Deborah Owens

The Wedding Diva

Deborah Owens — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:50:38 +0000

Linyette Richardson Hall is The Wedding Diva. She is a great example of a woman who has created a purse of her own.
American television audiences are able to see her work “wedding magic” as one of the featured
consultants on the hit reality television series, “Whose Wedding Is It Anyway?” on The Style Network.
Join us as she shares the secrets to building your own brand. Visit http://theweddingdiva.com

Financially Fit with CNN’s Clyde Anderson

Deborah Owens — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:44:39 +0000

If you’ve ever had the pleasure of encountering Clyde Anderson, you’ll know why experience takes the lead. This seasoned CNN Contributing Finance Expert has been lending his advice and valuable expertise for more than 6 years. With over 12 years invested in the personal finance sector, Clyde has guided thousands of families from coast to coast, consulted with hundreds of national corporations and trained dozens of industry professionals in the fashions of economic empowerment education using his W.E.A.L.T.H. (Wisdom to Establish Assets & Leverage the Harvest) principal.
Recently selected as a CNN “New Guard”, which identifies and honors current and next generation newsmakers, Clyde is a nationally acclaimed speaker, commentator, consultant, author, blogger and trainer covering topics from the state of the housing market to blueprints for financial success. Clyde’s ability to relate to “middle America” has established consumer loyalty, respect from industry heavy weights and a stream of noted accolades, including Rolling Out Magazine, Black Enterprise National Conference Steering Committee, National Association of Real Estate Brokers, NeighborWorks, HUD, National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Brokers, Georgia’s Lender Quality Circle, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority , Women’s Counsel of Realtors (Atlanta Chapter) and the National Association of Black Journalist (Atlanta Chapter).

Purse Group Ready To Take On Wall Street

Deborah Owens — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:51:47 +0000

For the past year I have had the pleasure of observing eight women in The Flower Purse Group chart their path to financial security. My assistant Ali and I were invited to the first meeting at one of the members homes in Washington D.C. Kim Amprey Flowers was the woman who led the charge as she invited women in and outside of her network to join the A Purse of Your Own Campaign to financially empower one million women by starting a Purse Group together. The funny thing is that I have known Kim for some time. After she saw me present the keynote at an event and book signing she became what I called a “purse stalker.” She called me and cajoled me into helping her launch her Purse Group -five to ten women who agree to follow the steps that I provide in the last chapter of my book, A Purse of Your Own or that you can download at the Purse Community. Since that first meeting these women met at each others homes and practiced a level of transparency and commitment to getting their finances in order that brought me pure joy. Here it is a year later and the group finished the book, applied the principals to their finances and are taking the next step to invest and pool their money together. And of course Kim has invited me to help them launch their Purse Investment Group. How could I say no after she agreed to pay it forward by sharing how and what they did on Wealthy Radio this week.

Get Rich Slowly

Deborah Owens — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:21:54 +0000

J.D. Roth is an accidental personal-finance expert, a regular guy who found himself deep in debt. After deciding to turn his life around, he read everything he could about money and finance. In 2006, he started the award-winning website Get Rich Slowly, which Money Magazine named the Web’s most inspiring personal-finance blog. Over the past four years, Get Rich Slowly has grown into an active community where 500,000 readers each month share ideas on how to improve their financial lives. J.D. lives with his wife and four cats in a hundred-year-old house in Portland, Oregon. He’s the author of Your Money: The Missing Manual.

Ditch The Debt: The Money Coach

Deborah Owens — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:46:47 +0000

Lynnette Khalfani-Cox, The Money Coach®, is a personal finance expert, television and radio personality, and the author of numerous books, including the New York Times bestseller Zero Debt: The Ultimate Guide to Financial Freedom. Lynnette once had $100,000 in credit card debt, before paying it all off in three years and turning her financial life around. Since then, she has appeared on such national TV programs as The Oprah Winfrey Show, Dr. Phil, The Tyra Banks Show and Good Morning America sharing her success story and teaching millions about proper money management. Lynnette, an award-winning financial news journalist and former Wall Street Journal reporter for CNBC, has also been featured in top newspapers including the Washington Post, USA Today, and the New York Times, as well as magazines ranging from Essence and Redbook to Black Enterprise and Smart Money. She can frequently be seen as a guest commentator on CNN, FOX Business

Should You Wait On The Glass Slipper?

Deborah Owens — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:18:03 +0000

My next conversation was with Carolyn Sawyer, CEO of the Tom Sawyer Company and she shared how she left her broadcast journalism career to start her business and has grown it to over a million dollars in annual revenues in less than ten years. What was the secret to her success? Saying yes to an opportunity to provide services that were not necessarily her companies core competency. Carolyn said it quite succinctly, “If you don’t have clients, you don’t have a business. Further validating the need for entrepreneurs to be open to the possibilities that growing your business requires. If you want to learn how this savvy sister created a purse of her own and how you can too read her book, Forget The Glass Slipper: Build Your Own Castle: The Ten Traits of a million dollar business. Visit thetomsawyercompany.com

Selling to the Government

Deborah Owens — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:59:08 +0000

Gloria Berthold Larkin discussed what steps small business owners can take to break into the government contracting market. What was truly insightful was her characterization of government contracting as “a market with a unique culture, language and operating methodology which you must understand in order to be successful”. Have you been unsuccessful at breaking into the 500 billion dollar government contracting market? Gloria describes the federal government as a Fortune 1 company. Check out her book The Basic Guide to Government Contracting at http://targetgov.com.

If You Don’t Have Clients,You Don’t Have A Business

Deborah Owens — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:28:31 +0000

As an entrepreneur I often wonder what separates truly successful businesses from others that are marginal and on life support. Last night on Wealthy Radio I interviewed two women who shared great insights on how to actually grow a successful business. My first guest Gloria Berthold Larkin discussed what steps small business owners can take to break into the government contracting market. What was truly insightful was her characterization of government contracting as “a market with a unique culture, language and operating methodology which you must understand in order to be successful”. Have you been unsuccessful at breaking into the 500 billion dollar government contracting market? Gloria describes the federal government as a Fortune 1 company. Check out her book The Basic Guide to Government Contracting at http://targetgov.com.

Reinvention: The Jewelry Maker

Deborah Owens — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:28:39 +0000

“I have always been inspired by the beauty of nature,” says New York designer Janet Hill Talbert. “During the summer of 1998 while on the beach in Nantucket I gathered several smooth stones that were precious in their simplicity. As I continued to walk, feeling the warm weight of the stones in my hands, I was overcome by a sense that one day I would make jewelry using these stones.”

And thus began an adventure that took Janet from her work in the “safe” corporate world of book publishing to follow her spiritual hunger. “It was a classic leap of faith,” says Janet. “It included a trip to Israel, the support and encouragement of my wonderful husband, and daring to take the many steps to make my calling a reality.” Living in New York allowed Janet to study her craft at the Jewelry Arts Institute and to continue her training at the Bianca Lopez Studio and the Fred deVos Wax Workshop.

Janet’s Christian jewelry collection centers around cuffs that she likes to think of as the kinder, gentler Wonder Woman bracelets. The words on each cuff offer encouragement and inspiration and often supply the boost one needs to handle the next task, or get over that next hurdle. Visit her website at http://onthisrocknyc.com

The Money Maestro

Deborah Owens — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:09:08 +0000

Kris Miller is an inspiring coach and speaker who strives everyday who makes lives of potential retirees better, leads her clients through the often confusing steps of preparing for their legacy, and educates organizations and individuals on how to live an inspired life.

For Seniors, their families, and anyone who will one day be a Senior:

Can You Afford to Retire? – With traditional financial planning, most Baby-Boomers near retirement age are ending up broke. With legacy planning you can re-discover the simple joy of slowing down: Are you so busy being busy that you don’t have time for the really important things in life? Things like best friends, laughter, and sunsets? Then it’s time to slow down, relax, and enjoy those moments that are too valuable to miss. With the proper legacy planning that focuses not just on financial assets but on quality of life, You Are NEVER Too Young to Retire — Indeed, the Younger, the Better.