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    These articles are for Nurse Entrepreneur Network (NeN) members. If you would like to reproduce these articles, please contact us and request permission.

    Getting the Most from This Site
    LeaRae Keyes, RN
    Getting the Most from This Site There is a great deal of information on this Nurse Entrepreneur Network site. Many nurses come to this site and access one or two of the features but overlook a variety of the even more powerful aspects that are on this site. . . . Keep reading
    Nurse Entrepreneurs Often Make Three Critical Sales Mistakes in Promoting Their Nurse Entrepreneur Businesses
    LeaRae Keyes, RN
    Nurse Entrepreneurs Often Make Three Critical Sales Mistakes in Promoting Their Nurse Entrepreneur Businesses There can be a fine line between those who make it as nurse entrepreneurs and those who do not make it. Being able to promote their businesses successful is vitally important. However, there are some common mistakes that many nurse entrepreneurs make as they begin their businesses. . . . Keep reading
    Are They Knocking Down Your Door To Buy From You?
    LeaRae Keyes, RN
    Are They Knocking Down Your Door To Buy From You? Are your customers clamoring to buy your nurse entrepreneur products or services? Are they waiting for you to open your doors so they can rush in and purchase from you? If not, why not? . . . Keep reading
    Top 10 Ways to Build Trust with Your Prospects & Minimize Your Unsubscribes
    Anna Morrison, BSN, RN
    Top 10 Ways to Build Trust with Your Prospects & Minimize Your Unsubscribes This may sound crazy, but as a Business Owner, your email list of clients and prospects is one of the most precious assets you will ever own. . . . Keep reading
    Do You Dream of Being a National Seminar Speaker?
    LeaRae Keyes, RN
    Do You Dream of Being a National Seminar Speaker? Do you enjoy sharing your knowledge with other healthcare professionals? Do you want to supplement your income by sharing what you know? Do you have the flexibility to travel and speak for 3 business days in a row each month? If this sounds like you, keep reading. . . . Keep reading
    The Art of Asking: Nurse Entrepreneurs Must Be Able to Ask
    LeaRae Keyes, RN
    The Art of Asking: Nurse Entrepreneurs Must Be Able to Ask As nurse entrepreneurs and as human beings we need to ask for what we want. Many nurses who fail as business owners do so primarily because they cannot ask for the sale. Can you imagine that they allow this one skill to make the difference between their being a successful entrepreneur and someone else's employee? . . . Keep reading
    Sell the Benefits of Your Nurse Entrepreneur Business!
    LeaRae Keyes, RN
    Sell the Benefits of Your Nurse Entrepreneur Business! I am sure that if you have been in business for even as little as a couple of months you have heard the phrase "Sell on benefits not on features". However, you may be saying to yourself that you don't know what that means or you don't know how to do it. . . . Keep reading
    How to Build Your Nurse Entrepreneur List!
    LeaRae Keyes, RN
    How to Build Your Nurse Entrepreneur List! To be successful in business these days you have to be able to get the word out to your potential customers. You can't get the word out if you don't have a list. If you have a list you have the opportunity to give your potential customers a chance to "know, like, and trust" you. . . . Keep reading
    I Can't Find the Time to Start My Nurse Entrepreneur Business!
    LeaRae Keyes, RN
    I Can't Find the Time to Start My Nurse Entrepreneur Business! When I am coaching nurses who want to start their own business this is a frequent comment I hear. "I can't find the time to start my nurse entrepreneur business." This is especially common for nurses who are working a full time job while trying to start their nurse entrepreneur business. . . . Keep reading
    LeaRae Keyes, Executive Director interviewed by Business Week
    LeaRae Keyes, Executive Director interviewed by Business Week LeaRae Keyes, RN, BSN, PHN, CCM, Executive Director of the Nurse Entrepreneur Network was recently interviewed by Business Week on "How Would You Get the Government to Help American Business". . . . Keep reading
    What Stage are you in with your Nurse Entrepreneur Business?
    LeaRae Keyes, RN
    What Stage are you in with your Nurse Entrepreneur Business? There are seven stages for nurse entrepreneur businesses. Like all businesses there is a life cycle that every nurse entrepreneur business undergoes, assuming it is successful enough to run the entire course in its existence. Each stage present challenges to the business owner. Ignoring these challenges will likely result in the failure of your nurse entrepreneur business. . . . Keep reading
    Nurse entrepreneur - What Questions Should You Ask?
    LeaRae Keyes, RN
    Nurse entrepreneur - What Questions Should You Ask? Successful nurse entrepreneurs are not content to continue to business the way they have always done it. Knowing there is always room for improvement motivates them to continue to tweak their businesses for even greater success. Do you know what changes you can make in your business to make it more successful? . . . Keep reading
    Create Your Own Marketing Checklists Using These Samples as Templates
    LeaRae Keyes, RN
    Create Your Own Marketing Checklists Using These Samples as Templates Staying on track with your marketing activities can be challenging at times. Using a marketing chart can help you stay focused and see at a glance what still needs to be done. I am sharing with you 2 charts that I use to track my daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly tasks. You can use these charts as templates to create your own marketing charts to track your important action items. . . . Keep reading
    Taking Action Results in Nurse Entrepreneur Success
    LeaRae Keyes, RN
    Have you heard the saying: "Failing to plan equals planning to fail."? Planning is critical for the success of your nurse entrepreneur business. One of the things you must plan is your sales and marketing activities. These activities will be guided by your nurse entrepreneur business goals. . . . Keep reading
    Being a Nurse Intrapreneur
    LeaRae Keyes, RN
    Being a Nurse Intrapreneur Some nurses are feeling hesitant to start their own businesses in the current economy. Intrapreneuring can be just the step they need to take. A nurse can be an intrapreneur and hone important skills with much less risk than being a nurse entrepreneur. . . . Keep reading
    Blueprint for Nurse Entrepreneur Successful Business Networking
    LeaRae Keyes, RN
    Do you find that it isn't a lack of motivation or desire that keeps you from taking action when it comes to networking? Are you prevented from taking action because you just don't know where to start or how to keep going? . . . Keep reading
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    I want to let you know how much I value your articles. I consider them priceless with the wealth of tips, advice & information they provide. I have to tear myself away from reading them so I can focus on implementing what I have learned. My goal is to eventually read all 494 issues.

    Also, thank-you so very much for the complimentary coaching session we had Wednesday. You made excellent suggestions that I am now incorporating into my business strategies.

    Laura M. Rouse RN, BSN, LNC, CRNI
    Specialty Infusion Services L.L.C.


    This email is to thank you for your website and for the help you have been for me personally.

    When I started my website, I thought I had a good idea, and I tried to do everything at once. After my free consultation with you, I focused on building my list, as you recommended. In the process of doing that, I kept adding content, and creating "give aways" to encourage people to sign up.

    I actually got somewhat discouraged for awhile, but then one day I got a call from a man who owned a company that sells supplies to home health and hospice agencies. He said you had referred me to him. When he looked at my website with all its content, he called me back and said, "You are the perfect person for me."

    So, now I am doing just what I had intended to do with my website, from home, working for this company. I am salaried, plus I get part of any service or product that I helped develop.

    I am amazed by how this has all fallen together! Thank you, LeaRae, for your advice and for your referral. Now I am doing just what I want to be doing. I am working from home as a nurse.

    Sue Hull, RN, MSN, CWOCN
    WoundConsultations.com
    Aberdeen, WA


    What an awesome resource you are! Thank you for the work you do and share. This is such an empowering site, and provides a launch pad for those of us just trying to find a means of beginning.

    April Hopkins-Freeman
    Louisville, NE


    THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! It was a pleasure speaking with you today, and our conversation was most insightful. I'm so happy you are there. I will keep in touch. Keep up the great work!

    Stephanie Johnson
    Nursing Staff Solutions
    Lake Balboa, CA

    LeaRae, thank you for [the MasterMind group] and to everyone else for sharing of yourselves and your visions! You each are an inspiration and I just love the fact that opportunity abounds for us to be successful in our chosen profession.

    Mary Pat DeWald
    Evergreen, CO

    I had the benefit of one on one with LeaRae, and the information exchanged was exciting, intriguing, as well as educational. What a wonderful teacher. LeaRae allows you the freedom to brainstorm and encourages new thoughts. She is not afraid of unusual or different ideas. Everything you might expect in an entrepreneur. I would strongly encourage others to join the forums, but also take part of the community she is building.

    I think she is a wonderful coach and her web site is a reflection of that. Thank you LeaRae! Stellar job!

    Claire Hull, RN,CCM,CLNC
    Cary NC
    www.thejerklnc.com

    I absolutely love your site.

    Dr. Donna Hebbeler, FNP
    Anchorage, AK

    "Wow! Whoopee! and Thank you! LeaRae, my coaching session with you was everything I wanted and needed. I had been spinning my wheels with regard to my business interests, leaving me both frustrated and weary. In a matter of minutes, you lifted my spirits, opened my eyes and got me thinking about my mission in a new light. Thank you for helping me change my focus. I no longer feel like I'm in a mental quagmire. My hat is off to you as a coach as well as to the Nurse-Entrepreneur-Network for all the information and support it gives to the enterprising person in all of us."

    Cynthia Conklin, RN
    Sharon, CT

    "I talked to you this summer, and wanted to let you know how progress is going... You gave me alot of encouragement, and I wanted to let you know that even tho it is slow, [my legal nurse consulting] business is starting to build.  I just completed my first entire case review, did 1 sub-contracting with possible testifying, and am now on my 2nd case as testifying expert and will testify.  I emailed approximately 70 attorneys in the past 2 weeks, and the case I am now working on came from the emailing, and I hope that an attorney that responded is not scared off with my fee schedule.  I hope that I will hear from more of the attorneys that I emailed and mailed out my packets to.  Keep your fingers crossed and say a prayer that it works.  I am really hoping that I can get this flying, so that I can spend more time at home with the kids.
     
    I wanted to thank you for your encouragement, and please post this on your site if it is possible, as you have done a world of good for me."

    Beth Trussell RN, CLNC
    Akron, OH

     "LeaRae Keyes is a world-class life coach I have been blessed to know since 2003.  She is a warm, perceptive, genuine professional, with an exceptional gift for motivating others.  Her approach seems quite effortless, yet it has been refined through years of experience and learning.  She is a true pleasure.  She is an inspiration in what she has achieved in her own life, and by her own example..."

    Catherine Bobenhausen
    New York, NY


    "I'm so glad I found the Nurse Entrepreneur Network!  LeaRae always has great ideas to share with other "Nursepreneurs."  I recently finished the teleclass "Get Clients Now!" and I have to say that it was the most motivational and informative program I've done.
     
    Just starting out in my business as an LNC, this program help me set goals and keep me organized.  It also kept me accountable to my peers in the group each week.  LeaRae is so insightful and has wonderful experience to draw from for those of us who are beginning our dream of being nurse entrepreneurs.
     
    I would highly recommend ANYONE who is just starting their business, or even someone who's been in business awhile and feels like they're in a lull to take this class.  They won't regret it!"
     
    Danielle D. Shapiro, RN, BSN, CMSRN, LNC
    Shapiro Medical Legal Consulting
    Las Vegas, NV


    Following a free complimentary coaching session: "Thank you for taking the time to address my concerns and questions regarding marketing techniques. Your keen insight into the art of becoming a successful nursepreneur is so valuable and helpful even to those of us who have been practicing as independents for years! I enjoy reading your weekly tips and have used them in promoting my business. You have given me the confidence to market my business, my services and myself with ease."

    Kathleen Loeffler, RN, Legal Nurse Consultant
    Medical Litigation Consulting Services
    Carlsbad CA
    www.kellnc.com