I just read an e-zine from Adam Urbanski of www.themarketingmentors.com and it reminded me of a wonderful story of a farmer… and how this applies to our business. Here is the condensed version: (I am summarizing.) After a season of much higher rainfall than normal, a local reporter visited a farmer for a comment on how the increased
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What am I Selling Today?
I’ve never before been MORE aware of how many business owners genuinely HATE sales. I don’t just mean a playful “dislike” of sales. I’m talking about a genuine, consuming, nasty, and disdainful hatred. It’s a shame, because (obviously) without SALES, these business owners will never make any money. Of course, what these people (mainly women??) are HOPING is that they won’t HAVE to sell… that they
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Business Success Tip: Don't Ignore the Details
A while back, I started posting on my blog about my parents… what I have learned from them, and made the argument that I don’t have to WAIT until I have the name recognition of Ivanka Trump to do this. =) So, here’s another installment of that series!! I just got back from vacation with
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THE DEATH OF MASS MARKETING… RIP!!
Here lies the rotting corpse of Mass Media Advertising. He passed away recently after a prolonged and difficult illness. Thanks to the valiant efforts of advertising salespeople everywhere, and the foolish attempts of big business seeking to win “creative awards” (think: Superbowl) rather than new customers, he was able to live on far past his
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How Can I Get MOTIVATED to do this?
This morning, again, I woke up at 4:30 Am to work. My kids and husband are home for the summer, so my work hours are slightly irregular… bringing me back to my entrepreneurial roots of working while everyone else slept! 🙂 At 5:50, I got in my car and met my friend for a 6 AM
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My Life as a Garden Hose
I coach so many people who complain about being “pulled in a thousand different directions”, people whose own goals have consistently been put on the back burner as they run around serving everyone else, saying yes to everything EXCEPT what they really wanted to say yes to. Men and women whose careers and businesses are
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My LEAST Favorite Business Guru / Coach
Yesterday, I stumbled upon a website that blasted pretty much EVERY well-known business guru out there… This site basically tears apart the most well-respected marketers of our time. Almost ALL of their products – he claims – are over priced and under-effective (compared to his own “business opportunity”, of course.) He even had the audacity
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BREAKING MERGER: CAPITALISM AND CREATIONISM
WARNING: I am completely UNqualified to write this blog post!! Take it for what its worth!! =) *********************************** Brian Whetton of www.corecoaching.org recently sent out a coaching “e-nugget” that really got me thinking. Here are some powerful thoughts from Brian: The greatest strength of capitalism is its unparalleled capacity for economic expansion. At the
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Me? Aggressive? Maybe…
This past week, I received an email from a prospective client… another woman who helps women in business… a woman whom I have the upmost respect for…. This is part of what she said, “I’m open to trying new ways, but not a real “aggressive” person. I feel that you are much more that way,
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