It’s IAWBO’s birthday but YOU get the gifts! In addition to all of the valuable goodies inside the FREE Virtual Birthday Gift Bag (did you get yours yet?) you’ll enjoy 30 days of How Does She Do It? Interviews on the blog:

Today’s How Does She Do It? Mentor is Shann Vander Leek of True Balance Life Coaching, LLC

http://www.truebalancelifecoaching.com

http://www.facebook.com/shannvanderleek

http://www.twitter.com/ShannVanderLeek

How long have you been in business online? 4 years

Tell us about your business. Who do you love to work with? what is the #1 greatest benefit they get from working with you? At True Balance Life Coaching, we Inspire Powerful Professional Women in Career Transition to Accelerate Life on Their Terms while Creating more Balance in their lives.

a. Creative, bright and powerful women in career transition who are on the cusp of creating their own entrepreneurial venture.

b. Inspired action.

What does being a woman in business online mean to you and what is your favorite thing about it? Collaboration. Connecting the dots with and for powerful women entrepreneurs across the globe.

Who or has been your greatest mentor and how have they impacted your success? Master Coach, Deborah Martin has been my greatest mentor. Deb has impacted my success by helping me remember to fan the flames of my curiosity. She supports my experiential nature and reminds me to color outside of the lines.

What is the one achievement are you most proud of so far and why? I am most proud of completing my first book, Life on Your Terms: The Support You Need to Follow Your Passion From Inspirational Entrepreneurs. I invested more than two years interviewing successful entrepreneurs with the goal of writing a supportive book for aspiring entrepreneurs and professional people who are ready to reinvent themselves.

What does “authentic in business” mean to you and why is it important? It is my observation that healthy personal development, as well as the success of a small business, absolutely depends on aligning your business goals with your lifestyle choices and grounding them in your core values.

What is your favorite & most effective marketing strategy that you use to grow your business? My most effective strategy is offering complimentary Get Focused Now Coaching sessions each quarter via email, twitter, Facebook, Linkedin etc. This is a great way to drive traffic to my website, blog and ME.

How do you stay off (or minimize the extremes) of the proverbial “cashflow rollercoaster”? I created a business plan including more than one stream of revenue. My income comes from personal coaching, group coaching, book sales, ebook sales, voice over recordings, organic tea etc.

How do you achieve work-life balance? Schedule time for yourself FIRST. Then add everything else to your calendar. You deserve to enjoy at least one activity a day that is all about you!

What is your favorite technology that supports your online business and why? I love AWeber and Time Driver.

AWeber provides a solid auto-responder service and 1st class support for business newsletters, product sales, etc.

Time Driver is an elegant automated personal scheduler. I use Time Driver for scheduling all of my new coaching prospects.

What is your best productivity tip? Create a solid back-end system for your business. Then make time for critical path planning for each product and service you provide. You simply must automate as much as you can and chunk BIG projects into small action steps to keep moving forward without be totally overwhelmed.

What has been your biggest breakthrough, mindset shift or top lesson learned so far? You can do everything you set out to do. You just can’t do it all at the same time and you can’t do it alone.

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As a matter of fact, Shann has contributed Navigating the 4 Stages of Transition Special Report and MP3 Teleclass (A $29 value and remember this is just 1 of the 30 gifts you get in this gift bag valued over $1300)
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