mini-ecourse
* Think in terms of Bundle – Leverage – joint venture – see what other things you have created around the topic that can be combined. I have added my Transformational Visioning CD to several courses and it is a standalone product. I have created bundles of ebooks on creating different types of information products. As you discover an idea also list any spin offs that occur to you from that one idea.
* Make some choices – How easy is it? How much time do you have? You have now identified ideas that
* Are needed by your target audience
* Forward your business in the direction you want it to
* Rate high on your passion to do it
* Have the potential to become many things. Now let’s look at your time commitment.
* Do I have time to get this done, in this form in the best time line for making it successful?
* What’s the easiest form for this to take?
* What do you need to learn to do this idea?
* What could keep you from getting this done?
* What feels easiest to do?
Prioritize Your Idea List
Examined three ideas. Prioritize those three by asking yourself
* Why am choosing this particular idea? What excites you about doing this idea right now?
* What’s in it for me? What benefits will you get from following through on this idea?
* What’s in it for others? How will you be in service with this idea?
Choose the next idea you are willing to expand and develop. Keep Your List Active Here’s what we talked about
* How to keep track of your ideas
* Discovering who needs your idea
* Does your idea forward your business
* How passionate are you about this idea
* Look for spin-offs of your idea
* Make some choices – how easy is it – how much time do you have
Contact Cara at www.caralumen.com on how to create a Magical Magnetic Idea Bank that will keep you moving forward for years to come and how to use the Magnetic Measuring Stick to prioritize it.
http://www.caralumen.com
Lou Bortone visits Social Media MasterMind
Lou Bortone the go-to guy for online and social media video joined us for this 45 minute MasterMind. Join our Social Media MasterMind each Monday at 10am Pacific for tips, tricks and chatting about how to use Social Media to enhance our marketing and branding. Tap here to drop me a email to join us.
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