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Maria is available for speaking engagements, interviews, radio and television appearances, guest blogging, writing columns, webinars, and teleseminar engagements. All are customized to meet the needs of your audience and the focus of your objectives.

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Maria's Biographies
Maria's Speaking Introduction
Workbooks
Interviews
Magazine
Trade Association
Newspapers
Fees
 Featured Web Site Articles
Online Newsletters
Television
Community Awards
Clients
Photos
Questions for Interviews

Maria's Biography

Author

  • Author of 10 workbooks, recent releases include: Make More Money: Sets Your Rates, Charging What You Deserve, Stop Working with Jerks: Attract More of Your Ideal Clients.
  • Contributor to 6 Steps To Free Publicity, Streetwise Small Business Books of Lists by Gene Marks, Turbo-Charge Your Marketing, and Ugly Better Career Advice
  • Author of over 40 resources, including audiotapes, CDs, video, CD-Rom
  • Featured in Money magazine, Jim Cramer's The Street, Women's Day, Market Watch, Advisor Max, NY Enterprise Report, and The Bottom Line
  • Columnist for the Seattle New Times, 3 years
  • Sample of Published Articles

Workbooks

  • Make More Money: What Every Business Owner Who Sets Their Own Fees Should Know about Charging What They Deserve.
  • Stop Working With Jerks: It's Time To Attract Better Clients.
  • Use Networking To Increase Your Net-worth
  • Article Marketing Tips and Strategies from An Article Marketing Pioneer
  • How To Create An Online Newsletter That Gets Results
  • Creating Your First Website
  • Dream It, Create It, Your Ideal Business
  • Dream It, Create It, Your Ideal Career

Photos

Interviews

You'll find a few of the interviews online here.

  • "SELLFF Talk" hosted by Susan Cristini on WKXL (1450AM and 107.7FM) Concord, NH
  • Word to the Wise (1400 am) Bremerton, WA
  • Thursday Night Enlightenment, hosted by Greg Moore, (1400 am) Pt. Orchard, WA
  • Women In Business Today, Radio Show, Montvale, NJ
  • Elizabeth Gordon, Flourishing Radio, Atlanta, GA.
  • That Marketing Show, with Rodger Roeser, APR
  • The National Networker with Adam K
  • Fitness Business Radio, with Tom Parkins
  • Greg Moore's Radio Show, 1400 WKITZ
  • Lynne Klippel's Web Sorority Radio
  • Jane Carroll's Loving Life Radio
  • Annie Jennings PR Radio
  • Raven Blair Davis - Women Power Radio
  • Chris Curtis - Web Business Owners
  • Willie Crawford's Blog Radio
  • Business and Professional Women/USA National Webinar
  • Andrea Blackwood-Harriott, Mentoring To Mastery
  • Anita Campbell, of Small Business Trends
  • Suzanne Holman, Living YOUR Million Dollar Life TeleSummit
  • Heidi Mooney's Grow a Million Dollar Business.
  • Michael Beck's Referral Expo
  • Jack Sims, Business Growth Show
  • Big at Think Big Radio
  • Susan Levine, at Speaker Services
  • Sue Lindquist, I'm Thankful 11.50am

Magazine

  • Practical Internet - United Kingdom www.paragon.co.uk
  • ADDvance Magazine
  • Spiral Journey
  • Careers Today, Washington & Michigan
  • Woman's Day, March 2005
  • Seattle New Times, Columnist, 3 years
  • National Association of Female Executives, various editions
  • Northwest Woman
  • Limousine & Chauffeured Transportation various editions
  • Money Magazine, July 2006
  • Massage Therapy Journal, American Massage Therapist Association
  • The Bottom Line, Dec. 2006
  • NY Enterprise Report. March 2009
  • PC World Magazine UK, 2000
  • Painters & Decorating Magazine January 2009

Television

  • Ny1 News - NYC
  • Staten Island Cable (various)
  • Nutmeg Television, Connecticut, Brian Judd's "Author's Series," 2001.
  • Elaine Smitha's Evolving Ideas, Olympia, Washington
  • Accidental Business Owner, host, Bremerton Cable TV
  • Northwest Afternoon, PSA

Fees

Fee: $6,500 + expenses. Fees quoted separately for workshop presentations based on number of workshops conducted and length of each session. Discounts given for more than 1 workshop at an event or company (during the same trip).

Topics: Business Planning, Goal Setting, Attracting Clients, Personal and Professional Development, Self-Improvement, Productivity, Networking, LinkedIn, Article Marketing. More on topics here

Industry Specialties: Corporations, Associations, Churches, Conferences, Retreats, Networking Groups, Finance/Financial, High-tech, Legal, B2B, HR, Writers, Meeting Planners, Organizers, Women's Orgs., Non-Profit Management. For a complete list, click here

Community Awards

  • Lynne Steinman Community Service Award
  • 14 Certificates of Recognition from the NYC Parks Department
  • Community Service Award sponsored by former NYS Senator Robert Strainere

Speaking, Leadership, and Training Clients

The list below does not include TV, radio, or web-radio interviews. For a list of current engagements, see the right side of this website. Maria has been speaking publicly since 1981 and here is where she's been doing it!

  • 24-7 Coaching.com
  • Alliance of Women in Technology, Bellevue, WA
  • American Payroll Association, Rainier Chapter, WA
  • American Society of Women Accountants, Bellevue, WA
  • American Society of Women Accountants, Seattle, WA
  • American Society of Women Accountants, Tacoma, WA
  • Annie Jennings PR TeleSeminar
  • Antioch University, Seattle
  • Bellingham Connections, Bellingham, WA
  • Business Builders Networking Group, Silverdale, WA
  • Business and Professional Women, District Meeting, Redmond
  • Business and Professional Women, State Convention, Gig Harbor
  • Business and Professional Women, Tacoma, WA
  • Business and Professional Women, Seattle, WA
  • Business and Professional Women/USA Webinar
  • BYU Management Society, Tacoma
  • Coach U, EPublishing SIG
  • Coach U, 21 Century Business SIG
  • Coach U, Change Agent SIG
  • Coach U, EPublishing SIG
  • Coda Conference Speaker, Lacey and Tacoma
  • Columbia Tower Club Business Forum
  • Communications Arts & Media Professionals of Seattle
  • Coachville School of Coaching
  • Discover U - Seattle 2000-2008
  • Duvall Chamber of Commerce
  • EEN, North Carolina Technological Development Authority, Raleigh NC.
  • EO (Entrepreneur Organization) Network, N. California
  • Fife Regional Chamber of Commerce, Washington
  • Fitness Business Radio
  • Greater Seattle Jewish Business Network
  • Guaranty Mortgage Company, Bremerton, WA
  • Heavenly Choices, Poulsbo, WA
  • HomeStone Mortgage, Seattle, WA
  • International Training In Communication, Puget Sound Communicators, Silverdale, WA
  • International Training In Communication, Regional Conference, Victoria, BC, Canada
  • International Society of Event Planners
  • IAAP - Seattle and Renton Chapters
  • Italian Club of Seattle
  • Jack Sims Radio Show
  • John L. Scott, Mercer Island and Belfair Offices
  • Key Bank, Northgate Mall, Seattle
  • Kitsap Business Connections, Poulsbo
  • Kitsap County Parks Departments Continue Ed, WA.
  • Lunch N Leads Networking Group, Silverdale, WA
  • Mary Kay Success Group, Sequim, WA
  • National Association of Women Writers
  • Non-Profit Network, Seattle - Tess.org
  • Northgate Chamber of Commerce, Seattle
  • Northwest Association of Interior Designers
  • NYC Police Officers, Staten Island, NY
  • Olympic College, Business Center
  • American Payroll Association, Rainier Chapter, WA
  • Pierce County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
  • Poulsbo Chamber of Commerce Breakfast Meeting
  • Pinnacle Business Connections, Poulsbo, WA
  • Positive Radio, Seattle and Phoenix
  • Rotary - Puyallup
  • Rotary - International - Seattle
  • Rotary - N. Mason County
  • Rotary - Lakewood-Spanaway
  • SBA Women's Network For Entrepreneurial Training, Bremerton, WA
  • SafeCo's Neighborhood Program
  • Sam's Club, Seattle
  • Skiff Point B and B, Bainbridge Island
  • Small Business U TeleSeminar
  • Seattle International District Rotary
  • Small Business Trends Radio
  • Speakers Net TeleSeminar
  • Speakers Match Podcast
  • South Sound Connections, Pt. Orchard
  • T. Harv Eker's SuccessTracs Featured Expert (Twice)
  • Travel Meet, Mill Creek
  • The Professional Women of Color Network, Seattle
  • TIE Seattle
  • Triangle South Enterprise Center, Dunn, NC
  • Variety of Public & Private Schools, Staten Island, NY.
  • Various civic-minded meetings, Staten Island
  • Whatcom Women in Business
  • Whatcom Community College
  • Women of Wisdom Conference
  • Women CEO Magazine TeleSeminar
  • Women's Professional Network, Bellingham, WA
  • Washington State BizFair, Renton
  • Washington State Chapter of the National Guild of Hypnotists
  • Washington Trial Lawyers Association, Everett
  • Women's Business Center, Seattle
  • Washington Employers Training Programs
  • Washington SBA - WNET Event
  • Windermere Real Estate, Silverdale, WA
  • Washington Cash, Seattle
  • Zino Society, Seattle

Trade Association Newsletters

  • Society For Technical Communications July 2003
  • Italian American Women's Center, NY
  • Business and Professional Women's, Silverdale

Newspapers

  • Staten Island Advance, NY
  • New York Daily News
  • Kitsap Business Journal Guest Columnist
  • North Kitsap Herald, Poulsbo, WA
  • Bremerton Sun
  • Central Kitsap Reporter
  • Career Today (Seattle, Detroit)
  • La Tercera - Chile, So. America www.tercera.cl/

Featured Web Site Articles

Online Newsletters (E-zines)

Radio, Webinar, TV Basic Interview Questions

One Page Planning Interview

General Interview

Strategic Alliances

Economy Proof Your Business

Pricing Interview

Networking Interview Coming soon

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