Web and Graphics Designer
Branding and Marketing Expert
Top Leader, Sales Trainer, Coach, Consultant
Motivational Speaker, Best-Selling Author
CopsWives, Wonderful Widowed Women
Co-Founder Gratitude Girls
Corporate Professional Sales Trainer

Laurie Delk - author, speaker, coach, trainer

Laurie's life journey is a testament to unwavering faith, entrepreneurial spirit, and the transformative power of resilience. Rooted in a lifelong foundation of Christian values, instilled from her upbringing and a pivotal move from Texas to Middle Tennessee in 1986, Laurie embarked on a path marked by both professional achievement and personal devotion.

In 1993, driven by a profound desire to nurture her growing family, Laurie made a courageous decision to transition from a decade-long, successful career as an accountant at a Fortune 500 company. This pivotal moment, coinciding with her husband's aspiration to pursue his calling in law enforcement, became a catalyst for a life dedicated to purpose and service. Through prayerful consideration, they embraced both paths, demonstrating a commitment to faith-led action.

God has uniquely privileged Laurie to serve Him in numerous capacities over the past few decades. Her entrepreneurial journey began with the inception of her web & graphics, branding, marketing, and design company. Recognizing her talents as gifts to be shared, she pledged to utilize her skills for divine purpose. This commitment manifested in the creation of over a thousand websites, marketing materials, training platforms, and courses for pastors, churches, evangelists, missionaries, colleges, and a diverse range of business clients. Her expertise extended to comprehensive rebranding initiatives, empowering organizations to articulate their vision with clarity and impact.

Beyond her business acumen, Laurie is a prolific author, having penned the best-selling books "Keep Those Clients" and "We All Have Choices," and co-founded the transformative "Gratitude Girls - 100 Day Gratitude Journal Challenge." She has also contributed her insights to three additional publications. As a sought-after motivational speaker and corporate sales trainer, Laurie inspires audiences with her authentic voice and empowering message, often called upon for special speaking engagements around the world. Her dedication to education is further evidenced by her five years of teaching at her children's Christian school and her subsequent decision to homeschool them, allowing her to balance her growing speaking career with her commitment to family.

Her mission to empower women to embrace their God-given potential has taken her across the globe, where she shares her wisdom and encouragement with diverse audiences. Laurie's life, however, has not been without profound challenges. In 2013, she experienced the devastating loss of her children's father in a tragic accident, navigating the complexities of grief while raising her four children, then aged 25, 18, 16, and 12.

Believing in God's guidance for her life, Laurie remarried in April 2020 to Kevin Radecki, following their meeting in December 2019. Laurie prayed for exactly what she wanted in a husband and God showed Himself strong in giving her more than she asked in a God-fearing and God-loving husband.

Laurie's unique experiences over the past few decades provide special insight and encouragement for those who take her courses. Her story is a powerful testament to the resilience of the human spirit, the transformative power of faith, and the profound impact of living a life dedicated to purpose and service. Her journey inspires others to embrace their own unique paths, to overcome adversity with grace, and to live with unwavering gratitude and purpose.

Guiltless Spaghetti

Guiltless Spaghetti

Ingredients
1lb Ground Turkey
1 tbsp olive oil
1 small package of fresh sliced mushrooms (optional)
1/2 medium onion, diced (optional)
1 tsp dried Italian seasoning
Garlic Powder (use as much desired)
2 cans no salt diced tomatoes
1 large Spaghetti Squash
Pepper to taste
Fresh Grated Parmesan Cheese
 
Directions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Cut spaghetti squash in 4 pieces. Remove all the seeds and strings from the inside. Place on pan and lightly rub olive oil on top. Sprinkle pepper on top. Place in oven for 15-20mins.
 
Heat oil in large saucepan over medium heat. Add mushrooms, onion, and cook, stirring for 1 minute. Add ground turkey and spices. Continue to cook until done. Add canned tomatoes and continue to simmer. Split meat mixture into 4 servings when finished cooking.
 
After squash is finished cooking, pull strands apart from rind w a fork. Each piece is 1 serving.
 
Combine 1 serving of spaghetti squash w 1 serving of spaghetti meat and top w 1-2tbsp freshly grated Parmesan cheese. Go ahead and prepare the remaining 3 servings as well. Place in fridge for GRAB N GO!

Healthy lunch, habanero broccoli chicken

#HealthyLunch

Organic chicken breast strips

Bag frozen broccoli florets

Diced pineapple 

Apple Cider Vinegar

Diced Bell Peppers

Diced onion 

Juice of 1/2 lemon

Diced mango

Diced habanero peppers

Block 1/3 fat cream cheese

Simmer on stove on #4 about 30 min, stirring every 10.
 

Some possibly alarming stats for your business

Why do your CLIENTS LEAVE YOU? It’s not what you think!
68% is PERCEIVED INDIFFERENCE – (they don’t think you care about them)

Studies show that the average person won’t take action until they’ve heard or seen your message at least 7 times. It is VITAL to your business to have a systematic way for keeping in touch.

95% of your customers will purchase from a competitor on an impulse even if you provide a great service.
This just shows the importance of staying Top-Of-Mind with them.

66% of your business within the next 12 months should come from your sphere of influence. How are you staying in touch with them?

The average company loses 52% of it’s customers every 5 years…Cost of replacing them can be 6-7 times more expensive. The #1 reason for leaving is that they forget about you, the #2 reason is that they feel you took their business for granted.

62% of your clients aren’t taking advantage of all of your products or services.

For every month that you don’t communicate with your client, you lost 10% of your influence….if 10 months go by without communication, you’ve lost 100% of your influence!

I was featured on Terry Lancaster’s radio show

I was SO blessed and honored to be asked to be a special speaker on Terry Lancaster‘s radio show! Here is the information he said and how you can listen, and also sign up for his FREE boot camp! (I HIGHLY recommend it, he has lots of GREAT FREE Business tips!)
 
On this week’s episode, I’m joined by Laurie Delk, author of Keep Those Clients: Learn Relationship Marketing, Double Your Business, and Get Endless Referrals.
 
Laurie and I talk about what she learned from her Grandmother at the age of 5 that turned out to be the most important lesson she ever learned about business and life.
 
We talk about relationship marketing, the fact that people want to do business with people they know, like, and trust, and how despite the fact that most sales happen after 7 to 12 contacts, most salespeople quit following up after only 1 or 2.
 
She reels off a playbook of ways to stay in touch without ever being pushy or overbearing.
 
We talk about automotive sales legend Joe Girard who send cards and notes to every person he’d ever met EVERY MONTH because he knew that every month that goes by without you contacting the people in your network you lose 10% of your influence with them.
 
We talk about Tom Hopkins and how he sent 10 thank you notes a day every day and how one of Laurie’s clients sells more cars by sending thank you notes to the customers that don’t buy.
 
And we talk about how social media is a great supplement to, but never a replacement for, physical cards and actual IN REAL LIFE conversation.
 
Here is his link to listen to my interview and sign up for his FREE Boot Camp if you want:
 
Come back and tell me what you think!

Winning Over Worry

There is practically nothing worse for your business than constantly worrying about how to find that next person to whom you can present your product or service.

Yet that is typically the very thing that happens when you have no system for acquiring new prospects.

A business without a steady flow of Referrals always keeps you on the defensive, knowing that it’s up to you to come up with new people to talk to.

On the other hand, a business based on endless referrals fills you with peace of mind!

Having a system for acquiring endless referrals means going to sleep at night knowing you’ll have new business waiting for you the next day, and the next, and the next – for as long as you desire.

Networking or Socializing?

 
Today I am doing followups from people I met networking this last week.
 
In a discussion yesterday, we talked about all these people we meet networking…..
 
I looked today, I have met a little over 20,000 people in the Nashville area, in my networking adventures (and that is not all, those are just the ones that I have mailing addresses for).
 
What do YOU do after you meet someone at a networking event? Because if you are NOT following up, you are NOT netWORKing, you are socializing…..
 
And granted, anyone that knows me, knows I am one of the biggest social butterflies in the world haha!
 
BUT, are you networking to enhance you, yourself, your business, others, their business, etc or just to fill time slots with nothing better to do?
 
Today I am sending a *nice to meet you* card to everyone I met I have a mailing address for this week, sending them an email asking to set up a time for a *one on one* appointment, connecting w them on social media, looking for their birthday so i can send them a birthday card :), etc.
 
What do you do after you meet someone at a networking event?