Simla Somturk Wickless
Delicious Health LLC - Founder & Principal CoachBoulder, CO
http://www.enjoydelicioushealth.com
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Why I HID the day I was front page news...Six years ago (also known as my Summer of Reinvention), I landed on the front page of my home town's newspaper. Let me back up a minute for context. 1 year before, I had quit my cushy corporate job and launched my first website BreakupChronicl...
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Are You Confusing Your Fans Before They Become Clients?In the last few weeks, I've been sharing the top hurdles I see women in business struggling to leap over in their journey towards taking their Brilliance to the Bank. If you're trying to build a rock solid platform so you can attract a book deal...
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YEAH! Get ready to join me at my Roundtable: "Uplevel Your Business & Your Life Without Burning Out or Giving Up"Last message: Hi Savories, I'm so excited about next week at RTW. If you've signed up for my Roundtable, welcome! Give me a SHOUT OUT here! If you're still thinking about joining, hurry up and sign up and level UP! To make the most of o...
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There Is No Such Thing as Work-Life BalanceWe go around looking for the holy grail of "work-life balance," and fail to find it again and again. It's fleeting at best, it's the promised land that seems as far away as ever as we paddle furiously towards it, trying so hard to make it happen. ...
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Six Quick Steps To Achieving Endless BankabilityDo you want to be bankable? Truly bankable? Of course you do! But it’s possible that you overlooked an important step: setting your intention to do so. Intentions are powerful ways to bring things you desire into existence. But if yo...
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From Wishing You Could Make That Much TO Making That Much!Did you create your Money Map? If so, SELLEBRATE!! If not, be sure to read my last blog before you read this one. Once you have your map in hand and you start working your plan, you will need to do what most big businesses do: compare your est...
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From Wishing You Could Make That Much TO Making That Much!Did you create your Money Map? If so, SELLEBRATE!! If not, be sure to read my last blog before you read this one. Once you have your map in hand and you start working your plan, you will need to do what most big businesses do: compare your est...
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Six Quick Steps To Achieving Endless BankabilityDo you want to be bankable? Truly bankable? Of course you do! But it’s possible that you overlooked an important step: setting your intention to do so. Intentions are powerful ways to bring things you desire into existence. But if yo...
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Why Buy the Cow When You Can Get the Milk for Free?One of the most frequent questions I get from would-be bloggers is this: I’m afraid to say too much in my blog because no one will purchase my services. I don’t want to give away the good stuff, so should I just give generic tips? On ...
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It's Never About The Money. Ever.If you’re a business owner, you’ve heard it. The most common excuse a customer will use to not buy what you’re selling: “I can’t afford it.” Bu...
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That Nasty Sales Objection...PSSST It's Really A Buy Signal!Truth time: Ever feel rejected when a customer voices a concern about your offering? I know. Me, too. It's one of the common misunderstandings and fears about sales. But here’s the thing: That objection? It’s not about you. It&...
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Practice Makes Voice: Resist Quitting YourselfResist Quitting Yourself: Moving thru the Crap StageYou cultivate your own World through your own taste. If you want that 10 year overnight success like Kate Spade, resist quitting yourself and push through the stage called the Crap Gap. Discover...
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Are you on the wrong path?This week, I vlog about how you can know if you are on the wrong or right path. Remember how I talked about "working smarter, not harder in 2011?" This is the first step!
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Time management tips - Who Doesn't need help here?!I had this blog written and posted, and then, coincidentally, I had a coaching session today that led me to the topic of time management in which my coach gave me some tips on how to be that much more productive. (Yes, I am sitting in ...
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Tips for a Deliciously Svelte Holiday Season ~ 5 of 6Tip 5: Become more mindful with food. Don't just eat because the food is in front of you. Take a quiet moment and check in with yourself first: take two or three deep belly breaths, retrieve all your senses that may be out playing with oth...
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Selling Is Child's Play! (A Real Life Example From One Of Our Own)I got a really fun email from Savor member Stephanie Vozza and I wanted to share it with you because it illustrates a significant point about how easy selling can be. Here’s what she said: Hey Julie! I just had to write and tell you abou...
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The Five Effective Habits Of The "Hoster" Style of Public SellingFor the past couple of weeks, I’ve been blogging about the five Public Selling Styles. It was easy to see that the last two – Hosting and Toasting – were great styles. The kind you should adopt. A few of you asked for some conc...
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Anonymous attacks onlineLadies, I'm going to be speaking at the Super Mompreneur conference as their keynote speaker on October 30. If you'd like to get tickets at 50% off, please use this exclusive code: AJK50. Okay! Since October is National Bully Pre...
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When Small Changes = BIG ResultsI was inspired to write this article thanks to fellow Savorette Bridget Hogue's recent post here about product marketing; about how small changes can lead to big successes. I say this so often to my clients that I sometimes forget I even say...
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Small Changes in your Product make a BIG Difference in the Marketplace...Hello Savor Ladies! Welcome to my FIRST Savor blog :-) For me, every product is constantly evolving…but it is it’s first 5 steps of evolution that are going to decide the level of it’s success: Idea, Product Development, B...
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Introducing Public Selling Style #1 - Which Are You?“Help! I’m spending time on the social web, but I’m not making any sales. What am I doing wrong?” Sound familiar? I think a lot of us have asked this very question. We’re on Facebook. We’re tweeting. We’r...
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Balance issues with my employeesAre you running yourself into the ground? This week I vlog about how I'm learning about the importance of taking care of yourselves in order to maintain balance. This will help you with running your businesses in a much more productive and effecti...
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You've Hired a VA, Now What?With your virtual assistant being...er...virtual, the most important thing is to get your communication mojo happening right away. I've used VAs since 1996 and after some successes, some...learning experiences and often "assuming" things tha...
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This Is PersonalRemember the quote from The Godfather, “It’s not personal. It’s business.” Well … “fuhgeddaboudit!” In today’s world, business is personal, especially for small business owners like you and...
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How To Do An Anti-Launch! (The New Way to Make Sales)Angela asked last week for me to explain the new, profitable way to find out what products and services will sell. Here's how to get started! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl41vwPmWew
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What got me mad last weekLadies, have you ever had an experience that got you so mad and worked up? I recently had one of those experiences where I felt terribly wronged... but then I decided to channel my energy into a different direction and discovered something amaz...
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The Seeds We Plant, GrowMy daughter loves to garden. She's 4 years old, and gets such joy out of planting seeds, watering them, watching them bloom into beautiful flowers. Every morning we have to go on our porch and look at the petals, notice the colors. There was on...
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Eating Organic On a Budget: Tips to Save & Savor (Part II of III)Below are tips 6-10 on how to eat organic on a budget... [If you haven't read Part I for tips 1-5, check it out by clicking here.] Make a shopping list and stick to it. Get real with yourself. Identify how your usual grocery bill adds up ...
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Eating Organic on a Budget: 10 Tips to Save & Savor (Part I of III)Eating organic is not just a fad. It's a stand you're taking to improve our agricultural policies and our environmental health (by voting with your dollar) and most immediately, for the betterment of your health. With this challenging economy, ...
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Failure is your best weaponListen up, ladies! Have you ever failed at something? Do you feel defeated about it? And do you feel like throwing in the towel after "failing"? Check, check, and check, right? This week I vlog about what you can do after a "failure" ...
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What To Do When You Feel Sales-Weary Part 1Do you find yourself expending tremendous energy on your business and feeling less enthusiastic than you once did? Are you craving a reliable source of internal power that will catapult your business forward and help get you excited about s...
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Rallying The Support TroopsChronic pain can and will disrupt your productivity without an action plan. Rallying the support troops for both your business and your personal life during times of chronic pain will minimize the impact on your business. It is important to...
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Tips for Eating on the Road ~ Part IIHere are some more tips for you when you need to eat on the road, say when you’re heading to and in NYC for Rock the World (yeee - haaaa!). If you missed Part I, you can find it here. Pack healthy snacks for the plane and eat better, for...
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Gluten Free NYCLast message: E-mail me your e-mail addresses and cell # @ annette@biscuitsbylambchop.com. A few people want to come depending on the time so I just want to see what times are good for everyone. Can't wait to meet you all! Annette ...
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How to Network with the Media at Rock the WorldI don't know about you, but I'm getting more and more excited about Rock the World every single day - and Angela's daily announcements of the press who have accepted her invitation to attend make the event all the more enticing! Bumping into a me...
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Fearless and Falter-Free SellingI remember when I first started selling, I was petrified to talk to people and ask them for money. I thought I was acting in a way that would have them not like me and I was walking head-on into rejection. Yuck!One day I was on the pho...
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Four Simple Steps to Crafting Your Compelling Quick PitchYour quick pitch is your most poignant form of permission marketing. It’s sole intention is to get the listener to say “tell me more”.When they do, you have just gained permission to talk more in-depth about your product or...
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In Love and Business, rejection is NOT a 4 letter wordDoes fear of rejection shut you down and keep you from writing your book and/or sharing your brilliance with the world? In other words, if there were no critics, no naysayers, no messengers of bad news, would you write your book, go BIG with your...
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Should You Consider Guest Posts At Your Blog?Over the years, I have received numerous guest post submissions for my blog. I have only accepted one. Others have been cheesy attempts to advertise to you, and a few have been submitted by people who threw something together and submitted it...
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What to do when you're having a bad business dayHere's one thing that I do when the "stuff" hits the fan. You can immediately apply this quick tip to your business and personal life! A few years ago, we made a documentary about how so many "bad" things happened to me when I was o...
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In the business of books, are you a finisher or FINISHED?Once upon a time, a writer professor once said to a room full of aspiring authors... A writer is one who finishes.Let me say that again. A writer is one who finishes.For those of you who haven’t finished writing your story…Or if you h...
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FB Fan Page NameLast message: Thanks, Hazel. I just got mine as well, after I saw your post about only needing 25 fans! www.facebook.com/DeliciousHealth: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :Cheers & Health,Simla Somturk ...
