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Happy 2010 from Startup Princess!

December 23, 2009

My heart is full of gratitude for all of you! Thank you, thank you, thank you for making 2009 so fantastic by loving our community and supporting our events, reading this site, and connecting on Facebook Startup Princess Group & Twitter! We look forward to the year ahead and have some wonderful plans in the works to help you all take your business dreams to the next level! Can’t wait to see you again and hear what’s next for you.

May all of your 2010 Dreams come True!

Kelly King Anderson, Startup Princess Founder/Managing Director

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Moments of Peace- Gwen Bell’s Best of 2009 Blog Challenge

December 8, 2009

balanced-rocksI’ve been inspired by this month’s “Best of 2009″ blog challenge created by the extraordinary Gwen Bell, one of our favorite Fairy Godmothers here at Startup Princess known all over the world Read more

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KSL News Features Startup Princess in Story on FTC Blogging Regulations

December 7, 2009

Video Courtesy of KSL.com

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Utah! Teddy Bears Wanted for At-Risk Kids * Donate at Bank of American Fork

December 3, 2009

Here’s a great opportunity to spread some Christmas cheer with the Bank of American Fork Annual Charity Event: Project Teddy Bear. Over 6000 bears were donated last year to help at-risk children at two different facilities in Utah. This year Bank of American Fork hopes to exceed that number. (50,000 Bears are needed to meet the demand!)teddybears The drive goes now through December 16th at all Bank of American Fork locations.BAF Logo

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Social Media Workshop in SLC Dec 9-10 *$100 Off for StartupPrincess Readers *Only 6 Seats Left!

December 2, 2009

Social Media Expert Josh “Shua” Peters is putting on a social media workshop December 9-10 in SLC, Utah.  It’s at the end of the year so you can learn and prepare for the upcoming year and for Startup Princess readers and fans I have a discount code Smac09Princess that will give you $100 off of the regular ticket price. The workshop will cover the basics, and the tactics on the first day and lay the foundation for the more advanced work we’ll be doing on the second day. Day 2 we will be going over how to create goals, build strategies off of those goals, identifying tactics, measuring, and more.
This is an intensive 2 day workshop that will go from 9-6 in downtown Salt Lake City. Lunch will be catered both days and we will be working in a group learning environment at the BetaLoft. As of writing this there are only 6 seats left. Register now.

Why should you care about beefing up your social media strategy?

Social media is one of the best ways for startups gain awareness for their products and services. I believe it wholeheartedly because working on a startup is where my love affair with social media began.

My Experience with Social Media

A few years ago I was working on a startup called RoyalAnts (that has been placed on the back burner for right now) where we were looking at how we could market the product when we didn’t have much of a monetary budget. Looking at the options ranging from Guerrilla Marketing methods and social media and everything else I started to dig in and learn as much as possible.

I took 3 weeks off from my day job and for at least 16 hours a day immersed myself in communities, networks, blogs, and more and began creating plans for utilizing various networks and platforms. After that we kept building and I kept learning and the more I did the more I noticed other small businesses trying to do the same thing.

As the project began to wind down and the need to place it on the back burner arrived I was seeing a new opening come up and a desire to learn and understand how all these pieces fit together and make something a business could use to help itself. I began picking up clients here and there helping them understand and work in this field. Along the way I had the opportunity to work with 2 fortune 500 companies, and recently I co-authored the book TwittFaced.

We can’t really call it an emerging idea because it has already arrived and is become part of our social consciousness and accepted by mainstream TV and celebrities. Understanding the ins and outs of social media, building plans, and how to create and monitor your goals is becoming imperative and will be what sets companies apart in the very near future. We’re already seeing that companies engaging in social media have higher financial performance.

Participate in Joshua’s workshop!

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Fashion Consultation with Sarah Ward of Cable Car Couture and Blue-Bijou.com

December 2, 2009

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Image Consultant Sarah Ward of Cable Car Couture and owner of Blue Bijou jewelry shop Read more

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  Startup Princess is an international network committed to empowering Women Entrepreneurs by offering resources for women in business to support, mentor, collaborate, learn from, and inspire one another. In 2006, after struggling to raise funding for an initial startup business venture, Kelly King Anderson recognized an important market niche existed for reliable resources educating women desiring to start and grow successful businesses, thus Startup Princess was developed.

Successful women entrepreneurs understand that for every business venture, they are in charge of creating, organizing, developing, managing, and assuming all the risks associated with their enterprise. That can seem quite intimidating but as other women business owners will tell you, it’s a lot of work, but it’s worth it! Success is within your grasp and Startup Princess is here to help.

First, join as a member of Startup Princess and start building a solid foundation. Membership entitles you to a listing in the Startup Princess Online Directory where we list women owned businesses. You’ll also access exclusive content like articles, videos, and audio straight from your email inbox. Coupled with feature interviews, discounts on events, networking connections, and press opportunities, your Startup Princess membership will give any woman entrepreneur a great start for her business!

Then, take advantage of Touchpoint, our annual business conference for women entrepreneurs. Practical planning meets sky-high inspiration at this high-impact event for women business owners to network and develop their approach to business with wisdom and creative direction from other women entrepreneurs across the country.

Need a little help taking your business to the next step? Wish you had a fairy godmother like Cinderella offering you a helping hand? Now you can! Startup Princess is the home of Fairy Godmother Consulting, volunteer mentors sharing tips and insights to bless the lives of other women entrepreneurs.

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