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How One Live Event Changed My Business
Several years ago I decided to attend my first live small business networking conference. I’d been hearing about them for a while, and was always drawn to some of the top level speakers. Plus I’m a people person and love connecting eye-to-eye.
So I registered for the Warrior Forum conference. The Warrior Forum is the largest [...]
7 Powerful Free Business Marketing Ideas
When I look at all the free marketing opportunities available to small or solo businesses today I’m thrilled, when I opened my first business 21 years ago, none of them existed. Marketing was much more difficult and costly. Instead, now by simply working consistently and daily on the marketing ideas below you can create a steady flow of leads and clients.
Guide To Buying Information Products
I want to attempt to help you understand when to buy information products as well as which ones will work for you and which won’t so you can avoid throwing money away on one after the other and ending up no better than when you started.
The 7 Deadly Small Business Mistakes You Must Avoid
Why do so many small or solo businesses fail? Is it because the owners weren’t good enough at what they did? In most cases that’s just not true. Most of them were very skilled and talented in their area of expertise. So why do people continue to struggle without enough clients or income?
Get More Clients by Developing a Referral System
Of all the marketing methods that work to increase sales, none is ever more effective than “word of mouth”. And it’s easy and costs nothing. So how do you get referrals?
What to Do When You Want to Play a Bigger Game but You Hit a Wall
It’s always amazing to me how owning a small business is the best self growth program around (except perhaps for parenting). The problems we experience growing a business are exactly the ones we experience in life.
If Being Indecisive in Your Business is Holding You Back, Here’s How to Change It.
For start-up and early stage small and home based business owners the pressure to nail down a lucrative niche and create multiple products and services is anxiety producing. I see this with my small and solo business clients all the time.
14 Bootstrapping Ideas: Build Your Small Business on a Budget
The sluggish economy has every small or solo business owner figuring out how they can get the biggest “bang for their buck”. Whether its money you spend on technology, systems, outsourced help or training, you want to get a great return on investment. And if you’re a start up you want to figure out how [...]
Courage to Climb the Learning Curve
I know many of you struggle with the learning curve necessary to use technology to your advantage. I always tell you to get outside your comfort zone, because your business depends on it.
Well this week that’s what I had to do. I had a tough week with multiple technical problems getting our new membership site [...]
Use Joint Ventures to Expand the Power and Scope of Your Small Business Beyond Your Wildest Dreams
You’re sitting there in your home or small business office and wondering– how do you compete with the big guys? If you want to play really big without hiring a salaried sales team, then your secret weapon is joint ventures.
