A few years ago, I did something that radically boosted my business and pushed it right into the six figures … and it helped get my name out there like crazy.

I created a licensing program of a seminar I created that bore the name of my book - the How Much Joy Can You Stand workshop. Since then, I've built an entire business on the strength of this licensing work, and I urge you to do the same.

While it seems complicated to set up a licensing program, it doesn't have to be. Really, it's more of a creative challenge as you make choices that shape your training program to suit your purpose, style and goals.

Here are my Top Ten Reasons to set up a licensing program.

10. Your mother will be so proud!

9. You'll be forced to dig in and refine your work so it's laser-sharp and at its best, just through the process of teaching others how to lead it.

8. You'll no longer be doing your work alone and in a vacuum. In fact, think how many helpers you can attract.

7. There are a lot of people out there actively looking for workshops to lead but simply don't want to - or can't - design their own. So you'll be serving them.

6. You'll radically increase the number of people who sign up for your ezine or visit your website, if you arrange to have them promoted at each workshop.

5. If you create the right product - one that's necessary and fills a gap - you can seriously boost your income.

4. You can increase your passive revenue as your trainees sell your books and CD's from the back of the room at their events.

3. You get instant credibility as people hear your name and keep running into the name of your workshop again and again.

2. You can fill your coaching practice with grace and ease as more and more people hear about your work - and want to work with its originator or the 'head honcho'.

1.  You'll fulfill your mission in life by leaps and bounds. Just think how many more people will find your work, a you teach others to join you in spreading your word.

©2005 Suzanne Falter-Barns LLC.

Learn more about how to license your own programs at www.licensingrevenuesecrets.com.  For information on how to find the time, energy, and money to live your purpose in life, check out Suzanne's free ezine, The Joy Letter. Sign up at http://www.howmuchjoy.com/joyletter.html and receive our valuable report, 35 Guaranteed Time Savers. And find even more tips and tools at the Blast of Joy blog http://selfhelpsalon.typepad.com/blast_o_joy/