Archive for August, 2008

What are your words to live by?

Friday, August 29th, 2008

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I realized I had developed a full fledged habit the other day when my daughter used my standard ‘morning’ phrase to me when I was leaving the house the other day.
With parenting, I’ve come to realize that there’s [...]

How do you create Advocates for your business?

Sunday, August 24th, 2008

Stephen Heiner is a client of mine and the owner of Get Smarter Prep - an ACT/SAT test preparation company (the scores you need for the schools you want).  Get Smarter continues to do very well  - although he did go through some challenging times in last couple of years.
But beyond the success, Stephen has [...]

Jumping in the Twitter Pool - How you can participate

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

I couldn’t stand it any longer - I needed to find out what all the buzz was regarding Twitter, so I decided to join up and start learning.
For those that don’t know, Twitter is a ‘micro-blogging’ platform that limits you to 140 characters per post (or Tweet).
What’s the point?
Well that’s the interesting thing - [...]

Cold Call or Root Canal? 5 ways to make it better.

Sunday, August 17th, 2008

                                                                photo by Hamed_Saber
Smiling and Dialing!
I’ve had several conversations with clients recently specifically on the topic of cold calling.  Most of the people I talk to feel fairly strongly that it’s not effective and more than likely it’s counterproductive because it annoys potential prospects.  On top of that - they really hate doing it.  Most [...]

Has the SEO fairy visited you lately?

Sunday, August 10th, 2008

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I can’t think of too many other topics that generate the same level of confusion, controversy and frustration as Search Engine Optimization or SEO.
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”                         - Arthur C. Clarke
From a business owner’s perspective, you really don’t want to mess with something like SEO.  You’re trying to [...]

Wanted: Taxidermy Knowledge…

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

I just got back from vacation a couple of weeks ago - we stayed in Grand Lake, Colorado, which is on the west side of Rocky Mountain National Park.  We had a great time, I got some fantastic pictures and I left thinking about Taxidermy (more on that in a minute).
It’s a beautiful area, the [...]

How do you stand out? Be yourself!

Sunday, August 3rd, 2008

Do you ever feel like your business or service is lined up with all of your competition and all of you look the same?  Wouldn’t it be great if you could stand out from the crowd? 
You could go with an original business idea to stand out, however I’m convinced that there are very few [...]