I’ll never forget — way before any of my online marketing/blogging/etc. would have been worth copying — finding a woman who had (word for word) copied my entire website. EVEN THE ABOUT ME PAGE. She was from my area, and while I didn’t know her, I reached out to her to discuss the, um, “situation.”
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6 Steps To Weather Any Storm in Your Business
Today, I am painfully aware of the devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey in Texas and also have my eye on Hurricane Irma (and behind her, Hurricane Jose) heading up the East Coast. There will always be storms. Weather storms. Life Storms, Storms in marriage and parenting. And — of course, most relevant to our focus
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Quick Rant: I Never Said It Would Be Easy
One of the things I hear a lot — especially when I talk about how my BUSINESS looks right now — is “Well, you know it’s not that easy.” (More on how “it” looks NOW here.) OH, don’t I know it’s not that EASY… You see, I didn’t have a backup plan or a slush
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3 Road Blocks Keeping Women Entrepreneurs from Reaching Their Goals
I am — obviously– a fan, a champion of women entrepreneurs. But, I recently wrote an article that was denied by a national publication I write for, regularly. This is the first time they denied ANYTHING I wrote. Their reasoning? “It wasn’t encouraging enough to women entrepreneurs. It may make them feel like they’re not
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Can You REALLY Trust That Big Vision of Yours?
CAN YOU REALLY TRUST THAT BIG VISION OF YOURS? OR WILL YOU GO BROKE “WAITING” ON IT TO SHOW UP IN REAL LIFE? The biggest obstacle in my own business, looking back, was this CONFLICT of “right now money” and “future money.” In other words…. Because I’m not husband-funded, and because I’ve yet to find
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Should YOUR Business Offer A “Membership” Program
IF A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY CAN CREATE A MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM, SO CAN AN ATTORNEY, A SPEAKER, A THERAPIST, A PERSONAL TRAINER. SO CAN YOU. Admittedly I’m in the middle of a program launch and book titled, “The Membership Miracle: Cash, Connection, Community, and Continuity.” But stay with me, anyway… because we’re talking MONEY. LOTS of money.
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The Membership Miracle: The 3 C’s
IF A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY CREATE A MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM, SO CAN AN ATTORNEY, A SPEAKER, A THERAPIST, A PERSONAL TRAINER. SO CAN YOU. Admittedly I’m in the middle of a program launch and book titled, “The Membership Miracle: Cash, Connection, Community, and Continuity.” But stay with me, anyway… because we’re talking MONEY. LOTS of money.
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One is the Loneliest Number for Women Entrepreneurs
BUT… Is it really? There’s a lot of talk about MULTIPLES in business, including under the Women Who WOW umbrella. I talk about multiple income streams. I believe in them, deliberately create and nurture them and encourage my members to do the same. I talk about multiple SOURCES of clients and the dangers of relying
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Sick of Being Overlooked and Ignored by Your Market?
I know what it’s like to be overlooked and ignored. I don’t just “remember” what it’s like. I’m overlooked and ignored still today…. but it’s way different. TRUTH: At EVERY NEW stage of growth, you are entering into a new entrepreneurial eco-system… a new playing field… a new sphere of influence… AND IN THIS NEW
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