How Do Sam Horn’s Consulting Services Work?

What Do Grateful Clients Say About Consulting with Sam?

 "Sam Horn is a creative genius with words, phrases, and titles. She also knows what grabs people and what sells! Sam Horn is a must for any author who needs an inventive breath of fresh air!" - Julie Jansen, I Don't Know What I Want, But I Know It's Not This! (Penguin-Putnam)

 "When it comes to working with other people, I'm tough to please.  I demand personal integrity, extraordinary skills, a great sense of humor and deep commitment to client results.  Sam Horn has all of these qualities and more.  She has the rare ability to help you find the hidden genius buried within your thoughts, shape it into a compelling message and deliver it in an eye-catching package.  Working with Sam dramatically expanded the focus and purpose of my work." - Kay Cannon, President of International Coaching Federation, 2007

 “Thank you for being the genesis of this project.  You provided the “POP” that was needed at just the right time.  Your ability to bring the diamond out of the rough is truly a gift.  Thank you too for keeping this project centered on the mission and representative of my core values.” – Drayton Boylston, Executive Director of The Rescue Institute and author of Coming Unscrooged

 "You rock and roll, Sam.  You had so many good ideas on how we could generate one-of-a-kind titles and projects -- our fingers could hardly keep up with our note-taking." - Stacey Hall and Jan Brogniez, Attracting Perfect Customers: The Power of Strategic Synchronicity (Barrett- Koehler)

"I have been struggling with my conclusion for three days.  You looked at it and solved everything in two minutes.  It's not a conclusion - it's an introduction!  The lights came on and the band started playing.  Your ability to see a problem and fix it is far keener than any editor I've ever seen.  You are beyond brilliant." - Fawn Germer, 4-time Pulitzer nominee, Hard-Won Wisdom

 "Thank you for making my project 'sing.' You were able, in just a few hours, to pull together things I'd been struggling with for weeks. What an amazing talent you have! And what a joy you are to work with." - Cynthia Shapiro, PHR, Corporate Confidential (St. Martins Press)

"It was amazing to work with you, as I knew it would be.  I fell in love with your creativity just by listening to CD’s of your work, but what you do in person is dramatically more powerful.  I've been searching for someone who could assist clarifying my focus about my writing/speaking career without losing the 'real’ me."  I have literally not stopped writing since I left your office." - Laura Harris, The Effortless Entrepreneur

How Do We Work Together?

 Most clients choose to work together face-to-face.  Working together in person allows us to go “deep” into your experience and expertise to develop a comprehensive “language bank” that we then POP! into proprietary intellectual capital and one-of-a-kind positioning for your company, creation or cause. Depending on your goals, we then focus on turning that into unique brands, identities, approaches, presentations and products that help you break out instead of blend in.

 Clients either fly to my office in Reston, VA (ten minutes from Washington DC’s Dulles Airport) or coordinate an appointment when I’m already in their area for a speaking engagement.

My consulting is available in mentoring packages and in time packages.  I occasionally work with clients over the phone on an hourly basis, on a time available basis. 

You are welcome and encouraged to record our brainstorming and strategizing.  Previous clients have found the results of our immersion into your project are verbal gold.  You’ll find yourself describing your project perfectly “That’s exactly what I wanted to say!” and by recording my specific “next steps” suggestions, you can listen to them again and again.  Many clients tell me they hear something new each time and often have their recordings transcribed so they can cut and paste my “languaging” of their project directly into their marketing material.

You may have your own recording device, or you can check out this service - FreeConferencePro.com. They offer free recording and archive it as well.

Are You Wondering, “How Can I Make Sure This Pays Off?”

 You may be thinking, "There are a lot of consultants out there.  What's so special about you?  How can I be sure this will be worth the time, effort and money I invest?"

 Hopefully, the testimonials from a wide variety of satisfied clients will show my proven track record.

I don't make empty promises.  My goal is to 1) exceed your expectations, 2) help you identify and then realize your strategic goals, and 3) help you develop an original, one-of-a-kind identity that catapults your career, dramatically increases your income, establishes you as a respected topic expert or the go-to resource in your field to attract favorable interest from decision-makers and target customers.

My rather rare combination of experience uniquely qualifies me to materialize your entrepreneurial objectives..  A few of my credentials include: 

• Top-rated speaker at two International Platform Association conventions and 2003-2004 Outstanding Capital Speaker.  I've presented programs to more than half a million people in 35 states and 4 foreign countries and for such organizations as NASA, Young Presidents Organization, National Governors Association, the US Navy, Hewlett-Packard, Fortune 500 Forum, Boeing, Genentech, Associated General Contractors of America, Lockheed Martin, Loma Linda University, Legg Mason, and Booz-Allen.

• My books (from major New York publishers St. Martin's Press and Perigee) have been sold around the world and published in 15 different languages, endorsed by Seth Godin, Tony Robbins, Ken Blanchard, Jeffrey Gitomer, Mark Sanborn, John Gray, Mark Victor Hanson, Stephen Covey, Jack Canfield, Richard Carlson, and Susan Jeffers, and have been favorably reviewed in Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Investors Business Daily, Seattle Times and dozens of other national publications.

• 15-time Emcee of the world-renown Maui Writers Conference, which has given me a first-hand opportunity to work with hundreds of best-selling authors and top directors (e.g., Dave Barry, Mitch Albom, Natalie Goldberg, Frank McCourt, Ron Howard, Elizabeth George, Tami Hoag, James Brooks, Nicholas Sparks, Jacquelyn Michard, David Baldacci and Sue Grafton), and dozens of top agents and editors from New York's largest publishing houses.  

• Frequent media guest who's been interviewed on every major network and hundreds of TV and radio shows including NPR's popular Diane Rehm Show, Jay Leno’s Tonight Show, WGN, Dr. Laura, and To Tell The Truth (where her Tongue Fu! team stumped the panel!) 

Consultant who has worked with satisfied clients from around the world (London, Canada, Australia, 35+ states) to help them realize their entrepreneurial goals. As Lisa Delman, author of Dear Mom, I Want You To Know . . .said, "I could go on and on about Sam. She is completely focused on the needs of the client and is dedicated to helping others fulfill their dreams. She has an incredible talent for putting words together and bringing out the essence of the message. I admire her sincerity, honesty, and integrity and I am so grateful for her expertise. My project just got picked up by Putnam Publishing. She is the best!" What's this mean to you? 

I don't just talk about how to become a one-of-a-kind IDEApreneur who publishes books, speaks internationally, consults, attracts national media attention and earns a good living doing work she loves, I've done it.   More importantly, my clients have done it too.

One of my most satisfying accomplishments is receiving emails from satisfied clients who tell me about their completed, successful projects and say, “I couldn’t have done it without you.” 

I love walking into bookstores around the country and turning the books of clients FACE-OUT. I love sitting in the audience and watching a client deliver a presentation that has audience members standing on their feet and cheering  . . .and then going home and following up on what they’ve learned to reap real-world results. I love receiving “before and after” letters from clients who tell me how satisfying it is to get paid to do work they love with people they respect.

I hope to have the pleasure and privilege to do that for you, someday soon.

Questions?

 Contact Cheri Grimm in the CA office at 805 528-4351 or email info@SamHorn.com if you have questions and/or want to book your consulting package.

 You also might want to visit http://www.samhorn.com for more testimonials, free articles, and a current speaking schedule.  Perhaps I will be speaking in your city soon and we can work together while I’m in your area.  I often piggy-back my travel with in-person consults and come in a day early or stay a couple days after to work with clients face-to-face.

 Please know that in the years I've had the good fortune to help thousands of people turn their entrepreneurial dreams into reality, I have NEVER met anyone who was sorry he or she ACTED on their ideas and turned them into rewarding businesses, books, keynotes and careers; I have only met people who were sorry they didn't start sooner. 

 I look forward to hearing from you soon, and hope we have a chance to work together to help you, turn your intentions and ideas into one-of-a-kind businesses that allow you to make a positive difference for others and a prosperous living for yourself.