Tag Archives: Business Strategy

Are You Overlooking This Passive Income Stream?… Like Most Business Owners

Do you want to make more money while working less?  We’re always looking for additional income streams in our businesses and ways to do things that generate money but don’t create more work.  You’re busy and have enough work to do between staff and everything you’re managing in your business. Think about this…is there a…

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Customer Service Lessons From An Airport Employee

Sometimes amazing things happen during our travels, but if you don’t take the time to notice and get excited about it, you might miss it. On a recent trip, something amazing happened. It was a long day. Up at 4:00am to leave for a long day of flying and connecting flights, no problems, until baggage,…

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No Plan, No Direction, No Success

Many entrepreneurs think of themselves as spontaneous people.  Get an idea, act on it, and it will automatically become an overnight success.  Unfortunately, it doesn’t usually happen that way.  And, it probably won’t happen that way for you. Despite what you may have heard, most “overnight successes” took a lot of hard work and planning. …

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No Integration

Most business people and entrepreneurs think they’re running multi-pronged marketing programs, when what they’re really doing is the same type of single-pronged marketing over and over again.  You don’t want to forget there are many marketing methods you should be incorporating into every project. Many internet marketers are just now starting to branch out into…

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No Follow-Up

You just made some sales, whether it was from the platform, on a teleseminar, after sending an email or your online newsletter, or from a direct mail piece.  It doesn’t matter how you made the sales, you’re feeling pretty good about it.  Most marketers think this is the end of the road, that their work…

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Power Up Your Engines Your Business Spaceship, “MSS Info-preneur,” Is Ready To Blast Off!

What Would Happen If You Fell Into One Of The 10 Most Common Marketing Black Holes? Imagine that you get into your 2012 model “marketing spaceship,” named “MSS Info-preneur” and you point it straight at the million dollar solar-mass black hole, in the center of our info-galaxy. (Actually, there’s some debate about whether our galaxy…

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Book Review of “Win: The Key Principles to Take Your Business From Ordinary to Extraordinary” by Frank I. Luntz

You know when your kindle tells you you have 634 marks and notes in a book that you have gotten a lot out of that book, and that’s what mine says for Frank Luntz’s book “Win: The Key Principles to Take Your Business From Ordinary to Extraordinary.” There was indeed a lot about this book…

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Are You Overlooking This Passive Income Stream?… Like Most Business Owners

Do you want to make more money while working less? We’re always looking for additional income streams in our businesses and ways to do things that generate money but don’t create more work. You’re busy and have enough work to do between staff and everything you’re managing in your business. Think about this…is there a…

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Are You A Student of Your Business Or Are You Missing Something?

Are you a ravenous student who just can’t seem to get enough books, tapes and courses in your niche, field, or in some topic area that makes a big difference in your business?  Or, is the idea of reading a book, listening to an educational CD or DVD, or going to a seminar or workshop,…

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Are Your Marketing Messages Unclear . . . Are You Sending Messages About Cats To Dog Lovers?

I received a gardening magazine and a chef magazine in the mail the other day.  I have no idea why.  I grew up on a farm so I pulled weeds and did yard work more than the average person.  Now don’t get me wrong, I love a beautiful yard, flowers, and all that – as…

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