by Miriam Buhr

If you are an entrepreneur, you know that you can never have enough resources. The Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) happens to be another resource that offers a myriad of benefits for women entrepreneurs. It is an application based and paid membership organization where certification may be granted if your organization meets their requirement.

This organization offers Women Business Enterprises (WBE), who have obtained their certification, a series of national training sessions, which include graduate level Executive Education programs, and resources to assist entrepreneurs better operate their businesses, to engage at a corporate level and better understand how to position their enterprise to compete in diverse settings.

According to their website, “The WBENC, founded in 1997, is the largest third-party certifier of businesses owned controlled, and operated by women in the United States. The Women’s Business Enterprise National Council, a national 501(c)(3) non-profit, partners with 14 Regional Partner Organizations to provide its national standard of certification to women-owned businesses throughout the country. WBENC is also the nation’s leading advocate of women-owned businesses as suppliers to America’s corporations.”

The mission over at WBENC is dedicated to advancing the success of Corporate Members, certified women’s business enterprises, and government entities in partnership with its Regional Partner Organizations (RPOs). It also offers a range of training and tools to advance business and provide professional development.”

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In her research, Shelly Allen, ran across some pretty STAGGERING You Tube statistics.

Definitely something to not only keep an eye on…

But become a part of!

If YOU are a home or small business owner…

And YOU are not using You Tube / video marketing as part of your marketing ARSENAL…

YOU should really consider it because it can potentially grab YOU some MAJOR, MAJOR exposure for your home or small business!

Using a real life example, Cathie Heath explains how growing beyond your present comfort zone can be accomplished when you build small successes into your action plan.

Small victories can increase your confidence, allowing you to go a little further each day. Soon you’ll notice how…because of increasing the size of your comfort zone…your life will encompass more, both personally and professionally.

Kristen Darkenwald shares why Twitter should be an important aspect of your overall social media marketing strategy.

A recent announcement highlighted a major statistic about this social media platform’s Registered Users when compared with once social media giant MySpace.

Listen to what Kristen has to say about Twitter and this major statistic. Twitter considered the new kid on the social media block is now not just a fad, but a powerful social networking site which could prove to be costly if left out of your social media marketing.

You often hear about sales people that have seemingly super powers when it comes to selling. They can sell just about anything to anybody. Yet, there is more to selling or marketing than meets the eye.

In this video, Julie Salgado uses a targeted product and marketing strategy to illustrate that you don’t need to ‘sell’ a product and/or service if you solve a problem or fill a need.

Your customers will NATURALLY BUY From YOU!

Check out what this free social media tool that Shelly Allen found is likely to do for your social media marketing!

Visit http://www.NameCHK.com

To find out if and where your desired username is available before you set up your social media accounts!

by Miriam Buhr

The Power of a Network of Women is evident in the Hispanic Business Women’s Alliance which was founded wiith the expressed purpose to HELP each other Be, Do, & Have more.

The alliance was borne out of a need observed in the industry. Observations pointed to the fact that few women had all the resources to make things happen in their businesses whether it was starting, maintaining or plain expanding a business.

By connecting with other women it was believed that the disparity could be reduced and success would likely be experienced by more women entrepreneurs.

“The Hispanic Business Women’s Alliance is an online community of Hispanic women entrepreneurs, professionals, consultants, executives, inventors, and investors located throughout North America, Latin America, and Spain [that] is interested in doing business and collaborating with each other.”

Their Mission is:

“To help Hispanic women entrepreneurs, professionals, consultants, executives, inventors, and investors–throughout North America, Latin America, the Caribbean and Spain–utilize our international portal to do business directly, communicate effectively, and collaborate with each other for their mutual benefit.”

In addition to their network the HBWA also has a US Directory of Latina Owned Businesses where you can register your business or organization, search other Latina owned business by city or state, or subscribe to their no cost Newsletter for Latina Business Owners.

Check out this community and see whether it is a resource that can help you soar in your business.

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