EXPLORER

The Explorer tier is our entry level, lowest-cost membership option popular with all kinds of entrepreneurs -- especially newcomers just starting out online or working freelance and those transitioning from a traditional job to running a new business.

SMARTSTART Explorer members receive:

• our monthly newsletter, SMARTSTART Insider
  
  
• weekly audio postcards highlighting free and low-cost tools and services that may be useful in building their businesses
  
  
• an open invitation to join us for our monthly SMARTSTART Executive Club Call where we cover topics relevant to your business, your self-development, and your customer so you can move your business forward
  
  
• a downloadable copy of the SMARTSTART Guide to Pricing eBook and access to the audio recording of our Priced to Sell teleseminar (which currently sells for $39.95).
  

Choose the SMARTSTART Explorer membership option for just $9.99 per month today and then join us for our very next call!

NOTE: Your membership can be cancelled at any time prior to your monthly billing date with a simple email request; no explanations required, no questions asked.

TRAILBLAZER

Our Trailblazer tier is for smart entrepreneurs and small business owners who are dead serious about wanting to create a new business that generates sustainable revenue from their ideas or who want to advance their business development, marketing and management skills to be better able to take on new challenges.

Participation in this program includes everything in the Explorer option plus access to:

• comprehensive training in:
  
  
• branding (brand positioning, brand targeting, brand creation and brand protection)
  
  
• business planning (start-up planning, getting ready for business, getting sales, and growing your business through effective marketing and promotion) 
  
  
• productivity (energy management, action management, workflow management and stress management)
  
  
• pricing (formulas for product, program and professional services pricing, how to have pricing conversations, knowing when and how to outsource)
  
  
• web site design (guiding principles of good design, things you have to get right, how to know if you got them right)
  
  
• joint ventures (getting ready to joint venture, planning the marketing and promotional campaign, evaluating the results of your joint venture)
  
  
• media-based marketing (strategic marketing, campaign planning, using traditional media, using social media, building reputation, evaluating the results of your promotional advertising and publicity campaigns)
  
  
• design and development (how to design, implement, market and measure the success of specific types of products, programs, and professional services)
  
  
• group coaching on critical topics, key trends and the latest techniques and best practices for building, marketing and supporting your online or offline business and
  
  
• virtual workshops and hot seats to help you practice new skills, develop appropriate plans for creating and growing your business, and benefit from feedback on your work from fellow entrepreneurs, experts and thought leaders.

And a whole lot more (but we want you to discover how much more for yourself when you become a member of SMARTSTART and we walk you step-by-step through the business year).

At least two times a year we also run The Boost Camp on a specific business training topic so you can refresh your newly acquired skills.

You'll receive invitations to all scheduled member coaching and training events (see our calendar). These are recorded so you can listen to the replay at your convenience if you can't make it live. Your membership additionally includes access to all past recorded events and coaching calls too.

Training, coaching and boost camps are delivered via telephone, the internet, and scheduled tele-seminars and online webcast events.

Join SMARTSTART as a Trailblazer and start your training at any time for just $59 per month.

NOTE: Your membership can be cancelled at any time prior to your monthly billing date with a simple email request; no explanations required, no questions asked.

TRAILBLAZER PLUS

Our Trailblazer Plus option additionally entitles you to book 1 hour of private coaching or consulting each month so that you (and your business partner, if you have one) can get professional advice and guidance specifically geared to your business and challenges.

NOTE: You can cancel your private coaching add-on and revert to the standard Trailblazer option at any time prior to your monthly billing date with a simple email request; no explanations required, no questions asked. This way you pay for private coaching only for as long as you need it.

TRANSFORMER

The Transformer tier is for entrepreneurs who have an existing business generating multiple streams of income but who now want to break new ground or achieve higher levels of performance.

Participation in this exclusive mentoring program is strictly limited due to the extent of personal attention provided by The SMARTSTART Coach to support this small group of entrepreneurs in their business and opportunity analysis, project planning, brand implementation, marketing strategy, and promotional planning.

Training, coaching and consulting are delivered via telephone, the internet, and monthly private and group mastermind meetings.

Transformer membership has a 4-month minimum commitment and is limited to 10 pre-qualified entrepreneurs per year.

>> Membership is closed for the current year. If you are interested in this option, please contact us and ask to be placed on the wait list.

CHAMPION

For those who want to distinguish themselves and/or their companies through excellence in contribution, service, and achievement, we offer the Champion tier.

Participation in this custom mentoring program is strictly limited due to the extent of personal attention provided by The SMARTSTART Coach to support individual entrepreneurs in their strategic planning, business development, promotional and marketing campaign planning and implementation, performance monitoring, and project and product/service design.

Training, coaching and consulting are delivered via telephone, the internet, and monthly private meetings.

Annual Champion membership requires an interview to qualify to apply, has a minimum commitment of 1 year of participation, and is limited to 5 pre-qualified entrepreneurs and (optionally) their business partner(s) per year.

>> Membership is closed for the current year. If you are interested in this option, please contact us and ask to be placed on the wait list.