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Come hear me speak on wed. 4/1 @ the free business summit online

4/1/2020

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There will be a FREE online business summit that you can attend tomorrow, Wednesday, April 1, 2020 online at 1 pm to 3 pm PST (Pacific Standard Time). 4 dynamic speakers will be presenting 20 minute presentations each with an opportunity for 5 minutes per speaker for questions.

I will be speaking about the importance of having a professional and experienced writer for your business and cover:
  1. The money you're leaving on the table by not having a newsletter for your business
  2. The importance of having original AND educational content regularly posted to your website
  3. The importance in updating and reviewing your LinkedIn profile regularly and the 5 steps you can take NOW to start getting business off LinkedIn
  4. How you can start working with me TODAY on any of these 3 areas of your business successfully, remotely, and with excellent customer service and communications with you throughout the whole process

Brief bio about me:

Carly Calabrese, owner of Work Solutions is a career coach, business marketing consultant, writer, editor, and LinkedIn Consultant for individuals and freelance opportunities. A creative and passionate individual, she has a diverse background working for State government, City of Tacoma’s Human Resource Department assisting Human Resource Analysts with recruitment and selection duties such as: reviewing resumes for qualified candidates, assisting with proctoring exams for qualified candidates, working on government contracts between the City of Tacoma and other business partners, and as a Naval contractor for the Regional Safety Department on Keyport and Sub Base Bangor Base. She has held various other private sector positions as well as other small business ventures.

Carly is a freelance writer and has written for and are published in the following publications: Women’s World Magazine (TWICE), Eatonville Dispatch (newspaper), South Sound Magazine, the Federal Way Mirror (newspaper), SouthSoundTalk.com for over 3 years, the Tacoma Art Group, Showcase Media Magazine, Tacoma.com (an online business directory), for over 3 years as well as sold website and online marketing for Tacoma.com, increased readership to Tacoma.com, and assisted web designers with writing web copy for client’s web pages.

Carly implemented “Puyallup Referral Masters” a networking group for business professionals in 2016 and lead the Puyallup Job Club networking group (in a volunteer capacity) for approximately 5 years after attending it as a member for a year prior. Carly’s put on various unique networking events for the community outside of these networking groups including: book fairs, a Christmas party that didn’t blow your diet, and game networking nights in which some of these events had delicious food and some did not.

Carly offers a free, no obligation up to 15 minute phone call to see how she can help you, to schedule that phone call, please email: info@worksolutionstoday.com. Carly’s website is: worksolutionstoday.com.

Manny will speak to you about "Negotiation 101 - Negotiate Like a Pro." He will teach skills to master any professional or personal negotiation with win-win outcomes.

Susie will introduce a self-care protocol for boosting efficiency for entrepreneurs.

David will wrap the event with the 1-3-5-7-9 Method from the Muller's Signature Ultimate Achievement System, a proven formula to turn any goal into an achievement.

Be sure to RSVP and invite your friend(s), colleague(s), etc. Bring something to take notes with, bring your own refreshments, and be ready to learn and win some cool prizes!

Here's the link to access the online event tomorrow, Wednesday, April 1st from 1 pm to 3 pm PST (Pacific Standard Time): https://zoom.us/meeting/register/vp0pdu2qrzku-IRMYCTTvsw4MzkWq2Ktjw

​Thank you,

Carly Calabrese
Career Coach/Business Marketing Consultant/Writer/Editor/LinkedIn Consultant
Email me: info@worksolutionstoday.com
Work Solutions - "Serving businesses, career seekers, individuals, and freelance opportunities."
Visit: www.worksolutionstoday.com

​“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.”–Theodore Roosevelt
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I'm still making a difference & accomplishing things, how are you? this may help

3/18/2020

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I'm reaching out to everyone since this corona virus has become heightened and prevalent to see how you're all doing and how your lives have been affected.

Let me share a little bit with you on how my life has been affected with this corona virus. Although I am healthy, there are some things I'd like to share that I've encountered that many of you have as well. This is not intended to come off as a "rant session", but I think it's important to connect with my network (get to know me/each other), build that relationship/be there for each other, besides always business. I will also share how I am still making a difference, being grateful, looking at the positives, and making the best of the situation.

First off, group fitness classes at my gyms (that's pluralized) have been cancelled this week and for at least a couple weeks. For anybody who's taken group fitness class(es) or has worked out, you can probably imagine that group fitness class(es) are more fun, motivating, and you work harder when you can work out in person. The positive is that the weather has been very cooperative (sunny and not too cold) for walks on trails so I do intend to continue to take advantage of that, just more frequently now.

Yesterday I spent hours (that's pluralized) researching places online that I could purchase hand wipes and hand sanitizer since I'm sure you've experienced yourself NOT being able to purchase in any store no matter what city. The soonest I could locate any to have shipped to me was the 24th of March through end of April for many. I had even called the one North Tacoma Target location that claimed online they had "limited stock" when I was searching for "Purell hand sanitizer" and the worker said they are out of everything. Basically from this worker and another worker at Dollar Tree, I've gathered if you don't get to the store right when they get a new shipment/open they will sell out within the hour or less. Luckily, I had looked some more in my home and had found I had an "extra" brand new hand sanitizer 8 oz in my stock and immediately put in my backpack that I carry around daily. I've been using what sanitizing options are available (hand sanitizer or hand wipes) at stores if I can't get my very limited/practically out wipes that I have are not available. I regularly used hand sanitizer and hand wipes outside of this corona virus, but of course didn't stock up in huge quantities since this wasn't something that was forseeable. (I use antibacterial hand wipes in place of napkins for wiping my mouth and hands when eating in general). Hand sanitizer I used (even before this corona virus) after touching debit card machines, ATMs, and getting gas.

This past Sunday when I came back into town after a long, very high energy day, I popped into the Albertsons in town to pick up some English muffins and turkey bacon so I could make a breakfast sandwich for dinner, but all the bread was taken in the store except some pitas and my Oroweat whole wheat sandwich thins that I remember liking and decided to buy the last pack of that and change my dinner to be a turkey sandwich and bought the fixings for a turkey sandwich instead.

Yesterday I ordered online feminine wipes (I use in place of toilet paper) for the best value/price online (a 2-pack in 3 quantity) in which I normally could buy up to 20 of them at once at the Dollar Tree for a $1 each. I ordered because even though I wasn't out of feminine wipes, I always like to get before I run out (not overstock) and already observed how I could only get ONE pack at the Dollar Tree in town the other day.

What are the positive(s) and how am I making the best of this situation? First off, I am grateful to be alive, healthy, and blessed. I'm grateful that the sun has been out daily this week and that the sun is setting later to give "more opportunity" for a walk.

I am taking 1000 mg Vitamin C tablets (not that I didn't before this), daily without fail please note the one I normally take isn't available due to this corona virus situation, but I have adjusted to the taste of this one for the time being. I also am taking "Ultimate Immunity" intensively (this supplement gives you the option to take "intensively" defined as 3 tablets twice daily or 1 to 2 tablets daily as "regular maintenance.") This supplement I absolutely recommend as it provides multi-system support for cellular, circulatory, digestive, respiratory, and systemic. It's great for if you feel something coming on or even if you don't. I have to admit I wasn't religious with taking this one daily prior to corona virus.

I was able to have an in-person Pilates class today and it was good to move (it wasn't associated to any of my gyms). I was also able to make a "zoom call" on the computer and phone with a Meetup group I've attended a couple times before for their regular Mastermind meetup which was hosted online and able to talk a little bit about how we're doing during this corona virus time. It's good to have support (in general), of course, but even more so during this "corona virus" time and just be able to talk to others how it has affected our lives. A few nights ago I started to watch and will finish the 20/20 Corona Virus 2-hour special on demand (you can locate if you have Xfinity/Comcast Television) which was recorded on my birthday, March 6. I am a "life long" learner in general (I will learn anything if I think it will help), i.e. class(es), documentaries, training(s), coaching, etc.

Oh! And by the end of this week, I should be ready to do my taxes!! It's a big project for me preparing for taxes, since not only do I track my financial tracking (in general outside of for taxes) for earnings and expenses, but I have to finish my mileage and finish printing off business expenses online (outside of the receipts/expenses that I already keep in my 2019 folder).

In case you and/or someone you know has the need or desire to look for jobs, MDC (Metropolitan Development Council), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Tacoma, Washington that serves 20,000 people throughout Pierce County through programs in four areas: Employment, Education, Housing and Healthcare. MDC’s mission is to develop and manage innovative programs that promote self-sufficiency and remove individuals and families from poverty. They are currently hiring for 17 different positions:

*advanced registered nurse practitioner
*certified peer counselor
*chemical dependency professional
*chemical dependency aide (withdrawal management)
*detox program manager
*dually credentialed mental health professional
*educational adult advisor
*education and employment opportunity center (EOC) program manager
*high school tutor
*psychiatric registered nurse (RN)
*licensed practical nurse (LPN) - Detox
*licensed practical nurse (LPN) evaluation and treatment center
*maintenance technician
*mental health technician (evaluation and treatment center)
*peer recovery coach
*registered nurse (RN) withdrawal management
*youth education advisor

***If interested in viewing the above positions, please visit: https://www.mdc-hope.org/how-to-engage/jobs ***

I am available to assist you with writing your resume(s) and/or cover letter(s) for these position(s) and/or other(s) since much of my work is done remotely (in general). Hiring me from the beginning to end this can all be done remotely (even paying me) and you will receive quality product(s) and excellent customer service without putting anybody at risk for any sickness.

Friendly reminder that if you have a referral for me, to please ask the person you are referring to me if it's okay for me to reach out to them for a free, no obligation 10 minute phone call, if they say "yes" give me their information so I can contact them. People rarely just call on their own when handing them my card. Of course, you can always give them my information for when they are ready. Some people have given referrals to me where the referral contacts me first. You can always send an introduction email with both mine and the referral's contact information and send it to both myself and the person you're referring to me (once of course they are okay with giving their contact information out).
Thank you in advance for listening to me, being there for me during this time (and always), I am thinking of you during this "corona virus" time. Would love to hear how you're doing if you feel comfortable sharing (about this corona virus situation), etc.

I am going to close with this quote that I feel is appropriate during this "corona virus" time (& of course in general): "You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you," --Mary Tyler Moore
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Thank you,

Carly Calabrese
Career Coach/Business Marketing Consultant/Writer/Editor/LinkedIn Consultant
Cell: 360 981-7463
Work Solutions - "Serving businesses, career seekers, individuals, and freelance opportunities."
Visit: www.worksolutionstoday.com

“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.”–Theodore Roosevelt
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$20 off any consultation or service of mine = to $75 or more

2/26/2020

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Greetings!
Hope you had a good Valentine's Day/weekend. The Sunday of Valentine's weekend, I had attended a "Quick Breads" class in Redmond, at the Ultimate Baker where I made the following 3 items: Irish Soda bread (I had never tried this type of bread homemade or otherwise), homemade buttermilk biscuits (I had never made homemade), and homemade blueberry cream scones (I had never made homemade). They were all VERY good and had plenty of leftovers to share with others as well. The instructor was right, I don't think I could go back to eating non-homemade biscuits or scones! :)
As a coach myself and life long learner (in general), I am always striving to improve myself and my business outside of just it being in my nature (in general) to help others in various ways, so I wanted to provide this opportunity to receive your feedback for taking my survey and as a "thank you" for taking my 4-question survey, I will take $20 off any service or consultation of mine that is $75 or more which you will be able to use one year from the date of taking my complete survey below and with advance notice to me (i.e. before I send you an invoice let me know you'd like to use the $20 discount so I can take it off your invoice manually). The $20 off won't apply to career personality test(s) or business owner test(s) or already discounts or promotions (i.e. 20% off resume packages or 15% off newsletter writing service packages, etc that I may have going on in my current/past newsletter(s) or to previously purchased service(s), consultation(s), or item(s). Cannot redeem for cash value. You can gift to someone else to use instead, but the same terms and conditions listed here still apply.
Please be sure to read the entirety of each section of the survey carefully and select the "best" answer for you and write in opportunities (if applicable). It's only a 4-question survey for $20 off any service or consultation of mine valued at $75 or more (the terms & conditions listed above apply), what an awesome deal!
You can access the survey by clicking this link: http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07egxu72agk7432jdj/start

Thank you for taking my survey. If there are any question(s)/things you mention in the survey that I feel needs a response, I will respond back to you.
Thank you,
Carly Calabrese
Career Coach/Business Marketing Consultant/Writer/Editor/LinkedIn Consultant
Email: info@worksolutionstoday.com
Work Solutions - "Serving businesses, career seekers, individuals, and freelance opportunities."
Visit: www.worksolutionstoday.com
“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.”–Theodore Roosevelt
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Free shipping supplies & flat rate for shipping orders now thru THIS Sun. @ 11:55 pm PST

2/14/2020

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Free shipping supplies & flat rate for shipping orders now thru THIS Sun. @ 11:55 pm PST

I've got 4 different homemade Valentine gift options (half are edible & half are NOT). I am available to meet in person, TODAY, 2/14/20 or starting Mon. 2/17 OR if option to NOT meet in person & if you get your order in by TOMORROW, SAT. 2/15 BY 11 AM SHARP PST it'll be shipped tomorrow, otherwise any orders placed PAST that time thru THIS SUN. 2/16 11:55 pm PST will be mailed out THIS Mon. 2/17. To view 17 different pictures, more info, & to purchase securely & privately directly from my newsletter, check it out here: https://conta.cc/39zesHu

**BEST WAY TO GET A HOLD OF ME IS TO EMAIL: INFO@WORKSOLUTIONSTODAY.COM** THANK YOU!

Carly Calabrese
Career Coach/Business Marketing Consultant/Writer/Editor/LinkedIn Consultant
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Just under 20 minute radio interview I know you want to hear ;)

1/27/2020

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Greetings!

I was interviewed by Paula Vail, owner of Wellness Inspired, is also a radio talk show host, author, owner of a massage chair in Tacoma Mall, and returning client of mine for 4-5 years, for a just under 20 minute radio interview and here are the 3 ways you can hear it:
  1. TOMORROW, Tuesday, 1/28/20 at NOON Pacific Standard Time on KKNW- 1150 AM and you can find more info on the station at https://1150kknw.com/
  2. Sunday, 2/2/20 at 8 am Pacific Standard Time and you you can find more info on the station at www.kmet1490am.com 
  3. If you can't listen at any of those times, or just want to listen to it NOW, you can by clicking the sideways triangle on the audio player down below:

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Great opportunity for you to 'refresh' your memory on the services I provide in my business as well as potentially learn something new in general! : )
Thank you,

Carly Calabrese
Career Coach/Business Marketing Consultant/Writer/Editor/LinkedIn Consultant
Cell: 360 981-7463
www.linkedin.com/in/carlycalabrese
Work Solutions - "Serving businesses, career seekers, individuals, and freelance opportunities."
Visit: www.worksolutionstoday.com
“Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.”–William Arthur Ward
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THIS FRI. 1/31 New Year, New Specials deals END, claim them TODAY

1/27/2020

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Greetings!
 
Just a friendly reminder that THESE deals aren't going to last for long, the time is now to consider determining what career path to take or getting that newsletter started for your business.
 
I've got 2 specials for you this month that can appeal to all my audiences. Please remember these can be purchased for yourself and/or someone else and make great gifts for anytime (not just a holiday), and can be used one year from the date of purchase. For any of the 2 "New Year Deals" listed below, you would just VISIT THIS LINK TO MY NEWSLETTER: https://conta.cc/2Gvoqgo OF THIS SAME INFO & CLICK THE PURPLE "BUY NOW" button at the bottom of that newsletter and pay with a debit/credit card and I do NOT see your card information, just receive an email with the amount you paid.
 
Hurry! These offers are good until 11:55 pm Pacific Standard Time Friday, 1/31/2020.

 
New Year Deal #1: Are you unsure what career path to pursue? What's your next move? Maybe you want to get out of your current job, but have no idea what careers to consider and/or have lots of interests, but can't clearly answer the question when someone asks, "So, what career field would you like to enter?" OR maybe you just want to take my proprietary career personality test to see if it confirms what you already knew were the career(s) you should be working in. These are all ideal client(s) for my 64-question proprietary career personality test which you can take in the comforts of your own home. You would choose the ONE BEST answer for each question on what YOU think about yourself (don't second guess yourself or think what OTHERS think of you, just what you think of yourself). My proprietary career personality test will provide you an analysis of your personality (very interesting and in-depth), at least 4 recommended career fields to pursue in order of preference, AND recommended training you can receive for the recommended career fields, i.e. if technology was one of the recommended career choices, you'd be recommended to attend DeVry University. The test is a $114 value BEFORE sales tax which I am forced to charge (Department of Revenue's ruling NOT mine) so the grand total of the test with sales tax is $125.30 if paying with U.S. cash, check, or money order and $130.46 if paying with a debit/credit card as I do NOT benefit from the fee to process your card). Please note that the sales tax I collect for the tax I do NOT benefit from and it gets paid along with all the other test(s) I sell throughout the year to the Department of Revenue which is OUTSIDE of the regular yearly taxes that I have to pay (like anyone else).
 
A FREE 10 minutes to de-brief at a scheduled consulting call is included in that rate to discuss any question(s) you may have after you had time to review your test results. Please be advised that the free 10 minutes will only be applied if you decide to pay for a consultation (it takes way longer than 10 minutes just for me to review your questions and provide my recommendations let alone try to discuss them in 10 minutes). So, basically I tell clients if they aren't willing to pay my consulting rate of $2 per minute plus the 4% + 15 cent processing fee that I don't benefit from, again in the example of 10 minutes consulting billed at a rate of $20 plus the processing fee would be a grand total of $20.95 in this example, then there will be no follow up de-brief consultation call.

 
New Year Deal #2: Do you NOT have a newsletter for your business and have been thinking/talking about how you should get one? Did you know that you're actually leaving money on the table by NOT having a newsletter? According to Convince & Convert from an article in saleswingsapp.com, 44 percent of email subscribers made at least ONE purchase based on a promotional email they received in 2015. Also, people who make purchases marketed through emails spend 138% MORE than people who do NOT receive emails. According to that same article "8 reasons your business should send out newsletters," your customers are very busy people who are NOT thinking about you and your company, but when they receive your newsletters of content that applies to their lives, it engages them to think about you and your business and think of you as an industry leader, NOT just another company.
 
I've got 15% off PER MONTH for each of my newsletter packages below:
 
If you'd like one newsletter to be written per month which includes me researching (either online myself, by material you give me, or interviewing someone or just communicating with you to see what you'd like written) as well as writing the material and having you review the material one time for one set of edits (one set of edits is defined as you look at the material and inform me of the edit(s) you'd like made all at once) and then it is finalized to be sent out along with me providing you the statistics on the "open rate" of your emails per month (that's defined as the percentage of your emails that were opened), I've got the following newsletter packages below:
 
3 months for the above listed newsletter services with the 15% discount per month is a one time payment of $459 if paying with U.S. cash, check, or money order and $477.51 if paying with a debit/credit card. (I do NOT see your debit/credit card information when you purchase through VISITING THIS LINK TO MY NEWSLETTER: https://conta.cc/2Gvoqgo OF THIS SAME INFO & CLICK THE PURPLE "BUY NOW" button at the bottom of that newsletter and pay with a debit/credit card and I do NOT see your card information, just receive an email with the amount you paid.
I have to charge the debit/credit card processing fee, as I am charged that fee to process your card so I do not benefit from it, it just nets me what I am charging. Contact me if you want to make payment arrangements.

6 months for the above listed newsletter services with a 15% discount per month is a one time payment of $918 if paying with U.S. cash, check, or money order and $954.87 if paying with a debit/credit card. I do NOT see your debit/credit card information when you purchase through VISITING THIS LINK TO MY NEWSLETTER: https://conta.cc/2Gvoqgo OF THIS SAME INFO & CLICK THE PURPLE "BUY NOW" button at the bottom of that newsletter and pay with a debit/credit card and I do NOT see your card information, just receive an email with the amount you paid.
I have to charge the debit/credit card processing fee, as I am charged that fee to process your card so I do not benefit from it, it just nets me what I am charging. Contact me if you want to make payment arrangements.

9 months for the above listed newsletter services with a 15% discount per month is a one time payment of $1,377 if paying with U.S. cash, check, or money order and $1,432.23 if paying with a debit/credit card. I do NOT see your debit/credit card information when you purchase through VISITING THIS LINK TO MY NEWSLETTER: https://conta.cc/2Gvoqgo OF THIS SAME INFO & CLICK THE PURPLE "BUY NOW" button at the bottom of that newsletter and pay with a debit/credit card and I do NOT see your card information, just receive an email with the amount you paid.
I have to charge the debit/credit card processing fee, as I am charged that fee to process your card so I do not benefit from it, it just nets me what I am charging. Contact me if you want to make payment arrangements.

12 months for the above newsletter services with a 15% discount per month is a one time payment of $1,836 if paying with U.S. cash, check, or money order and $1,909.59 if paying with a debit/credit card. I do NOT see your debit/credit card information when you purchase through VISITING THIS LINK TO MY NEWSLETTER: https://conta.cc/2Gvoqgo OF THIS SAME INFO & CLICK THE PURPLE "BUY NOW" button at the bottom of that newsletter and pay with a debit/credit card and I do NOT see your card information, just receive an email with the amount you paid.
I have to charge the debit/credit card processing fee, as I am charged that fee to process your card so I do not benefit from it, it just nets me what I am charging. Contact me if you want to make payment arrangements.
 
Please note there is a $1 per minute charge for me to set you up with Constant Contact (which is the email management system I use) to create your account and input your contacts for you if you don't have an existing account (and want help with this). Once you get a Constant Contact account, you'll have to pay Constant Contact a bill (normally monthly), unless you opt other payment options and their pricing varies dependent on the number of contacts you have and the level you have (i.e. it costs more to have the payment option in your newsletter than to just send out regular newsletters). A basic and lowest level meaning up to 500 email contacts is approximately $20 per month before taxes (that's according to what I Googled earlier today) and note I input the BEFORE taxes comment (Google didn't), but I know there's taxes and even Constant Contact can't give an exact amount, since it's based on your zip code. I calculated the sales tax rate of 9.9% for Puyallup, WA for a $19.99 monthly plan and calculated $21.089 approximately per month with taxes.
 
There is currently a promotion going on with Constant Contact, where if you use my referral link here: https://www.constantcontact.com/features/signup.jsp?rc=-55141918&sru=1116636354785&fc=f&cc=RAF-REFLINK&pn=ROVING
to open a Constant Contact newsletter account you will get a $75 credit on your account and I will on mine as well as both of us receiving a $75 VISA gift card. Offer ends February 3, 2020 by 8:59 pm Pacific Standard Time. For more details, visit: https://www.constantcontact.com/legal/refer-a-friend-promo
 
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact me.
 
Thank you,
 
Carly Calabrese
Career Coach/Business Marketing Consultant/Writer/Editor/LinkedIn Consultant
Cell: 360 981-7463
www.linkedin.com/in/carlycalabrese
Work Solutions - "Serving businesses, career seekers, individuals, and freelance opportunities."
Visit: www.worksolutionstoday.com
 
“Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.”–William Arthur Ward

 

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New Year, New Specials

1/20/2020

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Not sure about you, but I've been guilty with twice writing "19" still for 2019 on dates versus "20" for 2020. Now that it's a New Year, besides getting ready for taxes and Department of Revenue (those who are business owners know about the other tax we pay every January outside of the regular taxes), the time is now to consider determining what career path to take or getting that newsletter started for your business.

I've got 2 specials for you this month that can appeal to all my audiences. Please remember these can be purchased for yourself and/or someone else and make great gifts for anytime (not just a holiday), and can be used one year from the date of purchase. ***For any of the 2 "New Year Deals" listed below, you would just click the link to my newsletter of THIS SAME INFO & A CLICK THE PURPLE "BUY NOW" purple button at the bottom of that newsletter: https://conta.cc/2TH8j7m
and pay with a debit/credit card and I do NOT see your card information, just receive an email with the amount you paid.***

Hurry! These offers are good until 11:55 pm Pacific Standard Time Friday, 1/31/2020.

New Year Deal #1: Are you unsure what career path to pursue? What's your next move? Maybe you want to get out of your current job, but have no idea what careers to consider and/or have lots of interests, but can't clearly answer the question when someone asks, "So, what career field would you like to enter?" OR maybe you just want to take my proprietary career personality test to see if it confirms what you already knew were the career(s) you should be working in. These are all ideal client(s) for my 64-question proprietary career personality test which you can take in the comforts of your own home. You would choose the ONE BEST answer for each question on what YOU think about yourself (don't second guess yourself or think what OTHERS think of you, just what you think of yourself). My proprietary career personality test will provide you an analysis of your personality (very interesting and in-depth), at least 4 recommended career fields to pursue in order of preference, AND recommended training you can receive for the recommended career fields, i.e. if technology was one of the recommended career choices, you'd be recommended to attend DeVry University. The test is a $114 value BEFORE sales tax which I am forced to charge (Department of Revenue's ruling NOT mine) so the grand total of the test with sales tax is $125.30 if paying with U.S. cash, check, or money order and $130.46 if paying with a debit/credit card as I do NOT benefit from the fee to process your card). Please note that the sales tax I collect for the tax I do NOT benefit from and it gets paid along with all the other test(s) I sell throughout the year to the Department of Revenue which is OUTSIDE of the regular yearly taxes that I have to pay (like anyone else).

A FREE 10 minutes to de-brief at a scheduled consulting call is included in that rate to discuss any question(s) you may have after you had time to review your test results. Please be advised that the free 10 minutes will only be applied if you decide to pay for a consultation (it takes way longer than 10 minutes just for me to review your questions and provide my recommendations let alone try to discuss them in 10 minutes). So, basically I tell clients if they aren't willing to pay my consulting rate of $2 per minute plus the 4% + 15 cent processing fee that I don't benefit from, again in the example of 10 minutes consulting billed at a rate of $20 plus the processing fee would be a grand total of $20.95 in this example, then there will be no follow up de-brief consultation call.
**To purchase you would just click the link to my newsletter of THIS SAME INFO & A CLICK THE PURPLE "BUY NOW" purple button at the bottom of that newsletter: https://conta.cc/2TH8j7m
and pay with a debit/credit card and I do NOT see your card information, just receive an email with the amount you paid.**

New Year Deal #2: Do you NOT have a newsletter for your business and have been thinking/talking about how you should get one? Did you know that you're actually leaving money on the table by NOT having a newsletter? According to Convince & Convert from an article in saleswingsapp.com, 44 percent of email subscribers made at least ONE purchase based on a promotional email they received in 2015. Also, people who make purchases marketed through emails spend 138% MORE than people who do NOT receive emails. According to that same article "8 reasons your business should send out newsletters," your customers are very busy people who are NOT thinking about you and your company, but when they receive your newsletters of content that applies to their lives, it engages them to think about you and your business and think of you as an industry leader, NOT just another company.

I've got 15% off PER MONTH for each of my newsletter packages below:

If you'd like one newsletter to be written per month which includes me researching (either online myself, by material you give me, or interviewing someone or just communicating with you to see what you'd like written) as well as writing the material and having you review the material one time for one set of edits (one set of edits is defined as you look at the material and inform me of the edit(s) you'd like made all at once) and then it is finalized to be sent out along with me providing you the statistics on the "open rate" of your emails per month (that's defined as the percentage of your emails that were opened), I've got the following newsletter packages below:

1. 3 months for the above listed newsletter services with the 15% discount per month is a one time payment of $459 if paying with U.S. cash, check, or money order and $477.51 if paying with a debit/credit card. Contact me if you want to make payment arrangements.
2. 6 months for the above listed newsletter services with a 15% discount per month is a one time payment of $918 if paying with U.S. cash, check, or money order and $954.87 if paying with a debit/credit card. Contact me if you want to make payment arrangements.
3. 9 months for the above listed newsletter services with a 15% discount per month is a one time payment of $1,377 if paying with U.S. cash, check, or money order and $1,432.23 if paying with a debit/credit card. Contact me if you want to make payment arrangements.
4. 12 months for the above newsletter services with a 15% discount per month is a one time payment of $1,836 if paying with U.S. cash, check, or money order and $1,909.59 if paying with a debit/credit card. Contact me if you want to make payment arrangements.
**To purchase you would just click the link to my newsletter of THIS SAME INFO & A CLICK THE PURPLE "BUY NOW" purple button at the bottom of that newsletter: https://conta.cc/2TH8j7m
and pay with a debit/credit card and I do NOT see your card information, just receive an email with the amount you paid.**

Please note there is a $1 per minute charge for me to set you up with Constant Contact (which is the email management system I use) to create your account and input your contacts for you if you don't have an existing account. Once you get a Constant Contact account, you'll have to pay Constant Contact a bill (normally monthly), unless you opt other payment options and their pricing varies dependent on the number of contacts you have and the level you have (i.e. it costs more to have the payment option in your newsletter than to just send out regular newsletters). A basic and lowest level meaning up to 500 email contacts is approximately $20 per month before taxes (that's according to what I Googled earlier today) and note I input the BEFORE taxes comment (Google didn't), but I know there's taxes and even Constant Contact can't give an exact amount, since it's based on your zip code. I calculated the sales tax rate of 9.9% for Puyallup, WA for a $19.99 monthly plan and calculated $21.089 approximately per month with taxes.

There is currently a promotion going on with Constant Contact, where if you use my referral link here: https://www.constantcontact.com/promo/raf/signup.jsp
to open a Constant Contact newsletter account you will get a $75 credit on your account and I will on mine as well as both of us receiving a $75 VISA gift card. Offer ends February 3, 2020 by 8:59 pm Pacific Standard Time. For more details, visit: https://www.constantcontact.com/legal/refer-a-friend-promo

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact me via email: info@worksolutionstoday.com.

Thank you,

Carly Calabrese
Career Coach/Business Marketing Consultant/Writer/Editor/LinkedIn Consultant
Cell: 360 981-7463
www.linkedin.com/in/carlycalabrese
Work Solutions - "Serving businesses, career seekers, individuals, and freelance opportunities."
Visit: www.worksolutionstoday.com

“Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.”–William Arthur Ward
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12 days of Black Friday sales

12/15/2019

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Greetings!

20% OFF ALL resume levels!!

Starting now through NEXT SATURDAY, December 21st at 11:55 pm Pacific Standard Time you will be able to purchase these Black Friday deals. So, even if you're busy during the week to nab these steal of a deal, deals you still have until NEXT SATURDAY before 11:55 pm Pacific Standard Time to snag them.

Now is the time to purchase these resume(s) for yourself and/or someone else. Offer to use the purchased resume(s) below expires a year from the date purchased. A movie ticket for the theater (up to $13 value) is included with any of the following Black Friday deals below along with 25 key questions you must ask when you're at an interview and WHY never before shared material according to "One on One Winning the Hiring Decision" a $50 value FREE. Please note that I only have 4 movie tickets to give for this promotion so when they are out, they're out. First come, first serve. So, if you REALLY want the movie ticket, find out from me BEFORE you purchase. Read terms and conditions below.

Please note I do NOT see your credit card or debit card information ONLY your name and the amount you paid as an email to me when you visit the link to my newsletter HERE: https://conta.cc/2P6DHtu which will bring up this same page, EXCEPT you can click on the purple "BUY NOW" button at the bottom of that newsletter.

BLACK FRIDAY DEAL #1: One entry-level resume defined as a person who has 0-2.5 years' work experience in the field they desire to enter and/or their work history in general. This will be a brand new resume creation for whatever career field or job that you desire, or a resume creation just encompassing your experience if you do NOT want it written for a specific job or career field all for $82.48 (with credit card/debit card processing fees that I don't benefit from) or $79.16 if paying with cash, check, or money order. If paying this way, the payment would have to be received by the Saturday, December 21st before 11:55 pm deadline as well. Normally, WITHOUT the 20% off deal it'd be $103.06 or $98.95 if paying cash or cash.Included in the purchase price is 2 sets of edits per the final resume being emailed to you. "2 sets of edits" is defined as you looking at the first draft of your resume and if there are edit(s) to make I will make them and then provide you a second draft of your resume and if there are still edit(s) to make to your resume, I will make them and then provide you the final draft. This does not mean creating a whole new resume for another career field, job, or in general from the one that was originally created. If more edit(s) are desired past the 2 sets included, and you still want more edit(s) I can give you a price estimate and you can decide if you still want them, otherwise the resume will be completed.

What's also included with ANY resume purchase presented in this newsletter are 2 "extra" bonuses/freebies that you don't want to miss out on!25 key questions you must ask when you're at an interview and WHY never before shared material according to "One on One Winning the Hiring Decision" a $50 value FREE.
A movie ticket valued up to $13 that can be redeemed at Fandango.com's website in which you would input a code besides your desired movie showing, movie time, and movie theater. The movie ticket expires December 31, 2019.

BLACK FRIDAY DEAL #2: One mid-level resume defined as a person who has 3-14.5 years' work experience in the field they desire to enter and/or their work history in general. This will be a brand new resume creation for whatever career field or job that you desire, or a resume creation just encompassing your experience if you do NOT want it written for a specific job or career field all for $128.24 (with credit card/debit card processing fees that I don't benefit from) or $123.16 if paying with cash, check, or money order. If paying this way, the payment would have to be received by the Saturday, December 21st before 11:55 pm deadline as well. Normally, WITHOUT the 20% off deal it'd be $160.26 or $153.95 if paying cash or cash.Included in the purchase price is 2 sets of edits per the final resume being emailed to you. "2 sets of edits" is defined as you looking at the first draft of your resume and if there are edit(s) to make I will make them and then provide you a second draft of your resume and if there are still edit(s) to make to your resume, I will make them and then provide you the final draft. This does not mean creating a whole new resume for another career field, job, or in general from the one that was originally created. If more edit(s) are desired past the 2 sets included, and you still want more edit(s) I can give you a price estimate and you can decide if you still want them, otherwise the resume will be completed.

BLACK FRIDAY DEAL #3: One senior-level resume defined as a person who has 15 years' work experience in the field they desire to enter and/or their work history in general. This will be a brand new resume creation for whatever career field or job that you desire, or a resume creation just encompassing your experience if you do NOT want it written for a specific job or career field all for $174.01 (with credit card/debit card processing fees that I don't benefit from) or $167.16 if paying with cash, check, or money order. If paying this way, the payment would have to be received by the Saturday, December 21st before 11:55 pm deadline as well. Normally, WITHOUT the 20% off deal it'd be $217.46 or $208.95 if paying cash or cash.Included in the purchase price is 2 sets of edits per the final resume being emailed to you. "2 sets of edits" is defined as you looking at the first draft of your resume and if there are edit(s) to make I will make them and then provide you a second draft of your resume and if there are still edit(s) to make to your resume, I will make them and then provide you the final draft. This does not mean creating a whole new resume for another career field, job, or in general from the one that was originally created. If more edit(s) are desired past the 2 sets included, and you still want more edit(s) I can give you a price estimate and you can decide if you still want them, otherwise the resume will be completed.

BLACK FRIDAY DEAL #4: One executive-level resume defined as a person who has over 15 years' work experience in the field they desire to enter and/or their work history in general. This will be a brand new resume creation for whatever career field or job that you desire, or a resume creation just encompassing your experience if you do NOT want it written for a specific job or career field all for $219.81 (with credit card/debit card processing fees that I don't benefit from) or $211.16 if paying with cash, check, or money order. If paying this way, the payment would have to be received by the Saturday, December 21st before 11:55 pm deadline as well. Normally, WITHOUT the 20% off deal it'd be $274.70 or $263.95 if paying cash or cash.Included in the purchase price is 2 sets of edits per the final resume being emailed to you. "2 sets of edits" is defined as you looking at the first draft of your resume and if there are edit(s) to make I will make them and then provide you a second draft of your resume and if there are still edit(s) to make to your resume, I will make them and then provide you the final draft. This does not mean creating a whole new resume for another career field, job, or in general from the one that was originally created. If more edit(s) are desired past the 2 sets included, and you still want more edit(s) I can give you a price estimate and you can decide if you still want them, otherwise the resume will be completed.

Thank you,
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Carly Calabrese
Career Coach/Business Marketer/Writer/Editor/LinkedIn Consultant
Cell: 360 981-7463
www.linkedin.com/in/carlycalabrese
Work Solutions - "Serving businesses, career seekers, individuals, and freelance opportunities."
Visit: www.worksolutionstoday.com

“Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.”–William Arthur Ward

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I'm on the radio & one way to meet me tomorrow!

9/27/2019

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Greetings!

I was interviewed on Rainier Avenue Radio World for Women Empowerment Talk Radio and you can listen to this half hour show for free (I was asked two questions, so it's pretty short, since another business owner was interviewed as well and of course, community events and news were also discussed by the two co-hosts) every Friday at 2 pm, Saturday 6:30 pm, and Sunday at 4:30 pm JUST THIS MONTH at: https://www.rainieravenueradio.world/

Do you and/or someone you know want to meet since they've never met me in person before and/or want to see me again and join me at the following event tomorrow?

This is the PERFECT opportunity for those people who have wanted to meet me in person BEFORE they do business with me or hasn't seen me in awhile to SEIZE these opportunities. The last time I had emailed these opportunities OUTSIDE of my events was this past February and one of my event outings I was attending was cancelled because of the snow storm. So, again, I really mean it when I say jump on these opportunities! William Arthur Ward couldn't have said it best,“Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.”THIS Saturday, September 28, 2019 2 pm to 4 pm at the Federal Way Fitness Studio located at: 33633 9th Avenue South Federal Way, WA 98003 "Clutternomics Clear your way to productivity, abundance, & peace!"

Kathleen Ronald will be presenting her 2-hour workshop "Clutternomics." Clutternomics affects 19 areas of your life and business! Organizations are losing tens of thousands, and in some case millions, over a year's time due to their business clutter and the clutter each of their employees brings in.
Clutter is the costly killer! Does your clutter cause you stress, loss of time, money, and peace of mind to name a few?

The cost of clutter to an organization is enormous! Stephanie Winston, author of the Organized Executive, estimates an hour each day is lost to disorder, costing an organization over $8,000 for an employee earning $65,000 a year.

In this session, you will:
  1. Discover why de-cluttering is one of Kathleen's top business strategies for "instant" abundance.
  2. Learn "one" easy rule and 'get back' 7 hours per week.
  3. Explore the steps to increase your productivity by lowering your work clutter.
  4. Learn the "De-Clutter System" to get your life back

Tickets are $47 a person, but Kim DeMile, owner of the Federal Way Fitness Studio is giving a discount $10 off if you use the code "FWJAZZ" or invite 5 others and get that special discount as well. You can secure your spot(s) and purchase your ticket(s) at: https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/m?oeidk=a07eghsnhaj26020674&seq=&c=3bd48f30-c98b-11e3-b32a-d4ae52710c75&ch=dc54c030-88c7-11e6-ba2d-d4ae52712b64

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact me.

Thank you,

Carly Calabrese
Career Coach/Business Marketer/Writer/Editor/LinkedIn Consultant
Cell: 360 981-7463
www.linkedin.com/in/carlycalabrese
Work Solutions - "Serving businesses, career seekers, individuals, and freelance opportunities."
Visit: www.worksolutionstoday.com

“Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.”–William Arthur Ward

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Labor Day specials

9/3/2019

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Happy Labor Day!
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It's our 125th anniversary of Labor Day being created as a National Holiday. The first Monday in September is a creation of the labor movement dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country.

In honor of us workers, I am having a 3-day flash sale of 50% off consultations with me.

These are the 3 consultations that I am highlighting for this 3-day flash sale good through THIS Friday September 6, 2019 11:55 pm Pacific Standard Time. That gives some of you the chance to still get paid/make arrangements after Labor Day for any last minute funds you may need. :)

Featured consultation #1: Receive a review of ONE resume, a 9 question job seeker form that you'd fill out and email to so that I can better assist you at an up to 30 minute phone consultation that we will schedule after I have reviewed your resume and completed job seeker form. At the up to 30 minute phone consultation, we will discuss my recommendations on improving your resume, price quote(s) and recommendations based on what you filled out in the job seeker form. We will have the opportunity to ask each other questions (I ask clients to type up any other question(s) they may have outside of what I ask on the job seeker form, if applicable) so I can prepare my recommendations at the consultation. All regularly a $60 value ($62.55 with debit/credit card processing fee that I don't benefit from) on sale through Friday, Sept. 6, 2019 11:55 pm PST for $31.30 (50% discount)!
Consultation terms & conditions apply to all 3 consultations listed in this newsletter: Any consultation lasting less than 30 minutes, no reimbursements and any consultation lasting over 30 minutes will be billed at a rate of $2 per minute and be due upon the completion of the phone call. The debit/credit card processing fee will occur as well so, for example, if the call went over by 40 minutes, that is $80 & with the debit/credit card processing fee that I don't benefit from it would be $83.35 (it's a 4% plus .15 cent charge). You would provide your card information over the phone with me so that I could process your charge. If you prefer to pre-purchase your minutes now, I have them in increments of:
5 minutes for $10.55 with debit/credit card processing fee that I don't benefit from,
10 minutes for $20.95 with debit/credit card processing fee that I don't benefit from,
20 minutes for $41.75 with debit/credit card processing fee that I don't benefit from,
&
30 minutes for $62.55 with debit/credit card processing fee that I don't benefit from

**When purchasing from my newsletter with the purple "Buy Now" buttons, I NEVER see your card information, just your name and the amount you pay for.**Extra minutes do not expire, the date to use these consultations do expire one year from the date purchased. Limit one different type of consultation per person (i.e. this career/resume one for one person, but you can buy multiple of the same consultation to gift to others), but the same expirations apply. No refunds.**

**IF YOU WERE ON MY NEWSLETTER, THERE'D BE A PURPLE "BUY NOW" BUTTON HERE & YOU'D BE ABLE TO CLICK IT, HOWEVER, HERE IS THE LINK TO THAT NEWSLETTER SO YOU CAN: https://conta.cc/32tnh21**

Featured consultation #2: Review of one LinkedIn profile and a 4 question LinkedIn form that I have the client fill out PRIOR to setting the up to 30 minute phone consultation to discuss my recommendations on improving your LinkedIn profile (should you decide to hire me), along with my recommendations, including price quote(s) based on what you filled out in the 4 question LinkedIn form. The opportunity to answer more questions that hopefully you wrote down on your 4 question LinkedIn form you filled out can take place during this consultation as well. All normally a $60 value ($62.55 with debit/credit card processing fee that I don't benefit from) on sale through Friday, Sept. 6, 2019 11:55 pm PST for $31.30 (50% discount)!
The same consultation terms and conditions apply along with the same expirations and no refunds apply.

**IF YOU WERE ON MY NEWSLETTER, THERE'D BE A PURPLE "BUY NOW" BUTTON HERE & YOU'D BE ABLE TO CLICK IT, HOWEVER, HERE IS THE LINK TO THAT NEWSLETTER SO YOU CAN: https://conta.cc/32tnh21**

Featured consultation #3: Need help with a writing, editing, or marketing project outside of LinkedIn or career help? Fill out an 11 question writing, editing, and marketing form so that I can better assist you with your needs and you can describe your project in further detail. Plus, me reviewing your project (i.e. a website, book, or other document) you're requesting the assistance with so that at the up to 30 minute phone consultation I will be able to provide you with the best price quote(s) and recommendation(s) based on the form you fill out and me reviewing your project prior. All normally $75 ($78.15 with credit/debit card processing fee I don't benefit from). On sale for 50% off through Friday, Sept. 6, 2019 11:55 pm PST for $40. The same consultation terms and conditions apply along with the same expirations and no refunds apply.

Any questions? Feel free to contact me. Hurry, these offers go quick and so does the time you have to purchase them. Appointments are filling up on a first come, first serve basis, schedule yours today.

**IF YOU WERE ON MY NEWSLETTER, THERE'D BE A PURPLE "BUY NOW" BUTTON HERE & YOU'D BE ABLE TO CLICK IT, HOWEVER, HERE IS THE LINK TO THAT NEWSLETTER SO YOU CAN: https://conta.cc/32tnh21**

Thank you,

Carly Calabrese
Career Coach/Business Marketer/Writer/Editor/LinkedIn Consultant
Cell: 360 981-7463
www.linkedin.com/in/carlycalabrese
Work Solutions - "Serving businesses, career seekers, individuals, and freelance opportunities."
Visit: www.worksolutionstoday.com
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“Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.”–William Arthur Ward
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