December’s Midweek Spark Theme: 2014 – Get Ready, Here it Comes 2014 is just around the corner, less than 4 weeks away. Now is time to do the foundational work in your business so that you can start 2014 running and make it your best year yet. Your Midweek Spark’s focus for December will give you […]
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Networking: Forget the 30 Second Pitch Adapt, Adjust and Ask!
What is the key to successful network? How can you make the most of your networking time? Having your 30 second pitch is important, but too often in networking situations people are focused so much on what they want to say and saying in 30 seconds or less, they forget to listen to what the […]
Remember me? I’m the one who is paying here!
That is how I felt today at the supermarket. “Remember me? I’m the one who is paying here!” There I was at the checkout counter, the clerk ask me a question and then turns and talks to a co-worker behind her without waiting for my answer. So I waited. She finally remembered she had a […]
Are You Ready For Your Snow?
Do you ever have a week where everything starts happening at once? It is all great and exciting but it can be hard to keep all the balls in the air. Does it energize you or overwhelm you? Do you have a time of year that is your “rush”? Is there a time when there […]
Five Minute Friday: Truth
Today is Five Minute Friday Blog Challenge started by Lisa-Jo Baker. Every Friday she’s post a topic then hundreds of people blog for five minutes on the topic and support each other. It is a fun way to end the week. Truth – At the beginning on the week I did 2 posts about business planning and knowing […]
Change 5 Factors by 20% to More Than Double Your Revenues
I often hear from clients that they want to double their revenues next year. Or their goal is to increase their sales by 50%. If I ask them how they are going to do it they start listing of a bunch of things like marketing, networking, social media, product creation, etc. They rarely look at […]