24. August 2009

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The Chance of a Downtime

Some business is starting to pick up as we ease our way through the current recession.  But a lot of business is still pretty flat. When customers aren’t beating down your door, you have a couple of options.  You can chase them down, re-invent your company, change prices, change services or just quit.  I see people [...]

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13. August 2009

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Making a Difference While Making a Living

There have been more businesses started already this year then in any other time in history.  Why?  It’s because people are realizing the need to take control of their own financial future.  And, with your own business, you get to choose what it is, what you do, who your customers are and what you stand [...]

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7. August 2009

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Secret of Entrepreneurial Success

There are a lot of books out there that claim to hold the secret of entrepreneurial success:  Ability to sell, ability to deliver, ability to produce, customer service, the list goes on and on. I think the secret is adding value.  If you can add value to relationships, then the relationships will flourish.  If you can [...]

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25. July 2009

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My Internal Master Mind Alliance

I met last weekend with my private clients in a personal master mind day.  We spend one Friday a quarter going over business related, very focussed, roll up your sleeves, type of work.  Then on Saturday, we have a guest speaker and do something fun.  On Saturday, we had Clinton Swaine come talk to us. [...]

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23. July 2009

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Making Money Online

There has been a lot of talk about the digital divide. It’s getting bigger.  I have a lot of clients who don’t have websites for their successful businesses and I have clients who make all their money exclusively online.   In the past year, I’ve watched and modeled my successful clients in their online businesses.  There [...]

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18. July 2009

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Write a Book in 6 Hours

Just back from the quarterly master mind for my private clients!  Each quarter we spend a full day Friday working on our businesses and then have an out-of-the-box experiential event on Saturday AM.  This Saturday (this morning) blew my socks off!  I’ll blog about that later, because this is amazing, put money in your pocket, [...]

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13. July 2009

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The Lesson from ‘United Breaks Guitars’

Sure, it’s a catchy tune and will infect your head so you find yourself humming it at odd times, but whoever though “United Breaks Guitars” would show the power of the new form of consumer activism.  It’s complaintatainment! In case you haven’t see the video by Sons of Maxwell, a Canadian band, singing about their struggles [...]

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10. July 2009

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What is Your Customer’s Motivation?

If you want to make more money, you need to sell more.  And if you want to sell more, you have to know what your customers need and want. Here are 10 Motivators that humans all share.  Which one does your product or service satisfy? 10 Motivational Triggers That Make People Buy 1. People want to make more [...]

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6. July 2009

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Zero to Financially Free in 5 Months

I was blown away by this real-life story from one of my friends.  The thing is, I remember where she and her husband were a year ago. They were looking for investments and business opportunities.  The real estate market had already started to go sideways and they didn’t want to get into that too soon.  (Thank [...]

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