Dislike marketing? Rather be spending time DOING your business rather than finding customers? I get it. Check out my suggestions in my first post. We are not going after perfection here. But you need a plan. So have fun with your strategy day first and then come back to Step #2 and #3.
I’m sure you could fill in that blank with a bunch of different things. You’d rather be DOING your business than: developing your marketing strategy; figuring out your target market, ideal client, most fantabolous client avatar coming up with ideas for how to spread the word about what you do or creating strategies why YOU […]
I’ve been working like a crazy woman these past few months. I’ve run thirteen events from marketing the registration website to the final thank yous; worked with two large clients on conferences or trainings; held strategy calls with clients’ wrote for my blog and other blogs; and gone through an intense review and rehaul of […]
I used this tip when I first started using social media. Focus. Focus. Focus. Stop trying to do EVERYTHING all at once. Yes, yes, yes, I know the things on your list seem important. But are they really putting money in your pocket? Far too often, we focus on too many things. We miss out […]
I was chatting with a client recently about new products that she wanted to launch. She was so pumped because she just knew the products could really help her customers. Her enthusiasm was contagious. I couldn’t help but get jazzed with her. And then I started thinking. Is this really where she should spend her […]
I learned this lesson the hard way when I took a vacation a few years ago. The email “demons” can rob you of your time!!! So now, I’ve learned to say “NOT NOW!” by using this technique to help me manage my email inbox. Is it simple? Yes. It’s a super easy one that might […]
Need to find more time in your schedule? But you don’t even have time to schedule a call with an organization expert or coach to figure it out? lol. No worries! I got you. Let me help you reclaim your time doing housework and trying to run your business. I started using these tips […]
Think you have what it takes to start a business? Of course you do. But you need to examine a lot more than just the traditional check lists for your business plan or your ability to display some highly hyped entrepreneurial characteristics. For example, how is your health? Yup. Bet you didn’t think that one […]
I heard about Andrea Lo from a Forbes.com mention and was blown away by her business idea. Youth crowdfundraising! Talk about taking the door to door school sales campaign to the next level!! She is a former consultant turned entrepreneur. She did her due diligence by networking with entrepreneurs and having an internship in […]
You did it again. It’s tax season and you don’t have your business expenses from last year organized. I know. I know. You are too busy marketing and managing your current clients and customers. And keeping up with a bunch of receipts and ALLLLLLLLL of last year’s business expenses you had in via your paper […]