Struggling Entrepreneur

 

 42- Natalie Biagini- Successful Franchisor and Mastermind Group Leader [30:43m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In this episode of The Struggling Entrepreneur, we interview Natalie Biagini, who set up her own venture at www.TravelAbundance.com. This is an individual who went from a position after 21 years in Corporate America (which most people would consider “successful” and “with a bright future”) into launching her own small business, a Travel Agency through a franchise.

From there, she has proceeded to become not only a successful entrepreneur as a franchisee, but she also has become a franchisor–and well on the way to growing her business on a global scale. Her franchise part of the business is located at www.AbundantWealthThruTravel.com.

In addition, as you hear Natalie tell you her story, I am sure that you will enjoy listening to her enthusiasm for her new life and her additional direction to success in becoming a Mastermind Group leader.

The Mastermind Groups and their benefits have been a topic of interest to our audiences. And it is interesting that Natalie has started her own Mastermind Group that communicates and shares on an almost weekly basis. Although there is no charge to participate in this group, she is having an international reach via teleconference calls as the Group is growing and having multiple scheduled sessions.

As she mentions in this episode, one of her inspirations was reading the book by Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich.

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 41- The Profit Repairman and why to run your business like a hotel [36:05m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In this episode of The Struggling Entrepreneur, we deliver to you an interview with Tom Marquardt, who is an author, entrepreneur, marketing consultant and is known as “The Profit Repairman®.” The motto of this enterprise is to Reach, Teach and Send–as Tom explains in detail during this interview conducted on the Skype network.

Tom has written a book called My Little Black Book to Success©.

It is available on CD for listeners who prefer to consume books via audio; it is also available at Amazon.com, as well as paperback from the publisher, and as a pdf document via e-book format.

In fact, for the listeners of this Struggling Entrepreneur Podcast episode, the book is being given away free by Tom Marquardt– all you have to do is the following:

- send an email note to tomm@theprofitrepairman.com

- In the subject line, include “struggling entrepreneur”

- Tom will then send you a reply email with the link to get the pdf format full version of the book (approx. 154 pages).

We are grateful to Tom Marquardt for his generosity to deliver a free copy to the listeners of this podcast.

Also, Tom invites small business owners and entrepreneurs to engage live with him during his podcast on Blog Talk Radio every other Thursday at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time. What this means for you as an entrepreneur is that you are welcome to interrupt the content of the show and ask Tom about challenges that you face as an entrepreneur. Tom welcomes this interaction and provides you with, basically, a free live consultation.

In addition, this interview also explains why Tom insists that one of the most successful ways to run your small business as an entrepreneur is like that of a hotel. Find out why during the discussion.

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 40- What the NME2008 Event can mean to the Entrepreneur [24:49m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In this episode of The Struggling Entrepreneur, we provide a sneak-peek or preview as a prelude to an upcoming event, a Business show in Las Vegas from August 14-16, 2008. This is the New Media Expo.

Yes, we interviewed Tim Bourquin earlier this year on this podcast series (episode 37). As you may remember, Tim is the founder and owner of this event. His audio podcast series of The Podcast Brothers does go into detail about the value of the event for the prescribed audiences, and his web site provides all the audio episodes, forum support, list of exhibitors and all the supporting information for the event.

We look at this event in the following way:

• A bit of the history and growth of the Business show with the targeted audiences and its popularity, now becoming “legitimate” because of the industry and the business show location in Las Vegas;
• A look at the five tracks that provide value in education, skills and information to various audiences;
• An insight to the paid conference speakers and the value of their sessions to the paid audience;
• A look into the free pass to the exhibition hall to see the exhibitors in the booths; and
• A new approach– an opportunity to attend the free sessions in the exhibit hall to hear the pundits and luminaries, subject matter experts and authority figures in the industry. Thus, the attendance and participation to this event does not even have to cost the attendee anything–for the value that will be provided.

For the Entrepreneur or Small Business Owner, this event can help both the aspiring “dreamer” or the recently-launched “newbie” with skills and information about the New Media industry and marketing tactics to use in their own business–but it can help them mingle with a flood of recent entrepreneurs and small business owners who have just entered the industry with their new firms.

As you will hear in the podcast episode, there are several key reasons why this event can be of significant value to the entrepreneur–for the community of this event will put the small business owner in the midst of knowledgeable and experienced peers that can help to confirm the entry into the small business environment.

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