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Reduce Social Media Overwhelm with CoSchedule
Social media overwhelm––what does it mean? To me, it means understanding that for your business to succeed this year, you should have an effective presence on at least one social media network. My favorite is LinkedIn. Knowing that these strategies can help you...
How to Work Less and Achieve More Growth in Your Business
Are you struggling with entrepreneurial overwhelm? It’s a wall that most, if not all, business owners face at some point. Did you know that you can achieve greater success and business efficiency by actually doing less? The secret is to identify the tasks that result...
The New Elevator Pitch – How to Introduce Yourself So People Engage
When people ask you, what do you do?, do you have a clear, simple elevator pitch in your back pocket or do you find yourself stumbling on your words? If the people you’re talking to look confused, it’s time for you to ditch your old thirty second commercial. When...
Get More Customers By Getting Rid of These 7 Things
Interesting story I wanted to share with you for your business this week. My son Thomas and I recently began the college tour process. (Even though I'm not ready to let him go yet!) The best visit so far was St. Joe’s University because he got to sit down with one of...
How to Fill Your Live Seminars – Seminar Marketing Tips
Fill Your Seminars with These 12 Tips Holding seminars is one of the most effective ways to attract high end clients to your business. Letting your audience spend spend several hours with you in a face-to-face, in person, teaching capacity is the fastest way to build...
How to Deal with Competition in Your Industry?
Every business has competition -- both directly and indirectly. So, how should you deal with competition in your industry? This is a hot discussion in many social media groups. Recently, I noticed a thread on Alignable on this very question that garnered over 1,100...
Troubleshoot Your Marketing With These 7 Magic Questions
One of my new clients made a breakthrough discovery during our business coaching call recently that I thought would help you shortcut attracting more clients to your own business and troubleshoot your marketing. Dr. Nancy (not her real name) offers therapy and...
4 Most Important Things You Must Do to Convert Leads into Sales
Getting new customer leads is exciting, but that enthusiasm can quickly wither when you don't know how to best convert leads into new clients. When this becomes the trend for your small business, you immediately ask, “why?” before seeking out solutions to...
Surprising Business Growth Advice
As a business owner it's so important to always be seeking business growth advice from people who have already "been there- done that". I recently spent a week with the world’s top franchise owners at the International Franchising Association conference held in Las...
How to Create the Right Action Plans Part 2
If you're planning to launch to new product, a brand new program or a new service offering in your business you need to have a written launch plan to follow. But, how do you know you have the right actions plans or the best strategies in your launch plan? Reality is...
How to Create Right Action Plans
How do you know whether or not you created the right action plans that will help you achieve your business goals most effectively? That's this week's question submitted by Stacy from Atlanta, GA. Reality is, if you're pursuing a new goal that you've never achieved...
How to Make 2017 an Epic Year
January is the best month of the year because it signifies a fresh start, a clean slate -- an opportunity to to hit the reset button and have a do-over. It’s a good time to give yourself permission to daydream and imagine the what if? January is full of hope and...