If you are a professional wondering how to enter into the world of blogs, facebook and tweets and can’t tell the difference between a fan, a friend or a follower then Allison Bliss’s Social Media Action Tool will help you get into the game. I have been a “scardy cat” when it comes to social media and this action plan has helped me to navigate these unchartered waters. I highly recommend it.

goes the extra mile for her clients and has a really great team of creatives. . . strengthening my marketing message, and making me look really good. Their prices are fair, and they deliver.

Ms Bliss provided a great service to our small business at a price a small business can handle. Top qualities: Great Results, Good Value, Creative. I ordered her “knowledge is Bliss” package where she interviews a selection of clients and provides marketing feedback. As we suspected, our clients liked us for reasons that we overlooked. As computer specialists we pride ourselves in our backups and documentation procedures. We have already used these new materials as part of how we started two new accounts. Allison let us know that our clients REALLY like our responsiveness, which we had taken for granted as the nature of the job. With the information Ms. Bliss provided us we hired an artist to make up a logo for us and provide a color theme for our letterhead, street level sign and website. [We were also able to] define the content of our website and our tri-fold handouts. “Responsive” took center stage. At a very affordable price our marketing and image got a facelift that normally only a larger company could afford. That is not all there is to sales, but having publicity that provides a good and accurate impression makes it easier to solicit a new account. Allison did not pay me to write this and I know it sounds like an ad. Well, it is an ad. I strongly recommend her services and am glad we made use of them.

Already well-known for her innovative business consulting services, Allison Bliss has begun to offer Creative Strategic Walks with Bliss" so you can get exercise and enterprise at the same time.One of the best parts is that Allison tape recorded our conversation. Instead of needing to take notes during our meeting I was able to let my ideas flow more freely, knowing the facts would all be available in complete detail.The best of both worlds: an expansive vista to help me dream big and targeted professional guidance to facilitate those visions becoming a functional business. Highly recommended.

Yes this walk was worth the cost!…Within 5 minutes, we got to the root of my business issue and began to solve it. We then found ways to differentiate the company, and execute a new marketing campaign.The walk was enjoyable, but at the same time, focused. It didn’t really feel like work, but we got a lot done. I also found it helpful that I got a recording of our talk so I can reference it easily. The strategic walk is a bargain for what you get, and worthwhile to do periodically.

Allison has been an extremely valuable member of our team since the first day she walked through the door. Her marketing suggestions have helped shape our campaign, from the language we use in our materials to the way we approach our clients. And while we’re experienced marketers, we’ve learned a lot about closing a sale from her. We appreciated her ability to understand our products and goals quickly, along with a real facility for establishing rapport with our clients demonstrating her clear professionalism- and our sales success is very high! She’s not only contributed a sense of humor and an optimistic outlook, but has been a major motivator for us as well.

I chose Allison Bliss Consulting because my marketing had stalled out. As much as I could learn about marketing tactics, I always felt that they weren’t getting applied in an effective manner. Everything seemed hit or miss, and I didn’t even know if things were working or not. Allison was able to quickly understand what I had already done, and assess what needed tweaking, ramping up, or overhauling. Best of all, she put the activities into a time-line schedule, so that I can concentrate on doing the right things at the right times to get the best results.

Wow! Do I feel lucky to have found Allison Bliss Consulting, a marketing and communications agency. At this point in my business the agency has been a God-send! From my first phone intake to yesterday’s 1.5 hour website review meeting, every interaction with Allison Bliss has proven to be exactly what she promotes: Personal Attention Every time I call, I always get to speak with Allison, not someone representing or assisting her. Fast Turnaround After each interaction I’ve had with Allison, I receive an email or phone call within the hour or at minimum, the day, containing summations, recommendations, and feedback to each meeting, whether by phone, email or in-person. Genuine and Honest Feedback and Advice. I appreciate how Allison continues to provide me with recommendations, based on her knowledge and years of experience working with both large and small businesses or entrepreneurs like me. Yet, she also listens and honors my readiness or sometimes hesitation for growing my business. After expressing fears and my reasoning for cautious growth, Allison calmly and clearly presented various options, while respecting my pace and style. Additionally, I appreciate the ‘one-stop shopping’ aspect of being a client of Allison Bliss Consulting, knowing when I need writers, publicists, researchers, or even event, film & TV production personnel, all I have to do is call Allison. During my initial 5 hours of Marketing Coach services, Allison helped me refine and define my goals and gave me a one-year specific and strategic plan to follow, offered ‘anytime’ phone calls if I have questions, researched new locations for my business using the specs I requested, and after taking me through a page-by-page website review, provided me with a detailed list of what to change and how to go about it. I am glad I found Allison Bliss Consulting, her professionalism, heart, and spirit. I plan to grow my business with her agency’s knowledge and support – a primary resource for reaching my goals.

I hired Allison to interview my executive coaching and consulting clients in order to clarify value received from my services and to consider ways my work could be enhanced. I didn’t want to ask certain questions that might be perceived as self-serving, yet I wanted those questions asked. I believed that my clients may not be as candid with me-about my services- as they would be with a third person. Additionally, I didn’t want to burden my busy clients by asking for a written testimonial. It wasn’t easy to find someone I trusted enough for this delicate task. But Allison’s experience and comfortable manner put me at ease. She is a skilled interviewer and it was extremely valuable to have a written transcript of the interviews. It was also great to have a closing session with Allison to review the interviews. She made several very important suggestions that included clear strategies for implementation. This was a totally unexpected benefit from our work. I’m sure her marketing and business development suggestions will nurture the growth of my business and support better service to my clients.

Allison Bliss used a combination of intuitive insight and linear reasoning – along with a great aesthetic eye – to help us launch a dynamite website that is both informational, fun, and provides a call to action.

What an inspired idea to walk while strategizing for my business! We got so much done that we couldn't possibly have accomplished sitting around a desk. I walked away with an elevator speech, a clear strategy to focus on to make my business known and enough tips so I know exactly what to do over the next few months.

Let me count the ways I valued consultations from Allison Bliss Consulting: 1) The pre-session homework was sobering and thoughtful. It helped me focus. It got me in a receptive, let’s-get-to-it consciousness for the sessions. 2) Allison’s gracious manner throughout made me feel at ease, valued, and receptive. 3) Her careful reading of what I had sent helped cut to the essence of my issues, needs and possibilities. 4) The editing she had performed on my spiritual business plan flyer moved it forward faster. 5) Everything she did made me cut to the chase of the issue of self-worth, which led to being clearer about the worth I offer, and creating a worthwhile flyer. 6) Her willingness to go beyond the time was an extra gracious gift. 7) Her unflinching willingness to say the truth as she sees it was quite valuable. Thanks especially for that.

I spent a deeply rewarding hour walking and brainstorming with Allison Bliss. We explored two business challenges while wandering along the bustling Oakland waterfront. Valuable, relevant, and surprising insights emerged during the session I was able to implement an entirely fresh approach to promoting my business the very next day.

My husband and I are in the pre-launch phase of our new company, and had contacted Allison to do one of her "Walks with Bliss" meetings. Neither of us was quite sure what to expect. We're both huge exercise fans, so the prospect of having a meeting outdoors was definitely intriguing. But we had no clue what would actually transpire during our walk, and thought it might be nothing more than a pleasant diversion from being indoors.Were we in for a HUGE surprise. 2012-10-02 11.00.03During a lovely walk around the Oakland estuary, Allison asked us a series of questions that on the surface seemed more like fun conversation-starters. But Doug and I soon realized that her inquiries were incredibly sharp and probing on a number of levels...and caused us both to think about our company in a way we hadn't ever done before. What Allison was able to do, by very skillfully leading the conversation, and listening to our verbal data-diump, was to induce us to think about what's possible – what we REALLY want to see happen with our business – completely free of all restriction. Because Allison makes her clients feel absolutely safe, and that anything mentioned is (and will be) within the realm of the doable, Doug and I felt free to articulate our wildest hopes. While we thought the business should be restricted to one small "compartment," Allison allowed us to break those bonds and realize that what we actually want is something else entirely: Instead of one tiny, mom & pop operation, our business could actually be franchised internationally one day. 2012-10-02 10.56.03Without Allison's skillful questioning and gentle nudging of the conversation, we would never have had that clarity. Such an ability to see the "whole enchilada," needless to say, has been invaluable in reworking our business plan, seeing what challenges lie ahead, and what we need to do to address those challenges. As a lifelong journalist, I'm used to being the one asking the questions. To observe someone else doing this so insightfully, and with such purpose, was a revelation for me. I am convinced that Allison's concept of getting her clients outside, into the fresh air, and out of the normal doldrums of the office environment, is pure genius for starters. What she manages to do during the walks is absolutely brilliant. So impressed were we with this initial get-together that Doug and I maximized the value of our "stroll" by booking a second, extremely insightful meeting with Allison (this time in her office), during which we went from big-picture concepts to specific tactics and strategies for realizing our business objectives. Since Allison specializes in developing marketing strategies for sole proprietors and small business owners like ourselves, her expertise was invaluable in helping us craft a realistic (and most importantly – affordable) plan of attack. Allison has so many fascinating and fun tricks up her sleeve for those of us who are working on slender budgets. I cannot recommend her services highly enough to anyone who is facing the daunting task of figuring out what their company is, and then how to get the word out. Our "Walks with Bliss" was worth triple the cost we paid -- and we know the dividends will continue indefinitely.

I got more than I bargained for from Allison Bliss Consulting. She’s inspired many successes for me in 2013 with her advising, encouragement, and her confidence building. From her analysis of our intake session, Allison’s efficient marketing approach afforded me her understanding right from the very start of my strengths and challenges. She was able to guide me step-by-step through a comprehensive marketing plan with specific and strategic actions to reach my goals. I had clear guidance of where to start and a vast amount of support along the way. I felt the challenges that initially threatened to engulf me were now manageable. Simultaneously my website got a ‘facelift’; updated content, some redesign and reorganization directed by Allison and supported by the professionals on her team. Her website support even included a tutorial to teach me how to update my site so I could save heaps of money by not paying programmers to do this. Because English is my second language, I needed Allison to help me edit. At first there were many changes, but over time she taught me how to communicate more clearly. I trust that she will never mislead me by saying my work is good when it’s not. She’s honest and doesn’t leave a stone unturned. As my writing improved, so did my self-confidence, to the point that I was able to give public presentations on my topic with content and structure Allison helped me develop and write. Not only did the presentation turn out well, I broke through my inclination to be shy and I actually enjoyed myself! With this level of support, I feel that 2013 is the year I broke through yet another layer.