Sue Painter
M.Ed., LMT, Certified Book Yourself Solid Coach
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Book Yourself Solid Marketing and Visioning Expert

Sue Painter Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- I work with bright, driven individuals who have a burning desire to create financially successful work that aligns with their inner vision.
- Best Sellers
- Book Yourself Solid, Website Design from a Marketing Perspective, Live from Your Vision Workshops
- Career Focus
- Business owner, The Confident Marketer & Touch Therapy Center
- Affiliation
- Book Yourself Solid, American Marketing Association, eWomen Network
Sue Painter is the President and founder of The Confident Marketer. She works with bright, driven individuals who have a burning desire to create financially successful work that aligns with their inner vision. Sue is passionate about helping other entrepreneurs create work that is satisfying and financially successful.
Sue has identified niche markets and successfully led individuals and organizations to profitably meet those markets for over twenty years. She is a former contributing writer for Massage Magazine, where she specialized in practice building, marketing, and business articles. The previous Business Editor of Tradebank International’s monthly member newsletter, she has published dozens of articles focused on marketing, networking, and customer service.
Sue is a certified Book Yourself Solid coach, an expert author for ezinearticles.com, and a certified expert for Solo-E.com. She is a member of Ali Brown’s Millionaire Protege Mastermind Group. Natural Awakenings Magazine recently honored Sue as one of the top ten “Women of Wellness” in her city.
Sue is an expert at fostering the creation of business that springs from your deepest vision. Her business experience combined with her keen insight keeps her clients close to their vision, confident in their actions, and motivated to succeed.
A lifelong learner, Sue holds a Bachelor’s and a Master’s from Aubu University, and worked toward a Ph.D. at the University of Colorado. For more than fifteen years, she has developed her personal life with meditation and consistent spiritual practice. Sue is an avid traveler, starting her adventures while in high school as an exchange student to Colombia. Her time spent in other cultures often sparks new ideas for her own business and for her clients. She is married to Bill Painter and currently lives on a lake outside Knoxville, Tennessee.
Free Articles & Book Excerpts
Free Audio & Video Samples
How To Surf Your Business To Success
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9K4jjOMv_4Y
Three Ways To Get A Broader View of Your Business
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djo2E_bZ9pw
How to Sell A Transformative Service
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Uu_Wi8e7EM
Four Ways To Help Your Business Flourish
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQnl6Q5-NsE
How To Talk About What You Do
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKLK_wGoHSs
Sue Painter Audio & Video Programs
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Your Customers Know When Yes Is Really No
As a small business coach and entrepreneur, I love to read customer service answers to questions that a business’s customers actually ask. Here’s one that came to my inbox this morning: Question: Do you take orders over the phone? Answer: We can take orders over the phone, but we go through the same account creation process that you would go through yourself over the Internet. If you want to phone in your order, we will be happy to help you, but you can do it all from the comfort of your own pc as well!
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Your List of Prospects – The Goose That Lays The Golden Egg
I’ve just finished three days at a marketing workshop, where I’ve had the chance to talk with many entrepreneurs and solo professionals and hear about their businesses. One of things that hits me hard is that so many people told me they have either a very small database of potential clients (prospects) or, despite years in business, have no list at all. This is a major issue for entrepreneurs, one that will quickly hamper their success and make it a lot tougher to make much money.
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Why Some Entrepreneurs Don't Make Much Money
Here’s a quick test for you…let’s say I hand you a C-note. Close your eyes and feel that hundred dollar bill in your hand. Now, watch your thoughts and see where you mind goes. Just watch, until you get a thought that comes up about this money in your hands. What is the thought? * A good number of people will have a thought something like “I better put this away, I don’t want to lose this money.” * Fewer people will get a thought that goes “this is a gift, truly found money.
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What Will Build Your Business the Most?
I’m often asked by solopreneurs who hear me speak what “one thing” should they do that would bring them to the financial success they want. I answer this by asking them to close their eyes, take a few deep breaths, and ask themselves a single question. Try this for yourself, and you’ll usually find what you need to do the most. The question is, “What is the thing I am avoiding most in my business?” Solopreneurs are solely responsible for the direction and success of their businesses.
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How To Manifest What You Want In Your Business
I'm a big believe that you can envision something and make it happen.....it's something I've done all my life, in fact. I'm certainly not the only "visionary," though. Most elite athletes use visioning to "see" themselves going through their competition or their games successfully. Musicians envision themselves playing a particular piece of music in their mind - going over and over the musical score, seeing their hands making the correct moves on their instrument.
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How To Make Your Business The Go-To Place
Not long ago, I got this question from a frustrated entrepreneur. "I need help in getting with prospects to make a presentation, then being able to close the deal. I do realize that what I sell isn't something that everyone needs everyday. So I need a way to convince them that I am the company they need to work with." As a marketing therapist, I'm always listening to both the questio AND what is coming from inside the person, too. So, my answer is on two levels. It's an answer to what I hear IN the question and what I disce are issues WITHIN the person asking the question.
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Do You Have The Courage To Be An Entrepreneur?
Years ago, I heard the statement "the fastest way to personal growth is to open your own business." Thirteen years after opening my first business, I can promise that statement is true. Like many people who are self-employed, I came out of the corporate world, where I was used to having support staff, creative people around me to bounce ideas off of, and the big bosses over me to handle the heat. I also had janitorial staff to clean the office and technical support staff to handle an errant computer.
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Can You Make It As A Part-Time Solopreneur?
One of the questions I get asked the most frequently is about being a part time solo professional or entrepreneur. I can tell there is a good bit of frustration, exhaustion, and worry going on about this topic. So I decided to pull together some ways to build a business even if you are working. 1. Assess your commitment honestly. You may say you want to build a business, but if you find yourself "never getting around to it" then your commitment isn't high enough for success. Consistent effort is the key.
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Are You Truly Committed To Your Work?
This week we celebrate the birthday of one of the world's most famous authors. Charles Dickens was born in 1812, growing up and writing during England's Victorian era. The characters he created remain some of the most familiar literary characters in the world.
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Self-Employment Tips - How To Get Out Of Being Stuck If You're Self-Employed
One of the challenges of working for yourself is recognizing when you are stuck. Being stuck can happen many ways, but for self-employed people it often looks something like this: * Your income is level, or perhaps has taken a slight dip. * You are feeling a lack of enthusiasm toward your work. * You have one or more big decisions to make, and you find yourself chu ing them over and over rather than making the decision and then taking action.
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How To Be A Predictably Successful Entrepreneur
One of the questions I get asked frequently when I speak to groups of self-employed women is “Sue, how can I make sure that my business succeeds?” It’s a risk to open a business. We are putting our life’s energy and our money on the table, saying “I can take my life’s remaining days and my money, and I can create something that serves others and makes a profit.”
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Check Your Attitude - A List for Entrepreneurs
Fresh, new growth in your business happens when your energy and attitude toward your business are positive and sharp. I’ve developed this Entrepreneur’s Attitude Checklist as a way to assess small business owners and their need for change. Give yourself an attitude check by sitting down with a ...
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Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Sue Painter
We live our best and most joyful life when we live, work, and play from our deepest vision for ourself. Ask yourself with every actio "am I adding love to the world?"
Contacting Sue Painter
E-mail: sue@confidentmarketer.com
Voice: 865-414-3393
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/suepainter
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/suepainter
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/suepainter1
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/ConfidentMarketer
Office Address:
6311 Kingston Pike, Suite 1E
Knoxville, TN 37919
How to get started
The best way to get to know more about me is to visit my website at www.confidentmarketer.com, read my blog (on that site), and sign up for my twice-monthly Marketing Tips e-zine.