I know, I know…I’m not supposed to use that word! Work! I always find it funny when people say you aren’t supposed to make them think it’s work…well, as a business owner, you know you have to do some work, right? Then why are we trying to fool everyone? I’ve just never understood that logic….
If you haven’t read the book “The ONE Thing” by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan, you should go to your favorite place to buy books (online or offline) and get it now! And, if you aren’t a reader, it is available on audio as well. This short 5:59 video doesn’t do the book justice. I’ve…
One of the biggest concerns for many business owners is how to be authentic in their marketing. You want results from your marketing, but you also want to avoid the in your face or the hard core marketing approach. You also want to avoid the negativity based marketing that relies on bashing others to make…
Part of the holiday season is about giving and receiving gifts. Most of us like doing both – giving and receiving, whether we admit it or not. And, when we give gifts, we certainly want to be sure that the recipient knows it came from us. During this past holiday season I found one particular…
You’ve seen the guy on stage spinning the plates. He starts at one end and gets a plate spinning, then moves to the next plate, and the next, until he gets to the end of the line of plates. The hope is that when he gets the last plate up and spinning, all of the…
Many people think business is a lot like gambling, because they think in order for someone to be successful in business, whether it is information marketing or if you have a brick and mortar kind of business, an insurance company, or a dry cleaner, or any kind of service you do or any kind of…
It’s pretty much understood among those currently on social media that pretty much every business needs to have a presence there in today’s world. However, you might be surprised to find out, especially is you are active on social media, and have been for awhile, there are still people every single day, who are joining…
When you go places and do things, do you look for the marketing and business lessons that are there? Some companies will show you good examples and some will show you not so good examples, but you can learn from all of it…and all companies, no matter if they are large or small, they all…
Is there a difference between strategy and tactics? It probably depends on who you ask, but I see a big difference between the two. We talk a lot about, and utilize, strategy, in our business, and for our clients as well. So many things revolve around marketing and business strategy. Tactics has a negative connotation,…
One of the most common questions we get asked is “What exactly is Information Marketing?” What does that term mean? What is it all about? Some people call it information products, some people call it information marketing. It’s been a struggle to figure out how to describe what exactly Information Marketing is to people who…
