30 Day Blog Challenge Comes to an End

Some of you that have been following this blog may know that both myself and my partner Ely have been participating in a Blog Challenge. In case you are new to our world a blog challenge let me explain. Across the internet there is a wonderful group of people ...

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Don’t Bite The Hand The Feeds You

Recently we had an experience with a local coffee shop that I had to share with you. Now anyone that knows me knows that I spend a lot of time in coffee shops. I like them and I do love a large mocha (or three). I tend to spend a lot of money with a ... ...

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Do You Know Who You Are Talking To?

As business people we are always on the “hunt” for new prospects or customers. We tend to become so focused on this path that we have blinders on to everything else. When someone comes up to us at a networking event we can become so focused on maki...

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What Twilight Can Teach Us About Marketing?

So I am still hearing from a bunch of business owners complaining about the “down economy”. I don’t know about you but my business is growing each and every day. I know of a lot of other businesses doing the same thing. So what is it that makes us di...

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Follow in the Steps of Others

One of the people that I have learned much from has a question he asks during his events. It goes something like this “Do you want me to show you what I did to get where I am today or do you want me to show you what I am doing today?” The gist is ....

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First and Foremost You Are a Marketer

What do you do for a living? I would venture a guess that this is one of the most asked questions in the world. At least in my world it is. If I leave the house and go out in public for ANY reason I rarely return home without having that conversation at least ...

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The Art Of Follow Up In Your Business

Did you know that it usually costs 10 times the cost to get a new customer than it does to get a repeat customer for your business? That’s a pretty big increase no matter how you look at it. So why is it that so many businesses never follow up with their...

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3 Reasons Why Social Media Marketing Companies Don’t Make Sense For Business

Social Media is the big buzz word in the marketing world right now. Everyone wants to jump on the bandwagon and use Social Media Marketing in their business. As a business owner Social Media Marketing should be a piece of your marketing mix. It’s a great...

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3 Easy Steps To Networking Effectively In Today’s World

Networking had been around forever in the business world. Business has always been based around who you know and getting known. You can’t grow your business hiding in a cave and one of the best ways to get your name out there and get clients is to make c...

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Facebook is Messing Around Again…Or Are They?

Anyone who is on Facebook with any sort of regularity knows that they change the site around on a regular basis. Depending on these changes the general public likes them or hates them. I have a theory… It is a FREE service so I have relatively little roo...

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