I’ll never forget the first time my son heard the term “redneck.”  He was very young and we had some new neighbors from New Jersey.  Having never heard the term before, I found him checking the back of his neck in the mirror.  When I asked what he was doing, he told me — curiously —
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Being a business owner can be as tough and as frustrating as it is freeing and fulfilling.  ONE of the near constant decisions we have to make as business owners is WHAT business development opportunities, options, systems, etc.  to invest in.  Please read all the way to the bottom of this post to hear the
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 I listened in on a “webinar expert” last night delivering a webinar on creating six-figures of income per month.  While I didn’t stick around long enough to discover his “secrets” — which for many reasons, i doubt he knows — I was reminded of the most profitable 20-minute teleseminar script I wrote. This article will detail
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I remember an inappropriate joke I heard when I was a teenager. I won’t share it now, but it was about size… and every other line was, “______ inches? How DO you measure?”  In case you heard it, the punch line was, “from the floor, baby, from the floor.”   **wink** I’ll move on. How
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I’m proud to say that I’ve been engaging in a mastermind environment led by someone other than me! =)  It’s a short-lived group, so I do hope there are additional opportunities to continue.  Still, something came up this week about profit that was SUCH A GREAT REMINDER. As humans, the more distance that’s between our
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Where’s my profit?  A common question asked by over-worked, under-paid business owners — regardless of years in business, regardless of industry, regardless of how many degrees they hang on their walls. PROFIT / SALES are what challenge us. How can we sell MORE? How can we sell at higher margins?  How can we invest in
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Now that you’ve  taken a hard look at your funnel, or perhaps created one for the first time, now’s the time to look at the top of it: the in roads.   Every business should have multiple paths to their front door. Multiple ways clients find you, different bait offers, each customized for the specific demographic
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