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You work hard every day, hoping you will finally get some traction. It’s tough sometimes. Especially when no one is listening. Your own thoughts start getting mighty loud. Everyone who starts something new knows this feeling. The silence can be soul-crushing which is why a lot of people bail out after a few months. The …
Your business strategies. Are you noticing how well they are working for you? It’s easy to tell. Either you are getting high quality inquiries, sales and building your audience. Or you aren’t. Let’s look at the way noticing what’s happening can work for you. Identifying problem areas Successful businesses pay attention to what is working …
Do you find yourself able to take consistent action towards building your dream business? If you aren’t, then chances are you have something holding you back. And it’s very likely an inside job. And the most likely cause is fear. This aspect of your mindset needs attention if you want to build your dream business. …
Imagine you’re using a 3 minute break to find an answer you need. You come upon a promising article. You notice the sidebar scroller is tiny. This article is a mega, mega article. You sigh slightly and look at your watch, but you want to read. So you start in. After about 3 minutes you …
Decisions, decisions.. They are the slow drip of life that moves us forward. We often get carried away with the huge decisions that will alter our path immediately, like getting married, having a child, choosing a career. Even these big decisions are actually the result of a whole pile of small decisions. This is easy …
Have you ever thought about how marketing is really an invitation to begin a relationship? It took me a long time to understand this, then it made far more sense. You are inviting another person to get to know you and your business and what you can offer them. It’s another way of looking at …
It can be confusion, the uncertainty of being outside your comfort zones, or maybe it’s a wave of procrastination that sets in and refuses to budge despite your best efforts. Whatever it is, it stops you from doing what you need to do. I have felt like this many times, and I bet you have …
I’m sure there is lots of things your business needs more of, clients, cash, visibility, commissions, book deals to name a few. There is something else that’s easy for you to add that could make all of this come much easier. Enthusiasm. Your enthusiasm has a huge effect on how you feel which translates to …
Your ideas are one of your best marketing tools. Sharing them with your audience is one of the best things you can do to build your business, and you need to be consistent at it. And order to be consistent, you have to generate many ideas in order to pick out the best of them …
Social media is an marketer’s oyster. If you want to connect with your customers and fans there are countless opportunities, especially for the creative marketer. We all want to know how to get an edge and be more effective. The truth is what works for one might not work for another, and there are so …
