I’ll be one of 16 speakers at the free Client Allure Virtual Retreat from Feb 13-Mar 8, 2012. My session will be held on Feb 23 from 9-10 AM Pacific, on the topic Want More Clients? Learn to Love Your Prospects. From the successful women entrepreneurs in this series, you’ll learn how to raise your visibility and get speaking gigs and media coverage, craft an irresistible marketing message, drive traffic to your website, create a consistent client attraction system, charge what you deserve, have smooth confident sales conversations, turn Facebook fans into paying customers, streamline your marketing, and increase your income with ease and grace. You can access the sessions by phone, Skype, or webcast, and each one will be replayed if you can’t attend live. Visit Client Allure to find out more and register for this free series.

Been thinking about becoming a Get Clients Now! Facilitator? Sign up before Feb. 15, 2012, and you’ll be invited to this Get Clients Now! Facilitator Teleforum with C.J. Hayden and Frank Traditi. Our topic will be Coaching the Sale: Great Questions to Ask When You Want People to Buy. We’ll be discussing basics of non-manipulative selling, how to discover what will make your prospects buy, sample coaching questions to ask your prospects, and how and when to ask for the business. These sessions are free to our licensed facilitators. Find out more on our Become a Facilitator page.

I’ll be hosting a Women Entrepreneurs Writing Retreat the weekend of Mar 30-Apr 1, 2012. Our small group of 8-10 women will be staying at the Grand Island Getaways Retreat Center in Walnut Grove, CA. You’ll have three days of quality writing time, plus optional morning writing exercises and evening readings, and access to a writing reference library. Get that book started or finished, design your workshop series or home-study course, or write months worth of articles or blog posts in this friendly, supportive environment. Your lodging and meals will be included at one low price. (more…)

I’ll be speaking for Professional Women’s Network in San Francisco, CA on Apr 13, 2012 from 12:00-2:00 PM. My topic will be What’s Stopping You From Getting Clients… and What To Do About It. What are the barriers that prevent talented, dedicated entrepreneurs from building a thriving business? You can overcome these challenges and attract more clients with less effort by making a few simple changes in how you market yourself. Learn how you may be sabotaging your own marketing, the three most reliable ways to build your business quickly, and how to build a reliable system to make marketing easier, more effective, and more fun. Visit PWN to find out more.

I’ll be the keynote speaker at the International Virtual Assistants Association Summit in Memphis, TN on Apr. 18, 2012. My topic will be What’s Stopping You From Getting Clients… and What To Do About It. What are the barriers that prevent talented, dedicated VA’s from building a thriving business? You can overcome these challenges and attract more clients with less effort by making a few simple changes in how you market yourself. Learn how you may be sabotaging your own marketing, the three most reliable ways to build your business quickly, and how to build a reliable system to make marketing easier, more effective, and more fun. Visit IVAA to find out more.