A Look at the Work of doTERRA Healing Hands in Madagascar

daho resident Todd Bailey is a consultant with expertise in risk management and business coaching. Currently, Todd Bailey serves as the principal for Stronghold Risk Management and Fortress Risk Management, as well as the founder of the Idaho-based business coaching website Rise2Pro.com. Outside of his professional work, Mr. Bailey supports charitable organizations such as the doTERRA Healing Hands Foundation.

A charity operated by the essential oil company doTERRA, the Healing Hands Foundation works to eliminate disease and poverty across the globe. Currently, the foundation engages in humanitarian partnerships and co-impact sourcing programs in Bulgaria, Kenya, Nepal, and Madagascar.

In Madagascar, doTERRA Healing Hands supports a mobile health clinic that provides health care to 10 impoverished communities that participate in the Ylang Ylang harvesting cooperative. In addition to funding a doctor on site, the effort provides first-aid training and essential oils to a designated health officer from each village. Eventually, the project aims to construct a brick-and-mortar clinic to complement the mobile unit.

Tips for Starting a Home Business

B. Todd Bailey founded Idaho-based Rise2Pro.com in 2015, which provides resources for home business entrepreneurs. As the company's visionary, B. Todd Bailey works with deliverables and tech-based services, and oversees all aspects of the Idaho enterprise, including recruitment, training, and team leadership.

Many home entrepreneurs start off on the wrong foot, making missteps that lead them to poor habits or failure in the long run. Those who want to avoid these traps should consider these tips:

Setting up a dedicated workspace and keeping a consistent schedule can go a long way. This keeps work organized and reduces the risk of distractions or temptations. Otherwise, family members, errands, and even naps can chip away at productivity.

Getting familiar with business tax laws is also a good idea. Businesses can adopt many different structures, and choosing the right one, with advice from a qualified professional, can help build profits in the long run.

Finally, a little bit of toughness goes a long way. Many businesses fail because their owners face one or two early setbacks and give up. Successful home entrepreneurship requires grit.

Making an Enemy Is a Selling Strategy

Since establishing Rise2Pro.com in Nampa, Idaho, Todd Bailey has been the visionary for its direct sales team. Since moving to Idaho, Todd Bailey has become more interested in the psychology of selling.

Salespeople have traditionally looked for new and better techniques for converting prospects into sales, and a good deal of research has gone into learning what makes people part with their hard-earned cash. According to a study by social psychologist Henri Tajfel, people respond well to being divided into groups and defining another group as an enemy.

While this may sound extreme, it’s not about attacking your competitors, but helping your customers define themselves. Apple used this strategy effectively when it created the Mac vs. PC campaign. A clothing company may try to indicate that it is strictly for athletes, and while this may discourage some consumers from buying its apparel, others may like the distinction and take the opportunity to define themselves by their purchase.

he Beginnings of Trout Unlimited

Though a resident of Idaho, Todd Bailey is a principal of Fortress Risk Management LLC in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Todd Bailey enjoys fishing in Idaho and donates to Trout Unlimited (TU), the national fish conservation organization.

United by their love of trout fishing, 16 anglers founded TU while meeting at George Griffith’s house near Grayling, Michigan, on the banks of the Au Sable River in 1959. Their primary concern was that the state was stocking its waterways with small hatchery fish that they called “cookie cutter trout.”

TU’s founders were convinced that Michigan’s trout streams could produce better fish naturally if the wild species were allowed to develop naturally. Led by the principle that if you “take care of the fish, . . . the . . . [fish] will take care of . . . [themselves],” TU took a science-based approach to the protection and preservation of healthy habitats for Michigan’s trout populations.

By 1963, TU had produced its initial policy statement and convinced the Michigan Department of Natural Resources to reduce its stocking program in favor of improving the natural habitat for wild trout.

A Look at Facebook Live

Idaho resident Todd Bailey leverages over a decade of entrepreneurial and consulting experience as the principal of Fortress Risk Management and Stronghold Risk Management, both risk management and captive insurance firms. In addition, Todd Bailey founded Idaho-based Rise2Pro.com.

Rise2Pro offers a web-based coaching platform designed for small business owners and entrepreneurs. The firm, which was founded in 2015, focuses most heavily on helping clients to increase profits and achieve financial freedom. New Rise2Pro clients receive a free book and several weeks of individualized mentoring, as well as access to social media lessons.

Rise2Pro’s social media lessons focus on areas such as identifying clients and optimizing the use of live video for business purposes. It discusses tools including Facebook Live, a feature that became operational early in 2016 for mobile and desktop users. The feature allows users to live stream video through the Facebook platform. Additional features such as filters, reactions, and comments enable viewers to engage with the live video feed in real time. Through Rise2Pro’s training, clients can learn to leverage these live video capabilities and related tools to boost engagement and generate leads.

Ducks Unlimited - Conserving Waterfowl and Wetlands

Through his company, Rise2Pro.com, Todd Bailey helps new entrepreneurs develop social media skills to promote their businesses. Rise2Pro.com operates out of Idaho but offers customers online classes and personal phone consultations. Away from his professional responsibilities, Todd Bailey supports various charities, including Ducks Unlimited (DU). 

Established in 1937, DU is a private conservation organization that is devoted to protecting wetlands and waterfowl. DU employs a variety of tools to accomplish its mission, including land protection using conservation easements, acquisitions, and revolving lands strategy. 

When a waterfowl habitat is at risk, DU may acquire the land to restore it and put conservation easements in place, thus preserving the resource for future generations. Easements place restrictions on the land to protect it. DU also employs revolving lands strategy when land with degraded habitats is placed on the market. The organization purchases the land, restores it, and puts easements in place for perpetual conservation.

Dealing with the Fear of Social Media Self-Promotion

A resident of Idaho, Todd Bailey studied at Brigham Young University, where he earned a master’s degree in accounting and a JD. Todd Bailey is the founder of Rise2Pro.com, which is based in Nampa, Idaho. This company works with small businesses and entrepreneurs to help build brand awareness and create effective social media marketing campaigns. One of the biggest hurdles that clients must sometimes overcome is a fear of online self-promotion.

Social media remains an incredible marketing tool since it provides an opportunity for reaching hundreds of thousands of people with the push of a few buttons. At the same time, putting information out there can leave entrepreneurs feeling vulnerable and worried about judgment or even rejection. Fear can keep people from using the tools they need to succeed, but these individuals can overcome fear by identifying its source. Some individuals may actually fear success, while others may be more focused on the possibility of failure. Naming the source of fear is the first step in overcoming it.

In the realm of marketing-based social media, entrepreneurs can overcome their fear with education. Understanding how these tools work removes much of the anxiety about creating a strategy. Rise2Pro offers a thorough social media training course that provides checklists, guides, and even templates and scripts for getting started.

Les Miserables at the Buell Theatre in Denver, Colorado

Based in Idaho, Todd Bailey founded and leads Rise2Pro.com, an entrepreneurship training company. He also serves as principal of Stronghold Risk Management, LLC, and Fortress Risk Management, LLC, both located in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Outside of his career, Todd Bailey pursues a diverse range of hobbies that includes attending the theater. He counts Les Miserables among his favorite musicals. 

Les Miserables is a well-known Tony Award-winning musical by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg based on the classic novel by Victor Hugo. After launching in Providence, Rhode Island, a new production of the Les Miserables tour will continue throughout North America for two and a half years. From July 25 to August 5, 2018, the musical will be performed at The Buell Theatre in the Denver Performing Arts Complex.

Producer Cameron Mackintosh's latest production of the play will feature the popular song "I Dreamed a Dream," along with other favorites from the original score. However, new staging and scenery inspired by Victor Hugo drawings bring new life to this classic musical.

Nestle Purina Joins the Ducks Unlimited Rice Stewardship Partnership

A graduate of Brigham Young University, B. Todd Bailey has led a successful career as an entrepreneur. He supervises Fortress Risk Management in Colorado and Rise2Pro.com in Idaho. Alongside his work in Colorado and Idaho, B. Todd Bailey supports several charitable organizations, including Ducks Unlimited.

Ducks Unlimited has a new corporate partner in its work to protect wildlife habitats in the United States. In October of 2017, the Nestle Purina PetCare Company became the newest member of the USA Rice-Ducks Unlimited Rice Stewardship Partnership, which protects areas in the Gulf Coast and California’s Central Valley. Through the Rice Stewardship Partnership, Ducks Unlimited seeks to conserve and improve these areas by advancing various programs and initiatives. 

Nestle Purina has committed $2 million over the next four years, joining the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Wells Fargo, RiceTec, Riviana Foods, and several other organizations working with Ducks Unlimited. To learn more about the Rice Stewardship Partnership, visit www.ducks.org.