Recent Posts on The Wealth Spa

How Much Money Are You Leaving on the Table?

Guest post by Sandra P. Martini, The Automatic Business Coach The majority of small business owners work their tail off. They spend thousands of dollars attending workshops and seminars convinced that the latest one will solve their problems or they’ll meet *the* client they’ve dreamed of; they spend hours upon hours working in their business wondering why the phone’s not ringing... 

Ep. 9: Don’t Chicken Out! (What’s holding you back from success?)

The Wealth Spa Video Show Episode 9: “Don’t Chicken Out!” Are you doing everything right, implementing all over the place, but success is just not “clicking” for you?  Do you have a huge vision and wonder if it’s even possible to achieve (or if you are setting yourself up for disappointment)?  Learn the one thing that may be holding you back from wealth & success.   This... 

First Step in Making Money: Send the Paperwork to Your Worker Bees

What’s the #1 concern of small business owners?   How to manage up’s and down’s in business income each month.   What’s the #1 concern of individuals?  How to save more money & have more money available to spend on improving their lifestyle. Either way, it’s all about managing cash flow.   Whether you put it under the category of budgeting, cash flow management,... 

Ep #66 Finding Your Why

Elizabeth speaks to The Barefoot Executive, Carrie Wilkerson about Finding Your Why. Elizabeth and Carrie talk about how they made their transitions into working from home, how working from home brings to you so many changes and how there really is no balance…it’s life happening!  Elizabeth then answers a listener question about avoiding networking overwhelm from your attendance at conferences... 

Shameless Self-Promotion Post for November

Here’s my theory — this Online Magazine is not the place to constantly ping you with everything going on in my life and business. But, since I’m giving you tons of great free content here (and some of you do care about my stuff), each month I’m going to post one big self-promotion feast of a post. So here’s your November self-promotion fix. Just Launched The Money Tree... 

How-To Clear the Decks to Prepare for Success

Guest post by Liz Pabon, The Branding Maven  Let’s face it running a small business has its challenges. Don’t get me wrong, I would NEVER dream of trading my small business experience for a corporate position. Having now spent ample time as an employee and as an entrepreneur, I’ve definitely found my niche. However, without some solid business strategies in place, the business of... 

Ep #65 Turn Your Ideas Into a Money Making Brand

Elizabeth invites Kim Castle, Co-Creator of BrandU and Co-Author of Why BrandU; Big Business Success No Matter Your Size, who speaks about turning your business ideas into a marketable, money making brand.  Kim shares what branding means to a small business owner, how branding applies to solo entrepreneurs and when to begin the process as well as where to draw the line between your personal and... 

The Delegation Dilemma: Do I Have to Learn it Before I Outsource it?

  Guest post by Melanie Benson Strick, The Million Dollar Lifestyle Business Coach With so many tasks and so little time, we all get the value of delegating to other people to get more done. The ability to leverage other people’s strengths can not only bring more joy and excitement back into your life (cause you aren’t doing tasks you hate) but the revenue potential is unlimited. So why then is... 

Do You Need Life Insurance?

Maybe not.  But if you do need life insurance, you probably need more. I don’t use a rule of thumb, like you need x dollars times your income, or a rule of situation, like if you have a spouse or kids you need life insurance, but if you are single, you don’t.   Here’s my rule:  If you died yesterday, would all your goals be paid for with the money you left behind?  Or would your... 

Investing Secrets: You Can’t Beat the Market (but who cares?)

I stopped watching CNBC years ago. Because the media and most “experts” portray the stock market as something to be won or lost.   According to them, you can beat the market.  You can beat the other investors.  All you need is to time it right.  If you can predict the economy, interest rates, presidential elections, foreign policy, energy prices, CEO firings, product launches, public... 

Ep #64 Tax Tips for Online Business Owners

Elizabeth speaks with Kristine McKinley, CFP®, CPA and Founding Principle of Beacon Financial Advisors, LLC who shares her tax tips for online business owners. Kristine shares her 5 tips to get ready for taxes, when to treat your business like a business rather than a hobby and why, as well as how your profit intentions affect your taxes.  Elizabeth then answers a listener question about when you... 

A SINGLE Focus Will Help You Attract More Clients (In More Ways Than One)

Guest post by Fabienne Fredrickson, The Client Attraction Expert “Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” – Carl Jung You’ve heard a lot more about the Law of Attraction recently. For nearly 10 years, I’ve been using it consciously to create my ideal business, on a daily basis, in addition to disciplined marketing strategies. With... 

Article Marketing: How to Build a Highly Qualified & Powerful List With Your Articles - Fast!

Guest post by Lisa Angelettie The one thing I find when working with clients is that most don’t really understand the value of their articles. Most people simply think that their articles will serve as backlinks to their websites from directories or as additional information for web visitors to read while visiting their website. Well, that’s sort of right - but not the whole story. One... 

Worried About Lawsuits? Here’s what you need to protect your assets …

With all the crazy economic, political, and potential recession in the news, the risks of being a business owner are more obvious.  Not only do we have potential cash flow and liability issues, but we must protect ourselves from the damages of a lawsuit, in case a relationship goes bad or we have a stretch of bad luck. You likely need to different types of policies to protect you, your business, and... 

Ep #63 Best Way to Finance Your Business Even in Down Time

Elizabeth invites Babs Ryan, Big-Business Escapee and Author of the new business book “America’s Corporate Brain Drain” to share how financing a business has changed recently, loan misconceptions and 3 reasons for business failure. Elizabeth then shares her recommendations and puts her spin on using credit cards to finance your business and how dangerous that can be; she also shares...