Schedule

Topics and speakers are subject to change. Please call 1-800-975-8382 Ext. 708 with any questions.

All seminars take place at the IKEA store in beautiful Costa Mesa, California. Store address is 1475 South Coast Drive (off Harbor Blvd.). Store Map

February 28 , 2008
7:30 AM PST to 10:00 AM PST

Are You Talking To Me?:
Go Behind the Scenes and Learn Why & How Your Customers Buy

How would you like to instantly tell if the person you’re communicating with is a $3,000, $5,000, $10,000 or even $100,000+ client within a matter of minutes (or even seconds)? Imagine if your website and marketing material were able to do this for you.

This seminar will introduce a one-of-a-kind approach for learning how to market and sell the way your customers want to buy. This is a must attend program for women entrepreneurs who want to improve customer relationships and boost revenue for 2008.

Join us on February 28, 2008 and discover:

• How to prioritize and systematize the 5 basic intentions of marketing to improve revenue
• Why sales & marketing is not a destination, but a process, and how you can map it
• How to design marketing campaigns that address the 4 “primary” buying preferences
• The 5 questions all clients are asking and how to answer them online & offline
• Why PAIN gets clients chasing you and how to leverage this

Instructor: Pete Nelson

Price: $29.00 per-attendee
(Sign up for all 10 seminars and pay only $149.50 + you receive a FREE admission to all 10 seminars for a colleague)

March 27, 2008
7:30 AM PST to 10:00 AM PST

Women CEO Roundtable
Get the Truth. Get Inspired. Get Mentored.

Let's face it. If you're a woman entrepreneur at some point you've experienced those lonely moments where you wonder, "Am I doing the right thing?" Whether you've discovered the answer to this question or not, no matter where you are right now with your business, odds are there is still room to grow not only your business but your skills as an entrepreneur.

Join us at this unforgettable 90-minute roundtable as four dynamic and successful women entrepreneurs share the pain, joy, passion, skills and the insider secrets for living the life of a successful woman business owner. Our distinguished group of CEO's will be revealing an insider's perspective on what it "really" takes to start, grow and sustain a successful woman owned business.

Join us on March 27, 2008 and get ready to learn:

• How one woman pioneered a new business concept into a multi-million dollar business

• What it takes to earn a six-figure a year income as an solo-preneur

• The process for hiring the right employees to grow a successful brand

• How to discover your own niche and leverage this to build a successful company

• How to create relationships that will be there when you need them most

• How to make the transition from a corporate position to being the CEO of your own business

Price: $29.00 per-attendee
(Sign up for all 10 seminars and pay only $149.50 + you receive a FREE admission to all 10 seminars for a colleague)

April 24 , 2008
7:30 AM PST to 10:00 AM PST

10 Strategies:
To Achieve Anything, We Must Have a Strategy

When bad things happen to good people, they call Randall Bell. As a world renowned economist, highly sought after consultant and author, Randy has gained global recognition by helping governments, businesses and individuals deal with the impacts of crimes, man-made, environmental and natural disasters.

Through his research. Randall has uncovered some simple rules about failure and success - how our attitudes and behavior can create disastrous results or phenomenal achievement. Now, he has organized these experiences into a fascinating and life-changing seminar, where he leads you through his hands-on involvement with high-profile disasters, what he learned from them, and how these insights can directly create value for you and your business.

Join Randall for his unique perspective, compelling case studies, and learn how you can build a solid game plan to avoid common pitfalls of running a successful business while establishing a framework for high achievement.

Randall's 10 Strategies Will Show You How To:

• Avoid the behaviors and management styles that can create disasters and chaos in your business

• Spot the difference between "effective and ineffective" planning and leadership strategies before it's too late

• Identify "Strategically Fit & Un-Fit" partners, clients and employees

• Strengthen your strategic approach to being a leader with your business and at home

• Master all 10 key strategy areas for possessing a complete game plan for your business

Instructor: Randall Bell

Price: $29.00 per-attendee
(Sign up for all 10 seminars and pay only $149.50 + you receive a FREE admission to all 10 seminars for a colleague)

May 29, 2008
7:30 AM PST to 10:00 AM PST

Web 2.0:
How to Leverage New Media Marketing for Your Business

Instructor: Michelle Price

Overview of program coming soon.

June 26 , 2008
7:30 AM PST to 10:00 AM PST

How To Speak Your Business In 30-Seconds or Less

Can you state your business so clearly that you attract more prospects, clients, and business in 30 seconds or less? If not there’s a good chance you’re sick of the “Glazed Eyeballs” when you talk about your business.

Developed from 20 years in the PR trenches, The Speak Your Business system was developed by author and international speaker Ann Convery. The Speak Your Business system is not a sales system, although it can boost your income to healthy new levels. It is not an elevator pitch. It’s not an explanation; and it’s actually not strictly about what you do. It is a personal marketing system that galvanizes your prospect’s curiosity and focuses it on you, in a casual conversation – in less than a minute.

Women business owners and professionals who have used the Speak Your Business System have:

• tripled their business in 5 months
• earned an extra $40,000 in commission in one week
• received (3) $100,000 contracts in two weeks
• received a $100,000 contract the first time they used the new message
• Increased their businesses by 30, 40 and 60%.

Join us on June 26, 2008 at IKEA in Costa Mesa as Ann reveals a simple process that is designed to capture more business every time you use it. Best of all, the Speak Your Business System works in any profession - from multi-million-dollar manufacturing CEOs, to high-6-figure sales trainers, coaches, consultants, and independent professionals.

The Speak Your Business Program Will Teach You:

• The secret recipe for the 30-second message formula

• How to stop labeling yourself out of potential business

• The 3 most important words your message must contain

• Why you don’t leave them satisfied but leave them hungry

• The mind-blowing tool only 5% of people in business use. And it's so simple your jaw will drop.

Instructor: Ann Convery

Price: $29.00 per-attendee
(Sign up for all 10 seminars and pay only $149.50 + you receive a FREE admission to all 10 seminars for a colleague)

July 31 , 2008
7:30 AM PST to 10:00 AM PST

The Awakening:
7 Steps to Unlocking the Secret Behind the Law of Attraction

What would happen if you could gain immediate access to the real secret behind the power of using the Law of Attraction to achieve your heart’s desire?

During this life changing program, you will uncover detailed and immediate access to the missing pieces behind the Law of Attraction by learning the Seven Steps to Awakening. These principles will open the doors for transforming not only your business, but your dreams and aspirations into a beautiful reality.

Join us on July 31, 2008 as The Awakening program will inspire and guide you by revealing:

• 10 steps to immediately increase your A.Q. (Attraction Quotient)
• The three essential steps needed to unlock the power of the Law of Attraction
• Five keys for accelerating your power of attraction
• How to reinvigorate your purpose and focus through Power Statements
• The #1 thing people do to sabotage their success and how to change it right away

Instructor: Alicia Ashley

Price: $29.00 per-attendee
(Sign up for all 10 seminars and pay only $149.50 + you receive a FREE admission to all 10 seminars for a colleague)

September 18 , 2008
7:30 AM PST to 10:00 AM PST

Be the Rock Star of Your Industry:
How to Turbo Charge Your Marketing by Positioning Yourself As an Expert In Your Field

As a business owner, you’re sitting on an untapped gold mine that countless others want to access each day. What is it? Your expertise.

In this Age of Information, expert opinion and advice are sought after in practically EVERY industry. Right this moment, media outlets such as TV, radio, newspapers, magazines, and online resources are searching for your expertise to fill their pages. It’s free advertising at its very best! Not only does marketing your expertise get free PR, but also the stamp of “credibility” that paid advertising can never give.

Join us on September 18, 2008 at IKEA in Costa Mesa as award winning visibilty expert Nancy Marmolejo provides the insight, steps and techniques needed to stand out in your field and get your ideal customers chasing you for business.

Whether you consider yourself an expert in your field or not, by the end of this groundbreaking program you will have a clear understanding of the value of what you know, who wants it, and how it can dramatically increase your profits.

On September 18, 2008 join award winning visibility expert Nancy Marmolejo and discover:

• Why expertise is in such high demand and what that means for your business
• Who is looking for your expertise and how to connect with them
• Common fears and mental blocks that keep professionals (like you!) from claiming the well deserved title “expert”
• How to cash in on the free PR and high visibility
• A proven system to “blueprint” your expertise for the next 9-12 months
• And much more!

Instructor: Nancy Marmolejo

Overview of program coming soon.

October 23 , 2008
7:30 AM PST to 10:00 AM PST

The Entrepreneur's Secret Weapon:
How to Leverage Your Time, Money & Energy to Create Your Lifestyle Business

Have you ever felt stuck at a certain level of success because you couldn't possibly squeeze anything more into your already crazy-busy schedule?

Do you long to hand off those energy-draining tasks you hate doing and procrastinate completing – but don’t know how?

If you answered yes to either of these questions, you are losing hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost opportunities, money in the bank and time off to pursue your bigger passions in life!

Do you know the secret to creating a seven figure freedom-based business? It's leverage and on October 23, 2008 at IKEA in Costa Mesa, Melanie Benson Strick, The Entrepreneur’s Success Coach, will not only reveal how to identify the leverage points in your business but she will take you through a set of incredibly simple, yet eye-opening steps to revolutionize the way work gets done in your business.

So take a moment and ask yourself if you are still doing everything yourself because you can’t imagine anyone being reliable or good enough to get the job done properly? If you are it's time you learn the true secrets behind working on your business and not in your business.

If you are and you are ready to banish overwhelm and discover how simple it is to accomplish massive results by leveraging other people’s strengths, you need to be in attendance at this career and life altering program!

Join Melanie on October 23 and find out:

• How delegating just three simple jobs can free you up to double your income and time-off.

• An easy-to-follow formula that will help you determine what to delegate and what to keep so you stay focused on your highest payoff activities.

• The three deadly mistakes entrepreneurs make with their teams and how to avoid making them.

• A simple two-step plan to make money instantly by outsourcing and delegating

• The million dollar question you MUST ask yourself before you hire a team (hint: it helps you hire the right people, for the right reasons so you get the right results)!

Instructor: Melanie Benson Strick

Price: $29.00 per-attendee
(Sign up for all 10 seminars and pay only $149.50 + you receive a FREE admission to all 10 seminars for a colleague)

November 13 , 2008
7:30 AM PST to 10:00 AM PST

Intentional Networking :
Preparing, Planning & Setting Goals for Business Success

Have you ever lost out on a promotion to someone less qualified than you? As a business owner, have you watched competitors, whose service or product is inferior to your own, easily get business while you struggled?

Want to know what you can do to stack the odds in your favor next time? If so, you cannot miss this unforgettable and eye-opening 90-minute program with Pete Nelson, the founder of Everywhere Marketing and one of North America’s top sales and marketing strategists.

Join us on November 13, 2008 at IKEA in Costa Mesa as Pete unveils the secrets behind what it really takes to network your way to the top of your field. These are not the same old, worn out techniques you’ve heard before. Intentional Networking removes pressure from networking with a startling new and fresh look at one of the most cost effective ways to successfully build your career and your business.

Ready to grow your business and career? If so, join us and learn:

• The 5 stages to profitable networking
• How to avoid the single biggest mistake women make when networking
• What is really needed to produce a referral from networking
• How to eliminate pressure and stress from networking
• How to meet someone by design instead of by accident
• 4 simple steps for networking success every networker must know
• How to align your networking goals with your BIGGEST personal goals
• The power of anchoring your vision to your intentions for better networking results

Instructor: Pete Nelson

Price: $29.00 per-attendee
(Sign up for all 10 seminars and pay only $149.50 + you receive a FREE admission to all 10 seminars for a colleague)

December 2008 (Date to be determined)
7:30 AM PST to 10:00 AM PST

When Dinner Is Business:
A Professional’s Guide to Networking & Dining

Networking is an essential component of growing a successful business. But how you approach networking with a plate of food in one hand and a drink in another can mean the difference between an embarrassing night or a successful networking experience.

Join us for this timely, highly interactive and fun program at IKEA in Costa Mesa as author and International Director at FIDM/The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, Lanie Denslow, shares the secrets for mastering the eight practices essential for creating a worry free networking experience whether it’s coffee at Starbuck’s, a holiday party or a formal banquet.

Lanie will show you how to maximize opportunities presented when dining with others, especially during the holiday months and teach you the insider tips for focusing on people rather than being sidetracked by the rules of dining.

Join us in December and learn:

• Learn the secrets and etiquette behind networking with food
• Essential rules and responsibilities of the guest and the host
• Develop flawless social skills when dining – especially during the holidays
• The one thing all business owners must apply when dinner is business
• How to network and connect with others when food is part of the networking venue

Instructor: Lanie Denslow

Price: $29.00 per-attendee
(Sign up for all 10 seminars and pay only $149.50 + you receive a FREE admission to all 10 seminars for a colleague)