The Quest for Success: Let Technology Take Your Business to the Next Level!

The Quest for Success

Your Business. Unlimited Potential.

February 2007 - Vol.3 , Issue 2

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	Get Inspired! Upcoming Events! Simply Organized Quotes on Your Quest The Reader's Quest More Great Resources! Special Offer: Take the 90 Day Selling with Intention Challenge!

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Greetings! Was January an intentional month for you? I sure hope so! Technology. The word inspires some and frightens others. Yet, to do business efficiently and intentionally today, our businesses need the latest technology. Podcasts, blogs, internet marketing, teleconference...they can all take your business to an entirely new level if you know how to use them. But we’re all busy, right? So, how can we find the time to get plugged into the technology we need to make our businesses successful? The key is to schedule the time in your calendar. Block out time to do the research and make the connections with the people who can help you. Marcy Decato, Creative Solutions, creates fantastic web-sites and blogs and I highly recommend her because she will break things down into straightforward language for you (check out her website). I’m also pleased to introduce you to this month’s inspiration, Cynthia Frazier, an internet guru who can help you understand how virtual your business can become in 2007! Visualize yourself at the end of 2007. Imagine that you have met all of your technology goals. What would be different in your business? More clients? More free time? Wishing you all a fantastic February and the right technology to change your business! In Support, Ursula Mentjes, M.S., ACC CEO and Certified Business Coach

Get Inspired!

This Month's Success Story - The road to entrepreneurship for me has been a winding curvaceous bumpy road that twists through 25 years of preparation. Since before my high school days, I have always wanted to be an entrepreneur. I took business classes in high school. I talked about having my own business with everyone who would listen. Yet, as a baby boomer, I was encouraged to “get a good education” so that I could “get a good job” so that I could “have a nice retirement.” I was also encouraged to get married and focus on my family. With my heart set on owning a business, I completed a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration. I had drive and determination. I also wanted my family and friends to be proud of me. So I selected Human Resources Management as a concentration. Those words were ringing in my ear. Get a good job. I also got married and turned my attention to being a wife and mother. My years as a full time homemaker afforded me an opportunity to make many great accomplishments. I helped raise a lot of money for charity. I was one of the youngest women ever to be elected to the school board. I served on the board of directors for The American Red Cross, The Girl Scout Council, and The Salvation Army. What's more, I received many awards and certificates. I was recognized by the NAACP for outstanding leadership, and I received a resolution from the California State Senate for community service. At forty I found myself divorced, no job, and no place to live. My heart was still set on having my own business “someday”, but those words still rang in my ear. “Get a good job.” Since I had been “out of circulation” for a while, I completed a masters in Instructional Technology and began teaching college part time. It didn’t take long to realize that I was not going to be satisfied with myself until I followed my dream. I took everything I had and opened a franchise. My business was successful, but not successful enough to remain open. During that experience, I learned a lot about myself. But more importantly, I learned a lot about the market and free enterprise. Giving up was never an option for me. I read John Maxwell’s book Failing Forward, which forever changed the way I look at failures. I also heard Dennis Kimbro say that the average millionaire tries 17 different businesses and goes bankrupt three times before finding success. More determined than ever to succeed at entrepreneurship, I teamed up with my daughter to start a business services company that offers marketing and promotions campaigns. Our goal was to become the most sought after marketing company on the West Coast. Well, last year, we joined hundreds of thousands of women in the Count Me In campaign and declared a commitment to be a million- dollar woman business owner by the year 2010. At that time, we re-wrote our business plan and took our company online. Today, we are poised to be one of the most sought after Internet Marketing companies Internationally. Today, the words in my ear “Get a good job” have been replaced with Will Rogers’ words, “Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” Cynthia Renee Frazier Co-Founder, The Energy Tour Café and proud sponsor of 2007 Walk the Walk for Financial Freedom, an International Virtual Growth Summit for Women Business Owners. www.Energy TourCafe.com More from Cynthia... Can a Small Business Have A Big Business Image? Many home based businesses look and feel small when they don’t have to. Today, it is quite easy to leverage technology and a host of new tools to quickly turn a small, relatively new company into a bigger more competitive business. Click here to learn how...

Upcoming Events!

www.theleadersclub. net The Leader's Club meets every Tuesday morning from 7:30am to 8:30am at COCO's Family Restaurant 909.737.7270 www.coronachamber.org Check out all of the great Corona chamber events that are coming up! www.riverside-chamber.com Check out all of the great Riverside chamber events that are coming up! www.nawbo- ie.org February 15th, 6:00 pm; Doubletree Hotel Ontario Airport Rsvp@nawbo- ie.org www.foryounetwork. org For You Network - Moreno Valley Connection Lisa Marie Platske, Director 4th Thursday of the month(except Nov & Dec) RSVP 951-334-9162 or leadershipstrategies@upsidethinking.com www.businessresourceconnection.biz Find out more about the Business Resource Connection by contacting Debra Murphy, President. 951-281-1402 Visionary Business Conference Los Angeles, CA February 1, 2, & 3 Price for all 3 days: $199 with advance reservation and $299 at the door Register Today! Unleashing the Diva Within Conferences International presents... "Taking that First Step" March 23-24, 2007 Holiday Inn Carlsbad-by-the-Sea Carlsbad, Calfornia Register at www.unleashingthediva.com or call 760-215- 6501.

Simply Organized

Simple Technology to Check Out! To continue the theme of technology this month I am listing some great websites to check out. Many of these services are reasonably priced, easy to navigate and will allow you to connect with clients more effieceintly and give your business the polish it may be needing. ConstantContact.com - Email marketing Virtual-receptionists.com- Virtual answering service GotomyPC.com - Access your PC from anywhere virtualassistants.com - Listings of available Virtual Assistants Sheri Granneman is a Virtual Assistant (VA) & owner of Integrity Business Solutions. She can be contacted at 360-546-5558 or sgranneman@comcast.net

Quotes on Your Quest

"The industrial landscape is already littered with remains of once successful companies that could not adapt their strategic vision to altered conditions of competition." Abernathy "Science and technology multiply around us. To an increasing extent they dictate the languages in which we speak and think. Either we use those languages, or we remain mute." J.G. Ballard "Technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand." Source Unknown

The Reader's Quest

I.T. Wars: Managing the Business- Technology Weave in the New Millennium by David Scoot e-Business Strategies for Virtual Organizations by Janice3 Burn, Peter Marshall and Martin Barnett Selling with Intention Click here to order your copy! by Ursula Mentjes "Selling with Intention" is also available at Amazon.com!

More Great Resources!

"Too Blessed To Be Stressed" and "Pearls of Wisdom" Jewel Diamond Taylor, Speaker and Author Click here to check out these books and others by Ms. Tayor.

Special Offer: Take the 90 Day Selling with Intention Challenge!

Back by popular Demand! Are you ready to reach all of your goals in 2007? Then take the 90 Day Selling with Intention Challenge and increase your sales by 200% or more! What is it: One on One Selling with Intention Coaching for 90 days What’s Included: Two Forty Five Minute Sessions Per Month & The Selling with Intention Book and Workbook Our Gift to You: Register by February 31st, 2007 and receive ONE MONTH FREE!* Pick up the phone and call 951-689-8002 or email for details! *Must be paid in full Read on...

Ursula Mentjes is an International Speaker, Author and a Certified Business Coach who specializes in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) to help her clients reach their highest potential in their careers and businesses. She holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology and Communication and a Master of Science Degree in Psychology. Ursula is also a Certified NLP Coach through the NLP Institute of California, an Associate Certified Coach through the International Coaches Federation and a member of the International Coaches Federation. She is the founder and owner of Potential Quest, Inc. Ursula has over ten years of sales, sales management and executive management experience. Her book, “Selling With Intention”, was recently published.

Sincerely,

Ursula Mentjes, M.S., ACC

Potential Quest, Inc.

email: ursula@potentialquest.com

phone: 951.689.8002

web: http://www.potentialquest.com