Tracking Your Progress..A Different Approach

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With ALL of the time spent on marketing your business, building relationships with your ideal client, developing and posting content, social media, it becomes crucial to know if you are spending time on the right activities and if that time is producing results.
How do you know where you are going IF you don’t know where you [...]

It’s hard to delegate

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It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know when it’s time to get help.  It’s also not hard to decide on what to delegate. Choose what YOU like to do and let an expert do what THEY like to do.
It seems the hardest part is letting go…not being in complete control is difficult for some.
We [...]

New clients are closer than you think

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Your ideal client IS out there and they ARE looking for you. They ARE closer than you think!  But how or where do you find them? There is no easy or quick solution. It takes time, effort, and most of all a positive approach. Who said being successful would be easy?
I say a positive approach [...]

Have you looked up lately, or too busy?

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Often we are so busy we forget to look up and see where we are. We get so caught up in our “stuff” that we may not take time to step back and determine if there is more. We put one step in front of the other and don’t look up.
More could be time with [...]

Are you available?

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Sometimes our clients need us for more than what they hired us to do.  Often they need a sounding board, or a brainstorming session to get their thoughts and ideas out of their heads.
Then there are those that just need another person to talk to, a friend who understands the moment that they are experiencing, [...]

Brainstorm Your Blog With The Writer’s Triangle

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I’m here to give you some suggestions on how to find thoughtful, informative, entertaining, and educational things to say on your blog.
The Writer’s Triangle
When I’m looking for ideas, I like to use the Writer’s Triangle. The Writer’s Triangle is a simple tool that’s flexible enough to be used in a variety of circumstances and solid [...]

We are Engaged!

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This post is part of the August Word Carnival. Read more great posts on the topic of Business Relationships by our other Carnie Bloggers. Next, join us for the Twitter Party on September 1: #WordCarnival
Building and nurturing business relationships is just like committing to a personal relationship.
What you put into it, you get out!  Think [...]

Re-energize, Overcome Overwhelm

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Are you overwhelmed with trying to get everything done? Managing social networking, marketing, researching, responding to inquiries, time with clients, and so on….is overwhelming. 
Overwhelm seems to be the norm for many of us.  There is so much to do, but not enough time to get it all done.   We are always reinventing ourselves to [...]

Reflections of Who I Should Listen & Learn From

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Entrepreneurs are consistently working to improve, learn new things, and determine what’s the next step.  We have to be mindful about who we choose to learn from.
Quite frankly, I am guru’d out – what is your truth, and tired of hearing the same thing from many of them. Much of it is repeated information, just [...]

Be Transparent – STOP hiding and get more business

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How many times do you read a blog post that speaks to creating content that evokes trust from potential clients?
It’s difficult to trust when we first meet people in person let alone when we meet a person virtually.
This blog post is about building trust and the importance of being transparent through an interview with marketing [...]