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This could be you tomorrow night!

Congratulations to our last $500 awardee, Kim Washington, Founder of ARW Planning and Education. They specialize in navigation support, advanced planning and grief support.

Kim registered for AND attended our last event at - Get Sales Ready.

Kim loves the information we shared about how to use to help her learn more about her ideal customer profile and create a sales strategy.

She is using her grant to support the launch of her first speaking engagement, including development and printing of materials and marketing.

So if you're registered, we hope to see you!

and plus Kadecia Ber of YELP have amazing information to share with you!

Straight outta Cleveland - bringing you business owners and nonprofit leaders who are getting actual real results from their efforts.

What works, what didn't and lessons learned along the way.

Moderator - Kadecia Ber, Senior Campaign Director at YELP

Panelists -

🧑🏽‍🍳 Chef and Pitch Queen Saidah Farrell of and

AI Grant Strategist and PR pro

Financial advisor and Founder and Nonprofit Visibility King - of

Free food, free parking and free game

🍪 Cookies provided by .sweet.treats

PLUS........

$500 Microgrant award for one attendee 💰💰💰💰💰



Register at link in Bio.

Thank you to of EPIC Learning Today and developer of the sales accelerator, Smash Your Sales Goals - for leading our Get Sales Ready workshop last night at !

We did live demoes of custom Claude.ai prompts to help develop our "sweet spot" customer, learn about their pain points and discuss how to talk to our Sweet Spot customer to win them over and close the deal.

We stressed the importance of having an annual sales goal - you can't build a sales strategy without a number to strive for.

Do you have a sales goal?

Congratulations to Kimberly, the winner of the $500 !

Special thanks to
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for a smooth event!

Save the Date May 13 for our next event - Marketing That Works: Real Businesses, Real Results

It's getting tight out here ...

- costs are up while people and businesses are spending less

- your business plugs are getting laid off

- AI is upending creative and service-based businesses

- there's lots of economic uncertainty

So, now is the time to double down on refining your sales skills and spending your limited sales and marketing dollars on your "Right Fit" customer and get laser focused on a sales and relationship development strategy.

We have 5 seats open for our first ever limited seating hands-on workshop where you will leave with:

- an understanding of the sales mindset
- an Ideal Customer Profile (Right Fit)
- a framework and tested AI prompt for developing a sales strategy for YOUR customer
- some steps to start implementing
- Access to $10000 of resources to help you find your target customers
- an accountability partner and meetup invite
- A custom curated and tested Sales Ready Toolkit that could take your sales and marketing game to the next level
- One attendee will leave with $500 to help manage increasing costs or to invest in sales and marketing

Register at link in Bio.

Bring your charged laptop and start thinking about your favorite, most consistent and profitable customers!

Free parking. Free food. Free game.

Getting The Bag season is back in effect! 💰

Yesterday I popped by the PNC Fairfax Connection to prep for the April 8 Sales Ready workshop and the parking lot was packed!

I headed into the conference room section and it was standing room only with eager readers enjoying lunches while gearing up to discuss latest book. I wanted to ask someone so bad for a potato round...

I know many of you come to for our business workshops and microgrants but there's a whole universe of free courses and workshops on a variety of topics for youth, teens, adults and business owners. Including:

- Flying drones
- Lean Six Sigma
- Canva
- Personal finance
- Cooking
- Product development
- AI
- Filmmaking and music

and more! Checkout their calendar for the schedule at www.pncfairfaxconnection.com

Also, be sure to register for our first workshop of the season, Sales Ready - Know Your Customer, Close Deals April 8 530-7pm.

This will truly be hands-on and and I have some cool stuff planned for you! You will leave feeling inspired and accomplished and maybe $500 richer!

The team had a great time in the Business Reference section building and testing the sales toolkit that SALES READY workshop recipients will receive on April 8th!

The Sales Ready: Know Your Customer, Close More Deals workshop will be held at PNC Fairfax Connection 8220 Carnegie, Cleveland, Ohio 530-7pm.

Register today as there will be limited capacity for this truly hands on workshop. You will leave with:

💰 An ideal customer profile for your product or service

💰 A sales goal for 2026 and some accountability to keep you on track

💰 A greater understanding of how selling really works and an exploration of sales systems

💰 A Get Sales Ready Toolkit with tested AI sales ready prompts, resources, continuing education and connections to give you the sales advantage

💰 Your sales tribe to continue building knowledge and connection

💰 A full belly and good vibes

💰 One attendee will leave with a $500 microgrant!

So, go ahead and register right now...link in Bio

See you soon!

Honored to be selected for this inaugural Economic Mobility Champion recognition!

Please join me and for a tea party fundraiser on March 28th 🫖🫖🫖

The funds are being raised to launch Cleveland's first Diasporic Wealth Cohort. Learn more about it at the tea party!

Wear your cutest tea fits!

Best florist in Cleveland!

As the economy tightens up and budgets get reduced, we have to level up our sales skills. Check-out this tips from business educator, Melinda Emerson.


https://succeedasyourownboss.com/the-secret-sales-formula/?&

The Secret Sales Formula: Captivate, Fascinate, Educate, Close ’Em » Succeed As Your Own Boss When the economy gets tight, your sales processes must get tighter. So today I’m teaching the Secret Sales Formula. Selling doesn’t have to feel awkward,