Stir Things Up At Your Next Conference, Retreat, or Meeting!
Comfortable begat's comfortable. Comfortable is about keeping things the way they are, comfortable. If it's accelerated growth you want, it's time to shake things up and stir creative leadership minds. All of Maria's work focuses on the issues of changing the way your team or members are doing business. We concentrate on business growth be it simplifying the processes of growth using a one-page plan, using our proprietary accelerator circle for problem solving, creating creative ways to leverage all the ways you bring in and develop new sales, and very important to accelerating the growth of your business is growing professionally.
Elevating Your Business (EYB) offers customizable training options for your group or department through our Act Now Seminars division. We offer keynote speeches, workshops ranging from half-day to full-days, webinars, teleconference series, and a variety of other programs - all designed to produce long-term results. Plus we can provide on-going support, tool kits, books, and more.
Maria Marsala, EYB Founder, is known as a thought provoking, challenging straight-shooting NYer. She is sought after for her encouraging, no-BS, content-driven, tawks. Occasionally irreverent, always resource-ful, Maria challenges her audience to conduct their businesses and lives differently and simplified.
Maria's clients include financial services firms, national trade associations, and more. She has helped audiences in the USA and Canada to create businesses that thrive using simple and easily duplicable processes. Maria can turn the most complex business procedures into step-by-step solutions that inspire immediate action. With take-aways the audience can use immediately, each participant gains a new understanding of skills that build competence, boost confidence, and provide a game plan for action.
Maria is the perfect speaker when your audience is ready to:
- Attract more clients.
- Earn more.
- Manage their time at work more wisely.
- Strategically network or create alliances.
- Turbo-charge your company's marketing or social networking efforts.
WHO
Hire Maria to speak at:
- Financial, accounting, investment, and insurance firms.
- RIAs and Field Offices.
- Franchises in the accounting and finance arena.
- Business and trade associations serving the accounting, financial, insurance, and investment industries.
We also provide coaching hours at events, or follow-up group or 1:1 follow-up EduCoaching sessions at your location or via Skype or phone.
WHAT
Here are our most popular options:
- Keynotes and conference workshops
- Branch or Field Office workshops
- Teleconference or a webinars
- Strategic Planning Team Retreats
- Radio and TV shows
- Advisor Step Up to Accelerated Success Weekends
- New Advisor FastTrack for Growth Program.
To ensure the highest benefit and implementation for attendees, customization is always included in Maria's tawks. Learn how she customize here. We provide handouts to copy for distribution within ample time of the event, one article on the topic you can use prior to the event, and a PDF of our PowerPoint.
Maria is an excellent "filler-inner" when other speakers must cancel. We're also available to conduct group or 1:1 follow-up EduCoaching sessions at your location or via Skype or phone.
Our Most Requested Programs:
We've also included sample flyers of programs we've done on these topics. However, keep in mind that we customize all our programs for the specific audience and the requirements your company or association provides us. Learn more about how we customize our programs on this page
Creating Better Marketing Strategies: It's Time To Target Your Ideal Clients
Are your profits keeping pace with the time and money you spend marketing, networking, or advertising? Make your business efforts more efficient by clearly defining and marketing to THE best customers. Learn the benefits of being specific: save time and money by targeting your ideal clientele. Maria's powerful 6-step system will give your team the keys to creating an ideal client profile for clients who actually tell you how to market and network to them!
Profitability Isn't an Accident: It Takes a One-Page Business Plan®
Setting the right priorities is key to growing a business, practice, or department. This essential strategic plan program takes five key business-building elements and applies them to your business, allowing you to execute strategies and effectively grow. Maria will help your team or audience redefine its vision, create a mission, and set objectives and strategies for future growth.
Linkedin 101: Your LinkedIn® Profile Demystified/ Linkedin 201
An incomplete LinkedIn® profile --or worse no profile at all-- sabotages your company's chances of being found and can destroy the brand you've worked so hard to create. Don't let this free resource go to waste! Bring our program to your company and Maria will help your team liven up their profile so that it's working for your business everyday-even while you sleep.
Sample Flyer Linkedin 101
Sample Flyer Linkedin 201
Integrating Networking To Increase Your Net Worth
How many times have you been in a situation where someone asked, "what do you do?" and you've felt awkward, uncomfortable, or just gone blank? If someone asks you what's unique about your business, do you know? Successful networking -- in person and online -- begins before you attend an event, and continues with your ability to communicate the benefits of what you sell to potential clients. Learn ways to be more comfortable and memorable while networking in person and build longer-lasting win-win relationships that you nurture using social networking.
What Should I Charge? Earn More by Pricing Your Services "Just Right"
With this program, Maria helps service professionals set and raise their rates without giving discounts. If you are ready to earn more, or are just plain unhappy with your current profits, this program is "just right."
Time Management Strategies to Keep Your Rear in Gear During Busy Times
Does it feel like there are never enough hours in a day? Identify what's creating extra anxiety by sucking away your time and attention. Get back the life you want to lead by creating a game plan, and tackling "tolerations" that deplete your energy. Maria will show you how to reduce, prevent, cope, and thrive, especially with today's stressors.
Partial Client List
Past speaking engagements include national conferences, regional associations, corporations, colleges, TV, radio, government, non-profit agencies and personal development schools such as:
- Association of Women Accountants (2 chapters and 1 Regional Conference)
- Business and Professional Women, State Convention, Gig Harbor
- BYU Management Society, Tacoma, WA
- Columbia Tower Club Business Forum, Seattle, WA
- EO (Entrepreneur Organization) Network, N. California Chapter
- Guaranty Mortgage Company, Bremerton, WA
- HomeStone Mortgage, Seattle, WA
- International Training In Communication, Regional Conference, Victoria, BC, Canada
- Kitsap County Regional Library, Poulsbo, WA Branch
- Meeting Professionals International, Conference, 2009, Utah
- North Carolina Technological Development Authority, Raleigh NC.
- Positive Radio, 1150
- Small Business Administration, Women NET, Bremerton, WA
- Safeco's Neighborhood Program, Seattle, WA
- Sam's Club, Shoreline, WA
- The Global Institute for Entrepreneurs
- TIE Seattle, WA
- Triangle South Enterprise Center, (Business Incubator) Dunn, NC
- Variety of Public & Private Schools, Staten Island, NY.
- Whatcom Community College, Bellingham, WA
- Women of Wisdom Conference, Seattle, WA
- Women's Professional Network, Bellingham, WA (2008 and 2011)
- Washington State BizFair, Renton, WA
- Washington State Chapter of the National Guild of Hypnotists,WA
- Washington Society of Association Executives, Bellevue, WA
- Washington Trial Lawyers Association, Everett, WA
- Washington Employers Training Program, Kent, WA
- Upcoming engagements
What's Next?
Give your team or audience the tools they need -- bring the keys to success to you!
