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“I think the method is brilliant! It gets students over the fear of beginning the writing process.”

| Gina Marciano, WBC Boston Program Manager, Center for Women & Enterprise

“I think this book is awesome. I love seeing our logo on the cover and my personalized message inside. The slides that accompany the books make presenting the material so easy. I placed a second order just after starting a trial course.”

| Donn E. Miller-Kermani, Ph.D., Director, Women’s Business Center, Florida Institute of Technology

“I’m so glad we bought the GUIDED Business Plan training package. I tested it with my clients and they said it took the fear out of writing a plan. They wanted to return for individual counseling. The format is simple and well planned out so that anyone on the staff could fill in and teach it.”

| Meg Herman, Director of Entrepreneurial Services, Women’s Business Development Center, wbdc.org

“[Each class] started on time. Professional and pleasant instructor. Awesome experience!! Melanie Rae and the info she provided the workbook was great!”

| Pat Hicks, Love Recycled (GUIDED Business Launch Help Desk Member)

“I love the fact that there were goals each week. I really appreciate the time Melanie gave us and the patience she showed during the class. Her knowledge was outstanding and I would recommend this class to any one that wants to start a business and needs some direction. Thank you Melanie.”

| Darryl Cowherd, BowWowKaPow (LA Urban League course participant)

“Class work was very manageable. The instructor was excellent and approachable. Another great aspect is that the instructor was available via phone and email…this was a plus for me. Will recommend the course to other small biz owners or want to be small biz owners.”

| Vernita Washington, Diva Style (LA Urban League course participant)

“It was very helpful I love how it helped all of us see that the little details count. It was an easy layout to follow as well.”

| Kristin Ballard (LA Urban League course participant)

“After working with your business plan program, I found it very easy to systematically gauge where my fixed overhead expenses, variable costs and hourly rates had to be in order to break-even and from there – to make a profit. Your business plan guide made it very simple just to plug in my figures and make the proper adjustments. I was skeptical that your business plan model wouldn’t work for a service-oriented business like mine (PR & marketing), but I was wrong – thank you!”

| Cynthia Gibson, CKG Communications

“I really appreciated the layout of the participant guide and the transitions from section to section and the clear objectives and the clear information and the layout of the information that is so user-friendly.”

| Meg Herman, Director of Entrepreneurial Services, Women’s Business Development Center, wbdc.org.

“I am very impressed. I made notes from your presentation, but also found it relevant to three other clients I can think of whom I can re-contact and offer some suggestions in terms of online marketing. I am very impressed. I found it very usable and most importantly for me, very educational. Very easy to follow.”

| Sylvia J. Wynn, Business Consultant, WBDC

“I thought it was really great, Melanie. I handle all the WBDC’s social media efforts so I’m coming from that perspective as well as how some of our clients would receive this presentation. I’ve done a lot of webinars on social media and I found this one to be excellent. It is probably one of the better ones I’ve seen on actually developing a plan.”

| Danae Kovac, Marketing Manager and Special Projects Coordinator, WBDC

“Paying big money for training is not always the most helpful option. The GUIDED Social Media Plan webinar is only $40 and gave me more of a plan of action in 90 minutes than what a $2,000 weekend conference did for me. I want to hire Guided Business Plan for my social media coach.” –KJ, 1Motivator (2/24/11)

“I’m so glad I attended the Guided Social Media Plan class. It helped me think of keywords to go after local brides and their families. I got some ideas on who I can collaborate with and what I can post to get people to return to my site. I liked it because it was so convenient and it truly was a guided approach to creating a plan.”

| Maria Mirando, Maria Miranda Bridal Studio

“Great meeting up last night…thanks to you, I’m spending the morning re-evaluating all of my online social strategies. It was a great jumping off point to further delve into this crazy inter-web world!”

| Max Shippe, Crossfit Hermosa

“Melanie thank you for the seminar last night. Today I used the handout and started our social media marketing campaign. Now I have a guided plan for our course of action to launch it.”

| Ted Casem, Irverify

“Melanie – Thank you for the wonderful Webinar this afternoon. It was very informative and engaging, and it gave me a lot to think about with regards to my social media strategy. Now I look forward to putting my plan into action.”

| Scott Siders, Novo Writing

“This book is outstanding.It’s so easy to use. I wish more applicants were prepared with a business plan of this level.”

| Alan Davidson, Former 1st Vice President, Comerica Bank

“I have reviewed your book and I think it is great! I think it is a much better tool to use for CWE’s Business Planning classes than the one they currently use which is full of lots of information but doesn’t help the students really get through the process. The process is what usually causes entrepreneurs to give it up before their done.”

| Carrie Johnson, Center for Women & Enterprise, www.cweboston.org

“A business plan is the foundation of your business’ success. The Guided Business Plan is a turn-key, navigational tool that assists you in laying a solid foundation for your entrepreneurial success.”

| Yvette Craddock, President, Click Marketing Solutions

“Melanie has a talent for listening to what her client wants to convey in their business plan and then produces phenomenal results. I have hired her to create documents for six different organizations that I have been involved with over the years.”

| Robert Delgado

“I think the GUIDED Social Media Plan book is very good! It bridges the gap between someone who is afraid to get in there but knows it will be good for their business. It also provides a comprehensive how-to and defines the resources need to pull it off.”

| Jeff Uter, CEO, Premier Management Alliance, LLC