Unusual Places to Find Customers
You need more customers, yet the traditional avenues you’ve been using just aren’t delivering as many as you’d like. Tweeting and publishing articles in online directories may bring the occasional lead, and those leads sometimes do turn into customers. But publishing enough articles to get more than a trickle is a lot of work, and [...]
What’s new this week (1/31/2011) in the Circle
(A quick housekeeping note: I am going to be in Mexico for the next eight days so if you need any help at the “Circle”, please contact Doreen at my HelpDesk. In fact, that will always be the fastest way to get a response when you need some assistance.) Members-Only Benefits — Not yet a [...]
Kindle Winner is…
And the winner of the 3G+WiFi Kindle in my birthday giveaway is… Kristen Schwartz of Faery Medicine Congratulations Kristen!
My first EF-U letter…
Since real estate prices are so low right now, we spent some time while we were in Palm Springs looking around for a place that we might want to live in if and when we decide to get off the road. After reading so many real estate listings and the creative language that real estate [...]
You could teach third grade…
In order to share with you what I want to talk with you about today – and to give credit where credit is due – I have to make a confession first. And I hope that you don’t change your opinion of me when I do. My favorite magazine is Woman’s World. There. I’ve said [...]
The $64,000 Question
If you’ve been watching the news lately you may have bought into the idea that all is doom and gloom and that the end of the world as we know it is nigh, that business is bad and that no one has any money and that small business is doomed to failure and… well, you [...]
Win a 3G+WiFi enabled Kindle!
Win a Kindle! To celebrate Marty’s birthday on January 25th, we’ll be holding a drawing for a 3G+Wi-Fi Kindle eBook Reader (Amazon) from all the folks who are registered here including members of Good Company, Gold, and Platinum Levels. If you’re not a member yet, Join Now to be sure you get in on the [...]
Who’s got your back? (And win a Kindle)
In the field of personality typing, on the Myers-Briggs scale, I’m what is known as an ENFP. This means that I’m an Extroverted, iNtuitive, Feeler, Perceiver. My partner, Bill, a retired therapist, and an expert in the Myers-Briggs system, says that although the P does not stand for procrastination, it could. I’ve often said I’m [...]
Singing a song of celebration
Our inkjet printer recently entered its “terrible two’s” and got so ornery and temperamental that we finally just had to get rid of it, if for no other reason than to calm down all the swearing coming from both sides of this small living space. It has been so nice now to have a new [...]
Every contact is marketing
Today Marty writes from Palm Springs, CA… Today I want to chat with you about something that you might not have really considered before. And that is that every contact you make in your business is marketing. From the name of your business to the way you answer the phone, to the look of your [...]
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