On New Year’s Day, I was feeling pretty good because I’d come up with four big goals for 2013, when I read this post from Brigitte, where she talks about how you shouldn’t set goals for the new year. Brigitte and I agree on a lot (like the importance of getting off the Internet), but …
Last year, I shared the three best things I did for my business in 2011. But this year, I can’t say that I’ve got three best things I did. Because this year was the first year where it felt like my business worked for me and not the other way around. In my fifth full …
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In a recent post, Tara questioned the need to solve every problem in your business with the question, how do I get the word out? The problem, she says, isn’t always the marketing, but the product itself. She asked, Could it be that it’s the product that needs changing and not the promotional plan? I …
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When was the last time you gave yourself permission to to reflect on your business? What about your life? Over the last few months, I’ve been working on a philosophy of business in general and marketing in particular that focuses on sharing. That the best way to promote your business is to look at what …
A colleague recently mentioned to me that she polled some business students and the number one thing they wanted to learn was networking. I was a little surprised by this! Who needs to learn to network? I grew up with a business owner father who was capable of talking to anyone, anywhere. He’d always come …