A colleague just shared with me that Living Social reported a $650 Million loss last year. His comment was “I guess being a small guy isn’t so bad after all.” I read the story and realized that not only did they lose $650 Million last year, that was up from the year before when they […]
Do You Have REALationships with Your Clients
A REALationship occurs when you value your connection with the person you are doing business with greater than the money that is changing hands. The results are doing business with trust & openness which ultimately leads to more success. Do you have REALationships with your clients and customers? Are your clients and customers comfortable asking […]
Does Fear Hold You Back From Success?
Many people have underlying fears they aren’t ever aware of that can control their daily lives, and ultimately limit their success. Fear works at the subconscious level, meaning that you may not intentionally seek to fail in a certain area, but your inner beliefs are in control. I recently thought about a fear that I […]
How Authors Really Make Money (It’s Not Selling Books)
(Originally featured at Media Magnetism) The other day my wife nearly tripped over a box of books on the floor of my home office. It was the most recent shipment of a book I had been a contributing author in, and it launched us into a discussion of how much money I had made as […]
Do You Lose Business When You Are Away?
The question of “who handles your business when you are away?” was discussed in one of my business development groups last Wednesday. It was posed to those who may be sole practitioners to see who had a contingency plan for taking care of their customers needs while they were away. Perhaps you are one of […]