If You Are Not Making Money You Are Doing It Wrong! Business Success doesn’t happen by accident, it takes careful planning. As a business coach I know firsthand how important an outside opinion can be. It delivers an unbiased, objective opinion to any business owners Success oriented goals. How a business owner influences the [...]
How many times have you been faced with a situation such as a networking meeting, presentation, or social gathering and before you ever got there you start building a story in your head. You started trying to determine the outcome, you started to reflect back to the last time you had to get up in [...]
Welcome to the new year! In this edition of my newsletter I want to give you something to think about to get your New Year started off right and let you know some of what I am up to for the first quarter of 2011! First off we all know Committing to Change is the [...]
Social Media Fundamentals for Small Business I am proud to announce the confirmation of Stephanie Nivinskus of ImpressionsOnCall as the guest speaker for my next workshop. Stephanie is a local San Diego expert in social media marketing. Stephanie Nivinskus holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from San Diego State University. Her professional marketing career began [...]
I paused for just a second before answering to allow her to refocus on our question at hand. I briefly explained my fee structure and waited for a moment to let her absorb the information. A couple of seconds went by and then she tells me that my pricing is a little high. I smiled to myself and went into my DO’ s when asked “How much do you charge?”
It has taken you years to create the mold that has become YOU. For the past 20, 30, 40 years through environment and life experiences you have evolved into the person you are today. Some of your personality characteristics have not always served you well. You have developed fears and limiting beliefs that keep you [...]
I am always paying attention to what business owners do to promote their businesses and I continually get amazed at how many of them have a FEAR of promoting their business. What is even more amazing is how comfortable they are promoting other businesses. I will see them wearing designer shirts , hats, glasses, jackets, [...]
I was talking with a client a while back and we were discussing her lack of follow through
As the economy and job market fluctuate, many companies have embraced a leaner approach to business, laying off or dismissing thousands of employees. Or, maybe you find yourself on the wrong end of a divorce, inventorying your resources and coming up short. Whatever the cause, this juncture is where many people make the decision to [...]