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…
I’m sure my friend and business associate was trying to tell me something when she recommended Cheryl Richardson’s book “Take Time For Your Life: A 7-Step Program for Creating the Life You Want” to me. Like a lot of entrepreneurs and small business owners, I have a tendency to put work in front of almost…
Live events can change the life of your business. For many promoters, small business owners, entrepreneurs, and information marketers, starting and running successful events has been the thing that’s catapulted their income from six figures to seven figures. It might also be yours, or you might already be running successful events – either way, there…
Having grown up on a farm in Ohio where we raised all our own meat, eggs, and vegetables, venturing too far from meat and potatoes has been a bit of a stretch for me. But, over the years, I have branched out and tried a lot of new things – and found that I like…
Your business goes as you go. If you spend all your time working in your business, your business will not grow, because you aren’t taking the time to think about its growth and how you want to market your business. The one thing in your business you need to have a handle on, and be…
You are probably reading the title of this article and thinking, “Marketing is the last thing on my mind.” Times are tough. Many companies are eliminating jobs in the thousands, people are struggling to pay bills, and therefore consumer spending has decreased. The news is dismal. Don’t believe it! As a small business owner, I…
One of the biggest mistakes business owners and entrepreneurs make is not having business systems in place to run their businesses. Systems either run your business or people do. That might sound odd because it seems obvious that you need people to run your business systems. And, you are absolutely correct you do need people…
Today we live and work in a very competitive world. Whether you are a brick and mortar retailer, an information marketer, an internet marketer a small business owner of any kind, you need to find ways to stand above your competition an all areas of your business. There are probable many other business owners who…
Information Marketing has actually been around since the Stone Age. Think about it…. The “first man” discovered that if he (or she) rounded the edges on a stone and rolled it, it would move much easier than an object that has square corners or any corners at all. As this inventor worked on changing transportation…
Many marketers and business owners understand Branding from the standpoint of other people’s businesses. From a surface point of view if you will. Say, McDonalds – Burger King – Coca Cola and Pepsi. For the business owner and marketer it can sometimes be very difficult to Brand your business and make yourself stand out amongst…
