Let’s state the obvious: you’re in business to earn money. Yes, you want to help others as well, but you want to make a profit with your business, am I right? In order to make a profit, you need to sell your products and services. But is it enough to just create products and wait […]
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Three Magical Words That Will Alleviate Business Stress
Picture yourself in a perfect world, in your perfect office, running your perfect business. What’s your role? Do you have team members or are you still doing everything by yourself? How much money are you making? Do you have products? Do your clients rave about you? Yes, our perfect worlds are goals certainly worth aiming […]
5 Tips for Being a Better Listener for Your Coaching Clients
If you’re a coach, you better be a good listener. You need to hear what your clients say; no daydreaming allowed. Yes, you need to have expertise to help them work through their problems or to improve their mindset, but you won’t know which advice to offer if you don’t listen carefully. In today’s busy […]
How Much Transparency Is Too Much?
We’ve talked before about storytelling and authenticity, and how being your true self is your most powerful branding tactic. But just how open and honest should you be when it comes to sharing your story? Pat Flynn and Jon Lee Dumas are notorious for their transparency, even going so far as to post monthly income […]
5 Tips for Being a Better Listener for Your Coaching Clients
If you’re a coach, you better be a good listener. You need to hear what your clients say; no daydreaming allowed. Yes, you need to have expertise to help them work through their problems or to improve their mindset but you won’t know which advice to offer if you don’t listen carefully. In today’s busy […]
Developing a WordPress Site for Affiliate Marketing
Affiliate marketers are constantly in search of the most effective development and marketing platform. From ultra-effective HTML and CSS websites to Joomla-powered affiliate product shops and commission shopping databases, the range of affiliate websites built using different programming languages and content management systems is truly staggering. However, beyond simply being effective, there is very little […]
Keep Your Business Organized with a CRM Program
Staying organized is paramount if you want to run a successful business, especially if you have multiple clients. Investing in a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software program is one such way to stay organized while building your client relationships. In its simplest form, a CRM program is similar to an online address book, or an […]
Seven “Quick Fixes” Every Marketer Needs To Know About
As entrepreneurs we are all involved with the marketing of our businesses. We make the final decisions about what mediums we’ll use, how often we’ll use them, and how much of our marketing budget will be expended to them. Managing the results and determining what works and what doesn’t is what will drive your businesses […]
Using Your Social Network Presences to Promote Your Podcast
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few years, you should already know that social networking has taken the internet and the rest of the world by storm. Sites like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter are all excellent platforms you can utilize to promote your podcast and acquire new listeners. Best of all, […]
Two Ways to Optimize Your Sales Process Using Social Media
If there’s one invention that’s divided business owners, it’s the internet. Data-driven entrepreneurs have embraced the internet with open arms, enjoying its mathematical nature and obsessing over its ability to turn math-driven businesses to the top of the heap. ‘Organic’ entrepreneurs, however, have often felt isolated by the internet’s mathematical nature and its inability to […]