What entrepreneurs can learn about time management from a Super Bowl loss.
Sometimes I ask my husband to review my blog posts. If it makes sense to him, then I've done my job. But this is one post I am hoping he doesn't actually read. When the...
Sales techniques are about building relationships.
Every interaction your customer, clients, members, patients (whomever it is that your business exists to serve) have with you is a chance for your organization to add to the yes or no column in...
Spending my lunch hour on hump day discussing the latest topics with others who have a networking mindset and understand the shift to inbound is usually a pretty lively discussion. Last week's discussion with the Inbound Networker's group was no...
Inbound Marketing Best Practices Isn't Just Marketing
Every Wed at noon I moderate a live panel discussion with other members of the Inbound Networkers Linkedin Group. This past week, 8 of us talked about some of the do's and don'ts of marketing....
How often do you evaluate your business growth strategies?
Today I am 39. Yes, really. Next year I will be the big 4-0. But I have no desire to buy a sports car, date younger men (hubby definitely wouldn't approve), get botox, go to a retreat to...
When you outsource too much of your content creation, the main thing you risk losing is your personal connection to your customer.
- Your voice, tone, style is lost and you look and sound like everyone else in your industry. (this is also the...
What doing too much, too fast, can really cost you.
Sometimes when we see and understand what we want, anything that slows us down from getting there can be seen as an obstacle. Assuming that the things that are holding you back are bad and should...
In a distracted, overcrowded world, how do some (thought) leaders break through the noise to influence behavior, beliefs, and buying decisions of communities? Do they start out seeking to be a thought leader, and what does a thought leader do with...
Do you struggle with titles? Do they seem arbitrary and for the most part- irrelevant? There are some who say maybe it is time to do away with titles, and I might agree. But I also know that there are always going to be those that take comfort in...
The older I get, the more respect I have for my elders. The phrase; "Experience is a cruel teacher, it gives the test first, then the lesson." echoes in my mind and my reaction is to want to learn everything I can from those who have forged their...
