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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...
Business Branding Tips for Businesses from Top Experts
What is your brand? … Do you know how you’d answer that question? Having a strong brand is an important part of your marketing plan, but as small business owners you can’t approach branding the same way as the “big” businesses can. But, that doesn’t mean small...
7 Reasons Your Website is Leaking Leads
Did you know the average time visitors spend looking at a website is less than 8 seconds? And for many websites it’s even as low as just 3 or 4 seconds. That’s not a whole lot of time to capture their attention, interest and desire to inspire visitors to take action...
Social Media Tips from 12 Experts Share on How to Use Social Media to Grow Your Small Business
Making an impact on social media is not an easy task especially if you do not have any social media tips from renowned experts. If you think about it, an average user's timeline/feed gets updated with thousands of posts in an hour. This number increases drastically...
How to Generate More Leads and Sales from Your Website – Top Bloggers Share What’s Working Now
One of the biggest frustrations I hear all the time from small business owners is how can I generate more leads and sales from my website. Having a website today is definitely a MUST HAVE. But, if your website isn’t generating steady leads and sales it can easily...
Print Advertising Tips for Local Businesses
9 Reasons Why Your Print Ads Aren’t Generating More Leads and How to Fix It If you want to attract more customers to your local business having print advertising tips should be a foundational part of your marketing mix. Print Advertising serves to increase awareness,...
How to Find More Customers for Your Service Business: 6 Keys to Finding Your Ideal Target Market
You know you could find more customers if you could just figure out how to get in front of and network with your ideal target market. You already know how painful it is to network with a group of tire kickers or worse, people who aren’t even aware they need or want...
How to Whitelist Email Addresses
Do not let important emails get lost in spam. Follow the instructions below on how you can whitelist email addresses on different platforms: Gmail 1. Open an email from the sender that you want to whitelist. 2. Click on the little down-pointing-triangle-arrow next to...
How to Find a Business Coach
In this week’s blog article I wanted to share a recent interview I gave with John Mattone, best selling author of Cultural Transformations. I was honored to have the opportunity to answer John’s questions on the importance of business coaching, especially for...
Top 3 Business Networking Mistakes and How to Fix It
Networking is a crucial skill every entrepreneur should develop that can help you grow your business. But, many small business owners avoid networking thinking it requires schmoozing and slick selling. Successful networking is actually the opposite. Here is what I...
How Shaving 30 Hours A Week Added A Quarter A Million and Increase Revenues
If you want to grow your business while working a whole lot less …. or even create a business that runs without you and increase revenues, be sure to listen to a recent interview I gave on The Parents Entrepreneur Power podcast show. This episode is especially great...
Hiring Tips – How To Interview A Great Administrative Assistant
If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed, drowning in emails or you’d just like to work less hours in your business this year, it’s time to hire an admin assistant and follow these hiring tips. An administrative assistant has often been referred to as the office juggler —...