01st December 2008
In preparing to design and write my new website, I visited hundreds of other sites to get a feel for what I did/did not want.
For example, "squeeze pages" are all the rage these days. You know, those pages which require you to enter your name and email...
01st December 2008
"Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve." -- Napoleon Hill
People generally fail at achieving their goals and completing their projects for one of three reasons: poor systems, not clearly defining their goal/project or self sabotage...
01st December 2008
I was recently on a forum where several "time for money" service professionals and business owners were discussing their "rates". I immediately noticed that these smart, savvy business owners were falling into some pricing myth traps.
Here are the thre...
01st December 2008
When most of us get into business, we look around at what everyone else in our industry is doing. If we're a bookkeeper, we look around at other bookkeepers. If we're a life coach, we look around at other life coaches. If we're a financial planner, we loo...
01st December 2008
You often see people (including me) writing about customer service, successful vendor practices and the like, very rarely, however, do you see someone ask you to review your own actions and determine if you are a good client for someone else. And that's w...
12th November 2008
It's Monday and you get an email indicating that writing an ezine is THE way to get new clients. You drop everything and start working on an email newsletter.
It's Tuesday and your friend calls and says that he heard the best way to get publicity is pa...
03rd November 2008
You know the type of week.
* Your book is back from the printer, you have some newspaper interviews lined up, your attending a meeting with your target audience. . .you are entering one of the biggest publicity weeks of your business and your website c...
03rd November 2008
In building and growing an online business, or one with a strong online component, there are several must-have tools which will allow you to not only have passive revenue, but to enjoy multiple streams of it.
Here's a quick rundown of the most basic to...
17th October 2008
You open your email to find a notice about an upcoming seminar or workshop on a topic you desperately want to learn more about.
Later that day, you get the mail and there's a postcard inviting you to the same workshop.
"Should I go?" you think.
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13th October 2008
We all know the importance of keeping in touch with our ideal clients and prospects via frequent AND informative content.
But that doesn't mean your articles, a.k.a. "informative content", should be relegated to your hard drive forevermore.
Article ...
06th October 2008
It was not so long ago when I was watching my nephews eagerly upload their MySpace pictures and create their profiles. All the rave with teenagers and music bands, MySpace has become so much more!
It is now the mecca of small business owners and networ...
06th October 2008
Email. We use it for everything from chatting with our friends and family to corresponding with clients and sending business inquiries to helping others in online discussion forums.
It's arguably become *the* mode of modern-day communication - more so ...
06th October 2008
Repurposing - the art of doing something once and using it in other ways - is one of the most effective and efficient systems you can create within your business.
Before your eyes glaze over with the thought that this is yet another article telling you...
06th October 2008
There are hundreds, if not thousands, of books on time and productivity management and most of them appear to have been written by dedicated individuals who work in a vacuum -- they certainly aren't entrepreneurs building businesses from home offices with...
22nd September 2008
In this day of technology and the dreaded recordings, insuring that you maintain a professional image is crucial to business success.
How you come across on the phone, through your website, on a plane or at a networking event directly impacts how other...
