Solo-e.com Resources

Increase Income - Idea Priority Template

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 09:26:04 EST

Do you have many ideas spinning around in your brain, and you’re not sure which ones to act on first? This is a common blessing us creative entrepreneurs have; but it can drive use crazy, too, because we know we can’t act on all of our ideas at once. Use this FREE template to tame and prioritize all those ideas, and start increasing your income with the highest-payoff activities, first!

"Show Me the Money" Treasure Hunt Game

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:55:09 EST

Are you ready for the thrills of seeking your own treasure chest of gold? Adventure-seekers, what you’ll need is a map that’ll help lead you to the riches. Play the “Show Me the Money Treasure Hunt Game” to map out how you’re going to find the key that will increase your income and unlock your treasure chest of gold!

Alicia Smith - DISC Ninja

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 19:50:56 EST

Alicia Smith, DISC Ninja™ - If you want to be more effective with all people (clients prospects, friends and family) then learn how to match people's behavioral style, develop conversational flexibility and know what motivates others The DiSC Profile is a simple, yet elegant, model of behavior that accelerate your learning. To learn more about DiSC visit http://internetassessments.com/whatisdisc.htm Alicia is committed to sharing DiSC with the world. If you want to experience Alicia's favorite version of DiSC you can learn more at http://www.internetassessments.com/ppss.htm.

Ann Ronan - Authentic Life Institute

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:36:34 EST

Top 10 Ways To Live Authentically. Free e-course for those who want to power their passions and prosper! Each issue of this 10 part e-course is concise enough to read in five minutes or less and clear enough for you to start applying the information right away – discover your strengths and sure-fire ways to begin using them today.

Eva Gregory - Leading Edge Coaching

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:17:33 EST

America's "Feel Good" Coach, Eva Gregory is founder and Chief Fun Officer of Leading Edge Coaching and Training. Eva specializes in empowering individuals and organizations to produce outstanding results using the Law of Attraction through individual coaching, group coaching, teleclasses, seminars and workshops. In 2006, Eva was named International Coach of the Year. She is the author of several books and e-books and has developed several telephone-based and internet-based training courses on the Law of Attraction.

Marcia Merrill - eCareer Corner

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:09:19 EST

Marcia Merrill, known as the Transition Chick, is a Life Transitions/Career Coach with 20 years experience. A solo-entrepreneur herself, Marcia more than understands the challenges & rewards of being your "own boss". She specializes in boomer/midlife women in life transition-separation/divorce, starting a business, career change & more!

Hazel Palache - The Astonishing Power of You

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:02:28 EST

Hazel Palache is the CEO and Founder of Mind Mastery Coaching home of “The Say Yes to YOU” Coaching programs. She is the author of the best selling book “The Astonishing Power of You,” Simple Steps to Creating an Extra-ordinary Life and is known as the professional woman’s accelerator coach. She brings 25 plus years experience in the fields of personal development, psychology, spirituality and business development.

Heather Dominick - EnergyRICH®

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:03:54 EST

Heather Dominick, is an EnergyRICH ® Entrepreneur Success Coach, with over 11 years of teaching and coaching experience. Heather's primary focus is in coaching entrepreneurs to powerfully partner inner and outer business principles for more profit. She calls this managing your energy for magnificent marketing. Her strengths include tuning right in to what's holding you back and sharing specially developed processes that move you into joyful action. http://www.energyrichcoach.com

Bonita L. Richter - Profit Strategies

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:50:05 EST

Bonita L. Richter, MBA, teaches coaches, consultants, and solo professionals online and offline marketing techniques to increase sales, income, and create wealth. To download her popular and FREE marketing eBooks and BONUS marketing spreadsheet tools visit ===> http://www.profit-strategies.biz/Templates.html

Networking: Create Your 30-Second Bite

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:26:05 EST

Create your very own unique marketing message that will help you describe what you do in a way that generates interest, creates allure, and captures others’ attention. If you do, you'll get more business just by opening your mouth! Have a lot of fun creating your 30-second sound bite and "be heard".

Wendy Weiss -- Queen of Cold-Calling

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:58:40 EST

http://www.wendyweiss.com

I am Wendy Weiss, author of the new self-study program, "The Miracle Appointment-Setting Script" and the best selling book, Cold Calling for Women. This site is packed with cold calling tips, cold calling scripts and information on telephone prospecting and appointment setting. And everything on this site is guaranteed to help you gain confidence, reach more prospects, close more sales and make more money!

http://www.wendyweiss.com

Michael Port -- Book Yourself Solid

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:51:07 EST

http://www.michaelport.com

Michael is an internationally known entrepreneur, marketing and business development expert, author and speaker. He is the creator of Book Yourself Solid, Beyond Booked Solid, the Think Big Revolution, and co-creator of Online Traffic School and the Product Factory.

Marnie Pehrson -- Creator of IdeaMarketers

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:47:33 EST

http://www.ideamarketers.com

Marnie L. Pehrson is the creator of IdeaMarketers.com and owner of C.E.S. Business Consultants, founded in May 1990. Marnie, a wife and mother of six children, is a content developer, author, and Internet community developer who helps talented professionals discover, define and deliver their message to the online world. With over 10 active websites, she's a true inspiration!

Janis Pettit - The Turnaround Coach

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:41:28 EST

http://smallbusiness-bigresults.com/

Janis is passionate about helping small and solo business owners move from self-employed to entrepreneur and reach their biggest business and life goals. Through growth and marketing consulting, business coaching, business asset assessment, and online and multi media learning, she shares her many business building shortcuts, insights and secrets with impressive results. Janis is co-author (with Terri Zwierzynski, owner of Solo-E) of 136 Ways to Market Your Small or Solo Business.

Andy Wibbels -- BlogWild!

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:34:02 EST

http://www.andywibbels.com

Andy Wibbels is the author of Blogwild! A Guide for Small Business Blogging. He's helped hundreds of businesses all over the world get started blogging, increase traffic and make money online.

Andrea Lee -- Business Coach

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:29:32 EST

http://andreajlee.com/

Andrea is a brilliant entrepreneur, mentor, coach and consultant to business owners on five continents. A thought-leader in the field of personal and business coaching, she built and managed the largest coach training company and network in the world. Now the CEO of the Andrea J. Lee Group of Companies, she writes, speaks and develops advanced marketing, internet and business systems for coaches.

Amy Ewart -- Online Business Manager

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:25:44 EST

http://www.secretarialsolutions.ca/

Amy is an experienced and seasoned Virtual Assistant and Writer. Her company, Secretarial Solutions has just celebrated six successful years in business, serving clients across Canada, the U.S., and Internationally. She has had the pleasure of learning from and collaborating with some of the most reputable and significant generational leaders in entrepreneurism, Timothy Ferriss, Michael Port, Solo-E.com, and many other driven and talented clients.

Monica Ross -- Virtual Bookkeeping

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:20:05 EST

http://www.virtualbookkeeping.ca/

Founder and President of Virtual Bookkeeping™, Monica Ross works with all types of small and medium sized businesses and independent contractors around the world. She and her growing team are proficient in all bookkeeping procedures and especially familiar with all popular bookkeeping software packages.

Erin Blaskie -- Managing the BS, Etc.

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:16:05 EST

http://www.bsetc.ca

Erin assists some of the top internet entrepreneurs and business owners with their administrative and technical needs. She provides a wide variety of services and acts as a business partner to her clients instead of just a task-based provider. This young, bright entrepreneur has learned from the brightest, worked alongside the driven and been supported by a great network of both friends and colleagues.

Marty Marsh -- The Successful Soul Proprietor

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:34:46 EST

http://www.martymarsh.com/

Through creative marketing, advertising, and graphic design, Marty Marsh helps coaches, consultants, and other service business professionals gain clarity around their business purpose along with developing marketing strategies that attract an endless stream of clients to their soul-centered business.

EvanCarmichael.com

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:51:00 EST

http://www.evancarmichael.com

With it's focus on entrepreneurial small businesses, EvanCarmichael.com offers motivation and inspiration to thousands of monthly visitors. The site features profiles of famous entrepreneurs along with small business advice from over 2500 leading consultants, coaches, and professionals -- including Michael Gerber, Jack Canfield, Tom Peters, and several Solo-E Certified Experts as well. Visit the Entrepreneur Forums to ask your burning entrepreneurial questions on everything from financing to sales, public relations, and marketing.

Web Marketing Checklist

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:46:14 EST

32 creative ideas for marketing your online business that are sure to get you thinking! Includes SEO techniques, linking, email, paid advertising and other traditional marketing ideas.

Free FTP tool for FireFox

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:50:34 EST

Free FTP tool that integrates seamlessly with Firefox. Simple and intuitive to use!

Using CSS to Fix Anything: 20+ Common Bugs and Fixes

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:18:03 EST

If you do any of your own web design or maintenance for your site, you may be like me when it comes to CSS -- you know just enough to get by, but get flummoxed with alignment issues and cross-browser quirks. This excellent reference page points out many common web design issues and how to fix them. I was able to *finally* align the title of my categories with the little RSS icon, after many rounds of experimentation and exasperation! Definitely a link I'll be bookmarking!

Media Match

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:59:42 EST

Media Match program is a wonderful publicity program that matches your expertise to a journalist, TV show or website that is looking for what you have.

Marketing Plan Part 2

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:27:59 EST

A marketing plan is the foundation for business success; therefore a critical task is to complete a marketing plan. Use this template to create one for your successful business. This is part two of a 2 part article.

Marketing Plan Part 1

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:54:17 EST

A marketing plan is the foundation for business success; therefore a critical task is to complete a marketing plan. Use this template to create one for your successful business.

America's Best Companies

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 21:30:37 EST

http://www.solo-e.com/America'sBestCompanies.html

America’s Best Companies is dedicated to helping small businesses stay in business, grow their business, and make more money in their business. Everything they have accomplished and everything they will accomplish is built on the strong belief that small businesses are the most important companies in America. After all, the American Dream has always begun with the idea of starting a small business.

7 Free SEO Tools -- Courtesy of MarketingSherpa

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:23:44 EST

MarketingSherpa published a wonderful list of seven free (and one paid) search engine optimization tools, most of them user-friendly and valuable for the solo entrepreneur as well as small businesses! I love this list not just because it's a great collection of tools, but because of the ideas they share for HOW to use the tools, too. For instance I've had SEOQuake for months and didn't know you could use it to sort your search results!

Great tools and great tips -- if search engine optimization is one of your marketing strategies (or even if you just want to do some competitive research), I highly recommend this article!

"Pie in the Sky" Marketing Tool

Thu, 15 May 2008 12:11:53 EST

The “Pie in the Sky” Marketing Tool consists of using a combination of 4 active and 4 passive marketing techniques to create a very powerful, yet easy-to-implement promotional campaign system.

Use this marketing planning tool, and watch your income soar!

VA Matchmaker

Tue, 13 May 2008 21:20:02 EST

This new site provides the client/entrepreneur/business owner/etc., the opportunity to obtain your very own virtual assistant through a network of trained and highly trusted virtual assistants. There are twenty-eight virtual assistants that are trained and come highly recommended. They are waiting and ready to assist you grow your business.

The Pain Avoidance Article Template

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:26:11 EST

Here is a brand new article template that you can use to help speed up the creation of your next set of quality original articles.

Soho Solo -- Gers, France

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:21:01 EST

This free site offers solo business information to French entrepreneurs who live in, or would like to relocate to, the Gers area. Includes a listing of free support services available to help new solo entrepreneurs get started, an online directory, list of events, and more!

Soul Proprietor Daily Planner

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:40:20 EST

Make the most of everyday with this nifty daily planner form for Soul Proprietors. Includes space for not only getting the most important things done in a day and keeping track of appointments, but has space for planning and tracking both your personal and professional development, a mini-journal, and a space to record everything you’re grateful for, and more.

Affirmation Worksheet

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:53:00 EST

Affirmations are a very powerful tool for accelerating change on the subconscious level. Read on and see how quickly you start to attract what you want from the Universe.

Business Plan

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:44:12 EST

Every business needs a business plan to accomplish growth and success. Download this template today.

Success Journal

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:37:54 EST

Download this one week journal to help you to stay on track. When we set intentions it allows us to stay focused.

World Clock Meeting Planner

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:20:44 EST

Planning a teleclass or schedule a meeting with folks around the globe? Try this handy scheduling tool. Enter up to four cities and get a color-coded chart you can use to pick the best time for all of your participants. Adjusts for Daylight Savings Time, too!

Courtesy of Sandra De Freitas

Help Desk For Coaches

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 12:23:10 EST

Finally there's a way to stop wasting hours of your valuable time getting more and more frustrated and still being completely stuck because of SOMETHING **BLEEPING** TECHNICAL!!!
Instant messaging support, help desk forum and telehelp calls are results oriented and get you out of your stuck place.
Help Desk for Coaches...why wouldn't you sign up?

Chief Home Officer

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:24:25 EST

http://www.chiefhomeofficer.com

Jeff Zbar has been writing from home since 1989, sharing his experience of the work-at-home adventure. On his site you will discover SOHO 2.0 business insight, tips, tales and links on balance for work-at-home parents, and a guide to the things that make a SOHO (small or home office) work. Jeff offers honest and occasionally humorous insights, tips, tech/product reviews, and commentary that cut through the "Make Millions From Home" promise and just lay down the real skinny on a lifestyle people can work and live with.

Resize Your Photos

Sun, 03 Feb 2008 15:52:41 EST

No more need for confusing "image editing" software if all you need is to make your images bigger or smaller. Thanks to Sandra DeFreitas, the Tech Coach, for telling us about this handy site. Upload your digital picture in just about any format, use simple buttons to resize, crop, even rotate, and download the result. Very easy!

The Blog Design Package

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 10:03:49 EST

Is your website not receiving the traffic it deserves? Have you been hearing the buzz surrounding blogs and the conversion of HTML based websites to blog sites and wondering how you too can join in on the fun? Are you looking to increase your exposure by having a website that converts visitors and attracts people daily?

Daily Planner Template

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 16:16:06 EST

The Ultimate "To Do" Tool for Solopreneurs

Calls, meetings, teleseminars, to-do lists, blog posts... How is a solopreneur supposed to keep track of everything there is to do every day? I finally combined all my lists into this single sheet daily planner, and you're welcome to use or adapt it to fit your needs. This free template includes space for to-do's, calls, appointments, what to delegate to your VA, and more...

This free template is the Daily Planner I developed to "keep it all on one sheet." (It's the only way I can keep my sheet together!) From goals and to-do's to errands and exercise, this template includes space for a wide variety of daily tasks and reminders. There's even space for goal affirmations, good deeds and a reminder to drink water throughout the day. Happy planning!

Tips to Set up a Home-based Job Data Entry Business

Sat, 11 Aug 2007 15:01:37 EST

The website http://dataentryjobs.advisoronline.info has highly useful
tips to set up home-based data entry business. Since there is a
scarcity of workers for administrative jobs worldwide, the demand for
home-based data entry operators has grown multifold. Visit the website
to learn how you can set up your own home-based data entry business.

Easy Meeting Scheduler Tool -- Doodle

Fri, 27 Jul 2007 14:44:19 EST

Need to get 12 people in your mastermind group on the phone at once, but having trouble finding a good time for everyone? This handy, easy-to-use tool can help! You create a simple "poll", showing potential times/dates. Send the resulting link to your attendees and let them vote, while you monitor the replies. Choose the best fit and you're done! Can also be used as a simple polling tool for other purposes. Not as full-featured as other survey tools, but it's also a lot easier to use.

SBA Financial Assistance (US)

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 12:29:07 EST

A guide to US SBA loans, grants, and other financial assistance programs.

SBA Business Plan Resource Center

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 12:27:36 EST

Comprehensive guide to researching and writing your business plan. Includes samples, an outline and an interactive business planner.

SBA Small Business Planner

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 12:25:23 EST

A comprehensive guide to starting, running, and terminating your business.

Small Business Administration: SBA (US)

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 12:23:09 EST

US small business support and education site. Includes links for small business financing, business planning, and local resources such as SCORE.

Non-Disclosure Agreement -- Sample

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 12:21:42 EST

Free, basic non-disclosure agreement form.