More from Karen Dodd
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How-to: Find Your Voice
The most flattering compliment I receive on an ongoing basis is that I write the way I speak. I consider that a compliment because as a writer I'm always striving to connect with my readers the way I (hope to) do when I have a warm, intimate conversation with someone in person.Even if you're not a professional writer – if you blog, write advice articles or engage in social media, it is critical that you find your "voice." Simply defined, voice is a writer's style; the quality that makes her writing unique and which conveys her attitude, personality, and character. In the context of this article, it is the last three qualities that are most significant.
What Finding Your Voice Means to Your "Peeps"
If you are familiar with social media, you'll know that the terms 'peeps' doesn't refer to little twirping birds – unless of course, you consider the Twitter-bird. Your peeps refer to your people, your tribe, your following. And why do they follow your articles, blogs, tweets, and comments on Facebook? Generally because they like something about you. In this highly competitive world of communication, I think it is fair to say that someone really has to like you (your personality) a lot and, more particularly, they admire your values and character. Isn't that why you follow people and their work? …
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In Pursuit of Happiness: How to Access Your Passion
It’s never too late to follow your passion; sometimes you just have to get creative about how you do it. Karen Dodd reveals some of the strategies she’s used to find and follow her passions. She also brings up some of the stumbling blocks that may hold you back — and what you can do about them.
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Achieve Greater Results with Smaller To-Do List
Full disclosure involving a cat. Goal-setting tips to start the year off right. And a brand new mission to help you get a few steps closer to achieving Work/Life Balance. Karen Dodd gives you what you need to stay healthy and grounded as you navigate the hectic life of an entrepreneur.
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Learning to Live in the Moment
Karen Dodd gives tips on how to create balance in your life and avoid burnout through meditation, journalling, and finding ways to live “in the moment.” Karen speaks from experience as a recovering multi-tasker healing from what she describes as not just burnout, but “burning to a crisp!”
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Discover Your Ideal Clients and Charge More
Instead of trying to attract a greater volume of clients, what if you could attract fewer clients who each represent greater value to your business? Karen Dodd explains how you can be more attractive to your ideal clients by figuring out what you want to achieve with your business, and in what way you can best help your clients achieve their goals.
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Vision + Consistency = Tonnes of Clients!
Karen Dodd shares her story of the first business she ever owned, some advice she didn’t take, and a marketing assignment that will help you become the sales and marketing dynamo you were meant to be. Find out how to follow Karen’s formula that Vision plus Consistency equals Clients, and lots of them!
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Overwhelmed? Focus On the Right Things
Entrepreneurs have so many ideas and things to do that they risk becoming overworked, unfocussed, and stressed. Karen Dodd gives four strategies to help you stay on track for greater success AND she provides a wonderful assignment you can do (yes, homework!) to help you really put these strategies into action!
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Passive Revenue: Repurposing for Profit (Part 2)
If you own a laptop, you have everything you need to run an info-product empire. But, you must know how to create a product that people actually want to buy! Karen Dodd, who is quite successful at selling info products, reveals eight things you need to know to succeed, whether you want to sell an ebook, a home study course, videos, or anything else you create.
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Passive Revenue: Repurposing for Profit (Part 1)
Karen Dodd stumbled into selling informational products when she realized she needed something to sell at a seminar she was giving. She put together a 158-page ebook in just one weekend and it sold for $49! She tells you what she did, how she did it and how you can do it too.
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Want Success? Conquer Bright Shiny Object Syndrome
How can you stay focussed on your goals when you’re subject to distraction by new ideas and other “bright shiny objects?” Karen Dodd explores the allure of Bright Shiny Object Syndrome – an affliction that affects many entrepreneurs – and shares the tools she uses to stay focussed on the way to success.
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The Fifty Plus and Fabulous Entrepreneur
Have you ever had that nagging feeling that you were meant to serve at a higher level or make a bigger contribution (after all, isn’t that why we’re here?) but you can’t quite put your finger on what that is? Karen Dodd explores the world of the 50+ entrepreneur.
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Earning More While Working Less – Part 2
In Part 2 of “Earning More While Working Less,” Karen Dodd tells how you can use the knowledge, skills and passion you already have to create “information products” and explores what these products might look like. She also gives information you can use right away on pricing your products.
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Earning More While Working Less – Part 1
Don’t know how to grow your business and make more money? Want to work less without seeing your income shrink? Karen Dodd looks at ways you can create passive income so you can increase your cashflow with a little extra work now, for less work later. She also looks at a real-life case study of someone who was having trouble seeing how she could grow her business.
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3 Ways To Be High-Touch In a High-Tech World
Building relationships is key to successful business, especially for small business and entrepreneurs. What are the best ways to connect with potential clients in an increasingly high-tech world? Karen Dodd, client attraction specialist, gives her top three tips for becoming a relationship-builder and growing your client base.
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The Yin and the Yang of Authentic Marketing
Karen Dodd follows up her recent article, “Secret to Success: You Must Have a Sense of Urgency” with this one on how to integrate the “sense of urgency” principles into your business while still enjoying a healthy sense of balance. She explains how Yin and Yang are important to your authentic marketing.
