I’ve long relied on this one tool for making money. It was the singular tool I used when I launched my “make money from home somehow” journey when my kids were infants. It was the tool I relied on to fill EACH and EVERY event I’ve ever created. It is the tool I am
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4 1/2 Steps To More Money In Your Business
Those who are wildly successful do things very differently than the “majority” of business owners. This means, they network differently, approach social media and blogging differently, and — more than anything else — approach marketing and sales differently. (Statistics show that MOST businesses fail. This alone should have you question anything you’re doing that aligns
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What Bravery & Courage Looks Like As An Entrepreneur
In the movies, bravery and courage is depicted — typically — in slow motion. You know, the hero (picture: Bruce Willis) emerging triumphantly from a burning building. His face is smudged with smoke and his gait is confident, slow, determined. He’s carrying a rescued somebody out of the fire — just. in. time. In
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The Mistake Business Owners (And My Kids) Make Too Often {28 Shades of Paid}
Business is an overly- and unnecessarily- complicated venture — made so by a combination of our own humanity, our tendency as people to overcomplicated what is actually simple, and parasitic “gurus” creating problems so they can sell solutions. BUT, there are three BASIC steps to create a thriving profitable practice, firm or business: 1) Know
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The Sexy (Secret) Fling Between Rules & Freedom (28 Shades of PAID)
Only the disciplined are free. This is a quote that I got from Steve Chandler. He taught me many things. He changed the course of my business. He empowered me to embrace what Simon T. Bailey once called my “twisted view of life and business.” lol… The article below will detail the 10 Rules I
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Where’s My Profit? (Part 1 – the Funnel)
Where’s My Profit? This is a question that plagues small business owners in MANY — if not ALL — phases of their company’s growth. So, for all of November, we’ll have a concerted effort here on our blog to ANSWER that question for you. Where’s My Profit? Great question. To answer it we
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The Problem With Profit Porn & How To Recognize It
The business success arena has been littered with something super shameful lately… Profit Pornography. And guess what? It degrades and erodes reality in the same EXACT ways sex-based pornography does. Is it okay to explore this a little deeper? ESPECIALLY if it saves you tons of money and time and frustration business-wise? Great. Here we
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#1 (of 9) Ways To Guarantee The Failure of Your Business
Dr. Gene Landrum, the genius behind Chuck E. Cheese makes a great point: “Much data shows that no entrepreneur ever really makes it until they quit their day job.” This fact leads me to the #1 way you can guarantee the failure of your own business. This is #1 of 9. You may be tempted
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Why Your “USP” Isn’t Enough
This morning, I received an email from an organization pitching the following workshop: “Branding Your Uniqueness” Granted, I don’t know the presenter and I don’t know the content of the presentation. But I DO know the organization, and that they are being quoted and used as an industry-wide example of how NOT to pay speakers… even though
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