I get a lot of questions about websites! And I get it… it’s one thing to have one. And it’s another thing to have it working for you.  One of the FAQs I get is: “What is the difference between the one page squeeze page (aka: sales letter) and a multi-page website (brochure site)?”  Good question!  I put together this quick video tip / blog for you.

And join me for my webinar on Tuesday, May 15th:  The 3 Secret Reason’s Your Website Isn’t ‘Working For You’ (and What to Do About It!). Go here to claim your virtual seat.

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Kelly Harrington is an expert at helping coaches and conscious entrepreneurs to transform their business to achieve their big vision. She is dedicated to helping this amazing group of transformational experts to serve more people in less time, while more money, and making a huge impact in the world.

I told you in my last blog post about a great new book I’m reading, “Pearls of Wisdom” by Jack Canfield and his guest authors.

Another story and author that grabbed my attention is Marcelle Charrois.  In her story, ‘Stop, Reverse, and Celebrate!,’ Marcelle recalls a tough time in her childhood when she was faced with seeing her situation from a different perspective. As she has looked at her life and how she turns challenges into authentic experiences, she discovered a method to help turn things around called the SRC method.

Now she helps her clients to do the same with the SRC method! If you’re faced with a situation that is not expressing who you truly are, you should:

Stop and get in touch with your feelings

Reverse the situation. Challenge the status quo and start asking questions about whether this situation is true, real, etc.  And what can be done or thought differently?

Celebrate your new perspective

Of course, this is my quick summary. You’ll have to read her story in the book for the full scoop!

As I’ve learned more about Marcelle, it seems she is someone who has always been very much in tune with her inner child. This has allowed her to be more fully present in her life and in her business.  I had the opportunity to interview her and ask a few questions. Here’s what I learned:

How did you get into this collection of inspiration with folks like Jack Canfield?

For the past 2 years, I have coached fellow authors in the Messenger Mini-Books – Movement of Change program which was spearheaded by Habit of Attraction coach and founder Robert Evans in 2008. Having written and self-published my own book in the very first offering of the program, I went on to guide other first time and more seasoned authors through the creative process and the various publishing aspects including the copy and design of their book covers and manuscript editing.

In August 2011, all the authors in this program were offered an opportunity to submit a chapter to be considered for inclusion in the Pearls of Wisdom book, and I was more than happy to send in a submission. A couple of months later, I received confirmation that I had been given the last available spot in the book. I am so thrilled at the amazing gift and opportunity it is to be on this journey alongside such seasoned bestselling authors as well as other bright stars in transformational leadership.

How would you describe the nature of what your chapter is about?

My chapter titled “Stop, Reverse and Celebrate!” presents a simple process that shows you how to reconnect with your intuitive instincts, true identity and passion while actively reversing the undesirable effects of social conditioning so you can not only live but celebrate the life that you are meant to live!

I know the publisher looked for authors such as yourself who are “up and coming” leaders in self-help.   What is your expertise in “self-help”?

As a heart intelligence coach, I draw upon the above-mentioned wide-ranging background and experience to help people create their best life today. In my first book, “The Alien In Your Closet: Open the Door to Your Inner Child and Unleash Your True Destiny!”, I use my special brand of humor as I share a simple process by which the reader is reacquainted with their inner child and internal guidance system, reconnected with their unique gifts, and provided with tools to establish ways to express those gifts more freely and readily.

I firmly believe that anyone who commits to taking this journey will be well equipped to rediscover their true worth and purpose, and will be empowered to create the life of their dreams!

Most people know about Jack Canfield from the ‘Chicken Soup’ books and Marci Shimoff from her ‘Happy’ book … How would you like your readers to think of you?  What is your “signature niche”?

I help people transform old programming, obstacles and challenges into stepping stones to their deepest joy and passion and ultimately living the life they truly wish to create using a unique heart-centered approach. This approach facilitates the process of tapping into your own heart intelligence to naturally bring about the lasting positive outcomes that may have eluded you for years. It is what I call ‘True2HeartLiving’ and this is what constitutes my signature niche.

What is your most central and compelling “Pearl of Wisdom”?

The best life you can create for yourself is one that intimately knows, honors and expresses YOUR truth!

Where can readers learn more about you?

You can also find out more at www.True2HeartLiving.com and www.MarcelleCharrois.com.

So, dear reader, as you can see, Marcelle Charois is quite an inspiration.  What can you do in your business to stop, reverse, and celebrate? Please share your comments here!

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Kelly Harrington helps her clients to leverage technology and tools that will take their business to the next level and serve their clients more fully. She provides one-on-one coaching, group programs, and is available for speaking.

I’m reading this amazing new book, “Pearls of Wisdom” by Jack Canfield.  In this book, he has included ‘stories’ and thoughts from some very well known coaches (Marci Shimoff, Chris Atwood, and others). I had the pleasure of getting to interview two of the authors and I want to highlight one of them today, Susan McMillan.

Susan is a systems engineer who has also dedicated herself to the study and living of happiness and teaching others how to have more of what that happy feeling.  I had a chance to ask her some questions about her life and what makes her HAPPY!  Here’s her own pearls of wisdom…

As an entrepreneur, when did you move from ‘struggling start-up’ to confident, successful, and thriving?   

I haven’t quit my day job yet, which means that I get to take advantage of the income and security my regular job brings while I develop my business.  The benefit of this is that I start out confident, successful and thriving.

This is not my first business. I had a retail print shop many years ago.  It was the best job I ever had- working for myself, but unfortunately, the business didn’t make it and closed after 18 months.  Still, it was the best education I ever got- even better than my MBA.  I learned the power of passion and of capitol when it comes to building a sustainable business.

My passion carries me through long hours of working two jobs, and the confidence on knowing my family if provided for helps me create a business from my heart.

How do you build a business that supports the vision for your life?

I don’t mean to be obvious, but the first step is to have a clear vision for your life.  So many people don’t.  I have found that the vision pulls me into the business rather than the other way around.  On some level, I have been dreaming about the business I am in now, since I closed my other business so many years ago.  I didn’t know exactly the form it would take or the service I would provide, but I knew the kind of person I would be and the values I would embody.

Once that vision was clear, the hardest part for me was to get out of my own way and follow the cues that came to me through my life situations.  I am a planner and a driver by nature, but sometimes it seemed the universe had a better plan for me.  My plans would fail, but in the failure, some new, unexpected opportunity would arise- often better than my original plan.

I think the secret is to know clearly what you want and to keep adjusting your course to get there by staying tuned in to what you feel.  When you are on course, everything will seem to go along brilliantly, then suddenly things start to bog down or fail.  Learn from the failure, adjust, and try again- always keeping the goal in mind.

What do you do in life and business that helps things be a bit more easy?

I actively practice happiness, and lucky for me, happiness is my business.

Learn more about Susan McMillin at www.HappyLifeU.com

The scientific evidence is very clear that happiness leads to success, not the other way around.  Happy people solve problems faster, they are more creative, more social, and more resilient.  Taking a few moments to count our blessings, or appreciate a small success, or help another person can give us the emotional boost we need to see an opportunity instead of a problem.  In learning the analytical, hard-edged business skills that make us successful enough to start a business, many of us forgot how to be happy.  Luckily, happiness is something we can learn.  The more we practice, the easier it is to be happy, regardless of our circumstances and the more we benefit from the increased productivity, sociability, and energy that happiness brings.

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Kelly Harrington is a business and systems expert who helps coaches and conscious entrepreneurs to design their ideal business and learn and implement the tools, systems, and technology that will take their business to the next level.  Less effort, more results!

Jesse Koren, Co-Founder of Rejuvenate Training

Have you heard about Rejuvenate Your Practice yet?  Have you been? Well, if you’re a coach or holistic practitioner and you haven’t been, I courage you to RUN (don’t walk!) to this important, life changing 2-day intensive.

Husband-wife team, Jesse Koren and Sharla Jacobs, are the creators and their goal is to help the coaching an holistic practitioner community to build six figure practices through doubling their practice, leveraging their time and money, and speaking (if applicable). But what’s GREAT about what they teach and how they teach is that they show you how to do it in a heart centered and authentic way.

I’ve been through their courses and they have transformed my business and my life. And last weekend I had the honor of volunteering as a staff member at the Los Angeles Rejuvenate Your Practice event. I went through it exactly one year ago and it was so fun to see the transformation and “ah has” and life changing moments happening in the room. And it felt great to be in service.

Here’s a picture of Jesse rockin’ it on stage. He’s so fun and powerful!  You can apply for your a full scholarship to this powerful program here. And, yes, it’s worth flying across states and countries to get there!  Enjoy.

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Kelly Harrington teaches coaches and conscious entrepreneurs how to identify their ideal business model (that supports their ideal life vision!) and then shows them the exact steps to take for implementing the tools, systems, and technology that will make that vision Easy Breezy!

Wow! What an amazing evening I had last night with fellow coaches and heart-based entrepreneurs.  The amazing and beautiful Connie Costa arranged a fun and high-impact networking dinner in Beverly Hills with Connie, Jesse Koren and Lisa Nichols as our expert speakers. I was blown away!

I was thinking about you, my community, all night and how much you would have loved to hear them. So, what did I learn that will help YOU?

Main take away from Connie:  Live your passion and encourage your children to do the same. Only 20% of people feel like they are living their purpose and passion!  Sad. Don’t be one of them. Go for it.

Main take away from Jesse:  Most people don’t care about your title or your modality. But they do care about the results you can create for them and the impact you can have int heir life. Talk to people about what you do from this perspective.

Main take away from Lisa: Go through life vibrating the energy of Yes YES!  And don’t get comfortable.  Get UNcomfortable so that you can live the fullness of life.

Okay – one more big take away. You know how it gets tough sometimes as an entrepreneur. You’re out there doing your thing and sometimes the thought creeps in, “Is it all worth it???”  Well, I know I have that thought sometimes. Just sayin’!  Lisa ended her amazing presentation with a great story that left me with this mantra:

Winners never quit. And quitters never win.  Holy cow. Don’t give up!  I’m not!

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Kelly Harrington helps coaches & conscious entrepreneurs to get over the ‘technology hump’ so you can set up a business that works for YOU, instead of you working for your business. I take you through a process to identify your ideal business model (that will support your ideal life vision) and then coach / train / teach about the tools and systems that will make your business hum so you can serve more people, in less time, and make more money. Easy Breezy!

Ahhh – the day of love: Valentine’s Day. I’ll admit it. I’m a sap for Valentine’s Day and the love we celebrate on this day.  The thing about love is that there is this overall consistency and cohesion of love in all parts of our life… but then it does show up differently and in different forms in our partnerships, families, friendships, interests, and, yes, in our businesses.

Whenever someone seeks me out for advice on starting their own business, the first thing I tell them is that you have to love the business part of it.  Most of us start a service-driven business because we love what we do and know we have a gift to share: nutrition, parenting, career, relationships, health, business, and so on.  Yet what I’ve found is that we really only spend 20 – 30% of our time in business doing that ‘thing’ that we set out to do.

So this is where the love comes in.  One of the things that surprised me about running my own service-driven business is how much I love the business part of it: client attraction, marketing, online tools, strategic alliances, learning, growing, and so on.  It is such a challenge that you kind of have to love the business part of it. Otherwise the difficult and frustrating times will break you.  And trust me: There will be frustrating and difficult times (to say it lightly!).

It’s not always roses and chocolates but I do know that my love of entrepreneurship and my love for helping my clients is what carries me through and helps me to keep going.  So, pause today to consider what you love about being an entrepreneur.  And, please, share your thoughts here.

Happy Valentine’s Day! As my Valentine’s Day gift to you… please join me for my upcoming webinar on Feb. 24th. Get started here >>>>>>

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Kelly Harrington is an expert at helping coaches and conscious entrepreneurs to transform their business to achieve their big vision. She is dedicated to helping this amazing group of transformational experts to serve more people in record time and make (way) more money… even while sleeping. Please contact her any time.

I’ve taken some amazing business training courses that teach me about sales, attracting clients, branding, messaging, and so on.  These seminars have transformed my business and has allowed me to serve many more people in a more meaningful way.

Yet when it comes to the systems / tool / technology part of the business, something really gets in my craw.  Many of these well-meaning experts (smartly) remember that they are there to deliver upon their promised skill: sales, enrollment, client attraction, writing, and so on.  So when someone in their audience starts asking a lot of ‘how’ questions about tools, technology, web solutions, opt-in boxes, scheduling systems, etc., I often hear this reply, “Just outsource it!”

Argh! This makes me cringe and just makes me feel bad for the person who asked the question.

Yes – the truth is that every entrepreneur should aim to outsource anything that isn’t their genius. Yet when you’re first starting out there are two ‘problems’ to the outsourcing equation:

1 – New entrepreneurs often can’t afford to outsource everything when it comes to business systems, tools, and technology.

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2 – Even if they could outsource everything, they often don’t know who to hire, what to ask them to do, and whether the person they hired is delivering excellence.

It is so, so important to be a powerful, confident business owner when it comes to the systems part of your business.  This is why all of my programs and coaching include step-by-step solutions to understand how to implement and utilize tools that save you time and make you more money… but also show you how to powerfully master the outsourcing relationship when the timing is right for you.

My main tip for now:

1. Understand the essentials of any part of your business before you outsource it.
2. Do your homework on who to outsource to.
3. Manage the outsourcing relationship closely.
4. Expect excellence (and course correct when you don’t get it).

>>> Please, leave your comments here on the blog as to how you have mastered the outsourcing element in your business (and/or questions!).

>>> And please join me for my upcoming webinar where I share more secrets and mistakes on how to serve more people, in less time, and make more money… even while you sleep. It’s my gift!

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Kelly Harrington’s yin-yang approach to coaching and business building allowed her to build 40% of her income in her first year through leveraged group and product programs so that the one-on-one coaching was her premium service.

She does not need or want you to become an IT geek like her (unless you want to!). Rather, she wants to geek out for you and show you her easy breezy step-by-step solutions to achieving your clients, business, service, and income goals.

Kelly is available for coaching, training, and speaking. Please contact her any time.

Photo credit goes to sheelamohan

Today I’m feeling stressed! Worried, confused, tired.  Hmmm…What’s a coach and business owner to do?  On the one hand, I believe that everything is energy and that we attract what we vibrate. On the other hand, life is life and it brings it’s ups and downs and busy times and light times. You know, the ebb and flow.

You know the thing is that being an entrepreneur will have times of stress… We wonder: Will all of my ideas come together? Will I attract the clients I crave? Will I make the money to pay the bills and the lifestyle I desire? Will anyone really know the truth about me? C’mon… if you’re an entrepreneur you’ve thought and/or said these things.

So today I challenge myself and all of you to use stress as a tool for change and for the ‘going for it’ energy that I need and want to make my business the best it can be. As I pointed out to one of my clients recently who is feeling burned out on her old business as she moves into her coaching business: If she didn’t feel a bit stressed and burned out on the old model, she likely wouldn’t be working with me on a new model for her business.

Ahhh… now that feels better.  So tell me. How do you use stress as a change agent in your life and business? I welcome your comments here on the blog!

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Kelly Harrington’s yin-yang approach to coaching and business building allowed her to build 40% of her income in her first year through leveraged group and product programs so that the one-on-one coaching was her premium service. She now teaches other coaches and conscious entrepreneurs to take step-by-step action to do the same thing… Easy Breezy!  Kelly is available for speaking on various related topics and looks forward to speaking with you!

I went to the ICF-LA monthly dinner meeting last night. It always feels great to be around a group of like-minded entrepreneurs who are dedicated to transformation of self and others. As we were mixing and mingling and people asked me what I did, I told them that I help coaches and conscious entrepreneurs to get over the ‘technology hump’ so they can get their leveraged and passive income programs in place once and for all.

A lot of people said, “Oh yeah – I need help with social media.”  Hmmm… I guess I need to tweak my message (something we are always doing!).  But then I realized in talking with people further is that most of them just didn’t know what they don’t know. In other words, they didn’t know they were missing out on a lot of online tools and systems that would make their business more efficient, streamline processes, and attract clients and money to them… even while they sleep.

And, you know, the thing is that coaches are genius at being coaches. That’s why they do it and that’s why they love it. So it doesn’t surprise me that most coaches either don’t know about the options and/or they roll their eyes and sigh when it comes to all of the online tools, systems, processes, and software choices they have to make (and master!) …

So it’s my mission to stay open in life and in business to what I don’t know. I wonder where my blind spots are???  And please share your comments here on how you move past the “I know that” phenomena too!

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Kelly Harrington is an expert at helping coaches and conscious entrepreneurs to transform their business to achieve their big vision. She is dedicated to helping this amazing group of transformational experts to serve more people in record time and make (way) more money… even while sleeping.

She does this by helping this amazing group of people to get over the ‘technology hump’ so they can do what they are brilliant at… helping their clients live their best lives.