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JumpStart Your Business NOW! Radio Show with Katrina Sawa w/ Laser Tips on How to Jumpstart Your Business Now!

March 31, 2013 By Katrina Sawa Leave a Comment

I host my own Blog Talk Radio show called JumpStart Your Business NOW! on Blog Talk Radio from 11:00 - 11:30 am (PST) / 1:00 pm (EST) every Tuesday. If you want to call into the show and ask a question just dial (347) 843-4152 Listen in now to the April 2nd Show with the link above! This show was all about laser focused business and marketing tips and strategies to jumpstart your business. I talked about all kinds of ways to get clients, how to streamline your business, different possible business models you could have to bring in additional revenue, about how to do free calls to generate paying customers and more! … [Read more...]

New Jumpstart Your Biz Workshop Series

March 23, 2013 By Katrina Sawa

Affordable One-Day Workshops to Jumpstart ALL Areas in Your Business & Marketing Join me in Roseville, CA April 5th for the first of the 4 classes I'll be doing this year. Find out about ALL the dates and topics here.These one-day workshops will be designed to help those in attendance with the following topics. This is not my agenda this day, it will be custom designed to help everyone who attends with these topics and to dive in deep to get stuff done, get the strategies in place, implemented, developed or tweaked period. Topics Discussed in Class on April 5th: Options for directly marketing to new prospects, networking, follow up marketing systems, phone call scripts and … [Read more...]

I’m tired of all the hype….let’s get to the meat shall we?

March 6, 2013 By Katrina Sawa 2 Comments

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I'm so tired of all the hype out there on the internet about "make millions at this or that or by doing this or that". Every week I talk with a minimum of 5 small business owners who've wasted time or money doing the wrong things because they listened to some free teleclass or someone teaching a supposed moneymaking process. I want to dispel the rumors out there that it's really that simple to make millions...or even $100,000 because it's not. To start, run, market and enjoy a consistently successful 6+ figure business there are two things you want to focus on: Spending your time wisely (and you may have to spend more time up front than "they say") doing the right revenue … [Read more...]

Automation Tips, Software and Systems to Make Your Life Easier

January 22, 2013 By Katrina Sawa Leave a Comment

This surgery kicked my butt! I had NO IDEA the magnitude of pain and recovery I'd be in after this thing. I haven't had any type of surgery or even hospital stay since I was 4 for goodness sakes. Now don't laugh for those of you who have.....yes, I actually thought I would be up driving around within 10 days or so!! So funny what a reality check this has been....and yes, I'm doing much, much better this week. The surgery was a big success my doctor tells me. I've been up walking around on "my walker" LOL for about a week now. I'm even home alone today managing to get my meals, things I need, pillows, etc. It's exciting. AND of course I'm back to work and coaching clients this week … [Read more...]

Monetize Your Business by Speaking: What You Need to Have Ready to Go for Any Opportunity

July 18, 2012 By Katrina Sawa Leave a Comment

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Speaking is one of the least expensive, most effective marketing strategies you can do in your business. If you're already speaking then great, what I'm sharing in this article could be a good reminder for you. If you are not speaking yet, then why not? Are you afraid of speaking or getting in front of an audience? Are you unsure of what to speak about or to whom or saying to yourself "who would care about what I have to say?" Regardless of what you do in business you may want to consider speaking. Speaking allows you to be the expert in front of your prospects and peers. It gives you instant credibility and trust with the audience. And it speeds up the buying process when someone … [Read more...]

20 Tips to Maximize Your In-Person Networking

July 11, 2012 By Katrina Sawa Leave a Comment

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Networking is the least expensive, most effective form of marketing that any small business owner can do. Nowadays you can do it online and offline but there are some keys to doing this that are crucial so you're not being too salesy, pushy or annoying AND you're still building great relationships with qualified prospects! I know networking is still such an important marketing strategy for any business owner because this is how I built my multiple-six-figure business, massive amounts of networking and having a clear follow up plan. And you can do it too even if you 'hate' networking! Click Here to read my top 20 in person networking tips that I share with all my clients whether they're … [Read more...]

10 Simple Ways to Follow Up with Prospects

July 2, 2012 By Katrina Sawa 2 Comments

In any business it's important to develop simple follow up systems to keep on top of your prospects', customer's and referral sources' minds. If you don't do your follow up; you are wasting valuable marketing dollars and time you've already spent on gathering new leads. I used to do a lot of networking at chamber events, women's organizations and biz expos and I generally collected about 25-50 business cards from new contacts on a good week. I pay an assistant to enter them all into my computer database for me so I can easily mail merge them when I want to send out a mailer. I also enter them into my email database because I usually ask them in person if they want to receive my free … [Read more...]

What’s Up With All the ‘Mastermind Programs’ Out There and WHY Should I Consider Joining One Myself ? (Part 3)

June 27, 2012 By Katrina Sawa Leave a Comment

Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been talking with you about Mastermind programs. Why you should join, what they are, what the are not and which one would be the best fit for you. But ultimately…. What it all comes down to is how do you most like to learn and how are you most productive? You have to know your best learning style so you choose and invest in the programs and products that fit you and how you best learn so you don’t waste your money. I, for example, am NOT a good product learner. I don’t have good luck purchasing a home study kit or other listen to/read type of product and then actually sitting down working my way through it. It will sit on my shelf forever … [Read more...]

What’s Up With All the ‘Mastermind Programs’ Out There and WHY Should I Consider Joining One Myself ? (Part 2)

June 22, 2012 By Katrina Sawa Leave a Comment

Last week I wrote an article about WHY you should consider joining a Mastermind program. This week I am going to go over what makes a TRUE mastermind and how to know the difference. As most of you know, I’ve been offering my Live Big Mastermind program to you for 3 years now as MY next step in my business. This is my FAVORITE program to run and involves some of my FAVORITE clients who end up moving FAST! THE #1 REASON I did this is because being in these types of programs for me was the single best thing that catapulted my business so fast in the last few years. I wanted to offer that same type of accelerated learning, access and support to a select group of entrepreneurs like you … [Read more...]

What’s Up With All the ‘Mastermind Programs’ Out There and WHY Should I Consider Joining One Myself ? (Part 1)

June 16, 2012 By Katrina Sawa Leave a Comment

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I woke up this morning and couldn't get back to sleep without writing this because I think it's so important...this was confusing to me a few years ago too when I first started joining mastermind programs and high level coaching programs. I know many of you are reading other people's ezines and promotions and following other coaches and mentors as well....as you should; but I'm hearing that you're confused. With all the coaching and mastermind options out there right now, all of the 2012 mid-year groups are now forming...not only mine but a couple of my mentors', other coaches like me and more; you're confused as to which one is right for you? I know they are a big investment, not … [Read more...]

The Simple 3 Step System to Start Attracting Clients & Making Money NOW!

June 11, 2012 By Katrina Sawa 2 Comments

Ready to Find Out What You REALLY Need to do to Attract Clients and Make Money Now? The top questions I hear from entrepreneurs are “How do I find clients” and “How can I make more money?” So how do you do it? How do you continuously attract and find new clients, build the business that excites you and make more money … all at the same time? The biggest mistakes entrepreneurs are making right now, over and over again, are randomly investing in products and programs or people who can’t really help them with what they need to do next. They need their ‘next steps’ yet they’re being enticed with ‘bright shiny objects’ that distract them from reaching their big … [Read more...]

Making Sense of Social Media – What’s Hootsuite For Goodness Sakes?

June 8, 2012 By Katrina Sawa Leave a Comment

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I laughed as I created this title but it's true. So many entrepreneurs that I talk with or who work with me always ask, "What's Hootsuite and should I be using it for my business?" That's if they have any idea about what it is at all of course, many do not. Hootsuite is an automation tool. The layman's way to describe it is that Hootsuite allows you post comments and updates on your social media profiles all from one online location. This is supposed to save you time from having to log in to all the different ones separately. Some of the things you do on Hootsuite however are good for time management and some things aren't worth doing in my mind because they could make you look … [Read more...]

6 Step Marketing Follow Up System That Business Owners Must Be Doing and Are NOT Doing!

June 5, 2012 By Katrina Sawa Leave a Comment

Yes, this IS the Jumpstart Your Marketing(R) Ultimate Marketing System! I don't know that I've ever just put it in an ezine before like this so here it is! Yes, I sell my entire system on my website for $197 which includes the instruction, workbook, training audios and all the templates you will want to implement this into your business. It seems like a no brainer right? Wrong. Most small businesses have no idea what to say in follow up, what to send, to whom and when or how. So that's why it just doesn't get done. You aren't doing your phone call follow ups, I know. You aren't mailing anything in the … [Read more...]

Leveraging Yourself Into High End, Highly Profitable Programs, Products & Services

June 2, 2012 By Katrina Sawa Leave a Comment

I started a 5 part video series today on the 5 overlying areas that I cover throughout my Love & Money Business Summit happening June 7-9, 2012 here in Sacramento. This fifth video shows you that you're worth a LOT more money for what you do or you want to bring. Learn how to truly build the business of your dreams - enjoying success, money, lifestyle and even more love and happiness in your life. Join me at my live 3-day workshop in June where you’ll take home a plan to implement all the basics of marketing and business systems that you will need to totally transform your business. I’m going to show you step-by-step what and how to do the things that I’ve been … [Read more...]

Turning Your Family and Friends into Raving Fans to Support You

June 1, 2012 By Katrina Sawa Leave a Comment

I started a 5 part video series today on the 5 overlying areas that I cover throughout my Love & Money Business Summit happening June 7-9, 2012 here in Sacramento. This fourth video shows you how to have more supportive friends and family and how to help them understand you more and how important it is for you to be a successful entrepreneur. Learn how to truly build the business of your dreams - enjoying success, money, lifestyle and even more love and happiness in your life. I share the fourth of the 5 ideals that I teach about in my Love & Money Business Summit on this video. Join me at my live 3-day workshop in June where you’ll take home a plan to implement all … [Read more...]

Small Biz Don’ts and How to Avoid Them

June 1, 2012 By Katrina Sawa Leave a Comment

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99% of the small business owners I talk to every month have HOLES in their business. Sales and Marketing holes, many of which could be fixed for free or very little investment. They don't see these holes usually however because they're too close to their own business but that doesn't mean they aren't there. I see the holes as huge opportunities for increased sales that could happen with such little effort or expense. In fact often times the seasoned business owner is so set in their ways that they don't evolve with the times, therefore actually losing market share, revenues and overall marketing pizzazz; it becomes much more difficult to attract new clients when you're not moving the … [Read more...]

Creating Different Income Streams ASAP to Make More Money FAST!

May 25, 2012 By Katrina Sawa Leave a Comment

I started a 5 part video series today on the 5 overlying areas that I cover throughout my Love & Money Business Summit happening June 7-9, 2012 here in Sacramento. This third video shows you how transform your business pretty quickly with more consistent cash flow coming in every month. Learn how to truly build the business of your dreams - enjoying success, money, lifestyle and even more love and happiness in your life. Putting your marketing on autopilot - so you have more time in your life to LIVE and ENJOY your life; what matters most to you. You'll walk away with easy and clear systems practically if not already in place, automated and delegated! I can see opportunities … [Read more...]

Putting Your Marketing on Autopilot ASAP So It Actually Gets Done!

May 23, 2012 By Katrina Sawa 2 Comments

I started a 5 part video series today on the 5 overlying areas that I cover throughout my Love & Money Business Summit happening June 7-9, 2012 here in Sacramento. This second video shows you how to free up your time PLUS make sure all of the right things get done every month to bring in more leads, prospects and sales. Learn how to truly build the business of your dreams - enjoying success, money, lifestyle and even more love and happiness in your life. Putting your marketing on autopilot - so you have more time in your life to LIVE and ENJOY your life; what matters most to you. You'll walk away with easy and clear systems practically if not already in place, automated and … [Read more...]