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What are your Big Five For Life?

Have you ever had the experience of suddenly having a new insight into something?  It could be during a heated conversation when you suddenly understand where the other person is coming from (and why they’re mad…) or sometimes you can ‘have the lights turned on’ when you’re listening to a particularly talented speaker. It only […]

What are your guiding principles?

photo by MumbleyJoe  Stand In the place where you live Now face north Think about direction Wonder why you haven’t before Now stand In the place where you work Now face west Think about the place where you live Wonder why you haven’t before REM – Stand I had an interesting discussion today where the […]

Is your superior Product falling down a hole?

It has long been said “Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door”.  That may have been true a hundred plus years ago, but these days better doesn’t guarantee that your superior product will generate superior returns. I had a chance to see the 3D version of the newly […]

How to start thinking locally…

Your prospects are looking for you on the Internet. They’re searching using terms that make sense to them (based on the problem they’re having or a common solution to their problem). For a lot of products or services, they are only interested in a local service provider – they’re doing a local search. They’re probably […]

5 Ways an Advisory Board can help your business

Photo by sea turtle  Good advice can be hard to come by sometimes, especially when you’re a busy business owner. That’s why the concept of an Advisory Board works so well, especially if you are in a business that tends to isolate you from working with peers.  Unfortunately most people aren’t really familiar with the […]

Are you getting the word out?

Photo by looking4poetry  Good public relations for a small business can be a huge lift in terms of visibility and having prospects find you.  Getting your business (or yourself) profiled in an article, on the radio or on TV is usually going to do nothing but good things for your bottom line. Unfortunately, although there […]