What has storytelling and business got to do with each other? How do you engage with your audience – especially for your business? Most people have a business persona, which is stiffer and more reserved than they are in normal life. However, if there is anything that the massive popularity of social media and the Millennials …
Category: Home Based Business
Oct 24
Discipline and Instant Gratification
One of the success principles is discipline. Without it, you will struggle to get anywhere. Look at it this way – it makes life better on the long run. Sure, before you develop the habit, it looks like it is a pain, but once you do, things begin to feel a lot easier. You want …
Oct 15
Which Comes First – Marketing or Networking?
For the eager network marketers out there, this is comprised of two parts. The really new person wants to start bringing in some money fast, and may end up putting the cart before the horse in their haste. Which is the cart and which is the horse here? Always remember that we are …
Oct 12
Work Smart….. How?
You hear it all the time: you need to Work Smart. Great catchphrase, but it should be a lot more than that. Though most have heard it, they don’t really know how to go about it! Would you know where to begin working smart? Realize working harder is not the answer – you generally will …
Oct 09
Great Customer Service Will Make Your Business Great
Providing great customer service should be a no-brainer for any business. But look around you, and it is often far from standard. While it was always desirable, in the current economic times, I feel that businesses with great customer service will thrive far better than those with less than pleasing customer relations. Great customer service …
Sep 30
Attending Events is Integral to Your Success
Do you attend your industry events? I sure hope so! If you want to become excellent and an expert in what you do, you need to build on your skills ALL THE TIME! You never stop! It is a fallacy to think that you can get to a point and then stop – you’ll fall …
Sep 27
Using Leverage in your Business and Everyday Life.
Always be Leveraging – my take on the oft quoted phrase, Always be Marketing. In leverage, you are looking to get more with what you already have, without putting in much more time, effort and/or money. We all know that outsourcing is a form of leverage, however, how creative are you about using leverage in …
Sep 26
Do you NEED to be Successful?
For just about everyone, success brings a degree of freedom not possible without it. Success means different things to different people, however, at the core, it allows you to do what you want with relative ease and freedom. Yes, it may involve work, and quite a bit of it. It probably will – but with …
Sep 25
Is your WHY big enough?
Does your WHY both excite you and scare you? If it does both, you are on the right track. If not, you are playing small. Think of upping your game and “Go Big or Go Home”. Don’t make the mistake that the object of your why is money – it should run much deeper than …
Sep 23
Leverage and ROI
It is VITAL to understand leverage, its importance in your life, and how to apply it. Leverage at its most basic means doing more with what you have. For the business person, that is usually their time and sometimes money. EVERYONE should leverage their time and money, but most are not aware of the concept …