Monetizing Your Message The Millionaire Messager, by Brendon Burchard

My favorite thing in the world is to speak.  I love to speak.  I do a lot of speaking through Startup Princess and to entrepreneur events, youth groups, etc.  It’s  a joy.  Last March I decided that I was ready to share my messages and get them out in a bigger way.  Have you ever heard the quote, “When the student is ready, the teacher/master will appear.”  Well, as soon as I made that statement, masters appeared.  A previous Startup Princess contact, Tiffany Walke Peterson was everywhere, and I quickly hired her to coach me.

And then I was introduced virtually to Brendon Burchard.  The expert of experts.  He helps speakers, authors, seminar leaders and online marketers share their messages in a bigger way.

I have devoured his free online video content, which really over delivers.  As he recommends to experts across the country, if you provide quality content for free it allows people to experience you and what you offer, and then it makes it easier for people to want to purchase what you are offering them.  I know it works, because I bought things from him on this exact same structure.

If you’re looking for a good book, I recommend The Millionaire Messenger, by Burchard.  it’s a great start.  You can see my review below.

The Millionaire Messenger, by Brendon Burchard Review by Michelle McCullough

And, if you’re interested in learning more about Brendon Burchard, you can go here.

Share with us!  Have you read The Millionaire Messenger?  What was your key takeaway?  What books have you read that have really inspired you and taken you to the next level?

Michelle McCullough is the Managing Director for Startup Princess.  Michelle became a partner in Startup Princess  in 2008.  She is responsible for event planning, marketing, affiliates, sponsorships and partnerships. Over the past 3 years she has coached women entrepreneurs and helped them grow their businesses from “dream in development” to established thriving businesses.  Michelle is a speaker, strategist, success expert and a serial entrepreneur. She started Doodads Promotional Products when she was 19. And has also spent the last 12 years working in marketing and advertising. She’s worked in all aspects of the industry from production to creative and sales to management. On top of her full-time jobs, Michelle has cultivated her love for entrepreneurship by running Doodads as a successful side business. In 2008 when Michelle quit her full-time job to be home more with her newborn son, she moved Doodads to the front burner and doubled the income in 2008 and doubled it again in 2009.  Today it continues to thrive.  This year Michelle launched a coaching program called “The Life Balance Myth” to help busy entrepreneurs build thriving businesses AND meaningful personal lives.  She believes that life balance is a myth, but she provides practical tools to achieve personal and professional success.  You can learn more about Michelle at SpeakMichelle.com and sign up for her free video e-course on “The Life Balance Myth” coming later this month.  Michelle has 2 children under 4 and lives in Utah.

ANNOUNCING: Startup Princess Teleseminar with Danielle La Porte & Linda Sivertsen

 

 

STARTUP PRINCESS TELESEMINAR with Danielle La Porte & Linda Sivertsen Co-Authors of Your Big Beautiful Book Plan Thursday, January 26th, 2012 10:30 AM MST/12:30 PM EST (1 hour) It’s FREE! Whether you are an entrepreneur, author, speaker, or coach – if you want to get your message out there in a bigger way you don’t want to miss this call. Danielle and Linda are two women you can’t get enough of. Conference call details will be emailed to you after you register below! (Recording will be made available for those who register, but are unable to listen in live.)   REGISTER NOW   First Name * Optional State Email * BIO DANIELLE LA PORTE   I write about self-realization and livelihood, and love, at WhiteHotTruth.com, which seems to be working because it’s been called “the best place on-line for kick-ass spirituality” and over a million visitors have clicked on my sermons on riding your own creative edge. I’m an inspirational speaker, former Washington D.C. think tank exec, and the creator of The Spark Kit: A Digital Experience for Entrepreneurs. My new book, The Fire Starter Sessions (Random House/Crown Archetype) will be emblazing a bookshelf near you, in April 2012. Go get hot. BIO LINDA SIVERTSEN   I’m a book proposal doctor, author whisperer, agent connector, idea-fairy, and huge-hearted cheerleader of creativity for writers of all genres — and every gold-plated publishing dream. In addition to authoring & co-authoring eight books — including Closer Than You Think (April 2012, Conari Press), Generation Green (Simon & Schuster), Lives Charmed (HCI), and the NY Times bestseller Harmonic Wealth (Hyperion) — I help aspiring authors land 6- and 7-figure book deals at my writing retreats in Carmel-by-the-Sea.

 

Now Accepting Applications for our 2012 Fairy Godmothers!

We credit much of the success of Startup Princess to our amazing Fairy Godmothers.  Successful and established women entrepreneurs have served as mentors and friends to the Startup Princess community.  Rachael Herrscher, Danielle LaPorte, and Carol Rice, just to name a few.  These women have provided posts on our site, spoken at our events and coached women in our network. Startup Princess is excited to announce a new Fairy Godmother program!  For 2012, we’ll be selecting 10 women entrepreneurs.  In the past, women have been personally invited based on who we knew in our Startup Princess community.  This year, we’re accepting applications from our broad network!  We will be selecting women based on their level of expertise in their particular fields and we will only have one woman per industry. For example, we will only have one marketing expert, branding expert, success expert, etc.  Though we will only feature ten women entrepreneurs here are some subjects we are interested in: Marketing & Advertising Public Relations Social Media Product Development Success Inspiration Professional Dress & Image Graphic Design & Branding Online Strategies – Website and Email Legal Accounting Human Resources Operations and Business Strategy Customer Service Programs …or create your own! Here’s how it works: Fairy Godmothers will now serve for one calendar year.  Each Fairy Godmother will provide six unique posts during 2012.  They can be written articles or video posts.  Complimenting our editorial calendar, each Fairy Godmother will also be featured during the month where her area of expertise is our content focus.  For example, if the editorial focus for the month is Social Media, that Fairy Godmother will have the featured interview for the month, two or more of her posts will appear that month, she will be a guest host on one of our #startupchat’s on Twitter, and she will be the featured speaker on Startup Princess’s monthly teleconference series.   In addition, our Fairy Godmothers will be invited to participate in our annual conference at the end of the year. Our Fairy Godmothers will receive: – Listing under Fairy Godmothers on our Website - Interview on StartupPrincess.com – A Startup Princess sponsored teleconference during the month her expertise is highlighted. - Bios and pictures on every post submitted by Fairy Godmother with link backs to Fairy Godmother’s site. - Exposure through our social media networks on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. Here’s what we’re looking for: - A woman entrepreneur that has seen success in business. – A woman who is an expert in her industry or field.  Or has excelled in a specific area in business.  For example, you can be a marketing expert, even if you – aren’t a marketing consultant.  – A woman who is committed to the Startup Princess community and brand and is committed to helping other women entrepreneurs. If you fit the bill, we encourage you to fill out the form below (or nominate someone you know that would be a good fit!) If you have any questions, reach out to Michelle McCullough, Managing Director of Startup Princess at michelle (at) startupprincess (dot) com Application deadline is Friday, November 18th, 2011. Announcement of our 2012 Fairy Godmothers will be December 1st, 2011, and they will begin their “reign” on January 1st, 2012. Fairy Godmother 2012 Application APPLY NOW Applications Due Friday, November 18th, 2011 First Name * Last Name * City * State * Email * Company * Website * Facebook Page – Company or Personal (enter URL) Twitter Page (enter URL) If you have another URL you’d like us to look at, enter it here: In what topic would you like your Fairy Godmother status? (Select 1) * Tell us why you feel you are an expert in this industry: * Is there any additional information that you’d like us to have as we consider you to be a Fairy Godmother for 2012? * Can you commit to writing six unique posts for StartupPrincess.com in 2012 (they can also be videos)? Yes No

What do you want to see on StartupPrincess.com?

Hello Startup Princesses!

We’re making plans for content for 2012 and setting our editorial calendar.  We’ll also be selecting Fairy Godmothers to help us with articles and events based on the topics you care the most about.

Leave a comment below and share with us your top two topics.  Choose from the list below or share some of your own!

Marketing/Advertising

Social Media

Sales

Manufacturing & Product Development

Graphic Design/Branding

Product Placement/Distribution

Legal

Accounting

Inspiration/Life Balance

Human Resources/Hiring Staff

Online Strategies

Operations, Processes and Systems

Research and Development

Creating Information Products

Thanks for sharing!  We look forward to another great year with you!

Learn from Amazing Women Entrepreneurs From Your Own Home or Office

You’re Invited!

Our 5th Annual Touchpoint was our best year yet and we didn’t want you to miss out.  SO we recorded the whole thing and we’re making it available to you.  Tickets for the event were $259!  But we’re letting you view a full day’s worth of conference speakers (over 8 hours worth of content) & activities for only $19.95!

Hear:

Ishita Gupta from FearlessStories.com – on being fearless in business!

Tiffany Peterson from TheLighthousePrinciples.com – on your #1 business skill!

Heather Ledeboer  from Mom4Life.com – on Cinderella as your CEO!

Anita Campbell from SmallBizTrends.com– on Bootstrapping Your Business!

Carley Knobloch from Digitwirl.com – on Killer Video Marketing for your Business!

Plus you can hear the discussion groups and other great tips from the event!

Register here to receive the URL and password:

 

 

Shift Summit Giveaway! Win an Apple TV or Cricut Machine

Our #StartupChat this week features a conversation about creative social media marketing sponsored by Shift Summit.

Shift Summit is a company dedicated to social media and online marketing education.

Next week on October 4th at 12pm MST I’ll be doing a class on “How to be a Rockstar on Twitter” – to sign up click here

We are excited to announce that Shift Summit is sponsoring a giveaway for an Apple TV or a Cricut Machine. The deadline for entering the giveaway is October 4th midnight.

To enter the contest CLICK HERE

For an additional entry follow Shift Summit on Twitter and leave a comment here letting us you know that you did.

August 31st #StartupChat: Sales Channel Discussion

Join us on August 31st 12pm MDT/2pm EST for our next Twitter #StartupChat on sales channels with guests in business from eBay to Etsy, and more!

We will also be giving away a ticket to our 5th Annual Conference for Women Entrepreneurs (TOUCHPOINT), so you will definitely want to be there!

Not sure what #StartupChat is or how to participate? We’ve got you covered with this post!

What is #StartupChat and How Do I Participate?

#StartupChat is a relatively new program we’re hosting on Twitter each Wednesday from 12-1pm MDT/2pm EST.

The aim of #StartupChat is to provide additional resources, support, tips, strategies, inspiration for Startup Princesses in our community (and beyond!) We feature experts as guests from a variety of industries and have a set of questions we ask them so we can gain their insights and share their wisdom. The wonderful thing about #StartupChat is that it’s FREE, it’s mobile and global! It’s amazing to be participating on your phone wherever you are or at your office.

To participate you need a twitter account. Then search the hashtag #startupchat in your search bar or here: search.twitter.com and then you’ll be set to follow the conversation. You can see the questions from @startupprincess account, they show up like “Q1: what is your best tip…” and then the guests typically answer “A1: my best tip….”

Enjoy getting to know like-minded people and be sure that when you tweet yourself you use the same hashtag #startupchat at the end or within your tweets.

Also Tweetgrid.com might be a helpful resource for you to manage/follow the conversation. That’s what we use!

See you on the chat!

25 VIP Touchpoint Tickets Just Released! Includes LOADS of Resources + Free Coaching!

Oh my.

We are releasing 25 VIP spots for Touchpoint. Here’s what the package includes:

- 2 Day Full Conference Touchpoint Ticket (Valued at $259)
– Startup Princess Marketing & Strategy Workbook (Valued at $25)
-Marketing to Women Online Audio Series (Valued at $99)
– “Ready for Media At Any Moment” checklist (Valued at $25)
– A NEW Head shot – That’s right. We’ll have a photographer there, exclusively for VIPs to get a new head shot to use however you choose. Your image will be emailed to you. (Valued at $50)

Already, you’ll receive $455 worth of stuff for $359!

AND that’s not all. You’ll also receive:
– You can bring a friend to Touchpoint with you for FREE! your friend will be required to register in advance so we can plan for meals and materials, etc. (Ticket valued at $259)
– You’ll ALSO get 30 minutes free coaching with Kelly King Anderson.  You can talk about anything from growing your startup to marketing (Valued at $250)

$967 in value for only $359.

What’s the catch?

I’m only giving away 25 of these packages and they are on a first come first served basis.

If you’re interested, purchase your exclusive VIP ticket through this hidden link.

And, to sweeten the deal for the members on our list, use code: member for an additional $25 off!

REGISTER NOW before the tickets are gone.  We’re only selling 25 of these tickets. Period.

August 24th #StartupChat: Linda and Richard Eyre, National Best Selling Authors

Join us for our next Twitter #StartupChat on Wednesday, August 24 with Linda and Richard Eyre, National Best Selling Authors of many family and parenting books. Learn more about them here: ValuesParenting.com.

We will be discussing work and family life, as well as their new book, “The Entitlement Trap“!

Kids’ sense of entitlement is the biggest problem today’s parents face.  Children seem to think they should have whatever they want, and whatever their friends have right now, and without working for it.  The reason entitlement is a trap is that it destroys motivation, incentive, creativity and work ethic.  It takes away from our children everything we want to give them.  We have come to believe that the antidote to entitlement (and the prerequisite to responsibility) is to help children feel “earned ownership” of their spending money, their “stuff”, their education and grades, their values and goals, and their decisions and choices.  This is a book on how to give them all of that!

The Entitlement Trap gives parents a detailed blueprint of how to establish a “family economy” wherein kids earn, budget, save, and give money and where they buy their own things and become truly responsible for them.  It involves an interest-paying family bank complete with checkbooks and a pegboard or on-line system of keeping track of task accomplishment.

You can pre-order “The Entitlement Trap” now and get a 33% discount and a free download for your child!  See details at www.valuesparenting.com

To join the discussion, follow the hash tag #StartupChat – See you there!

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