Thursday, February 23, 2006
Marketing and PR Pro Joins the Wild Women Entrepreneurs' Board of Directors
Albany, NY resident selected to serve on board dedicated to helping women personally & professionally
Boston (February 23, 2006). Wild Women Entrepreneurs (The Wild WE) announced today that Shannon Cherry, APR, MA, has joined their board of directors.
"The mission of the Wild Women Entrepreneurs is to have women taking care of business on their own terms. These women are fearless, fun and fabulous. They are able to take the risks needed to be the Wild Women they are without compromise," says Ja-Nae Duane, president and founder of Wild Women Entrepreneurs. "Shannon emulates that everyday in her personal and professional life, and will be a great asset and role model in helping the women of Wild WE to reach their fullest potential."
"I am looking forward to working with and learning from the great board members who have guided and inspired success-driven, powerful women over the years," says Cherry. "Wild WE is a great network that not only emphasizes on success in the business world, but also on the importance of having fun and enjoyment in the process."
Shannon Cherry, an Albany, NY resident, is the founder and president of Cherry Communications (http://www.cherrycommunications.com), and its subsidiary Be Heard Solutions (http://www.beheardsolutions.com). She promotes women-led businesses and other entrepreneurs by implementing innovative public relations plans and marketing strategies. Her clients have appeared on the pages of USA Today, the New York Times, Yahoo! Internet Life, Entrepreneur, Associated Press, First for Women, Popular Photography, and Parenting, and have been featured on the Today Show, CNN, The History Channel, Good Morning America, and Oprah. She has received several state and national awards for brochures, newsletters and magazines she wrote and produced.
Cherry earned accreditation in public relations from PRSA in 1995. She received her bachelor's degree in communications from SUNY Geneseo and an MA in Communications Administration from the University of Memphis. She is also a professional speaker and has co-authored the book, "Become Your Own Great and Powerful: A Woman's Guide to Living Your Real, Big Life."
Wild Women Entrepreneurs (http://www.thewildwe.com) is a membership-based organization that encourages women to reach their full potential in business and in life. Wild WE understands entrepreneurship is an essentially creative endeavor. Their objective is to share tools, networks and ideas women need to assume leadership.Labels: board member, press release, shannon cherry
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
The Wild WE Announces Business & Bailey's: St. Paddy's Day Networking Mixer in Boston
For Immediate Release
Wild Women Entrepreneurs Announces Business & Bailey's: St. Paddy's Day Networking Mixer in Boston
Boston, MA -- February 19, 2006. Wild Women Entrepreneurs -- the most innovative membership-based organization for women -- is back in town with another great event for you! Come join us and celebrate St. Patrick's Day like never before. We're hosting Business & Bailey's: St. Paddy's Day Networking Mixer, and everyone is welcome to attend!
During this event you will get a chance to meet many professionals from around Boston, exchange business cards and make some connections that are a must for your business. We will also be talking about how to get your business going and give it a little boost, and how to make things happen the way you want them. The Wild WE team will be there to answer your questions and of course, all of this will be happening in a light and FUN atmosphere. Don't miss out on this event!
This event will be held on Thursday, March 16, 2006, at Kennedy's Midtown, 42 Province Street, Boston, 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM.
Price varies by membership:
Platinum Members $11
Gold Members $13
Basic Members $15
Non-Members $18
Wild Women Entrepreneurs is a membership-based organization established in various cities throughout North America and Europe, encouraging women to reach their potential in business and in life. Wild WE's objective is to share the tools, networks and ideas women need to assume leadership.
For additional information on this and other events, or to join The Wild WE team, please visit us on the web: http://www.TheWildWE.com.
Contact:
Christina Patino
Wild WE City Leader, Boston
Phone: 857.498.2798
E-mail: wildwe-boston@thewildwe.comLabels: boston, massachusetts, press releases
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Got Forum?
You Do with The Wild We's Members-Only Forums!
One of the many benefits of Gold & Platinum membership is that you have access to our Wild WE Forums. Talk with City Leaders, gain access to free ebooks and discounts and freebies. Got questions about Guerilla Marketing? We've got a special Forum just for you!
Wild Women Entrepreneurs is a membership-based organization that encourages women to reach their full potential in business and in life. We're on a mission to help women around the world assume leadership and become more successful, in business and in life.
Are YOU Wild Enough for the Wild WE?(tm) To find out, visit us on the web. Feel free to roam around and don't forget to check out our Resources and Events pages. Click here to become a Wild WE Member, and begin enjoying the benefits of Gold or Platinum membership!
Wildly yours,
Lori Davis
Wild Women Entrepreneurs
Executive Board Member & Administrative DirectorLabels: member forums, online networking
Monday, February 20, 2006
Congratulations to The Wild WE's Star of the Week!
Wild WE Star of the Week: Julie Lynn, City Leader, Lexington, KY!
A thunderous round of applause from everyone at The Wild WE for Julie! Julie's gearing up for her first City Event this week, and her preparation and dedication for this event are top-notch. Julie truly is a Wild Woman Entrepreneur and we thank her for her time and efforts.
If you're in Lexington, or the surrounding areas, scroll down and read the blog post about Julie's 2/23 event. She'd love to hear from you if you're able to attend!
Wildly yours,
Submitted by Lori Davis, The Wild WE's Administrative Director, on behalf of The Wild WE Board of Directors, City Leaders & InternsLabels: kentucky, lexington, wildwe star of the week
Saturday, February 18, 2006
Join The Wild Women Entrepreneurs for its Business Networking Mixer in Florida
For Immediate Release
Join The Wild Women Entrepreneurs for its Business Networking Mixer in Florida
Miami, FL -- February 13, 2006 -- Wild Women Entrepreneurs (The Wild WE) just announced its Business Networking Mixer in Florida. Our Mixers always turn out to be very successful, and so far, over 700 women from around the world have joined The Wild WE team. This event gives you a great opportunity to be heard and seen, and a chance to make many important connections that could influence your future. And above it all, you WILL have fun!
Join us and learn how The Wild WE helps women achieve their goals, and make THEIR success real. As always, The Wild WE has something for everyone. We organize Book Clubs, Seminars, Business Networking and Breakfast Events, Teleconferences, even Spa Days! And many of those events are completely free of charge! Come and learn more -- you just can't miss out on our Florida's Mixer!
This event will be held on Tuesday, March 21st, 2006 at Bone Fish Grill, 321 North University Blvd. Plantation, Florida, 6:00-8:00 PM.
Price varies by membership:
Platinum Members $5
Gold Members $7
Basic Members $10
Non-Members $15
Wild Women Entrepreneurs is a membership-based organization established in various cities throughout North America and Europe, encouraging women to reach their potential in business and in life. Wild WE's objective is to share the tools, networks and ideas women need to assume leadership.
For additional information on this and other events, or to join The Wild WE team, please visit Wild Women Entrepreneurs.
Contact:
Ann Glasse, Wild WE City Leader, South Florida
Phone number: (954) 439-2179
E-mail: WildWe-SouthFlorida@TheWildWE.comLabels: florida, networking, press releases
Sunday, February 05, 2006
Wild Women Entrepreneurs Announces FREE Health Teleconference
For Immediate Release
Wild Women Entrepreneurs Announces FREE Health Teleconference
Wild Women Entrepreneurs (The Wild WE) has another great event for you! As we all know, there is never too much information when it comes to your health and the health of those you care about. That's why we are happy to announce a FREE Teleconference with the MenoQueen: Vicky Queen. Everyone is invited!
Vicky Queen is the founder of the MenoQueen, a website that provides extensive data on women's health issues. Her passion is to educate women about synthetic drugs. Once, she herself became a victim of those; later she learned that there were many ways to avoid it. If you would like to know more about Vicky, you can visit her website at www.menoqueen.com or meet her during our Teleconference!
Join us, as she will talk about PMS, PMDD, Infertility, Menopause (Natural and Surgical), Men's Hormonal Health.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding one or more of the issues listed above, you should definitely participate. This is a great opportunity to talk to a person whose passion is helping women with their health issues, ask questions you always wanted but never got a chance to ask, and provide immediate response to your concerns. And remember, it's a teleconference so you can participate from anywhere!
This event will be held on Monday, February 13th, 2006, 9 PM (EST).
Cost: Free
Click here to RSVP, and we'll send the information you'll need to participate in the teleconference. You will not be able to participate in this event without having this information.
Wild Women Entrepreneurs is a membership-based organization established in various cities throughout North America and Europe, encouraging women to reach their potential in business and in life. The Wild WE's objective is to share the tools, networks and ideas women need to assume leadership.
For more information or to register and become a member with The Wild WE, please go to http://www.thewildwe.com.
For questions about this exciting teleconference, please contact:
Nita Lopez
E-mail: SKEETER@HARBORNET.COM
Phone number: (360) 895-5366Labels: health, press releases, teleconference
Kentucky Welcomes the Wild Women Entrepreneurs
For Immediate Release
Kentucky Welcomes the Wild Women Entrepreneurs
Ladies, mark your calendars! Wild Women Entrepreneurs (The Wild WE) finally arrives in Kentucky! We feel honored to invite you for our soon-to-be-famous Networking Mixer, so please come, enjoy and make some interesting connections! It is a great opportunity to be heard and seen!
Julie, our representative in Kentucky says: "This is our first event in Lexington! We are having a cocktail networking mixer and everyone is invited to attend and bring a friend. We will have plenty of freebies and a couple of wonderful door prize give aways. Be there early for the early bird door prize given away at 6:30pm and plan to stay late for the last door prize give away to be held at 8:45 pm. You won't want to miss these great prizes!"
This event will be held on Thursday, February 23rd, at Lonestar Steakhouse and Bar (Private Dining Room), 2555 Nicholasville Rd. Lexington, KY 40503 (just across from K-Mart), 6-9 pm. Price varies by membership: Basic Members $10; Gold Members $7; Platinum Members $5; Non-Members $15.
Wild Women Entrepreneurs is a membership-based organization established in various cities throughout North America and Europe, encouraging women to reach their potential in business and in life. Wild WE's objective is to share the tools, networks, and ideas women need to assume leadership.
For more information on this and other events or to register and become a member with The Wild WE, please go to http://www.thewildwe.com.
Contact:
Julie Lynn
jl52972@aol.comLabels: kentucky, lexington, networking, press releases
Wild Women Entrepreneurs Welcomes its New Board Member
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wild Women Entrepreneurs Welcomes its New Board Member
Boston, MA -- January 26th. Wild Women Entrepreneurs (The Wild WE) proudly announces an addition to the family: New Board Member Stephanie M. Cockerl! We feel privileged that she has chosen to work with us and look very optimistic into the future. With Stephanie's enthusiasm, experience, and spirit, we hope to help you open many doors out there.
Stephanie is the founder of nextSTEPH, a business that offers Web services from programming, developing, and implementing websites to maintenance and logo design. But those are only few! She has worked with various organizations, companies, and businesses, and we are thrilled that she's come to work with us! For more info about nextSTEPH visit http://www.nextsteph.com or e-mail to steph@nextsteph.com.
As a New Board Member, Stephanie says, "I am excited to be a part of Wild WE and hope to make a dynamic and energetic difference to Wild WE and it members."
Wild Women Entrepreneurs is a membership-based organization established in various cities throughout North America and Europe, encouraging women to reach their potential in business and in life. Wild WE's objective is to share the tools, networks, and ideas women need to assume leadership.
For more information or to register and become a member with The Wild WE, please go to http://www.thewildwe.com.
Contact:
Ja-Nae Duane
President/Founder
ja-nae@thewildwe.comLabels: board member, press releases, stephanie cockerl
Lori's Lessons
The Wild WE's Administrative Director shares some of the business lessons she's learned over the years.
As a Wild Women Entrepreneur, you're fully aware of the importance of networking, sharing golden nuggets of information and expanding your sphere of influence. In this light, I want to share a few of "Lori's Lessons," or rules of business which I practice every day.
Lori's Lesson #1: It Comes Down to 2 Words -- Customer Care
As a Professional Virtual Assistant (VA), my main concern is the level of Customer Care we provide to our clients. (Note: I currently have a staff of 10 independent contractors, and 65 clients.) Notice I capitalized the words "Customer Care," doing so because the topic is THAT important. If you're in a service industry like I am, and you rely on clients to purchase your services to keep you in business, you MUST understand the importance of delivering killer Customer Care, each and every day you're in business.
Flip the tables for a minute and think about your horrible Customer Care experiences: waiting on hold on the telephone for too long; the not-so-helpful clerk at the retail store; the waiter or waitress who's ignoring you, etc. Do you give your business and hard-earned money to those companies which don't deliver killer Customer Care? Probably not. Keep this in mind as you sell YOUR services and business. Everyone wants the most bang-for-the-buck, and part of that "bang" is the Customer Care experience.
Lori's Lesson #2: Be a "Guerilla"
No, no ... not the actual animal! I mean "guerilla" in terms of how you approach your sales pitch. Look, there are hundreds of Virtual Assistance firms out there and all of them are my competition. But guess what? I'm probably the most aggressive VA you'll ever meet and I am not afraid to let the world know about DavisVA. I'm not pushy when I pitch potential clients; however, I am very honest when I tell a potential client that DavisVA is THE premier VA firm in the nation, that we deliver killer Customer Care and do so with the most competitive rates in the industry. I also issue a challenge to each new potential client: I challenge them to complete their VA research and dare them to find another VA provider as qualified as Davis Virtual Assistants. Nine times out of 10, that potential client will come back to me and say, "Lori, you're right on the money ... DavisVA is worth my time and money."
Lori's Lesson #3: Understand the "Pain" and Solve It
ALL business owners, myself included, have some type of "pain" which they need to address in their business model. Examples of "pain" include lack of organization, not enough team players on the sales staff, lack of a reliable receptionist, etc. You, dear business owner, must listen and look between the lines to get to the pain and more important, address how YOU and YOUR company can solve the business owner's pain.
Lori's Lesson #4: Be Honest About Your Capabilities
I know too many folks in business who claim they can handle a particular task and yet, when the chips are down and it's the 11th hour, they fail to come through on their promises. My advice? Don't be like those folks! Be honest about your capabilities and the types of tasks you can handle. There's nothing worse than a bad rep in business and trust me when I say you'll get a bad reputation very quickly if you promise things which you cannot deliver.
Now, it's YOUR turn ... I want you to share with me, and your fellow Wild Women Entrepreneurs, some things you've learned in business, be it good, bad or ugly.
Wildly yours,
Lori Davis
Wild Women Entrepreneurs Administrative DirectorLabels: board member, business success, lori davis
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