Accountability By Means Of A Fish Bowl!

As you may or may not know, I am a 10k coaching client with a brilliant mentor, Connie Ragen Green. I have been doing really great and making outstanding progress and I had an idea I wanted to pass along to you.

I have been playing a bigger game and taking the responsibility of accountability to heart. Connie’s coaching method has put me in a fish bowl for the world to look in a see. It is one heck of an idea!!

My thought is that if you are determined to raise the bar on what you expect of yourself and are willing to get out of your comfort zone then you could put yourself in a ‘self-imposed’ fish bowl.

You could start today, share what your goals are for the rest of the year. Send out e-mails to everyone you know, blog about it, tweet about it, announce it on facebook, let the world know what your intentions are.

Commit to your goals as loud as possible and keep updating your status as you go. If you seriously throw yourself in the bowl, I promise you will surprise yourself with how much bigger you are willing to play.

If you’d rather have a fish then be a fish, then I am happy to volunteer to let you just watch me swim around with great passion and persistence! You can still get access to all our coaching audios and video recordings that Connie has been saving in a very organized members area. Many people are following along at their own pace with the great ideas and advice that Connie is sharing with me.

Access to this complete members area is only $97, a one time fee to listen to all the recordings as often as you like. If you have been stuck and unable to get yourself to take action then I think you will really enjoy and find value is the lessons that have been recorded. http://10kLaserCoaching.com

Week 11 As A 10k Coaching Client

I’d like to do a quick recap of the 10k coaching I have been in. I am so amazed at how far I have come and what I have accomplished. Having a mentor and a role model, especially one like Connie Ragen Green has been absolutely priceless! I can hardly believe how far I have come in the last 4 months. I truly feel like a new and different person. A new and improved version of myself!

In the past 4 months I have become a more bold and confident person. I take action on my ideas and I keep moving forward no matter how scary the unknown stuff in front of me seems to be! I know that my progress has boiled down to a few key elements that anyone can emulate.

• Have one solid focus and make it so important in your mind that no distractions could ever tear you away.
• Do at least 4 tasks everyday that will bring you closer to your goal and do those things before anything else.
• Have some skin in the game. Have something to lose that is important to you and keeps you moving forward… no matter what.

• Set up as much accountability as possible for yourself. Tell your closest friends, talk about in on Twitter or Facebook, blog about it! The more the better
• Find ways to keep your motivation and enthusiasm as high as possible. Surround yourself with positive energy and supportive people.

If you want something, really really want it then you can have it! No excuses, decide on it and make it happen. Take action every day and keep your eye on the end result. Every obstacle that pops up is a test of your character and a test of how serious you are about your commitment! Fight for what you want and never ever give up!! You can do it!!

All my coaching sessions with Connie are available as a webinar or audio. You can be a fly on the wall for a one time fee of $97. We have had 11 sessions so far and she is guiding me toward making $10,000 a month. I’m on target to be at 50% by the end of this month. WooHoo! Http://10kLaserCoaching.com

Week 10 As A 10k Coaching Client

I have been feeling like I lost my groove and certainly didn’t like that feeling at all! I have been making such great progress and all of the sudden June became a plateau month. Worse then a plateau as far as progress is concerned, I have gone backwards. June’s income looks like about $800. A big nose dive from a few months at $4,000. I know exactly what has gone wrong too, I have been overly involved in a variety of projects and got sucked back into learning mode which took me away from moving forward!

My call with Connie this week was exactly what I needed to get back on track. I don’t think she knew Continue reading »

Week 9 As A 10k Coaching Client

My time working with Connie is just outstanding! I was listening to some of our earlier calls and I can really tell that I have grown a lot since beginning our work together earlier this year. I am amazed and how much I have been able to accomplish and how much my income has increased! I am 40% of the way there and it has been just 4 months! I predict that June, July and August will offer some major breakthroughs for me.

I did hit a bit of a snag, as Connie called it, and I lost a few monthly clients. My income was the same in May as it was in April. The good news is that it stayed the same and did not go down, so I must be doing something right. Everything happens for a reason and I am excited for the time that I will be gaining to work on some bigger projects for myself. I love working to help others get an online presence and it is very rewarding, but at the same time it is limiting because I am trading hours for dollars.

I plan to use the extra time that I have gained to set up some systems that will continuously add income to my account, even while I sleep, or I am out of town, or sick and down for a short count. This is very exciting. Today Connie and I talked about affiliate marketing and setting up my own opt-in pages. I have been given the challenge of having two opt-in pages, complete with free irresistible offers, by the end of June. Connie really gave me to the first week in July, but I moved the deadline up because I won’t see results until the pages go live.

We also talked about how to juggle and take care of multiple communities/lists. I have 2 now and wanted to make sure I was remembering everything and taking care of everyone equally. Then Connie shared that she has 65 auto responder sequences and communities to juggle… I am still blown away by this! I guess I need not feel overwhelmed at all by 2 lists.. wow!! It is just amazing what Connie does everyday to grow her business and make money, and…… makes it look so easy and practically effortless! I can’t wait to get there with my own business!! ( And ,I know I will!!)

 So the goal now is to add at least 1, but better to add 2 opt-in pages to my online empire each month. I love the challenge and I know I am up for it. If you’d like to be a fly on the wall and listen in on the calls that Connie has with me then you can check out all the details at http://10kLaserCoaching.com

Week 7 As A 10k Coaching Client

I really missed my coach, Connie, and could not wait to talk with her today! I have been feeling out of balance and I was not sure if what I was going through was to be expected or was just me. I have always thought of myself as a balanced person and in control of what was happening in my environment but lately that has been far from true.

For example, I was just on a holiday break an unable to fully let go and be present. I had gotten myself into a mess by over committing and taking on responsibilities that I knew were unrealistic. This, as Connie pointed out, is a sign of self sabotage.

Here are some other signs that I have been very out of balance: I have gained about 12 pounds in the past 6 weeks because my business has been my top priority and I have been skipping my trips to the gym so that I don’t have to stop working. I have been working well into the night and not Continue reading »

Week 6 As A 10k Coaching Client

 Boy oh boy, has it been exciting working with the great mind of Connie Green. She has done wonders with me and the progress I continue to make just thrills me to death!! Today I was blessed with the coolest surprise ever! Connie took my sales letter notes and created a real live sales letter for my new course that I’ll be launching later this week. It was beautiful and took me by great surprise! She is 3 hours behind me in the zone and created this for me while I was fast a sleep! (Really cool!)

 Here are the tasks that Connie has asked me to do in order to keep moving forward:

• Change my Twitter bio and change the link I am promoting (Connie thinks it is a good idea to do this every now and then, maybe once every 3 months or so)
• Create a paypal button for my new class
• Change the bullets on my sales page (I have too many) from 7, 7 & 9 to 5, 5 & 5!
• Get my Wish List member key so my class can become a membership site for home study later
• Create a closing paragraph for my sales letter (currently Connie’s words)
• Find some photos for my testimonials
• Share more personal details on Twitter to share who I am when I am not working (not working isn’t something I am too familiar with now that Connie is my coach, heehee!)
• Learn how to use Twitpic.com to upload some photos are share with my followers.
• Keep working on getting my Twitter followers to 2000 this is a huge key in moving forward
• Continue educating myself about squidoo and continue adding a few pages each week

Working with Connie has really been exciting and has helped me to step out of my comfort zone and do what needs to be done. I am on target to make $4000 this month!! That is so amazing!! I didn’t know how it was going to happen, but it did!! And the best part is I am just getting started!! I can say, or shout from the roof really, that I have doubled my income every month since making any money online!! WooHoo and Yipee!!! I am so proud of myself and I owe a world of gratitude to Connie Ragen Green for believing in me and holding my hand as I unleash my potential!!

Stay tuned as I continue to share my results and story with you! http://10kLaserCoaching.com

Week 5 As A 10k Coaching Client

My session with Connie Ragen Green was extraordinary today! (What??? You haven’t heard of her? If that is truly the case then visit http://budurl.com/ConnieRG). Connie is everywhere online and it making things happen! She represents the success I’d like to accomplish for myself. She is a brilliant business mind and model in many ways!

Today I had the opportunity to ask her how she did it ALL. How she was averaging 3-5 articles a week, at least 2 blog posts a week on 2 different blogs, answering all her e-mails personally, being a social butterfly and cheerleader on twitter, doing at least 3 telecalls a week and creating great content that she can sell and make her money from…. that is a lot and not even everything she is doing!! Wow, right?

Connie shared her secret and it is a good one! She preceded to share with me Continue reading »

Week 4 As A 10k Coaching Client

Week 3 As A 10k Coaching Client

Week 2 As A 10k Coaching Client

Connie Green offered another great Coaching session to help me with my goal of 10k a month. I can’t say enough great things about her style and the way she knows the most important things to focus on first. I just continue to learn more from her each time we speak. You can listen in on our calls and watch the videos as she holds my hand and explains step by step what needs to be done. These are the same actions anyone can take to move their business forward and have great success. http://10kLaserCoaching.com

1. In my e-mails out about affiliate promotion, change links to hyper links in anchor text.

2. Go to FriendOrFollow.com and find out who I am following who is not following me. Subtract about 50-100 followers to open up my line until I reach 2000 followers.

3. Change format of auto responders to only go about 65 characters across. Should have about 10 messages to start.

4. Resend e-mail in a day or two about affiliate product with headline “Did you take a look”… Reminders are always a good idea.

5. Change YouTube video from front opt-in page and look to use Amazon S3 (need account).

6. Do research on keywords to use and also ask people for ideas and feedback. Make my articles and posts rich with these keywords. Have a good 5-8 that are special and just for me (so to speak).

7. Make a flagship post (400-500 words) and use it to refer back to and post the link in other posts.

8. Change static page blog post to wp sticky plug in and mark as announcement.

9. Resource box is missing on customer service article on ezine article. Add and re-submit.

10. Start working on a 4 part course that I can promote and teach starting in May. This will be a recorded program that is evergreen and can also be sold as a recorded program later on

Extra credit:
* submit 5 more articles this week
* get 100 new followers on twitter
* make 100 new friends on fb
* have 20 new linkedin connections
* look back over actions from week 1 and see what still needs to be worked on

Week 1 As A 10K Coaching Client

Connie Ragen Green interviewed me earlier this week to critique where I currently am online and to give me some of her best advice to hit the ground running so that I can make the biggest improvements possible.

We are going to share the whole process with you as I move forward (with Connie’s support) and take my business to 10k a month in online income. (starting with a very modest $1,250.00 a month) It is an experiment that I am thrilled and honored to be a part of!! You can follow along with me at home and do all the things that Connie advises me to do!

My first action steps include:

1.Get an Expert bio up at ezinearticles.com (I already have an account there and currently 15 articles submitted)

2. Have my domain name ArticlesByHelen.com forward to the expert bio page

3. Schedule a teleclass once a week starting as soon as possible to share my knowledge and expertise (this one absolutely terrifies me!)

4. Find an affiliate product that I really believe in and would be a great fit for my current market

5. Reach the 2000 milestone of followers on Twitter (currently at 1626)

6. Write a short report of 8-15 pages

7. Connect with 5 people 3x a week on Linked In

8. Update my opt-in page at Actionhabits.com Streamline it and use 100 pt format

9. Add a product for sale to my opt-in page

10. Update my static blog post at HelenRappy.com to talk about where the photo was taken and tie into my purpose

This seems like some easy tasks so I am about to make my list, check it twice and then start going through them one by one until they are checked off. Things that are ongoing will need to be made into a habit and will be scheduled into my weekly day planner. Stay tuned as I post my progress as well as what Connie has in mind for me next week as well.

10K Coaching Client Of Connie Ragen Green