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William R. Patterson CEO of The Baron Solution Group Will Be the Featured Guest on Your Passionate Business Blog Talk Radio Show

William R. Patterson, CEO of The Baron Solution Group, is ranked as one of the top business motivational speakers in the country by Ranking.com. His company has the distinction of being a Top 100 Minority Business Entrepreneur (MBE). William is a three-time award-winning lecturer and international best-selling author who uses his trademark approach, THE BARON SOLUTION™, to coach, train, and motivate small business owners, executives, sales professionals, and investors. He has shared the stage with billionaires, presidential candidates, and Fortune 100 CEOs. You can tune in August 19 at 7 PM Central/8 PM Eastern when Kim Beasley, host of Your Passionate Business Blog Talk Radio show, interviews William about his business passion and the “Seven Millionaire Success Habits.”

William, an internationally recognized business and wealth coach, has created over 150 products and has been a featured guest on over 500 television and radio programs. He is a business and financial expert for CBS and XM Satellite Radio that delivers solutions to millions worldwide — from individual investors and small business owners to corporate boards and CEOs. William’s breakthrough book, “The Baron Son” has been translated around the world and featured in the Forbes Book Club and Black Enterprise.

William will share tips that can help nearly anyone find $500 to $6,000 in their family budget to invest or start a business. He will also share “The Five Wealth Principles” and strategies that can help individuals diversify and create more reliable income streams during these uncertain economic times. For more information about William R. Patterson, visit http://www.baronseries.com.

Your Passionate Business BlogTalk radio show is your source for information to reinvent and compete in 2010. Special guests share their ideas on how to thrive in a changing economy along with how you can collaborate with them to grow your client base in 2010. You will learn from entrepreneurs in the field of business development, PR and marketing, coaching, sales, HR, tech and more. Visit http://www.blogtalkradio.com/kimbeasley to listen to William R. Patterson’s interview as well as future interviews with other guests.

Using social media in your business is becoming a daily requirement to grow your business. In order to do this, time and effort is required on the part of the business owner to implement a website social media plan that is effective. Although it may require a lot of time in the beginning to setup the plan, once the plan is in place, it can become part of your daily routine.

Recently, Jerrilynn Thomas interviewed Kim Beasley on their co-hosted show, Reinvent Your Business on the BlogTalkRadio network. Jerrilynn put Kim on the hot seat regarding social media and how business owners can use it to grow their business.

One of the questions asked was, “What is social media and why should a business owner implement it?”

Social media is the process of connecting with others and sharing information via websites such as Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn (to name a few).

The audio below is the actual interview that you can listen to and learn more about social media and how to implement as part of your business processes.

Do you still work in Corporate America, yet have dreams of starting your own business? Have you been working your full-time job and doing your own business part-time? Then you can add to your list of titles, “Moonlighter”. According to Webster.com, the term “Moonlighter” is when someone holds a second job in addition to a regular one.

Starting your own business in today’s economy is an adventure that many have chosen to embark on in order to become their own bosses. Yet, some have found that you have to continue working a daytime job in order to have steady income. When you have a daytime job, it is important that you keep your prospective about what’s important. Please don’t work your business while on your daytime job.

Keep in mind that you want to treat your employer with the same respect that you would expect from those who may work for you. Food for thought: Is this something that you as a small business owner would be able to accept an employee doing to you?

Let’s look at some ways that you can start up your business while making sure that you are not “daylighting“.

• If you work 9 to 5 every day, schedule your potential client meetings during your lunch hour for the first half and then take the second half and plan out your client projects.
• Make sure when you start your business that you determine how many hours you need to set-aside every week to work your business part-time. Then add to your daily calendar during the evening according to your availability.
• Create short- and long-term plans for transitioning into working your business full-time. Determine all the factors of what it would take for you to be able to walk away from your current full-time business.
• When setting up your business, see if you can outsource some of your project tasks to a virtual assistant (VA) who may be available to work during the daytime.
• Remember that it is also important to include “me time” on your schedule.
• Checkout available online resources for business startups:
  • Small Business Administration (US)
  • Entreprenuer.com Business Start Kits
  • Startup Nation
  • IRS StartUp business information
  • Inc.com Startup Guide

This is a short starter list that should help you determine how you could “moonlight” as you start your business. If you have additional suggestions that you think should be on this list, please share your feedback. It would be great to hear how you have successfully transitioned from moonlighting to working your business full-time.

I had been waiting with anticipation to receive my Google Wave invitation from Google. Like many others, the anticipation was almost overwhelming, yet at the same time enjoyable. You see, I love being a Beta tester or someone who test products and services before they hit the market.

Thus when I heard that I could sign-up to receive an invitation to be an “early adapter” of Google Wave, I decided to go ahead and do it. I figured it would be like other times when I had signed up as Beta tester and would hear a response within at least a couple of weeks. Now, a couple of months later, I received my invitation to sign-up for Google Wave. YEAH!

Just to let you know, all of my invitations are already allocated and I don’t have any more to give out. Also, if you want to sign-up for Google Wave, you have to have a Gmail account. With all that said, I found my first experience with Google Wave to be good. Since I just started using it, I’m still learning all of the ins and outs of the web software.

Yet I feel that I’m going to love using Google Wave. One of the things I noticed when I first signed was that a welcome Wave (or message) was waiting to greet me and give me instructions about what to do next. As I start to connect with my family and friends on “the Wave”, I’ll keep sharing about my experiences. If you already have Google Wave and would like to connect with me, please feel free to send me a direct message via Twitter with you username.

Watch the video below for more details about Google Wave!