Nuts & Bolts
Three Ways Persistence Helps Your Marketing
Never say die! This familiar battle cry speaks to what’s required if you are in business for any length of time. Having a business requires persistence: persistence in showing up to do your work every day, persistence in delivering the value your company offers, and persistence in your marketing. How persistent are you, marketing-wise? Persistence…
Read MoreHow Do You Get Stuff Done?
Maybe you’re good at making a list and checking off the boxes. Or maybe you’re good at making a list, then losing or ignoring it. Or just maybe you think about making a list, then forget what you were doing and wander off into the kitchen to get a snack. Then there are the times…
Read MoreReinventing Your Ideal Ingredients for Life [video]
Did you know you can consciously create your ideal life? You can. Think of life as a bucket into which you can put all the things you love. And if you find your bucket feeling emptier than you’d like, you have the power to do something about that… watch this video for ideas on how to get…
Read MoreReinventing Your Ideal Work Ingredients [video]
Working for yourself is not for the faint of heart – believe me, I know! But it’s made me a better human. It’s not just about clients and money – it’s also about taking inventory of who and what you like to do, what energizes you, and how to create work that fits these ideals.…
Read MoreThe Secret Your Business Has Been Wanting to Tell You: You Have to Pay Attention to the Nuts & Bolts
The Nuts & Bolts of business. For those of you who may not be wired to pay attention to cash flow, or marketing calendars, or sales conversations, saying you have to pay attention to your business’ bottom line is like telling you you have to start liking cod liver oil. It just ain’t gunna…
Read MoreSuper Powers Part 2: Discovering Your Super Powers Objectively
Let’s take for granted you have Super Powers. How do you discover them? There are plenty of ways, and in this article we’ll explore three that offer an objective perspective. (If you’d like a refresher on what Super Powers are and all the good things they do for you, refer to Part 1…
Read MoreWhat is a Sales Conversation?
What is a Sales Conversation? Recently I talked with a professional who is thinking of leaving her corporate job and going out on her own. As this was an introductory conversation to see if she and I might work together as coach and client, we quickly covered some of the basics: Did she have an…
Read MoreWhat is Get Clients Now™!?
You may have heard me mention Get Clients Now! What you may not know is what I think of as it’s alternate name: Get “THE THING YOU WANT” Now. Let’s explore. What is Get Clients Now!? Get Clients Now! is a 28-day marketing program that you design yourself, based on your style, your strengths, and…
Read MoreCircling Dallas
I’m not sure where I first heard the term but I feel in love with it immediately: Circling Dallas. Being a Texan I naturally think everything orbits the Lone Star State, yet that’s not what I’m talking about here. Circling Dallas refers to that state where you are going somewhere and you just can’t…
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