Go Big and Stay Home: Connect, Refer, Create, Your Road to Riches

By Tracie Hasse

Go Big AND Stay Home gives you the blueprint to live your dreams, fulfill your destiny, and have all the abundance you desire.

Go Big AND Stay Home will introduce you to the 21st Century model for doing business, by leveraging the power of technology while incorporating the art of building and nurturing relationships. Tracie shows you how to use the synergy of social networking, both in person and online, to grow your network exponentially. Using her fun and collaborative model, youll be sure to significantly raise your income.

In Go Big AND Stay Home, Tracie reveals the required mindset and relationship building skills needed to create a solid foundation to launch a new business or revitalize your existing business. You will learn how to supercharge your network connections and gain referrals that open up new opportunities for you to succeed and prosper.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Aug 18, 2016
• ISBN: 9781524619565

Tracie Hasse

Tracie Hasse is the President of Tracie Hasse International with over 25 years of business experience.  Her diverse career path includes working with corporate giants like The Walt Disney Company, Kodak, and Tony Robbins Company. As an award winning Escrow Sales Executive she was responsible for over 12 million dollars in production with her team. Tracie is now bringing her proprietary Signature Program to companies that serve the real estate industry and other industries willing to invest in a unique path to ignite their revenue.

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© 2016 Tracie Hasse. All rights reserved.

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Published by AuthorHouse   08/16/2016

ISBN: 978-1-5246-1957-2 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-5246-1956-5 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2016911960

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Contents

Dedication

Advance Praise For Go Big AND Stay Home

Foreword By Peggy McColl

Introduction

PART I: FUNDAMENTALS FOR CONNECTING FACE-TO-FACE

Chapter 1: Utilizing Success Circles, Spiral Mapping & Master Mining

PART II: THE POWER OF CONNECTING ONLINE

Chapter 2: Connecting Online & Offline with Purpose & Intention

Chapter 3: Harness the Power of Social Media for Your Business

Chapter 4: Magic of Linking Online

PART III: PROACTIVE PROSPERITY

Chapter 5: Referrals are Critical for Success

PART IV: SUCCESSFUL REFERRAL-BASED BUSINESS MODELS

Chapter 6: Refer and Create Your Road to Riches

PART V: GO BIG AND STAY HOME

Chapter 7: Inspiration & Actions for Going Big AND Staying Home

Epilogue

Acknowledgements

About the Author

Tracie Hasse International

Peggy McColl, Dynamic Destinies, Inc.

Resources

Author Contact Information:

Tracie Hasse

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Address: 1155 Camino Del Mar, #123, Del Mar, CA 92014

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LinkedIn URL: www.linkedin.com/in/traciehasse

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Book Cover by Reed Reppa and Design by Tracie Hasse.

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Dedication

I am forever grateful to Reed, my fiancé, for his deep love, endless patience, and enduring support of me. Infinite love and gratitude to Momma, Poppa, and Todd, my brother, for cheering me on from heaven, and Todd’s life motto Go Big Or Stay Home that inspired me to write Go Big AND Stay Home.

Advance Praise For Go Big AND Stay Home

Go Big & Stay Home is authentic, real, rich, and even…genius. Yes, genius. Tracie Hasse has taken vast concepts and presented them into easy, digestible, practical and useful tools that anyone can implement immediately to build a successful business and life. She has what I call, exceptional RQ (Relationship Quotient/Intelligence) and this is clearly demonstrated throughout the book. From the very start, Tracie sets the stage for her readers and with each chapter, she releases gems of wisdom where the reader is left saying I can do this!"

~Dr. Manna Ko, Manna For Life, Founder/CEO: Sought-after Speaker, Leadership Trainer and Business/Life Strategist; Author of 9 books including her recent Best Seller, Made For More

Tracie Hasse is the ultimate connector and it shows on every page of her exciting new book. As a passionate fellow relationship marketer myself, I agree wholeheartedly with the principles Tracie outlines in Go Big AND Stay Home. Thing is, these principles and skills are totally learnable. Even if you get overwhelmed by social media platforms and tools or you come home from networking events with stacks of business cards that end up gathering dust on your desk, with a few simple shifts you can transform your online and offline networking into measurable results and profits. Tracie shows you how!

~Mari Smith, Premier Facebook Business Development Expert & Author The New Relationship Marketing, Forbes Top Ten Social Media Power Influencers, International Keynote Speaker Specializing in Relationship Marketing

"Tracie is a genius at connecting people and opportunities that are destined to make it big. She is a master networker and brings an energy of joy and success into every endeavor she touches and her enthusiasm is irresistibly contagious! You can count on her to help you develop your best inspirations and to connect them to your network of friends and colleagues in fun and exciting ways. Her new book, Go Big AND Stay Home brings together the best of successful collaboration and the latest methods of leveraging online networks to turbo-charge your business opportunities. I have been working with Tracie since 2005 and highly recommend her work - her new book is a treasure-trove of business networking wisdom!"

~Christopher Dilts, Co-Founder Right Source Digital, Inc., ThoughtLeaderTransformation.com and Co-Author of The Handbook of High Performance Virtual Teams McMillian

"In today’s quickly changing digital landscape, Tracie’s book Go Big AND Stay Home is particularly relevant. In so many instances, the necessity of putting in commuting and brick and mortar office hours are non-essential and can even be detrimental to a business! Learning to navigate this culture, and do it in a productive way can be the very thing that allows your business to prosper when other’s fail. Read this book to harness the power of your relationships and social networking to build a powerful business from your home office or anywhere in the world!"

~Viveka von Rosen, LinkedIn Expert & Author: LinkedIn Marketing: An Hour a Day, International Keynote Speaker, Forbes Top 20 Most Influential Women in Social Media

Tracie, I am a firm believer in eating the same soup that you serve, which is what you are doing. Statistically, over 78% of everyone employed in Corporate America is unhappy with his or her job. With your book, you are the new pied-piper who is committed to helping individuals find their way to their dreams in an easy to follow fun way of sharing.

~Coach Ron Nash: Master Career Coach, LinkedIn Strategist, and Author, newest book How to LinkedIn

"Tracie is the ultimate connecter and master influencer. Go Big AND Stay Home will help you achieve any goals you want while having fun in the process!"

~Roberto Monaco, InfluenceOlogy.com The Best Presentation, Public Speaking and Influence Program in the World

"Tracie has done it, Go Big AND Stay Home is a book for conscious entrepreneurs that is full of wisdom, tips, strategies, and entertaining stories that all point you in the direction of business success. If you are going to read one book this year, make it this one."

~Ken D Foster, Business Strategist, Intuitive Mentor, Business Trainer, Speaker & Author 20 Minutes of Courage in 2016, Stars of Courage 501C3

Tracie is an amazing women, who not only walks her talk, she has now written a powerful book to guide others in doing the same.

~ Judy Ann Foster, Founder of Women’s Wisdom

Tracie is one of those few people I would call an uber connector….one that consistently is thinking about how to help others and making introductions that facilitate long lasting business relationships.

~ David Michail, Metlawgroup, Media, Entertainment, and Technology Counsel

"Bravo to Tracie Hasse and her new book Go Big AND Stay Home! What an inspiration to business owners and professionals who want to create a successful career and do it on their own terms. Tracie offers quick and easy ways -- both online and offline -- to nurture relationships, leverage your networks, and build a strong referral base to create the life and business of your dreams. Her passion for connecting to create more wealth and happiness in your life literally leaps off the page!"

~Rebecca Massoud, Business Success Coach & Marketing Mentor; Founder, SHINE Because It’s Your Time

Tracie is the ultimate connector! She is a master at putting people together so that everyone wins. We have specifically worked with her on our LinkedIn marketing and have seen great results from her expertise. We wish her all the best on the launch of her book and look forward to continuing our great relationship with her.

~ Jeff & Tina Rogers, Brainstorm Success, The Quit Whining, No Excuses, Get Busy Creating The Life You Love Coach!

Since knowing Tracie, my life has been enriched in so many ways. She is a person of great knowledge and wisdom. She has been an inspiration and motivation that has helped me bring about my true passion in life and work. Our brainstorming sessions have not only been true works of art but, fun, uplifting and a driving force that has moved me forward whenever I am stuck. Not only can I count on my dear friend for these moments in my life but, I can’t wait until we can get together again!

~ Dr. Steven Ross, Consultant, International Speaker, Practitioner, President/ Co-Founder & Educator, Advanced Medical Academy, a subsidiary of The American College of Integrative and Functional Medicine; Author of Curing The Cause and Preventing Disease, A New Approach to The Diagnosis and Treatment of Illness and Aging with Functional Diagnostic Medicine

Foreword By Peggy McColl

New York Times Best-Selling Author, The Best Seller Maker, Millionaire Author Maker

Author of 11 books including her recent Best Seller, Darn Easy

The title of this book is brilliant…Go Big AND Stay Home. If that is something you would love to do, then you are in the right place and at the right time. There has never been a better time in history to run your own business from the comfort of your home. Tracie will show you how to have that experience be seamless and enjoyable while honoring your hearts’ desire in business.

More than 20 years ago I was sparked with an idea to incorporate my own business and run it from the comfort of my home. The idea was fanned into flame and became a mission and became my life. And, from this, I created a profitable business that continues to grow positively in revenue, profit and reach.

Starting a business was not something that I was trained to do. My own parents were hard working and dedicated employees of other businesses and having a role model for entrepreneurship or guidance on what was required to start and build a business was not something that I was exposed to. In fact, my siblings and I were discouraged from continuing our education because my family didn’t have the funds to support that desire. Nor were we encouraged to step out of the norm and pursue our passion by running our own business.

Now that I have created my own business, and have run my own business for more than twenty years, I feel grateful every single day. The benefits are endless. To wake up every single day and feel blessed to do meaningful work, serving and sharing people in the world who benefit from your knowledge, experience and wisdom is truly fulfilling. I also love and appreciate how having a successful business has a ripple affect and positively impacts those around you.

As Tracie will share with you in her wonderful book, it really doesn’t matter where you come from, your education or your background, if you have the desire, you can create anything. Follow her guidance, suggestions, and recommendations, learn from her brilliance and most importantly … apply it. When you do, you will experience the positive side of having greater and greater success. My only wish for you, is total success while you are ‘Going Big.’

Introduction

Moving to Las Vegas, Nevada at five years old felt scary and overwhelming for this small town girl who was born in Cody, Wyoming, with a population of 3,000. After the culture shock wore off, it took some time for me and my family to adjust to life in the big city. Our hearts longed for the safety net of friendships we were blessed with in Cody.

This is a story about a small town girl who grew up in the big city and embarked on an extraordinary life of self-discovery, in order to find her unique calling for helping others to succeed and prosper.

In Cody, it was safe for my brothers George and Todd, and my sister Mary and I to play outside with the neighbors. We all played together. Everyone knew each other. Todd and I being the youngest were always on a mission to keep up with our older sister and brother, Mary and George. We did the usual small town things kids did to have fun and play. We rode our bikes, enjoyed swinging on swings, and visiting our favorite neighbor, Seddi, to eat yummy goodies like spiced gumdrops. In the winter we spent our time on the ski slopes and our snow covered yard. We never worried about being safe. Everyone looked out for each other in our wonderful small town. Las Vegas didn’t feel safe when I was a little girl who didn’t know anyone.

I started kindergarten in the big city as the new kid. I was painfully shy and didn’t have any friends. The thought of going to a new school in a brand new place was terrifying for me. My parents had to carry me across the street kicking and screaming, and force me to go to school. As soon as my parents dropped me off, my teacher would cart me off to the nurse’s office because I wouldn’t stop crying. The nurse tried to help and find out if there was anything wrong with me. There was. I was scared about being a stranger in a strange land. But the nurse couldn’t help me with that. As tears rolled down my cheeks, I thought to myself, I’m not sick, I’m afraid and I don’t have any friends here.

My Mom helped me through this troubled time with a book I came to cherish and appreciate. Momma read, A Fun Day at Kindergarten, to me every night at bedtime. I loved the book, because I got to sit on my Momma’s lap, where I felt safe. It helped me make the transition into kindergarten.

Later in life, I asked my Momma, How did I finally get over being so upset and stop hiding in the house when it was time to go to school? She reminded me it was because I had finally made a friend. She said, Once you made that one friend you were happy about going to school. It changed everything for you. Neither one of us remembered that one friends name, probably because I quickly made many more friends after that.

As the years passed, I discovered that making new friends was like breathing air and drinking water for me. I needed relationships to survive. Making friends was important to me. I enjoyed nurturing and growing relationships. It came naturally to me. Relationships made me happy. Eventually, they became the central theme to my life. I am starting this book with my story, in an effort to show how my special gift for relationship building eventually became my unique way of helping others get what they want out of life.

My parents were my greatest teachers who led by example. I learned about the importance of relationships and how essential it is to stay connected and in touch with the people you love and care about. They had friendships that stood the test of time and lasted a lifetime, 70 years and more!

I consider my friends to be earth angels sprinkled throughout my life. They consist of people I’ve known since I was born, as well as new friends who are kindred spirits I feel like I’ve known for many moons.

In the winter months, snow skiing was