Category Archives: Entrepreneurship

The Silent Killer: Is It Attacking The Heart of Your Business?

Let’s set the scene with a quick little metaphor. Some years back, a man we’ll call Tom, half-noticed he was tired all the time. Tom lacked energy, had trouble getting going at times, and little stamina. Tom was a busy … Continue reading

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Do Social Media Platforms Have Your Business In Danger?

Metaphorically speaking, our businesses are our babies. They need nurturing too. Whether you have kids or not, I think you’d agree there is a common struggle to balance time between family and business. After all, if we don’t spend time … Continue reading

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These Two Social Proofing Mistakes Will Kill Your Sales

To understand the mistakes, we first have to know what social proofing is. If you don’t already know, social proofing is nothing more than a tool used by the marketing industry to gain customer’s trust of their product, service, or … Continue reading

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What Are Your Brain Games Telling You?

Recently, I saw an episode of National Geographic’s TV show Brain Games. One segment was on confidence and how it plays out in our actual performance. To illustrate this, they got the help of both a pharmacist and a professional … Continue reading

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Nine Simple Words Did What?

Are you a believer in the power of words, check this out. Back in the day, Texaco wanted to boost their oil sales, right? This was in the early 1930’s. So, what did they do? They paid a man named … Continue reading

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Senior Citizen Dating Has a Business Principle?

One of the places I frequent in my current day-job business most always has attendants at the info desk. One of the attendants we see often happens to be a 76-year old lady. Now, this old gal isn’t your typical … Continue reading

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3 Reasons to Avoid Low-balling Your Business Rates

Two weeks ago we talked about how helping our customers meet their goals can also help us meet our own. We saw how doing that develops loyalty and a mutual win for both businesses. In the comment area, Joe brought … Continue reading

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S-O-S: Why to Never Fall Prey to It in Business

I love the Tom Hanks movie, Castaway. The one about a FedEx plane crash out in the middle of the Pacific. Hanks washes up on an uninhabited island and has to live off what he finds clinging to the shore … Continue reading

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Make This Your Business, And Succeed

If your business has clients who are also businesses, you might want to pick up on the below point. I’m not a champion like Virgin Group’s Richard Branson, but I’m pretty sure Mr. Branson would agree with the gold nugget … Continue reading

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3 Keys to Jingle on Your Keyring of Beliefs

Ever have a pivotal moment? A moment like, “Hey, I just signed a 1-year membership to a health club. Now I’m going to have to do some mental exercises to excuse away why I can’t work out. Gee, I hope … Continue reading

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Independence: A Wound to Profitability?

Some of the benefits in being an entrepreneur are to have freedom over our personal schedules, develop innovative ideas, find creative ways to troubleshoot problems, make things more efficient, think out of the box, and control our own destiny. Would … Continue reading

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Don’t Let An Invoice Be The Last Thing Your Customer Sees From You!

Recently, I decided to spring for an indoor spinner bike. You know, one of those exercise bikes you’d find in a workout club? I’ve wanted one for years. When I could see, I loved to ride bike. An afternoon ride … Continue reading

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Are You the Boiling Frog in the Kettle?

Before I make use of the below metaphor, I want to emphatically state frogs are great… I like them… And I mean no harm to them! In fact, in my little example, I even made a way for this little … Continue reading

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One Essential Belief of the Entrepreneur

There is an absolute essential principle every entrepreneur must adopt. If they don’t, they’ll fail. I’ll share that little nugget with you, plus give you a link to something worth listening to which describes the life of an entrepreneur quite … Continue reading

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One Thing Worry and Success Have in Common

I’ve got a question for you. Have you ever worried about something? Okay, dumb question, let me rephrase. Have you worried about something to excess? Maybe you heard someone in your department was getting the ax. Then you suddenly realize: … Continue reading

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What Kabobs Can Teach Us About Marketing

One thing I’ve found in this world is lessons jump in front of our path constantly, all we’ve got to do is be willing to see and make good use of them. For instance, just this past week my wife … Continue reading

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Three-and-a-half Ways to Improve Time Efficiency

There is no such thing as time saving anything and I can prove it. Don’t believe me? Okay, we often say time is money, let’s say I gave you $1,000 yesterday and told you to get whatever you could with … Continue reading

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