53: Christine Norton Helps Life Story Writers Get Up and Running

How a life story writer ramped up her business with licensees Christine Norton is passionate about telling people's stories. And she knew others were, too. But not everyone is comfortable with creating a business from the ground up, and that's where her Forget-Me-Not Life Stories writing partner program comes in. In exchange for a business license fee, her writing partners get everything they need to get their own memoir-writing service companies up and running. Listen as we discuss this and much more, including: the high-end, hand-bound book design, created especially for Forget-Me-Not Life Stories, that allows clients to later add more pages to their books the value of celebrating photos and memorabilia in highly designed life story books her mentoring and coaching program, offered to clients who need some help as they write their own life story how the success of her business licensees equates to her own success what her licensees get as an official Forget-Me-Not Life Stories writing partner Because Christine had so much great stuff to talk about—and I don't want anyone missing any of it—I split our conversation in two. Check back next week to hear part two of the interview.   Curious about how her writing partners are finding clients? Check out this incredible list of their speaking gigs.   Talks given by the Forget Me Not Lifestories members up to end September 2017 AUCKLAND Bupa Wattle Downs Retirement Village Bupa Erin Park Retirement Village Ryman Grace Joel Retirement Village Ryman Bruce McLaren Retirement Village East Coast Bays Library Highgrove Retirement Village Rosedale Retirement Village Lady Allum Retirement Village Bert Sutcliffe Retirement Village The Poynton Retirement Village Birkenhead Rotary Club Northcote Rotary Club Devonport Rotary Club Takapuna Probus Glenfield Probus St Andrews Parish Ginger ‘n Bread Group One Tree Hill Ladies Probus Club Inner Wheel Club of Auckland East One Tree Hill Rotary Club, Onehunga Lynfield-Hillsborough-Mt Roskill Rotary Club Auckland Harbourside Rotary Club Ponsonby Probus Rotary Western Springs Manurewa Gardens Probus club Summerset Retirement Village, Manukau Ormiston Probus, Auckland Takapuna Probus, Auckland Selwyn Park Retirement Village, Hillsborough WAIKATO (including TAUPO) Views on Vogel (Resthaven) Retirement Village, Cambridge BUPA St Kilda Retirement Village, Cambridge BUPA St Andrews Retirement Apartments, Hamilton Lauriston Park Ret Vill, Leamington, Cambridge Selwyn St Andrews Ret Vill, Cambridge Tahuna Lions Club, Tahuna Golf Club Trevellyn Retirement Apartments, Hamilton Cambridge Lyceum Hilda Ross Ret Village, Hamilton Cambridge Senior Net North Gate Community Church, Hamilton Alandale Retirement Village, Hamilton Aged Care Network Hub, Hamilton Age Concern, Hamilton Summerset Retirement Village, Taupo BAY OF PLENTY (including the Western and Eastern BOP) Aged Care Network Hub, Tauranga Recycled Teenagers, Mount Maunganui Age Concern, Tauranga Branch Ryman Bob Owen’s Retirement Village, Bethlehem Ryman Bob Owen’s Retirement Village, Bethlehem (Show and Tell) Katikati History Group Association of Anglican Women, Gate Pa, Tauranga Tauranga Women’s Lions Group Sunday Scribblers, Katikati Baptist Church, Mount Maunganui Papamoa Branch of the New Zealand Society of Genealogists Lions Club, Omokoroa Somervale Retirement Village, Tauranga Age Concern, Tauranga Vision Retirement Village, Papamoa, Tauranga Metlifecare Bayswater, Tauranga Rotary Club Sunrise, Tauranga Rotary Club of Tauranga Rotary Club of Katikati Althorp Retirement Village, Tauranga Rotary Club of Otumoetai Carmel Country Estate Retirement Village, Tauranga Bureta Probus, Tauranga Vision Probus, Tauranga Avenues Probus, Tauranga Katikati Probus Mt Maunganui Probus, Bay of Plenty Men's Group, St John's Church, Otumoetai, Tauranga Kowhai Rebus Probus Omokoroa Beach Probus Omokoroa History Group Acacia Park Rest Home, Omokoroa, to celebrate International Elders’ Day Workshops,