Successful Women in Business - Women Business Owners

"Creating your Championship Team" Renie Cavalleri

Renie Cavalleri 480-215-0653		Creating a championship team during turbulent times is when real leaders step to the front of the pack. How do you keep your Self and team inspired, energized and thinking? What does it take to lead when the stakes are high and the challenges bigger? Join Renie as she helps you find that passion within and awaken the potential of your Self, your people and your organziation. Today is no time for doom and gloom so get ready to explore the courage of great leadership, what it takes to rise above the vast flow of mediocrity and how you can create motivating environments everyday. Renie will explore the “happy factor”, the naysayers that hold you back and what outstanding performers and organizations know and live by. Her many stories will make you laugh, cry and decide to turn your passion on. Cavallari founded Aspire, www.aspiremarketing.com in 1995 and since then has worked with thousands of clients. As a powerhouse business leader, Cavallari helps global brands achieve breakthrough results by utilizing her time-tested sales, training, strategic marketing, team building and revenue optimization solutions. In 2007, Cavallari founded Wings to Fly, www.wingstofly.info , a national non-profit organization that promotes life-long self confidence in young women. By integrating inspiration, knowledge, research-based resources and coaching into daily life, Wings to Fly encourages young women to aspire with confidence and self respect to design the life they dream and become the leaders of tomorrow.



“The Fast Track to Double Your Income & Success" Annette Bau

Annette Bau 602-956-7171		Successful businesses do things differently In today’s competitive marketplace so you must be at the top of your game to survive and thrive. Hear what strategies you need now to grow your company and increase sales immediately. Get practical ideas to help leverage your time while collaborating with other professionals to increase your bottom line. - Create a foundation for success - Learn why businesses fail and what to do about it - Get a step by step plan of action you can use today



2011 SELECTED WORKSHOP PRESENTERS

"Become a Customer Magnet With Low Cost Marketing Strategies" Maria Simone

Maria Simone 602-633-5089		Rather than having to compete to be heard in a noisy marketplace, let alone find new customers, there are simple strategies you can do to actually ATTRACT all the customers you can possibly want. In this presentation we’ll discuss ways that will help you stand out, get noticed and create a steady stream of pre-qualified prospects who will be eager to do business with you. Learn how to: - How to set a clear path for prosperity in your business - FOUR strategies for creating a complete revenue makeover in YOUR business - A variety of ways to fill your pipeline with a steady stream of customers Maria Simone is a dynamic speaker, trainer, author, and transformational business strategist. Her programs have helped thousands of individuals with developing a business infrastructure, funding, marketing to the masses, and creating a multiple income lifestyle. She has been featured on ABC News and Fox TV and interviewed for publications such as Business Week, Success Magazine and Inventors Digest. Maria has started 4 businesses of her own, has raised millions in funding, and has had products selling in major department stores. She is the author of “Passion To Prosperity: Instant Way To Profit From Your Skills and Talents” (available on Amazon.com), CEO of Passion To Prosperity and Business Advisor to The Women’s International Network. Her website is at www.Passion2Prosperity.



"Social Marketing to Leverage Your Business Growth: Making Social Media Work for You " Elisa Estes

Elisa Estes 480-440-5557		Attendees will learn: 1. The Power of Facebook 2. Generating Referrals 3. Video and picture marketing 4. Time management for Social Media 5. Social media campaign that works Consulting with corporate clients and offering social marketing workshops for their employees, Elisa has provides business owners from all industries, including many entrepreneurs, advice on forecasting business growth, and participating in community fund-raising while using all the social media marketing channels. Connecting forces with WeBuildYourSocialMedia gives Elisa an edge to traditional marketing. Now providing live webinars and one-on-one coaching to help convert prospects into loyal customers. Her goal-setting approach to life has made her able to understand her clients on a unique level and be sensitive to the needs of growing a business. Elisa has appeared on numerous news shows including local appearances on KTVK 3TV programming as well as being recognized in Arizona Republic’s Successful Woman Business Owner. Elisa is a seasoned public speaker to both small and large groups, including media relations both on and off camera. Utilizing her Spanish speaking and creative marketing and event-planning skills, Elisa will have you reaching your target audience in the best way possible.



"How You Can Profit From Today’s Top 3 Economic Trends" Kimberly Amadeo

Kimberly Amadeo 480-363-4534		The economy is complicated. It's changing – fast! You know it's affecting your life and your business. But you may not have time to figure it out. Kimberly Amadeo does. She puts the “me” back in economy in her speech, The Top 3 Economic Trends: How You Can Prosper. Her humor and high energy help you easily learn the 3 most important things the economy will do and how they affect you. Most important, you will leave with (at least!) 3 practical steps to safeguard both your business and personal financial future. BIO Kimberly is the U.S. Economy expert for About.com, the ninth most visited site on the web and a division of the New York Times. She has 20 years senior-level corporate experience in economic analysis and strategic planning for international corporations. She's earned two Master's degrees: one in planning from Boston College and one in business from MIT. As a business consultant, Kimberly combines her strategic planning and economic analysis skills to quickly identify where your company is vulnerable to economic trends, and what you can do about it now. This rare combination allows her to tailor your strategy to economic reality. Best of all, her easy-to-understand system keeps you focused on the essential core of your business. Kimberly is the author of Beyond the Great Recession – What Happened and How to Prosper. It explains how a few simple shifts in thinking will give you the tools to prosper beyond the Great Recession. Uncover the story of what really happened, how it affects you and what you need to do now.



"Keys To Selling Your Expertise Online" Michele Pariza Wacek

Michele Pariza Wacek 877-754-3384		If you're not selling online, then chances are your online presence (like your web site) isn't set up to transform your prospects into customers. Learn what it takes to actually SUCCEED online! Discover the number 1 thing you MUST do or you'll never make any real money on the Internet (or in your business as a whole for that matter) The biggest mistake entrepreneurs make when they start selling online and how you can NOT fall into that trap How to become a magnet for ATTRACTING your ideal customers while at the same time REPELLING those clients who you really don't want to work with (never again feel like you need to take on a "less than ideal" client for cash flow reasons) The secret for setting yourself apart from your competition EFFORTLESSLY (no one ever again will wonder what you do or how you can help them, they'll just know they NEED to work with you) Bio Michele Pariza Wacek is Considered one of the hottest direct response copywriters and marketing consultants in the industry today, Michele PW (Michele Pariza Wacek) Your $Ka-Ching!$ Marketing Strategist, has a reputation for crafting copy and creating online and offline marketing campaigns that get results. Michele started writing professionally in 1992, working at agencies and on staff as a marketing/communication/writing specialist. She started Creative Concepts and Copywriting LLC in 1998 and has never looked back. Going into business for herself was the best thing she ever did. She discovered a passion for combining her creativity with her writing ability to solve marketing problems for her clients. She's also developed a specialty for online marketing campaigns: from using Web 2.0 traffic strategies to bring a flood of hungry visitors to Web sites, to turning those visitors into actual paying customers. Now a national speaker and author, her client list reads like a "who's who" of Internet Marketing. She regularly works with national and internationally known consultants, speakers, authors and companies.



"Invest In Your Team To Create Exceptional Customer Service" Marlene Beadling

Marlene Beadling 602-549-0680		Are you wondering how you can make more money for your business? It has been said many times in many ways how investing in your people will always yield a high return on your investment. While focusing on customer care, this presentation will teach you, the business owner simple ways to coach your staff how to communicate with your customers and build and foster long-term relationships. You will learn how perfecting a simple selling technique and consistently repeating this technique will greatly increase your ROI (return on investment) and employee confidence. Attendees will learn: - How to communicate effectively in a face to face scenario verbally and non-verbally. - Tips on how to ask questions that will result in a client for life. - Listening skills and why listening is the most effective skill in selling - Simple tips on closing a sale with winning results - How to think quickly on your feet to deliver a flawless sales presentation. Marlene Beadling has over 15years of experience working as a Regional and US Education Manager providing product and sales training for two Global Companies afforded me with the knowledge and expertise to teach and to provide selling tools and techniques to perfect one’s selling skills. This vast experience led her to create an award winning sales program and gives me the incredible opportunity to share what I know through my company, Simplicity of Selling.



"Get your MBA – Me Branding Awareness" Joel Martin

Joel Martin 480-563-5585		Whether intentionally or unintentionally, if you are a woman with a business you have a personal brand. The question is, do you recognize what your brand is or not. Does it work for you. Does your brand – the visible and invisible aspects of it - attract money? Customers? Relationships? Referrals? Does it inspire others? Does it create value? Knowing the essential lessons that Dr. Martin will teach will get you where you want to be faster. Five lessons attendees will take away from this program: - The importance of your values and your value proposition. - The key MBA (Me Brand Awareness) strategies that make your brand unique. - The energizing daily declarations and practices that bring your brand alive. - Why you must incorporate the 3 B’s (bodacious, bold, and brilliant) into your brand. - The importance of maintaining a healthy brand. For more than 15 years, women’s advocate Dr. Joel Martin has worked with hundreds of thousands of individuals and organizations transforming businesses, careers, relationships and lives. People are changed as a result of her insightful coaching, training, and consulting. Joel is the President of Triad West, Inc. and producer of the Positively Powerful Women Celebrate! Awards Dinners and Workshops and other events. Joel is a dynamic results-oriented communicator, author, and speaker with a profound respect and love of people. Her commitment to serving visionary leaders – whether executives or employees of entrepreneurial firms, major corporations, or nonprofit organizations,– has taken her across the United States, Puerto Rico, the Republic of South Africa, the United Kingdom, China, Latvia, Finland, Malaysia, and Russia. Dr. Martin has earned a Ph.D. in Communications and a Masters in Psychology. Previously, Joel was the president and creative director of a full-service award winning New York City-based advertising agency.



"Prevent the 5 Biggest Money Drains New Business Owners Face" Therese Skelly

Therese Skelly 602-369-0091		Too often business owners have places in their business (and mindset) that are causing them to lose money. In this power packed presentation, Therese will show you the five areas where you may be leaking money. By implementing simple tweaks you’ll learn how to so that you will have more visibility, credibility and profitability. List three to five lessons attendees will take away from this program: 1. Why you may be losing money 2. The 3 places business owners break down 3. How to stop any self sabotage that is in your way 4. Marketing ideas that will keep your money in your pocket 5. Ways to avoid the start up mistakes Therese Skelly has been working for years in helping people overcome their barriers and create amazing things in life and business. She has a Master’s Degree in counseling and practiced for 25 years before becoming shifting to working with business owners. In addition to her mindset and “inner game” expertise, Therese has been coached and mentored by the industries finest in the areas of marketing, sales, copywriting, and business strategy. She’s also a certified and highly trained coach/business consultant who specializes in helping her clients create businesses that make them happy. Therese has created numerous products, from the award winning Inner Guru Experience, Ready Set Publicity, Mindset and Marketing Magic, and most recently completed the three week Body, Mind and Business Breakthrough Telesummit. She works with her clients’ mindset and marketing because she’s passionate about showing people how to own their gifts and purpose and get that out in the world in a huge way. You can visit her website at www.HappyInBusiness.com and get a free audio download about “Uncovering the Biggest Money Drains In Your Business.”



"Websites For The Techno-Phobic" Kim Casault

Kim Casault 520-971-3009		When you sit at your computer do you worry you will hit the wrong key, lose all your important information or cause your hard drive to crash? If you’re a complete techno-phobe or just techno-shy, creating and maintaining a web presence can feel overwhelming and impossible. If you know you need one, but would rather walk barefoot in the desert, this session is for you. - Discover the minimum you need for an effective web presence. - How to choose good web allies - How to be confident with your website and computer security - Understand that you don’t have to do it all. Bio Building a lifelong passion for computers, Kim Casault as been working as a web professional since 2004 and is the owner of Cruxwire Web maintaining a full load of clients from New York to Los Angeles. Kim works with clients to maintain a rich, valuable web presence for everything from commerce to blogs and email newsletters. She brings to her web work a rare combination of excellent customer service skills and broad technical knowledge from XHTML to PHP



"Networking 101 The Not So Basics" Gelie Akhenblit

Gelie Akhenblit 480-239-8571		Finding fresh prospects, meeting with customers, cultivating new relationships and gaining exposure is the goal of a good networker but being unskilled and unprepared to network could cost you the biggest connection of your career. There is a big difference between networking and promoting. - Learn why it is important to arrive early and stay late, - Why having a bad day is OK at a networking event - Why networking is all about making new friends and cultivating relationships - Discover the best strategies to achieve your goals Gelie Akhenblit is the founder of NetworkingPhoenix.com, an online resource that has become Phoenix’s one-stop-shop for professionals, entrepreneurs and small business owners looking to network and connect locally. The website has an online calendar that compiles and promotes many of the networking events in the Phoenix metro area. It also allows business owners and professionals to create profiles in order to connect with others locally. In the 19 months that NetworkingPhoenix.com has been around , nearly 10,000 members have signed up, the site has grown to be one of the most visited local non-publication or government websites in Arizona and is in the top 1% of most visited global websites (source: alexa.com).



"Ready, Aim, Fire up your Business"

In this fun and fast format, ten industry experts will take aim at important issues facing small business owners today and deliver rapid fire facts that will put you on target for higher profits and better productivity. Be there when they zero in on solutions that will hit the mark for your company and help you set your sites on building a better business.