Insights from the Trenches
Innovative yet practical tools, tips and resources derived from a voracious love of learning and over 20 years of working with clients around the world.
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6 Figure Business Tool: How to Find, Hire and Maintain A Successful Virtual Team – A Beginner’s Guide
In getting ready for the New Year and moving files around, I came upon the electronic version of this beginner’s… Read More >
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Happy New Year: Business Planning for a Small Business
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Several of you have emailed asking about my plans for 2008 and when I’ll be launching more… Read More >
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Recommended Resource: Download.com
Download.com is a nifty website which has thousands of free trials, shareware, freeware and more just waiting to serve your… Read More >
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6 Proven Strategies for When Clients Don’t Pay
You’re psyched! You just landed a new client who is going to keep you busy with projects. Life is good.… Read More >
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4 Tools to Making Your Next Teleseminar a Success
Teleseminars — presentations via telephone — are the fastest way to build your ezine list as you share knowledge with… Read More >
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3 Simple Strategies for Avoiding Client Non-Payment
You’ve done the marketing, you’ve filled your funnel and the phone starts ringing – you’ve got a new client! Now… Read More >
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3 Common Mistakes That Could Lose You Ezine Subscribers
We all get ezines, we all read *some* of them — I just went through a "decluttering" process where I… Read More >
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The 3 R’s: Relax, Reflect and Rejuvenate
Happy Holidays! During this time of hustle and bustle and running everywhere, it’s important to take some time out just… Read More >
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Do You ‘Make a Sale’ or ‘Provide an Experience’?
You ordered a glass of wine and two bottles of water. The bill came to US $40. Are you shocked? … Read More >
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RECOMMENDED RESOURCE: Overnight Prints
Overnight Prints is on online printer with great quality, FAST turnaround and extremely reasonable prices. I use them for all… Read More >
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Top 5 Tools For Insuring Your Marketing Plan Attracts Clients
This is the first of a two-part article on overfilling your marketing funnel and client pipeline. In order to insure… Read More >
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Who’s Watching Your Money? 7 Tips For Hiring The Right Bookkeeper
While I’m a strong advocate of hiring virtual assistants, there are two things that no entrepreneur should ever fully delegate:… Read More >
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7 Strategies Guaranteed to Increase Your Productivity
Have you ever felt exhausted at the end of the day, knowing you worked your butt off and yet wondering… Read More >
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Does Your Marketing Plan Fit?
Ask small business owners what they are afraid of most in their businesses and you typically get one of two… Read More >
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5 Success Indicators to Knowing If You Have a Hobby or a Business
I’d like you to take a step back, look at your business as an outsider would and ask the question… Read More >
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Recommended Resource: Send Out Cards
Do you *know* you should be sending out "thank you" or holiday cards to your clients, but never seem to… Read More >
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How to Create a Dynamic Marketing Plan — Part III: Diving Right In
You’re finally ready! To recap Parts I and II of “How to Create a Dynamic Marketing Plan”, you’ve written your… Read More >
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How to Create a Dynamic Marketing Plan – Part II: Breaking Down Your Goals
Now that you’ve got a list of your goals for the upcoming year, take a good look at them. You… Read More >