Published Oct. 2, 2011
A concise primer on how to navigate your way to franchise success.
Lisa Montgomery’s small business success came about shortly after she made drastic changes to her diet. Living with food allergies and candida led Lisa on the search for answers. While working as a packaging sales representative, she became certified as a holistic health care practitioner and an associate raw chef/instructor. Lisa is now the owner of Living Dynamically LLC and hosts monthly ‘Raw Potlucks’ and workshops, speaks and presents at wellness expos, and is the author of four books promoting healthy living. Lisa says her SCORE mentor, Dick Powell, supported and guided her every step of the way. (www.livingdynamically.com)
Royersford
PA
19468
United States
My Successes
Lisa Montgomery started her journey to living a raw food lifestyle over 15 years ago and is now referred to as the ‘guru to the gurus of raw food’. This summer Ms. Montgomery released two new books to accompany her already released bestseller, Raw Inspiration. “What you put in your mouth and how you live your life are so important,” says Lisa. “A raw food diet cleanses the body and nurtures the soul.”
Lisa’s book Raw Inspiration: Living Dynamically with Raw Food is an inspiring and informative raw foods lifestyle book featuring personal stories of healing through raw foods. Raw Inspiration explains the basics of nutrition and meal planning with raw foods, as well as providing a guide to equipping a raw foods kitchen.
Released on June 28, 2011 Raw Garden is the perfect resource to help create dishes based on ingredients found in one’s own garden. This book includes tips on planning a garden, benefits of growing and eating raw food, how to garden in small living spaces and a guide to the art of bee- and chicken-keeping. Raw Garden also contains over 100 delicious recipes.
Liquid Raw, released July 26, 2011 provides the perfect transition for those beginning a raw diet. For those experienced in the raw foods lifestyle, this book offers inspiration and a new twist on many staples. Liquid Raw includes: a guide to the health benefits of a raw diet, an introduction to juicing and tips for finding the perfect juicer and blender along with over 125 refreshing and creative recipes.
Ms. Montgomery will be releasing a fourth book in her The Complete Book of Raw Foods series in late November 2011 currently titled Raw Potluck.
All books are available where books are sold and on Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com.
What's Great About My Mentor?
Lisa has this to say about her SCORE Mentor: “Dick Powell supported me, guided me and held my hand as I put together my first wellness expo with Carol Alt. It was unchartered territory for me but he was there for me every step of the way along with his lovely wife, Lucille. You can never have enough people supporting you along your journey. I was blessed to have Dick and Lucille.”
How SCORE Helped
“My SCORE Mentor, Dick Powell, helped me advertise and promote my first wellness expo featuring super model, author and actress Carol Alt” says Lisa. “People were blown away by the amount of publicity we got for this event whether it was print, radio or tv. I could not have had the coverage we had if it were not for Dick Powell and SCORE. In fact Carol Alt, who has travelled the world was blown away by the publicity we received in little Royersford, PA.”
Business was started as a Special Events Planning service. Arranging for group travel, etc. Has now expanded to a full service Travel Agent. Came to SCORE for assistance with Marketing her new services.
211 S.WQ. 4th Ave Suite 4
Gainesville
FL
32601
United States
What's Great About My Mentor?
He helped me a great deal. It's really nice to have not only a sounding board (I layed out my plans to Mr. Gleason, and could answer some of my own questions), but to also have an experienced business person to ask specific questions of. I asked him to go over a proposed letter to my existing clients. He took the letter with him, and via email, we worked out the language. I sent that letter to my clients weeks ago, and now my business has taken the desired direction.
Ann Hudson
Ann's Special Events, Inc.
211 SW 4 Avenue, Suite 4
Gainesville, FL 32601
352-372-2525
How SCORE Helped
SCORE mentor was able to assist with letter to current clients to announce plans to expand the business to a full service Travel Agency.
Ms. Hudson has already noted an increase in her business.
Published Aug. 4, 2011
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About the Author
Daniel Kehrer, Founder & Managing Director of BizBest Media Corp., is a nationally-known, award-winning expert on small and local business, start-ups, content marketing, entrepreneurship and social media, with an MBA from UCLA/Anderson. Read more of Daniel's tips at
www.BizBest.com, follow him at
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www.linkedin.com/in/danielkehrer.
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