Getting Your Message Out
When you start a new business, one of the first things you do is to create a product or service that is ideal for your target market. You set the price, you have the features and benefits and you are ready to rock and roll. Until you realize that you don’t know how to let […]
What Would You Do-Over?
I was thinking about some of the things that have happened in my life, both the amazing and the not so much fun times. I started daydreaming about the woulda, coulda, shoulda ways the outcome might have been different and realized that things happen just as they are supposed to and that everything we do […]
Making Your Sales Relationship Into A Selling Relationship
Making Your Sales Relationship Into A Selling Relationship Building relationships requires time, effort and patience. It requires a strategy unique to each situation and prospect. It doesn’t mean developing a shrewd approach to ingratiate yourself with your prospects. If your approach is not heartfelt, it won’t work because […]
Are You Enough? Insight in the Dentist’s Chair…
It’s been awhile since I’ve written in my blog. Since I write a monologue every week for my radio show, it feels like I’ve been writing on a consistent basis but I soon realized that listening is different than reading. I promise to get back to writing and sharing my thoughts with […]
Ten Useful Tips For The First-Time Business Owner
Owning A Business Is Extremely Exciting; It Is Also Hard Work And It Is Easy To Make Mistakes! You will not avoid every mistake of a first-time business owner, but with the right guidance you can make good decisions and avoid the problems that may cause some business owners to give up. Hang in there; […]
It’s The Little Things That Count
Here’s the scenario….you are in a restaurant way out of town. You have no connections or relationships there yet you are treated as if you have been going there forever… The Colonel and I decided to get out of town for the weekend. We headed northwest to a little town in Oklahoma….ok some of you […]
Can’t I Help Everyone?
If you ask some entrepreneurs and would-be business owners who their ideal client is, they will say, “Everyone.” Of course, that can’t be true. Not everyone needs everything or anything. (Truth be told, women are the worst at this. Why? Our nature is to want to help everyone rather than define a niche group of […]
“Act As If”- Notes on Time Management
Time management is one of the hardest concepts entrepreneurs have to grasp, especially when it means working from home. Many people find the transition from an office routine to the self-employed lifestyle confusing, because there are no rules. The only person holding you accountable to putting in a full day’s work is you, and the […]
Shiny Objects
How in the world does anyone expect you to get anything done when there are so many interesting distractions around? For instance, I made a major goal for myself to complete my 2nd book and have it printed and shipped to CA for an event by March 1st. And, that would probably not be too […]
Are You Ready To Really Get SMART?
We are in our second week of January. How many of you still are following the guidelines you set for you New Year’s Resolutions? Everyone sets their resolutions…code name goals…with the greatest of intentions. Isn’t wanting a change enough to make it happen? If you’re not 100 percent committed to your goal, the odds of staying motivated are not […]
Did You Hear The Same Message I Heard?
Recently I was asked to be a Team Leader at a 3-day business conference. When I attended the conference years ago, I listened to the messages over the 3-days as a beginner in business. I thought everything made some sense but it was like drinking from a fire hose. So much information and so many […]
Soaring Further: Radio Interview
Back in May I was Interviewed by Elizabeth Mccormick. Her radio show Soaring Further is designed to be a “Daily dose of inspiration” and I couldn’t agree more! To see the full interview, click here to listen! To read more about Elizabeth, see below! Elizabeth McCormick has travelled the country as an inspirational speaker, relating the challenges […]