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So ... you won't hear from me for a bit. My husband, the dog and I are heading out 'camping'. Here's a picture of the rig with the 'toybox' behind it. Just about any mode of transportation is available upon setting up camp. A canoe or kayak; mopeds; bicycles and a little miata for touring.

We've gotten almost all the fall cleanup done around the homestead. When it's complete ... it's off we go. Where? South. Not Florida. That's about as far as we get with 'planning'. Usually we end up somewhere around Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. Who's to say this year? By travelling with no itinerary, there is no chance of anything messing up. This doesn't work for everyone, but it's how we usually travel and always have ... even when the children were little.

Life is an adventure -- enjoy it!

While I'm away, I'll have my trusty little computer with me working diligently at getting new web copy, promotional material, teleseminars and presentations ready. I have a LOT of ideas for the upcoming year -- and BIG goals to achieve.

Talk to you soon...

Sue

What a week last week was!

So much information to absorb, digest and add to my repetoire...

Following our graduation ceremony in Tucson, AZ, where I become one of fewer than 35 certified 'money, marketing and soul coaches' with Kendall Summerhawk worldwide, I was invited to give a short speech on stage describing my experience. That's me in the bottom pic with the turquoise jacket.

The last day we heard 3 special guest speakers beginning with James Malenchek (whom I know a few of you know, have heard, or have taken workshops with). He's a very dynamic and enjoyable speaker. And what an offer he presented at the end. I had to control myself or I'd be flying across the country a dozen times next year!

Just to trick you, I'm wearing a brown jacket in the picture with James.

More to follow...

Oh, and check out the new version of my website which is about 1/2 done now (my webmaster is away dealing with a serious family issue or it would be complete). We've also updated my vacation rental site and ae working on my spa site.

Sue Crutcher, CMMSC, CPC, RRPr, CPTN-CPT

Money, Marketing & Soul Coach; Life Empowerment Mentor; Baby Steps to Success Expert

www.SueCrutcher.com           www.GreystoneRetreat.com

Whew!

That's all I can say at the moment.

More to follow (with pics)

Sue

How comfortable are you with the word: ‘prosperity’?

What does prosperity mean to you?

Elyse Hope Killoran, a woman who is studying, as I am, to be a certified coach in Kendall Summerhawk’s Money, Marketing and Soul program is currently offering a FREE “choosing prosperity” 30 day experiment. Today is Day 11 in the program. Check it out at: http://choosingprosperity.com/blog/

Today, Elyse’s email to participants included this John Randolph Price quote:

“How rich can you be? As rich as you think you can be, or as wealthy as your contentment level. However most people are content in just 'getting by' - and if that is as far as your consciousness can expand, then so be it. You have made that choice. But know that you can achieve the total freedom of financial independence if you choose and will work to uplift your consciousness to accommodate that level of completeness.”

I thought it was a wonderful and inspiring quote so I pass it along for your enjoyment and, hopefully, application.

To your prosperity!

May joy, passion and abundance be yours -- in life and business.

Susan Crutcher, MMSC, CPC, PHWC, RRPr, CPTN-CPT
Money, Marketing and Soul Coach

Life Empowerment Mentor
Baby Steps to Success Expert

"Inspiring and empowering Small Business Entrepreneurs to transform their lives to one of amazing success, ease and abundance."

WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS, RETREATS, PRIVATE & GROUP COACHING, SUCCESS CIRCLE MENTORING

How comfortable are you with the word: ‘prosperity’?

What does prosperity mean to you?

Elyse Hope Killoran, a woman who is studying, as I am, to be a certified coach in Kendall Summerhawk’s Money, Marketing and Soul program is currently offering a FREE “choosing prosperity” 30 day experiment. Today is Day 11 in the program. Check it out at: http://choosingprosperity.com/blog/

Today, Elyse’s email to participants included this John Randolph Price quote:

“How rich can you be? As rich as you think you can be, or as wealthy as your contentment level. However most people are content in just 'getting by' - and if that is as far as your consciousness can expand, then so be it. You have made that choice. But know that you can achieve the total freedom of financial independence if you choose and will work to uplift your consciousness to accommodate that level of completeness.”

I thought it was a wonderful and inspiring quote so I pass it along for your enjoyment and, hopefully, application.

To your prosperity!

May joy, passion and abundance be yours -- in life and business.

Susan Crutcher, MMSC, CPC, PHWC, RRPr, CPTN-CPT
Money, Marketing and Soul Coach

Life Empowerment Mentor
Baby Steps to Success Expert

"Inspiring and empowering Small Business Entrepreneurs to transform their lives to one of amazing success, ease and abundance."

WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS, RETREATS, PRIVATE & GROUP COACHING, SUCCESS CIRCLE MENTORING

PS -- You won't hear a peep out of me for a few days as I am in the midst of Eben Pagan's "Connected" program

prosperity!

Here I am on vacation with my sister in a yurt in New York state near Ithaca, working on the details of my first tele/webinar entitled: "Go ahead. Give me the 3rd degree." It is peaceful, quiet and my view is a garden with lots of sunfowers and flowering vines.

It's quite a nice place and MUCH, MUCH better than staying in a hotel/motel room hands down! This yurt is approx 30 feet across so it gives quite a bit of living space, a separate dining and living room, kitchen, bathroom, bedroom and a loft perfect for kids. I wouldn't want to stay here in the winter -- although, from the comment book, a lot of people have.

So, back to the tele/webinar: "Go ahead. Give me the 3rd degree." I've allowed for participants to choose between a phone call (costs money and kinks your neck) and a webinar (must be online at the time of session). Personally, I much prefer webinars so I wanted to give that option to people. Originally, I had signed up for the 30 day free trial with GoToMeeting, but since it allows only 15 participants, that didn't make sense for me and what I anticipate. GoToWebinar appears to be a suped-up version of GoToMeeting.  It also appears to be quite intuitive. I guess I'll find out NEXT TUESDAY!

So, for my business contacts on this blog, here's the what and why behind the scene stuff.

You already know which provider I chose (after a lot of research). There are many, many free services out there that allow you to host a meeting but you need to read the fine print. Most of them allow only that: you talk, people listen.

GoToWebinar, even the free trial, allows me to have up to 1,000 participants and records the entire session including any visuals I may have (I'm wondering how that works) so that I can upload an audio link later. They provide a link, a good looking template which looks professional and I don't need a database. Mostly, I'm interested in the recording because, in the future, I can use that in many of my marketing concepts. I could burn CDs of it and give them away as 'teasers' to give people a sense of my style and to include in other marketing such as at a health fair.

Listening to the free CD will (1) give people useful information (2) start building a relationship with me which, in turn will (3) build trust which leads to (4) the purchase of a product of service. Think 'funnel of trust' -- VERY important in marketing and in business! A fabulous marketing tool for minimal time input.

Details of presentation -- "Go ahead. Give me the 3rd degree."

Although the presentation is free, you do need to register. Registration also allows you to listen to the audio upload later should you (1) want to relisten for details you might have missed and (2) if you're not able to be there due to time contraints, you miss nothing.

Register here:  https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/913688531  You will receive a confirmation email and call-in details following registration.  As soon as you register, mark your calendar!  

Content: for once, the "3rd degree" is a positive connotation! We will be discussing a variety of ways that Small Business Entrepreneurs can expand their 'circle of influence' and, hence, their potential for growth and success.

When:   Tuesday, September 15 at 7:30pm

The next presentation will be September 22 at 7:30pm entitled "7 steps to reducing overwhelm in your business so you can work IN it and not just AT it!" 

Register here: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/839953915

I look forward to hearing from you on the calls.

May joy, passion and abundance be yours -- in life and business.

Susan Crutcher, MMSC, CPC, PHWC, RRPr, CPTN-CPT
Money, Marketing and Soul Coach

Life Empowerment Mentor
Baby Steps to Success Expert

"Inspiring and empowering Small Business Entrepreneurs to transform their lives to one of amazing success, ease and abundance."

WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS, RETREATS, PRIVATE & GROUP COACHING, SUCCESS CIRCLE MENTORING

No, this headline is not a 'strategy' to trick you into an exercise today. However, now that I think of it, are you holding your head up straight? Or is it, perhaps, chin forward and slouched like a vulture? If so, it would be wise to pay attention -- you wouldn't want to get stuck in that position!

Now, back to what I was here to write...

www.SueCrutcher.com along with my other sites: www.GreystoneRetreat.com and www.Sutopia.com are in the process of being transferred this week so they may be unavailable for a couple days until they repropogate their new DNS address (cool techie talk isn't it? What's amazing, is that I actually have a clue what it means!) During the transfer phase, I have broken down and asked for help (hint, hint to others out there) to rebuild them to professional level. I have found new templates and it looks like it will be money well spent.

Here's the lesson for today: what would you be able to allow someone else to do for you in your business? Something that would take just the tiniest portion of weight and responsibility off of your shoulders? Bear in mind that whoever does this 'job' for you will not likely do it as you would have. They may not be perfect (and, who of us are?) However, the fact that you have freed up some of your time outweighs the lack of perfection (if you think about it, it's not likely it would have been perfect if you did the task either ... oops, did I really say that?)

I've been working on applying this lesson to my life as it is HUGE for me. I'm, like most of you I'm sure, a bit of a control person who expects a lot from myself.

Around the beginning of August I hired someone to help me in the introductory combination role of: office manager, personal assistant and webmaster. She's dedicating between 1 and 2 days a week to me at present and has been given 6 pages of my 'to do' list to take over. That, in itself, was a relief. It took until last week for me to think about the BENEFIT of having her help before I thought about the MONEY it was costing me. Here's what happened (her name is Lynn):

Last week on Tuesday, Lynn and I talked about several things, including what payment gateway and what payment processor to use as well as should I keep AWeber or would one of the payment processors have similar capabilities along with the ability to allow me to provide affiliate links (and, some other web-related stuff).

Wednesday, mid-day, I receive a detailed comparison table via email with tons of live links in it -- the pros and cons of each and a synopsis/suggested choice. Fabulous! She's fast. We talked about how to proceed, how we would handle any payments and setting up of accounts, etc. Then, HERE'S THE GOOD PART, I delegated more tasks for Thursday. When I hung up, I realized what a relief it was to talk to someone else, request what I wanted done and to KNOW that it would get done. Try it. You'll like it.

That's it for today -- let me know what YOU choose to implement!

May joy, passion and abundance be yours -- in life and business.

Susan Crutcher, MMSC, CPC, PHWC, RRPr, CPTN-CPT
Money, Marketing and Soul Coach

Life Empowerment Mentor
Baby Steps to Success Expert

"Inspiring and empowering Small Business Entrepreneurs to transform their lives to one of amazing success, ease and abundance."

WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS, RETREATS, PRIVATE & GROUP COACHING, SUCCESS CIRCLE MENTORING

I will be missing in action for a couple weeks. Lots of issues with relatives and health as well as a short vacation with my sister in the boonies. Don't know if I'll get access to internet so this is fair warning.

LOTS of very interesting information coming up in the fall ... including:

2 teleseminars by moi

private virtual retreats

I trust everyone had an awesome summer and each of you are working on your 'marketing plan' for the fall/winter season!

Sue

Good morning everyone

For those who heard my mentor, Kendall Summerhawk's, teleseminar in July -- she's doing another call TOMORROW, August 13 at 8pm eastern.  For those who missed the first call, you may want to check out this information. She always offers very useful tips and information. If you cannot make the call due to the timeframe, register anyway -- that way you will be able to download the audio and listen when it suits your schedule.

"Shameless Plug" for a teleseminar...

Is There A Formula That Rules How Much Money You'll Make In Business?

Surprisingly, yes! If you've been marketing your buns off, yet find you're not making any more money then, to quote Million Dollar Marketing Coach Kendall SummerHawk, "it's likely you're bumping up against old money 'b.s.' that's keeping you stuck exactly at the income you're at right now."

Kendall knows her stuff, having broken out of frustrating 5-figures to now running a thriving million dollar home-based business. She's working less than she ever has before and making so much more! Now, lest you think she can't relate to the rest of us, let me tell you, Kendall is the "real deal!" All authentic heart and soul and totally devoted to helping women entrepreneurs like us break through our limiting money issues.

That's why you MUST do whatever it takes and come to a free call Kendall is hosting on Thursday, August 13, 2009. She's going to generously reveal "Beyond Mindset: 5 Money Breakthrough Secrets That Will Instantly Transform Your Business Model, Increase Your Credibility and Put More Money in Your Purse in the Next 90 Days than You've Seen All Year."

Ignore these money breakthroughs and trust me, you'll continue to experience the gut-wrenching money roller coaster I know you hate.

This FREE CALL with Kendall is not for the faint of heart! She's going to get pretty personal and tell you the truth - no fluff and no "generalities." These are the PERSONAL money breakthrough secrets she used to go from frustrating 5-figures to gracefully creating a million dollar home-based business in just 3 short years. So this call is perfect for you whether you've just started your business or you've been working at your business several years.

If you know anything about Kendall you can rest assured that this call will be content rich. And, while it is a preview of her brand new Money, Marketing and Soul Intensive: Your Blueprint for a Joyful and Authentic Million Dollar Business LIVE event happening this October 15-18, 2009, she promises you'll get at least 5 MONEY BREAKTHROUGH ideas from this FREE call and her special FREE bonus video series!

You can find out all about it and register at http://www.cartville.com/app/?af=1017796 .

I'll be there for sure so I hope to hear you on the call.

Sue Crutcher, MMSC, PHWC, RRPr, CPTN-CPT

Money, Marketing and Soul Coach

Life Empowerment Mentor

Baby Steps to Success Expert

“Inspiring and empowering Small Business Entrepreneurs to transform their lives to one of amazing success, ease and abundance.”

This week focuses on clearing the clutter of email -- mostly because it's a high priority for me right now. I'm at my 'soft limit' and once I cross it, I cannot receive until the situation is dealt with. It's a bit of a pain, but also a good thing as it forces me (on occasion anyway) to get back on track.

TODAY'S TIP:

Make a RULE for yourself – if you open an e-mail, you MUST respond to it immediately. No ‘setting it aside’ as you and I both know the odds of you coming back to it and actually answering later are close to nil.

Sue Crutcher, MMSC, PHWC, RRPr, CPTN-CPT

Money, Marketing and Soul Coach; Life Empowerment Mentor; Baby Steps to Success Expert

"Inspiring and empowering Small Business Entrepreneurs to transform their lives to one of amazing success, ease and abundance."