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$100,000 Challenge UPDATE

December 15th, 2009

Phewwww- it has been a long few weeks of traveling, marketing, planning, working with clients and trying to get ready for the holidays.  I am FINALLY getting to an update post in regard to my $100,000 challenge.

First of all, how many of you have decided to challenge yourself and set a number on a 90 day challenge- please post, email, share. I decided to do this so that I would push myself and not become complacent over the holidays and into the New Year and let me tell you I have had a few weeks where money has been flying in and a week or so where I didnt see or feel a thing. SO here it is, I have committed to making $100,000 in 90 days or less and I am currently (drum roll please)…

$74,734 away from my goal with 63 days left on the calendar- can I do it? YES I CAN!!! Yes I will!!!!

So there is my update, it hasn’t been easy but then again what in life comes easy? I have been enjoying the challenge, learning new things, meeting new people, traveling to new places, building a new company and enjoying every minute of it (okay except for the day I had a pity party- you ever had one of those?- well I only allowed it for about 2 hours then I got over it!- I couldnt help it at the time, I had to back out of a deal that I really didn’t want to but it was for the better in the long run).

Until my next update post- get out there and do the different. Please do share your successes and your challenges.

Off to make some more moola,

Starr Hall

7 Holiday Marketing Mistakes to Avoid

December 14th, 2009

Here it is- 7 Holiday Marketing Mistakes to Avoid- my latest column with Entrepreneur.com

http://tiny.cc/Gb3×0

Kindly,

Starr Hall- International Speaker/Author

Founder & CEO of SmartyVA.com

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Starr Hall Challenge Day 3

November 18th, 2009

From this point forward I will be posting my challenge status weekly instead of daily. As of today, I have $97,341 to go. Woo hoo! I am forming new partnerships daily, reaching out to new high level connections, the media, new clients and more. Today- I am going to give a webinar to a few hundred people, tonight a publicity training to 20 clients and tomorrow, well- it’s a whole new day. I focus on a 10 points a day (min) system as follows, I do at least 2 things in each of these areas DAILY:

2- Exposure (reaching out to the media, a blog or speaking engagement/presentation)

2- HPA (High Payoff Activities- things that make me moola right away)

2- Systems (check my company’s systems to make sure they are efficient and effective)

2- Personal (yep, it’s me time!- read a book, take a walk etc…)

2- Networking/connection (2 new high level networking connections min every day, this could be a group or community online as well)

Thats it for today- more next week, I am hoping to be in the $$75,000- $80,000 to go range or lower works for me!

Off to make moola and try new things,

Starr Hall

My 90 Day $100,000 Challenge Starts Today

November 16th, 2009

Yep, I have decided to challenge myself to bring in at least $100,000 in the next 90 days. Now with that said, this is not all about me nor is it all about the moola. I want to challenge you to do the same- commit to a challenge and share your progress on my blog or social site profiles. To keep it focused- let’s call it the “Starr Hall Challenge”

I am going to post my progress right here. For example- today is Nov 16th, I have already brought in $878 today, with several deals pending (and we haven’t checked the mail yet today:) ). $99,122 to go, 89.5 days left.

At the end of the 90 days, we will all have a virtual celebration in my online Linqto Live chat room, more details on the party to come. Feel free to join, invite friends, co-workers, family- let’s just do it. Although I am tying a monetary amount to this goal, it is also about challenging myself to try and do new things, I am all about the personal growth. Are you in?

Your friend and fan- Starr Hall

Are You Losing Control of Your Brand Online?

November 1st, 2009

Recent column with Entrepreneur.com-

http://www.entrepreneur.com/marketing/branding/webbrandingcolumniststarrhall/article203876.html

Kindly,
Starr Hall

Be Efficient With Your Social Networking!

September 16th, 2009

Article posted on MSNBC.com and Entrepreneur.com written by me- I love social networking!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32876760/ns/business-small_business/

How efficient are you with your social networking? How many hours are you spending every day/week online?

Starr Hall

Learn How to Become a Social Media Professional

September 9th, 2009

I am proud to announce the pre-launch of SmartyVA- Social Media Automated Virtual Assistants. SmartyVA is a complete training program, certification process and business model just for you. Start a new career today- read more below:

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If you are interested in becoming a social media professional AND/OR becoming SmartyVA Certified- check out the info in this PDF document. I have 3 spots left for 2009!

Feedback welcome, passing on and sharing with your network always appreciated.

Click on SmartyVApro below for PDF doc. once you click on link below, you need to click on SmartyVApro doc one more time to get the PDF.

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A quick note: I have kept SmartyVA a secret until now because it has been 2 years in the making.  Over 60 years of online and social media expertise and campaigns have been incorporated into the course and ongoing SmartyVA program. Our official site launch will be Oct 09, however we will be recruiting 15 individuals to run through our training and test modules to begin immediately as we already have over a dozen companies signed up to utilize a SmartyVA for their social media and online marketing campaigns. 

We plan on not only launching globally in 2009, we have also set a goal to take the company public within 24 months.  We would love it if you decide to join in from the very beginning.  

Addicted to social networking,

Starr Hall

How to Get Media Placement from Social Networking Posts

July 20th, 2009

One of the easiest ways to get media features and build valuable business relationships online is to create and publish a Top Five Tips release that offers valuable information to your market. These tips can also help position you as an expert in your field.

I have included a quick Top Five Tips on How to Create Your Top Five Tips below:

1) When writing/compiling your tips, ask yourself this question- Why in the heck should I care? When you ask this question you will find that it will help you come up with tips that are different, of interest and valuable.

2) The best top tips are based on an angle or advice that none of your competitors can come close to matching or knowing, what do you know about your industry or market that they don’t?

3) Avoid general tips and general titles- ex: Top Five Steps to Create a Business Plan (boring) OR Top Five Ways to Create a Business Plan in 1 Hour or Less!

4) Keep the subject line or the title short and catchy. Ask yourself- “would I read or open this?”

5) Keep your tips down to one page, no more than 2 sentences per tip, the shorter, the better, you can always elaborate for the media and turn it into an article.

6) BONUS TIP- Publish these tips on your blog and link back from your postings on social networking sites to your blog. You never know who will read them! It never fails, every time that I post top five tips, I get a media outlet or blog that wants to pick it up, share or publish.

For more information on how to get media placement and pick up, sign up for my FREE 5 day crash course in PR located on my home page on this site. For additional coaching in PR, marketing and social networking, sign up for my FREE LIVE coaching call on July 28th, 5:32pm PT, 8:32pm PT by emailing Vanessa@starrhall.com