This is the story of Barbara Carey, the really funny lady who is going to help you turn your small business into an amazing, worldwide brand.

I met Barbara Carey the other day. She gave a speech at my networking group, despite her absolute phobia of public speaking. The reason why I feel Barbara Carey and her lessons should be important to you is because she so full of honesty and common sense – well, it almost makes me cry! Over the past 5 months, I have been trying hard to spread the word among the small business community about ethics and decency in marketing. Then along comes Barbara Carey, telling people that they don’t need to hire a team of experts to get their business launched and their products moving – and she is absolutely right!

The answer to all of your marketing questions is inside you. You just need to find a way to get them out! If you sat down right now and created a marketing plan for your business, you could probably create a several-page document of who your target market is, what you offer to them, and why they would want to hire you. It’s that simple! Take your business plan, write a marketing plan from it, and you have just saved yourself thousands in consultant fees. If you need help in making these plans, there’s a great article on StartupNation called "10 Steps to Open for Business" that will cover a lot of the planning you will need to do – for free!

A friend of mine once asked me why I gave all the ideas away for free on the internet. The answer is this: I’m not. What I am doing is empowering small businesses (who know their products, services and customers better than I do!) to make their own plans. I don’t charge for this now and I never will. My job is not to tell my clients who their target market is, but to help them reach that market by being the resident geek in their life. We help the technologically- and artistically-impaired use computers to make their message clearer, reach more people, and streamline their internal processes. (Yes, we also chip in some copy writing help when needed.)

So this brings me back to funny lady Barbara Carey. With humor, solid advice and a ton of energy, she has recorded and packaged her methodology for you so that you can learn her system and launch your own products into the stratosphere. Her book is a real-world crash course in taking your product from an idea to a best-seller while minimizing your investment and maximizing your profit. She also offers a 6-CD collection which goes through every part of your business: Vendors, Distribution, Legal, Marketing, Finance and Retailers. I have really not seen anything like this on the market (nor have I ever met anyone like Barbara Carey!) and I was shocked to see the sub-$100 price tag for something of such huge value.

And as always, while you’re moving towards orbit, we’re providing the technology and artistic vision to get you there.

For more on Barbara Carey’s book, Your Ideas are Worth Millions, or on her CD Library, The Carey Formula, please see the website at TheCareyFormula.com.

This is not a paid endorsement. It is simply a great resource for our clients. If you succeed, we succeed – so let’s all get there together!