Glass Ceiling Crashed 1 year ago today

One year ago today I was walking down 6th Avenue to Bryant Park.  I had just spent 10 days in a hotel room amid a gorgeous New York autumn working on a huge project and wanted to take at least one carefree walk before catching my flight later that afternoon.  I was mid cross walk when I head a snap and looked up.  It seemed a huge piece of cardboard was wafting down on my and at the same time I realized it was a giant glass side of a skyscraper a voice in my head yelled run and I shouted “Run” and run me and other manhattenties did into oncoming traffic as glass and boards and nails shattered down around us.  As I ran all I could think of was that I had just spent 10 days away from my kids stuck in a hotel room and hadn’t finsihed my book and if this was it then I was really bummed.  I ran in heels and a suit and it was like I was in a time warp tunnel looking neither right or left just concerned about myself and getting out from under the hostile rain.  I vaguly registered shocked faces of drivers as I ran past their cars being showered by debry. I thought this is it?  My life ends like this under shattered glass on 6th avenue?   I landed under an over hang in a parking garage.  A guy who had been in the cross walk pulled me and said, hey you saved us! Thanks for shouting run!  I vowed then, having lived that my life would not continue in the same fashion and by January I was a WAHM (work at home mom) and by April I had written 24 Hours to Zero Down Marketing by August two more guides and by September most were launched.  I have not been back to New York, My life has changed and my focus in more online and duplicatable. I can work from Ireland, California or in my jammies in the hammock.  I know my kids better, I know myself better and only my husband misses the money — but I know him better too.  The dogs sleep at my feet while I work and I make dinner for my family most every night.  I took up tennis, water color, Irish Wolfhound breeding and Scuba.  One year later life is different and in January I will launch my dream book   Women Buy Everything — how the hot pink crashed the glass ceiling!    If I had been in New York today and the glass window had crashed on me and I had had to run what would I have thought?  I would have thought hey my life is better than it was last year and I really want to live!  1 year later my life is my own and though it is fraught with challenges I hadn’t before yet the opportunities are amazing! I like it when trauma changes life for good, it warms the cockles of my heart, I am glad I listened when the voice yelled run!  Run! Change your life!  All in all a very good year for the right reasons.

My 14 year old daughters view on the economy

The other day I was driving my daughter to somewhere for something — she is 14 you know how it is.  Tough stuff in the news!  My daughter who I thought was listening on her earphones to her Ipod leans forward and says — after hearing the news about the very bad day on Wall Street –  “Mom, I love what you do, you can help these businesses sell even in tough times . . . because these are tough times but people do need to sell right, buying and selling and business will continue right? And people need a plan to market and sell even in these tough times, right?  Especially in these tough times, right?  You offer that right?  Everything is going to be all right, right?”  We talked for a bit, she is right though.  Everything is going to be alright! People will need to keep buying and selling, we my have to pause and take a breather but consumerism will continue.  Now more than ever businesss people need a plan.  I advocate the Three Steps to Success.  1. belief or passion = product or service.  2.  Plan or strategy — so you know who and how you are selling marketing.  3.  action = sales — implement the plan.

I guess Maddy has listened to my radio shows and seminars and she is exactly right.  If you are worried about the news, the state of the ecomony, you can do something about it by marketing your business so that it keeps or starts selling.  In 24 hours you can have a plan — a strategy.  24 Hours to Zero Down Marketing Strategy Guide and Workbook — will give you what you need in 24 hours or less.  No more worries, make a plan and Everything is going to be alright!  Thanks Maddy!  It is good hands our world will be in if a 14 year old listening to an Ipod can jump in with expert advice to the world’s latest crisis!  You can go to my site for the training course www.powerstrategies.TV  No worries, I will meet you there — Kim Power Stilson

Who is the Kim in Power?

This is what they are writing about me.  Living with me day in and day out as I do I wonder what happened to all the bits about me working really really hard to achieve the success I have or about the times I had to make up a birthday party in 2 minutes so my kids didn’t know I had been working til the last minute and forgotten to do what I should  . . . but instead of disappointing them I made them the best birthday ever, seemed planned and all . . . I think they should include those successes as well!  Anyway, let me know what you think!!

 

About Kim Power Stilson:  

Kim Power Stilson has helped over 50,000 small and women-owned businesses promote their products and services online. As an award-winning pioneer of Internet Talk Radio and a social media and Internet marketing strategist, she has authored several marketing guides, is a weekly talk radio host, and founder of Power Strategies, Inc.  A dual citizen, Kim divides her time between California, Utah & Ireland.  She has 4 dogs, 3 kids, 2 birds and a cat.  Her husband is a very patient man.

Her Marketing Success:

With a degree in communication, Kim worked in Japan, New York, California until offered an executive position in Utah to get Robert F. Bennett elected to the United States Senate.  After an unbelievable campaign success, Kim successfully promoted technology companies around the globe until she discovered that processes in the short-time line of a political campaign combined with marketing strategy created a business application that delivered marketing and sales results faster and on drastically reduced budget.  Kim created Make, Bake, Shake, Rake & Fresh© a duplicatable marketing strategy that now has delivered time-cutting and award-winning campaigns to national and international audiences for at 60% savings over costs, with an 140% increase in name awareness and delivering ordered sales of over $150 million.

Kim founded Power Strategies, Inc., and designed a laser target marketing strategy to help companies reach the world’s largest consumer group, women.  She pioneered one of the first Internet Talk Radio Networks and has since helped over 120,000 people share their messages online.  Now a proclaimed Social Media, PR, Web & Internet Marketing Strategies Company providing Education, Marketing Consultation and Public Relations Services since 2000, Power Stilson just made her MBSR&F strategy openly available to the public through her new book “24 Hours to Zero Down Marketing.” 

Her Shared Wealth:

Kim Power Stilson is the author of “24 Hours to Zero Down Marketing” Strategy Guide and Workbook and “Get Online and  . . . Blog, Ping, Pod, Stream, Bookmark, Blast, Release, Wiki, Widget, Web, Link, Avatar, Tag & Twitter! What is it and how do I do it?” An Education Guide to the Internet, the World Wide Web and Online Social Media Communications! And this fall, “Women Buy Everything”. Kim is the co-author of the new guide, “Putting a face and voice on your Website = Dollars! A profitable guide to Internet Radio & TV Advertising” and instigator of The 24 Challenge, a $1 per strategic marketing tip monthly service with 200% success guarantee. www.powerstratgies.TV.

Her radio shows:

The host for seven years of the Healthy Wealthy Wow (terrestrial and Internet syndicated) on the Grapevine Talk Radio Network, Kim is the new Internet talk radio, host of “Fresh Success radio!” on Planetary Streams (Log on and listen at www.planetarystreams.com) and “Power Strategies . . . Market your business to better bottom line!” talk radio show on the resource aggregator , MyExpertSolution.com. 

Her Loves:

Kim is the founder of the Bluebird Sisterhood and sits on the board of The Foundation House.  January 2008 she decided to give up the executive 80 hour work week at the office in favor of working from home to be near her kids.  She says that believe it or not, there is a lot of money to be made while having a balanced life. 

Kim loves to watercolor, play tennis, snow ski, write, and be near the sea. A dual citizen, Kim divides her time between California, Utah & Ireland.  She really does have 4 dogs, 3 kids, 2 birds and a cat.  Her husband is a very patient man, a former cop, founder of Planetary Streams, Inc. and a pilot who flys of the house every chance he gets!

About Power Strategies, Inc:

Power Strategies is a Social Media, PR, Web & Internet Marketing Strategies Company providing Education, Marketing Consultation and Public Relations Services to women and family owned businesses and corporations in the United States and Ireland. Please visit at www.PowerStrategies.TV and feel free to contact Kim Power Stilson at kim@powerstrategies.TV.

 

New Power Strategies Offering

Kim Power Stilson Launches 24 Hours to Zero Down Marketing Strategy Guide for Companies Who Want to Succeed!

 

June 13, 2008, 2008—Salt Lake City, UT & Dunmore East, Ireland – Kim Power Stilson, announced today, the release of her new marketing strategy training guide and workbook, 24 Hours to Zero Down Marketing Strategy Guide and Workbook.  This guide is available online and in a social media education training package on www.powerstratgies.TV. 

 

As soon as they found out she had her own marketing company, people would ask Kim for suggestions on how to spread the word about their product/services.  Based on a success-proven strategy, Make, Bake, Shake, Rake & Fresh, created with 17 years of marketing success, Kim would suggest first creating a strategy or plan based on goals and then applying regular efforts to achieve name awareness and sales success. 

 

Most small companies could not afford her or other marketing professionals consultation fees ($30,000 strategy creation fee and monthly service fee $5 -10,000 per month) but they still needed the help and she wanted to assist them because she believes that marketing or not marketing a product/service makes the difference between success and failure.  She was inspired to write this step-by-step guide and which gave the power back to the company owners with marketing knowledge at a budget-

worthy cost. 

 

“Once you have a plan, a strategy and you know what you need to do then you run out of excuses to not take the time to market and sell,” said Kim Power Stilson. “With each marketing effort company owners gain a little more success.  With consistent efforts like even 24 hours a month focused on marketing, they will see real results in the areas of increased name awareness and sales.”

 

According to Kim Power Stilson, this is a great strategy guide for business owners and employees who want to impress their boss by helping their company increase their chances for sales.  “You may have a great product but if consumers don’t know about it they can’t buy it,” said Power Stilson. “Online and traditional Marketing is an essential component to business success. Entrepreneurs and small business sometimes overlook marketing because they don’t have the resources to hire someone and most don’t have the time to do it themselves.  Now they can be doing effective marketing in just 24 Hours for a fraction of the cost.”

 

To make marketing affordable, Power Strategies offers a “Monthly Marketing Service – 24 Hours” style to help companies keep marketing once they have a strategy.  The service includes Live chat, Social Media, Internet, PR 2.0 and Web 3.0 & Marketing instruction, tips, templates & advice from Social Media & Marketing Strategist Kim Power Stilson. (Prices range from $240 per month to a discounted cost for women, small-business owners and single parents of $24 per month.)

 

24 Hours to Zero Down Marketing Strategy Guide & Workbook is offered in an online PDF  version, as well as, a robust video, audio, Internet, Web, Social Media & Marketing certified education course.   (Prices range from $240 – $2400 with certification.) For Free Media trial contact:  Jack Brian or Anne Roberts Jack@powerstrategies.TV  or anne@powerstrategies.com or 801-473-9174. 

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About Kim Power Stilson:

Founder of Power Strategies, Inc.,  Kim Power Stilson, is the author of Women Buy Everything (Fall 2008) 24 Hours to Zero Down Marketing Strategy Guide and Workbook and Get online Blog, Ping, Pod, Stream, Bookmark, Blast, Release, Wiki, Widget, Web, Link, Avatar, Tag and Twitter!  What is it and how do I do it?

Kim is the weekly Internet talk radio host of “My Best Friends are Dogs and Bloggers” and “Women Buy Everything” radio shows on Planetary Streams (Log on and listen at www.planetarystreams.com )  and the founder of the Bluebird Sisterhood.  She really does have 4 dogs, 3 kids, 2 birds and 1 cat and a very patient husband. She loves to watercolor, play tennis, snow ski and be near the sea. She divides her time between California, Utah & Ireland.  She blogs at www.bluebirdsisterhood.blogspot.com & www.twitter.com, www.mybestfriendsaredogsandbloggers.wordpress.com.

Her professional marketing background includes over 17 years experience and a proven track record of success. She has created marketing positioning campaigns based on her own copyrighted Make, Bake, Shake, Rake & Fresh marketing strategy to build name awareness and speed up the sales process hundreds of companies delivering award-winning campaigns to national and international audiences for at 60% savings over costs, with an 140% increase in name awareness and delivering ordered sales of $50 million plus.

 

About Power Strategies, Inc:

Power Strategies is a Social Media, PR, Web & Internet Marketing Strategies Company providing Education, Marketing Consultation and Public Relations Services to women and family owned businesses and corporations in the United States and Ireland. www.powerstrategies.TV

 

 

About the Power Strategies Education Courses: 

The “Power Strategies Internet, Web and Social Media & Marketing Strategy Education” includes 24 education sessions, 3 education courses, 32 learning components and one 24-hour workbook all Online to get you certified and marketing at your own pace in 24 hours to 24 weeks: 

1. Internet, Web & Social Media Training –  Learn Social Media, Internet and Web tools like Blog, Ping, Pod, Stream, Bookmark, Blast, Release, Wiki, Widget, Web, Link, Avatar, Tag & Twitter!  Includes EBook, Audio / Video training.
2. Marketing Strategy –Create and implement a traditional, Internet and Web marketing strategy for you, your company, and your products/services. Includes 24ZDM guide and workbook along with Audio / Video training.
3. Education Sessions – 24 Internet, Web and Social Media personal LIVE 15 minute educations sessions (powered by Links-for-Learning.com) online at your convenience.  Ask questions and get answers from a “live” marketing coach.

*Certification in “Power Strategies Internet, Web and Social Media & Marketing Strategy Education”  through this robust online course will give you the ability to create a traditional and Internet marketing strategy and the understanding to communicate on the Web with social media tools. Graduate from this course with Certification in Social Media, Internet Marketing and Marketing Strategy.  

Women, Single Parent and / or Small Business Owner Subsidized Discount Price – $2400* Corporate Price – $10,000* 

BONUS WITH EDUCATION PURCHASE: Monthly Marketing Service – 24 Hour Style
24 hours each month with Includes: Live chat, Social Media, Internet, PR 2.0 and Web 3.0 & Marketing instruction, tips, templates & advice from Social Media & Marketing Strategist Kim Power Stilson.