I’m not sure EXACTLY what we’ll be doing with this — as a new weekly post —  but for years now I’ve been encouraging business owners to have a Sunday Night Business Meeting with themselves.  The purpose?  To go into the coming week with a plan of action, a strategy for attack.  You see, if
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Meet Cynthia, founder of Success in the City and a social media consultant, author, futurist, TEDx Woman, international motivational speaker, social instigator, expert interviewer and moderator. She is also a writer for HerLife Magazine and Strictly Marketing Magazine where she shares insights on living an exceptional life and harnessing the power of social media tools like
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I recently returned from the attendicon.com conference, where I was honored to attend as part of the “media.” At the conference, I met and learned from  Rohit Bhargava, who detailed trends that will be impacting our businesses in 2015 and beyond.  He was an engaging speaker and one of the trends came “home to roost”
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Where’d you find that lead?  The TOILET store?  — a quote loosely based on the movie Anchorman =)  One of the top frustrations I hear about from business owners is that of a CHEAP prospect pool.  Prospects who can’t even use credit.  Prospects that absolutely can not buy anything you offer.  Cheap prospects. Broke prospects. Poor prospects.
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Most professional practitioners and solo-preneurs find themselves — at one point or another —  in a dreadful cycle, referred to as feast or famine.  Despite mountains of evidence to the contrary, we accept this cycle as an inevitable part of owning your own business.  (It’s not, but convincing you of this fact will have to wait for another day.)
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