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Coaches - Stop Waiting And Start Marketing!
By Biana Babinsky
I have heard it many times. Many coaches who have been in business for over two years have been telling me that they are not actively marketing their business and looking for coaching clients. When I ask why they are not looking for clients, it always seems like they are waiting for something before they can finally start marketing and get clients:
- They are waiting to get yet another certificate
- They are waiting for their web designer to re-design they web site for the tenth time
- They are waiting to finish reading a marketing book they purchased
- Waiting to …
These coaches have been waiting for a few years to start marketing their businesses! And since they haven't marketed their business yet, they do not have clients and they are not able to support themselves with their business revenue.
Waiting for something to happen before you start marketing sabotages you and your business. Stop waiting and start marketing! I have a challenge for you - go ahead and get started with marketing your coaching business. No more excuses of not having certificates or not having finished reading a marketing book. The sooner you start marketing, the sooner you will build a successful business where you have many clients.
Here is a plan to get started with marketing
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MAA sells apartment property for $7.25 millionMAA is enacting part of its current disposition plan with the sale of a Memphis apartment community.
Orlando, Fla.-based Cedar Mill LLC purchased Cedar Mill Apartments in Southeast Memphis from Mid-America Apartments LP for $7.25 million.
Built in two phases in 1974 and 1986, the 276-unit apartment complex at 3505 S. Mendenhall sits on 13.9 acres, according to the Shelby County Assessor of Property website.
Mid-America Apartments LP is affiliated with Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc., currently branded as MAA...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>Dunavant Logistics earns security certificationDunavant Global Logistics Group LLC has gained a security certification that could help it move products faster for customers.
The Memphis-based global logistics firm has been certified as a member of the U.S. Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program.
The certification is primarily held by larger companies that have significant focus on global logistics.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection established the program in 2003 to build cooperation with industries which strengthen supply chain and border security...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>Postal Service lost $3.3 billion in first quarter<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/phoenix/morning_call/PostalServiceWeb*100.jpg?v=1'>Strong holiday shipping was not enough to offset a continued decline in First-Class Mail, leading to a $3.3 billion quarterly loss for he United States Postal Service, compared to a loss of $290 million in the same quarter a year earlier.
The Postal Service?s shipping business was up 7 percent from a year ago last quarter, its fiscal first quarter. Shipping accounted for 17 percent of its total revenue. First-Class Mail revenue fell 4.1 percent. First-Class Mail revenue has declined 15 percent and volume down 25 percent since 006...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>Memphis awaits impact of mortgage settlement<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/austin/blog/real-estate/foreclosurehouse*100.jpg?v=1'>Now that the federal government and states have hammered out a historic settlement with mortgage servicers, the bigger question will be the exact impact at the local level in cities hardest hit, like Memphis.
In the immediate, the general consensus is that even the largest federal-state settlement in history of $26 billion ? with an expected $146 million coming to Tennessee ? isn?t enough to stem the tide of massive foreclosures.
Corky Neale, director of research for RISE Foundation, a consumer financial education group, said the potential impact of the dollars will affect about 10 percent ? 1...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>Memphis industrial portfolio sells for $23.6 million<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/memphis/news/kansas%20city%20life%20portfolio*100.jpg?v=1'>AREA Properties Partners has purchased four Memphis industrial buildings totaling 834,708 square feet for $23.6 million.
Kansas City Life Insurance Co. sold the portfolio and was represented by Cushman & Wakefield?s Southeast Capital Markets Group in cooperation with Cushman & Wakefield Commercial Advisors in Memphis.
The buildings include Southpark H at 4650 Quality Drive, Southpark G at 4481 Pleasant Hill, Memphis Distribution D at 4100 Quest Way, and Memphis International Airport Center at 3363 MIAC Cove...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>Tennessee to get $146M in mortgage relief from big banks<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/housinghelpweb*100.jpg?v=1'>Tennessee?s piece of a landmark mortgage settlement will likely be about $146 million in what officials say will be a sweeping change in practices and a dose of relief to struggling homeowners.
In a $26 billion deal that includes states? attorneys general across the country, major mortgage providers ? Bank of America, Wells Fargo & Co., JP Morgan Chase & Co., Citigroup and Ally Financial ? have agreed to provide money for loan modifications and other changes, direct relief to wronged homeowners and funding for housing programs, authorities said...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>Daniel Tosh?s 2012 tour to stop in MemphisTosh Tour Twenty Twelve will hit the Orpheum Theater in Memphis on April 8.
Comedian Daniel Tosh, known for his Comedy Central show Tosh.0, will begin his tour April 5 in Austin, Texas, and perform in at least 17 cities, including Memphis.
It will be the comedian?s second stand-up tour produced by Comedy Central. In 2010, Tosh Tour Twenty Ten included more than 75 performances, sold 250,000 tickets sold and produced $10 million in box office revenue.
Tickets for the Memphis show go on sale Friday at 10 a...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>Grizzlies owner Heisley bidding on DodgersMichael Heisley, the Chicago billionaire businessman who owns the Memphis Grizzlies, has been revealed as one of the bidders on the Los Angeles Dodgers, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times.
Heisley leads one of 11 bids that is still in the running to buy the Major League Baseball team. The report also says if Heisley were to buy the team, Jerry West would probably join in some capacity. West, a former Los Angeles Laker and NBA legend, previously worked for Heisley as general manager of the Grizzlies.<div class="feedflare">
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</div>Memphis files 86 lawsuits against property ownersThe city of Memphis is fighting blight and for the second time filed a large batch of lawsuits against the owners of neglected property.
The Commercial Appeal reports Mayor A C Wharton and Shelby County District Attorney General Amy Weirich announced the filing of 86 lawsuits and 11 nuisance petitions.
Wharton launched a similar assault against blight in 2010, when the city filed 138 lawsuits against property owners. About two-third of those properties have since been rehabbed or demolished, according to Wharton...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>Bank settlement to net $26B for homeownersMore than 2 million Americans could benefit from at least $26 billion in relief from the nation?s biggest banks as part of a broad government settlement set to be announced on Thursday, The New York Times reports.
The aid will help a relatively small portion of borrowers who are delinquent and facing foreclosure, The Times reports. The success could depend in part on how effectively the program is put into effect because earlier efforts by Washington to help troubled borrowers aided fewer than expected...<div class="feedflare">
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your coaching business today: - Review what you have already accomplished. Do you publish a newsletter? Have you optimized your web site for search engines? Have you created web site copy that sells? Put to good use all the marketing materials you have already created. Doing this will save you time going forward. - Create an online marketing plan for your coaching business. Based on what you have discovered during your marketing review, create an online marketing plan for going forward with your marketing. If you are just starting with marketing your coaching business, here is what I recommend you do first: create a web site to sell your products and services, get more newsletter subscribers and write and publish articles online. If you have already done some marketing, your plan may include more advanced online marketing strategies. - Commit to marketing. Marketing needs to be done every single day in order to see results. This is why I am asking you to make a commitment to following your online marketing plan and promoting your business online. Once you put time into marketing your business, you will start seeing results. Stop procrastinating and start marketing. Create your online marketing plan and start marketing your coaching business today - your business will be more successful and you will earn more money. Biana Babinsky is the online business coach and expert, who helps coaches get more clients online. Get her FREE Special Report, Top 5 Strategies To Get More Clients Online at www.EffectiveOnlineMarketing.com/report to learn how to get more clients for your coaching business.
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MAA sells apartment property for $7.25 million
MAA is enacting part of its current disposition plan with the sale of a Memphis apartment community.
Orlando, Fla.-based Cedar Mill LLC purchased Cedar Mill Apartments in Southeast Memphis from Mid-America Apartments LP for $7.25 million.
Built in two phases in 1974 and 1986, the 276-unit apartment complex at 3505 S. Mendenhall sits on 13.9 acres, according to the Shelby County Assessor of Property website.
Mid-America Apartments LP is affiliated with Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc., currently branded as MAA...<div class="feedflare">
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Dunavant Logistics earns security certification
Dunavant Global Logistics Group LLC has gained a security certification that could help it move products faster for customers.
The Memphis-based global logistics firm has been certified as a member of the U.S. Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program.
The certification is primarily held by larger companies that have significant focus on global logistics.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection established the program in 2003 to build cooperation with industries which strengthen supply chain and border security...<div class="feedflare">
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Postal Service lost $3.3 billion in first quarter
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/phoenix/morning_call/PostalServiceWeb*100.jpg?v=1'>Strong holiday shipping was not enough to offset a continued decline in First-Class Mail, leading to a $3.3 billion quarterly loss for he United States Postal Service, compared to a loss of $290 million in the same quarter a year earlier.
The Postal Service?s shipping business was up 7 percent from a year ago last quarter, its fiscal first quarter. Shipping accounted for 17 percent of its total revenue. First-Class Mail revenue fell 4.1 percent. First-Class Mail revenue has declined 15 percent and volume down 25 percent since 006...<div class="feedflare">
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Memphis awaits impact of mortgage settlement
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/austin/blog/real-estate/foreclosurehouse*100.jpg?v=1'>Now that the federal government and states have hammered out a historic settlement with mortgage servicers, the bigger question will be the exact impact at the local level in cities hardest hit, like Memphis.
In the immediate, the general consensus is that even the largest federal-state settlement in history of $26 billion ? with an expected $146 million coming to Tennessee ? isn?t enough to stem the tide of massive foreclosures.
Corky Neale, director of research for RISE Foundation, a consumer financial education group, said the potential impact of the dollars will affect about 10 percent ? 1...<div class="feedflare">
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Memphis industrial portfolio sells for $23.6 million
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/memphis/news/kansas%20city%20life%20portfolio*100.jpg?v=1'>AREA Properties Partners has purchased four Memphis industrial buildings totaling 834,708 square feet for $23.6 million.
Kansas City Life Insurance Co. sold the portfolio and was represented by Cushman & Wakefield?s Southeast Capital Markets Group in cooperation with Cushman & Wakefield Commercial Advisors in Memphis.
The buildings include Southpark H at 4650 Quality Drive, Southpark G at 4481 Pleasant Hill, Memphis Distribution D at 4100 Quest Way, and Memphis International Airport Center at 3363 MIAC Cove...<div class="feedflare">
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Tennessee to get $146M in mortgage relief from big banks
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/housinghelpweb*100.jpg?v=1'>Tennessee?s piece of a landmark mortgage settlement will likely be about $146 million in what officials say will be a sweeping change in practices and a dose of relief to struggling homeowners.
In a $26 billion deal that includes states? attorneys general across the country, major mortgage providers ? Bank of America, Wells Fargo & Co., JP Morgan Chase & Co., Citigroup and Ally Financial ? have agreed to provide money for loan modifications and other changes, direct relief to wronged homeowners and funding for housing programs, authorities said...<div class="feedflare">
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Daniel Tosh?s 2012 tour to stop in Memphis
Tosh Tour Twenty Twelve will hit the Orpheum Theater in Memphis on April 8.
Comedian Daniel Tosh, known for his Comedy Central show Tosh.0, will begin his tour April 5 in Austin, Texas, and perform in at least 17 cities, including Memphis.
It will be the comedian?s second stand-up tour produced by Comedy Central. In 2010, Tosh Tour Twenty Ten included more than 75 performances, sold 250,000 tickets sold and produced $10 million in box office revenue.
Tickets for the Memphis show go on sale Friday at 10 a...<div class="feedflare">
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Grizzlies owner Heisley bidding on Dodgers
Michael Heisley, the Chicago billionaire businessman who owns the Memphis Grizzlies, has been revealed as one of the bidders on the Los Angeles Dodgers, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times.
Heisley leads one of 11 bids that is still in the running to buy the Major League Baseball team. The report also says if Heisley were to buy the team, Jerry West would probably join in some capacity. West, a former Los Angeles Laker and NBA legend, previously worked for Heisley as general manager of the Grizzlies.<div class="feedflare">
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Memphis files 86 lawsuits against property owners
The city of Memphis is fighting blight and for the second time filed a large batch of lawsuits against the owners of neglected property.
The Commercial Appeal reports Mayor A C Wharton and Shelby County District Attorney General Amy Weirich announced the filing of 86 lawsuits and 11 nuisance petitions.
Wharton launched a similar assault against blight in 2010, when the city filed 138 lawsuits against property owners. About two-third of those properties have since been rehabbed or demolished, according to Wharton...<div class="feedflare">
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Bank settlement to net $26B for homeowners
More than 2 million Americans could benefit from at least $26 billion in relief from the nation?s biggest banks as part of a broad government settlement set to be announced on Thursday, The New York Times reports.
The aid will help a relatively small portion of borrowers who are delinquent and facing foreclosure, The Times reports. The success could depend in part on how effectively the program is put into effect because earlier efforts by Washington to help troubled borrowers aided fewer than expected...<div class="feedflare">
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