About C.J.

C.J. HaydenC.J. Hayden is the author of three books and over 300 articles on marketing, entrepreneurship, life purpose, and social change. Her bestselling book Get Clients Now! A 28-Day Marketing Program for Professionals, Consultants and Coaches has become the marketing bible for thousands of independent professionals. C.J. is also the author of The One-Person Marketing Plan Workbook, co-author of Get Hired Now! A 28-Day Program for Finding the Job You Want, and a contributing author to Guerrilla Marketing on the Front Lines.

Since 1992, C.J. has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs and changemakers launch and sustain successful enterprises, serving as an entrepreneurship coach and trainer. Most recently, as an advisor to social ventures, she blends practical management consulting with personal mentoring and coaching to serve social entrepreneurs and activists. She has over 30 years of business management experience and holds the credential Master Certified Coach. Her current clients include Ashoka Youth Venture San Francisco and 10% Solution.

C.J.’s articles have appeared in Home Business, Selling Power, SOHO Business Report, Choice, CareerSource, California Job Journal, The Globe, Bay Area BusinessWoman, and dozens of online magazines, including About.com, Principled Profit, RainToday, and SalesDog. You can see samples of her articles here.

A popular speaker and workshop leader, C.J. has presented hundreds of programs on marketing, entrepreneurship, life purpose, and social change to corporate clients, professional associations, community groups, and small businesses. She has taught for John F. Kennedy University, Mills College, The Coaches Training Institute, Leaderspring, Chevron, Federal Express, Marriott, Wells Fargo, SCORE, and the U.S. Small Business Administration. You can see upcoming programs here.

An activist and social entrepreneur herself, C.J. is the founder of the Send Girls to School Project and Coaches Make a Difference Initiative, and serves on the boards of the Social Enterprise Alliance San Francisco chapter, the Global Initiative to Advance Entrepreneurship, and A Good Deed Tea.

You can find out more about C.J. at her other sites: Get Clients Now!, Get Hired Now!, and Social Entrepreneur Coach.

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