Maria Marsala Bio
Elevating Your Business is an education, support, and strategies company that focuses on helping financial services and service industry CEO's, presidents, branch managers and "C" level executives to earn more, increase market share, work smarter, and enjoy a high quality financially secure life. We specialize in addressing the challenges of growing 6 and 7-figure companies -- or business owners who want to reach those numbers. We will make a positive impact on your business starting with your consultation.
Our team of experienced professionals -- lawyers, coaches, accountants, graphic artistis, and copywriters are also there to help you reach your goals.
Maria Marsala, founder of Elevating Your Business
is a former Fortune 300 executive, small business strategist, author, and speaker. Maria entered the business world at 14 as an Avon representative. She started her "second" career on Wall Street at the tender age of 17 and made her mark at several well-respected firms: Merrill Lynch, Dean Witter Reynolds, and Bear Stearns. Wall Street recognized and rewarded Maria's fierce determination and keen business insights; she became a bond trader at a time when women executives were a rare commodity. Maria then turned her knack for problem solving, organizing, and systems development into a new position, increasing productivity and reducing expenses in a variety of departments.
Elevating Your Business provides a variety of support (phone, in person, email, etc.) to service companies and independent professionals whose sales are 6 and 7-figures annually (or that's the number they want their business to make). Her clients -- located around the USA -- count on her expertise, ideas, resources, and solutions to their business growth challenges. In fact, her clients "crowned" her "The Resource Queen" because of the great number of resources she provides them as they get "unstuck".
Maria shepherds her clients towards success by focusing on simplicity and execution. She helps her clients create, refine, and reuse business systems and marketing processes that "work." Maria's clients know they can trust her to keep their confidences and to always have their best interest at heart. But they hire her because she's also a kick-butt, no-nonsense, problem solver.
After many requests to share her insights on what small business owners can learn about business from corporate America, Maria created a products series called "Corporate Secrets for Small Business Success". Her concepts have been featured in numerous national and international publications, including Money magazine, Women's Day, and The Bottom Line. Her ideas and strategies are mentioned in several books including "6 Steps to Free Publicity" by Marcia Yudkin, and "Streetwise Small Business Book of Lists: Hundreds of Lists to Help You Reduce Costs, Increase Revenues, and Boost Your Profits," edited by Gene Marks.
Elevating Your Business is partnered with a variety of businesses that compliment her clientele. Maria has spoken at more than 70 events nationwide, is an Internet veteran, certified teleseminar leader, trained life coach, and former newspaper columnist; she has also appeared on numerous radio and TV shows.
Maria is a native NY'er, who happens to currently live in near Seattle, Washington. She's a life long learner who has volunteered for several decades, currently at Washington DECA, Washington Business Week, Washington Fish & Wildlife, Columbia Tower Club. She's won numerous awards for her environmental efforts and work with teenagers. Maria is single and also loves to cook, play cards, read, garden, and socialize.
Current Affiliations: Make Mine a Million Dollar Business Mentor, Certififed TeleClass Leader, Graduate of Coach U, Coachville Founding Member, Washington Decca, Women Business Owners, Columbia Tower Club Member, Eagle Harbor Congregational Member, Co-Moderator of The Discussion Corner Forum, Licensed Consultant One Page Business Plan(r).
Book Maria to speak or conduct a tranining at your event, conference, retreat or internally in your company.
More About Me!
My mission has always been to help others get to the next step; no matter what that step was. I seem to have the natural gifts of being able to motivate others, build trust quickly and connect people with people or resources that help them grow. A comment I've heard often is that it's refreshing to deal with someone who just says it like she sees it. Below are some of the many things I've done in my life that I'm proud of.
- I'm one of 4 Moderators at Willie Crawfords forum; and the only women -- yet again!
- I'm was a 'certified Mediator in NY and one of the first members of the Increase the Peace Movement
- I started volunteering at age 10 (I keep my volunteering stuff private)
- As a certified NYC Tree Prunner, when called upon, I can trim street and city Parks trees in NYC, where I was a volunteer for more than 10 years.
- I've won a few community awards for my work with teenagers and conducting community clean ups.
- I was a Zone Captain for International Beach Clean Up Day and taught 7 organizations how to successfully conduct clean-ups.
- Once, when I purposly changed jobs within the same company, I was able to go from making a company money, to saving that company the same amount that I had been making them in a year!
- I drove across the country after driving for less then 6 years (a major feat for a NYer who used a ferry, buses and trains to get around)
- I have mentored a culturally diverse group of nearly 100 teenagers; one of whom years later purchased my first home on Staten Island.
- Even though I know I'll move back to NY someday, I took a chance, went on an adventure, and have now lived in two other states.
- I'll add more as I think of it!
Next Step...
Business leaders -- owners or executives -- have changed the way they do business as a result of working with Elevating Your Business. You can too. Let's talk about how to increase your profits, work smarter and improve your companies productivity. Click here to schedule an exploratory session. Or call us at 360.271.8418.
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