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Ask an Expert: “How to Name Your Business”on December 21, 2011
As part of our Ask an Expert series, Business Coach Alicia Marie interviews Wendy Phillips with Big Buzz Brands on how to name your business. Wendy discusses the three rules for naming a business, different categories of brand names, the most common mistakes business owners make when naming their business, and much more. Listen to the interview here!
Ask an Expert: “How to Name Your Business”
on February 21, 2011
As part of our Ask an Expert series, Business Coach Alicia Marie interviews Wendy Phillips with Big Buzz Brands on how to name your business. Wendy discusses the three rules for naming a business, different categories of brand names, the most common mistakes business owners make when naming their business, and much more. Listen to the interview here!
How Trends Can Accelerate Your Career!
on February 10, 2011
Merry Nachemin is the owner and of Extreme Elegance Image Consultants. Merry is a Certified Image Consultant, having earned her certification from the prestigious Fashion Institute of Technology. She is known for and has been professionally trained in cosmetics application. Capitalizing on her observation that in our culture ”beauty is power”, she has added a sophisticated line of treatment-oriented cosmetics and skin care to her repetoire of products and services.
Currently, in addition to seeing private clients, Ms. Nachemin regularly dresses models for the runways during Fashion Week in Bryant Park and other venues. She has worked with models for designers as diverse as Betsey Johnson, Valentino and Carolina Herrera, among others. While she does work with models and actors, she also works with people in all fields who have the wish to improve their image and get ahead. Her clientele includes men and women in various occupations such as physical therapists, teachers, social workers and graphic artists.
Listen as Alicia Marie interviews Merry on the way fashion trends can give you the edge in your career.
Ask an Expert with Hilary Blair
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Hilary has been a teacher and performer for 30+ years. She teaches voice, public speaking, and voice-over for the Denver Center for the Performing Arts and the National Theatre Conservatory, and is a professional voice-over artist and actor.
As an educator, Hilary works extensively across the country at a variety of schools, arts centers, and theatres. In addition, she teaches the actor’s at both the University of Denver and Metropolitan State College. As an actor, Hilary has performed throughout New England, New York and Colorado garnering a “Best Of” award in Back Stage West for her role in Stop Kiss. She is an Emmy nominated voice-over artist and continues to work professionally as a radio/commercial actor. Hilary holds an MFA degree from the National Theatre Conservatory and a BA from Yale University. She is an active Toastmaster and a member of VASTA – Voice and Speech Trainers Assoc.
Hilary is a highly sought after private coach for actors and CEO’s alike. Her many clients include top executives, entrepreneurs, news and sports casters, real estate agents, attorneys, politicians, and radio announcers. Hilary has been honored and delighted to be the presentation coach with Count Me In and Make Mine a Million $ Business in cities across the U.S.
Ask an Expert: “How to Build a Million Dollar Business: What Would Your Business Sell For?”
on February 3, 2011
As part of our Ask an Expert series, Business Coach Alicia Marie interviews Brian Walters on several points related to performing business valuations, including what information is needed to perform a valuation; what factors impact the value of a business; and most importantly, what you as a business owner can do to make your business more valuable, and potentially worth much more on the open market.
Brian Walters is the co-founder and CEO of Brian Walters and Associates, a management consulting firm based in Austin, Tx. Mr. Walters has successfully changed the operations and guided the financial performance of businesses all over North America. The company’s commitment is to be an advocate and resource for small, privately held businesses in Central Texas and beyond; to this end, Brian Walters has been instrumental in assisting small businesses to improve their operations and profitability by implementing solutions to issues that typically plague entrepreneurs.
Alicia Marie Interviewed on Deb Scott’s Radio Show
on January 18, 2011
Deb Scott interviews Alicia Marie on “The Best People We Know” Radio Show. Alicia Marie discusses different ways to take “mental” advantage of the new year, how and why everyone should set measurable goals, how to get a fresh start in 2011, and much more!
DISC Assessment Training with Alicia Marie
on October 7, 2010
The Thomas International DISC Assessment can be used for Recruitment, Job Assessment, Training & Coaching, Appraisal, Team Development, and Measuring Aptitude & Ability. Alicia Marie with People Biz, Inc. will walk you through what the DISC Assessment is, how DISC Assessments should be evaluated, and how to apply the insight gained from the DISC Assessment to your everyday life.
For a Student Notebook from this training course, please email DISC@peoplebizinc.com. The cost is $12.95.
To order a DISC Assessment, please email this order form to DISC@peoplebizinc.com.
Ask an Expert with Brian Walters, Attorney at Law
on September 23, 2010
Attorney Brian Walters discusses “I own a business…now what?” Alicia Marie asks the basic questions all business owners have such as: What do I do when I am starting a small business? What are my options? DBAs, Corporations, Limited Liability Companies, and partnerships, and the differences between them? What should I know about selling my business in the future? Should I bring on a partner? Should I trade mark my logo? Should an attorney approve my employee contract? What protections should I have as an employer? And much more…
Brian Walters is an attorney licensed to practice law in the state of Texas. The disucssion and information contained in this presentation is for general information purposes only, it is not legal advice, and no listener may rely on the discussion or information contained herein as any form of legal advice. By obtaining, participating in, or listening to this presentation, each user hereby acknoledges and affirms that he or she (or in the case of a business entity, it) will not rely on the infomarmation contained herein as legal advice. Each state has its own unique business laws and regulations and and the discussion contained herein relates solely to the laws of Texas.
Interview with Alicia Marie – Building a Business Worth Having
on September 16, 2010
Nina Kaufman (Entrepreneur.com) interviews Alicia Marie on Building a Business Worth Having
“Is your business worth having? Would you want it if it weren’t yours? Alicia has been an entrepreneur for almost 20 years, and has coached managers, presidents and sales professionals for more than a decade. So listen in as we talk about what got her going, what she wished she knew when she first started and a legal cow pie she got thrown into because she was too quick to offer suggestions.”
Death of a Dinosaur: The Demise of the Annual Review
on August 27, 2010
” Death of a dinosaur: The end of the annual performance review- and the birth of Organizational Coaching-
The business world is growing and changing at ever quickening speeds, yet there has been little change in performance management over the past 10 years to adapt to these changes.Like the platypus, the annual performance review has not kept up with the speed of change and finds itself stagnant, obsolete and ineffective in meeting today’s needs. For many companies it is a slow and painful death bringing too little relevant information, too late to make a difference.
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