Okay gang, this is the last tip of my 4 secrets to attract a rockin’ team!  It’s NOT the end of my mentorship on this issue though.  You can search “team building” on my blog to get more great tips, and definitely come to my 7 Figure Business Building Summit. The early bird special price ends in less than a week – and don’t forget, you can still bring a friend for half price! That’s TWO of you for $1,497 – unbelievable.) http://www.7FigureBusinessSummit.com.

Here’s Tip #4:  Form an advisory board of up to 10 people, including an industry heavyweight, model customer, credibility booster, and several savvy business people with great connections. Oh, and make sure everyone gets stock options or some sort of emotional compensation.

Bottom line? Hire slowly, fire quickly. Be picky about who you hire and you’ll build a ROCKIN’ team!

To your success and your winning relationships!

Christine Comaford, The 7 Figure Business Builder
Motivational Keynote Speaker
CEO of Mighty Ventures, Inc.
NY Times Best Selling Author

PS:  This is the ONE event you must be at this year: http://www.7FigureBusinessSummit.com

This blog continues my series on Team Building.  I hope you will read this article, incorporate its ideas into YOUR 7 Figure Success Story and pass it along to others.

3. Choose Wisely: Positives to look for in candidates include smarts, GSD (Get Stuff Done) pedigree, commitment, plays well with others and values the team. And don’t forget to follow your gut feeling. If it feels like a bad choice, it probably is.

(Where do you FIND those people? If you’re building a 7 Figure Business and the TEAM to get you there, the BEST place to find those like-minded people is my 7 Figure Business Building Summit. The early bird special price ends in less than ONE week, so click through now – and don’t forget, you can still bring a friend for half price! That’s TWO of you for $1,497 – unbelievable.) http://www.7FigureBusinessSummit.com

To your success and your winning relationships!

Christine Comaford, The 7 Figure Business Builder
CEO of Mighty Ventures, Inc.
NY Times Best Selling Author
PS:  This is the ONE event you must be at this year: http://www.7FigureBusinessSummit.com

Today’s blog on team building is quick and non-negotiable.  If you DON’T create the right environment, you simply won’t attract your amazing team – or worse, they’ll come in and leave quickly.  Creating a gruesome vacuum and wasting your time (and the time of your other teammates).  So here’s Secret #2.. 

2. Rock The Culture: The best way to build, support and retain a great team is to encourage a culture that everyone wants to be part of. Your company should have values that everyone agrees to uphold, and they should be posted visibly. All those throughout the organization must be empowered to call out any team member if they’re not honoring the values.

(Where do you FIND those people?  If you’re building a 7 Figure Business and the TEAM to get you there, the BEST place to find those like-minded people is my 7 Figure Business Building Summit. The early bird special price ends in less than two weeks, so click through now – and don’t forget, you can still bring a friend for half price! That’s TWO of you for $1,497 – unbelievable.)  http://www.7FigureBusinessSummit.com 

To your success and your winning relationships!

Christine Comaford, The 7 Figure Business Builder
CEO of Mighty Ventures, Inc.
NY Times Best Selling Author

PS:  This is the ONE event you must be at this year:
http://www.7FigureBusinessSummit.com

This week, I’m ALL about building a rockin’ team.  WHY do you need a rockin’ team?  Because building a 7 Figure Business is NOT a joke.  It is where the real freedom comes in — it creates CHOICES.  A 7 Figure Business is a whole different kind of success story, and I use ALL of my million-dollar know how to offer the REAL goods on business acceleration to get you from here to there.  YES?   Are you ready for a different kind of life and business?  Then follow my blog, visit my websites and watch the video at http://www.7FigureBusinessSummit.com/2010. 

STOP spinning your wheels.

I hope you’ll tune in EVERY day for my 4 Secrets on Team Attraction:

1. The Fab Four: I try to find outstanding people who fit into one or more of these 4 categories:

– Visionaries: They’re highly visible and articulate; they “see” the future of your company as well as new markets you should enter. And they’ll wow prospective clients and financiers.

– Leaders: This is your executive management; they make their mission everyone else’s. A great leader can inspire and motivate people to do anything.

– Implementers: These are the people who make things happen. They build the products/services and market and sell them.

– Infrastructure Builders/Supporters: They create the foundation, processes, and procedures to keep the company running smoothly and enable it to grow.

(Where do you FIND those people?  If you’re building a 7 Figure Business and the TEAM to get you there, the BEST place to find those like-minded people is my 7 Figure Business Building Summit. The early bird special price ends in less than two weeks, so click through now – and don’t forget, you can still bring a friend for half price! That’s TWO of you for $1,497 – unbelievable.)  http://www.7FigureBusinessSummit.com/2010To your success and your winning relationships!

Christine Comaford, The 7 Figure Business Builder
CEO of Mighty Ventures, Inc.
NY Times Best Selling Author

PS:  This is the ONE event you must be at this year: http://www.7FigureBusinessSummit.com

Today I want to give you 4 secrets to hiring a team that totally ROCKS. Ready? Let’s get started…

As a former control freak I’ll admit that I can’t control people or situations or outcomes. But I can certainly influence them. So when I’m looking to put together a killer team, here’s what I do…

First, I gather a strong group of advisors or mentors. These need to be people whose insight and knowledge I trust implicitly.

Then I ask those with complimentary skill sets to assist in both the hiring of people and the monitoring of their initial work. But please note–I don’t make any of the new hires partners until we’ve worked together and solved multiple business challenges together.

Finally, if they don’t work out, I let them go quickly. It’s really that simple.

So how do you find the best people for the job? Tune in every day this week for my 4 steps to a rockin’ team…

(If you’re building a 7 Figure Business, AND the team to get you there, the BEST place to find those like-minded people is my 7 Figure Business Building Summit. The early bird special price ends in less than seven days, so click through now – and don’t forget, you can still bring a friend for half price! That’s TWO of you for $1,497 – unbelievable.)  http://www.7FigureBusinessSummit.com

To your success and your winning relationships!

Christine Comaford, The 7 Figure Business Builder
CEO of Mighty Ventures, Inc.
NY Times Best Selling Author

PS:  This is the ONE event you must be at this year: http://www.7FigureBusinessSummit.com

Here’s the million-dollar question:  Does your product and sales strategy dictate an OEM, Direct, or Indirect Sales Model?  Lead Qualification can be immensely valuable in any of the above scenarios, but the role of the individual reps, the rules of engagement, and the resulting deliverables will vary slightly, depending upon your chosen channel model.

Be sure you are VERY clear about your goals for lead qualification results!!!

Is your goal to develop an engine and infrastructure for long term, strategic, and repeatable business?  Or are you driven by short term and tactical needs and the desire for a singular quick hit and one-time influx of leads?

The answer to these questions will dictate the level of investment that is appropriate to your needs.  If long term, it will drive you to create a more permanent and sustainable framework for repeatable, quarter-to-quarter returns.  If short term and tactical in nature, a quick and temporary service deployment may be a more practical approach.

What are your budget and time restrictions?

Many start-ups experience a ramp in company growth or product demand that necessitates expedient growth of the pipeline and revenues.  But often, budget limits restrict your ability to hire the optimum number of direct salespeople.

It takes substantial time to establish the optimum number of OEMs or Indirect Channel partners.

Due to these limitations, in a start-up phase, it often makes economic sense to hire less expensive Lead Qualification headcount to build the pipeline. The normally ideal recommendation is to establish a ratio of:

One (1) Lead Qualification Representative per every 2 to 3 Direct Salespeople
One (1) Lead Qualification Representative per every 1 to 2 Indirect Channel Salespeople

This is, of course, only the TIP of the business acceleration iceberg, when it comes to lead qualification SOP, but it will get you moving in the right direction.  If you’re 100% ready to COMMIT to business acceleration, and you’d like to work with me live, in person, be sure to get your seat at my upcoming 7 Figure Business Summit in April. Go to http://www.7FigureBusinessSummit.com/2010 for details.  

Christine Comaford, The 7 Figure Business Builder
CEO of Mighty Ventures, Inc.
NY Times Best Selling Author

PS: If you’re ready to work with me live, go to http://www.7FigureBusinessSummit.com/2010 for details.

In a perfect world, we have teachers and mentors that help us establish what we believe in and what we stand for while we’re still in our teens and twenties–before we get caught up in the fast-paced world of birthing our own businesses and stomping out fires. But that’s not always the way it works.

Still we need that foundation of truth to stand on. Without that foundation, it’s easy to get lost and stay lost. And since getting to know yourself is a lifelong process, doesn’t it makes sense to learn what you can sooner than later?

Don’t forget–the universe has a perfect accounting system. So this week, get off by yourself and do some serious soul searching. Ask yourself these questions:

–What’s my “brand”? Write down 3 adjectives to describe yourself.
–Does my “brand” resonate with me, or is it time to upgrade it?
–What’s my creed? Write down the rules (or code) you live by.
–Does my creed still fit, or is it time to expand it?

Find your unshakeable core and start making deposits into your personal growth account. And when the chips are down, some of the good will be returned to you.

After all, that’s why they call it “goodwill”…

Finally, if you haven’t already done so, DEFINITELY sign up for the free audio.  (You’ll see the box in the upper right side of this blog page “Your 7 Figure Business Formula Audio Gift” at http://www.Christine.com.To your amazing and IMMEDIATE success,

Christine Comaford, 7 Figure Business Builder
CEO of Mighty Ventures, Inc.
NY Times Best Selling Author

PS: In the spirit of great free gifts, if you have not gotten my FREE CD on building a 7 Figure Business, you’re missing a vital key to your 7 Figure Success Story. http://www.bit.ly/iBmuI

Sometimes the deck seems stacked against you. Nothing’s going the way it was supposed to, everything seems to be falling apart at the seams, and you’re ready to throw in the towel. 

So what do you do? You find your unshakeable core. And here’s how it works… 

Soul searching and being accountable to yourself is far more valuable than any kind of business accounting. So first you need the inner strength that comes from believing in yourself, and from knowing that no matter what happens, you’ll still have YOU. You know who you are…and you like yourself. 

This can be a challenge. You have to decide what your boundaries are, what you will and won’t put up with. And remember–your inner strength isn’t just a feel-good add-on you dabble in after you’ve secured your bottom line. You need to figure this out BEFORE something bad happens.

Investing the time to take THIS inventory can be priceless.   

Finally, if you haven’t already done so, DEFINITELY sign up for the free audio.  (You’ll see the box in the upper right side of this blog page “Your 7 Figure Business Formula Audio Gift” at http://www.Christine.com.To your amazing and IMMEDIATE success,

Christine Comaford, The 7 Figure Business Builder
CEO of Mighty Ventures, Inc.
NY Times Best Selling Author

PS: And, in the spirit of great free gifts, if you have not gotten my FREE CD on building a 7 Figure Business, you’re missing a vital key to your 7 Figure Success Story. http://www.7figurebusinessformula.com/

How do you keep the cash rolling in and keep funding alive? Even when you might want to step away from your business? Venture Capitalists? NO!!! Try Convertible Notes and Angel Funding. Have a clear picture of what you REALLY need. Christine Comaford, The 7 Figure Business Builder shares her expertise on all things funding. To see Christine Comaford LIVE and in person, you can attend her 7 Figure Business Summit in April. Go to http://www.7FigureBusinessSummit.com/2010 for details. (But do this NOW, since the early-bird special pricing is ending VERY soon, and bring a friend or colleauge for half price!)

To YOUR 7 Figure Success Story!
Christine Comaford, The 7 Figure Business Builder
CEO of Mighty Ventures, Inc.
NY Times Best Selling Author

PS: Here’s that link again http://www.7FigureBusinessSummit.com/2010

Do you know your business’ MVPs? FINDING your MVPs can be really difficult. Christine Comaford, The 7 Figure Business Builder shares her business acceleration expertise in this video and the 1-2-3 on discovering your true MVPs — those that can catapult you into real success. To see Christine Comaford LIVE and in person, you can attend her 7 Figure Business Summit in April. Go to http://www.7FigureBusinessSummit.com/2010 for details. (But do this NOW, since the early-bird special pricing is ending VERY soon, and bring a friend or colleauge for half price!)

To YOUR 7 Figure Success Story!
Christine Comaford, The 7 Figure Business Builder
CEO of Mighty Ventures, Inc.
NY Times Best Selling Author

PS: Here’s that link again http://www.7FigureBusinessSummit.com/2010