This is MY Forest!!

All this week, I have been seeing the word, “opportunity”. It keeps coming up. In a book I am reading, God is described as the “God of opportunity”. In the “It Factor Career Club” I have been serving, the members are asking, “What opportunities are out there?” This week, I met with a sales manager [...]

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Business Truth… from the Bible?

Have you ever seen one of those robots that will bump into a corner, turn slightly and try again… bump into the same wall, turn slightly… bump into it again, turn slightly, etc.? It keeps going until eventually it is heading OUT of the corner and in a new (more open) direction.
When I see businesses [...]

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The AD didn’t work???

So…. at the risk of offending EVERY ad salesman, publication, radio station and MORE, I just have to say this:
WHY in the WORLD do otherwise smart and savvy business owners FAIL to acknowledge basic MATH in their business? If a paid advertising effort produces $0 in increased revenue, why would running that SAME [...]

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A Typical Business Meeting??

Not too long ago, I sat in a meeting with a very educated business owner and her team of “key players”…. marketing consultant, business manager, customer service manager, etc. The issue at hand: a lack of clients and decreasing income. It was a difficult meeting. As an “outsider”, I [...]

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S-T-R-E-T-C-H Marketing Clinic

Okay.. so the clinic is just about six weeks away, -MARK YOUR CALENDARS for  NOVEMBER 13th – and I am not sure of the name… But it is creating quite a buzz… so for now, we will just call it the “STRETCH” marketing clinic.  Here are some cool guarantees and answers to some questions that [...]

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Do you KNOW – really KNOW – what you can do?

Lately, I have constantly been reminded of the power we have inside each of us.  Today, I stumbled across a website that is dedicated to ending the abuse of elephants in captivity.  I have often wondered how these enormous giants were even KEPT in captivity in the first place.  The fences that keep them caged would crumble under [...]

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Play the hand you were dealt….NOW!!

“There are those that make things happen,
Those that watch things happen,
And those that wonder what happened.”

Far too often, when I meet with entreprenuers, I realize that “waiting” is a major “activity” in their week.  Buying an ad and waiting.  Waiting for things to “turn around”.  Waiting to hear something.  Waiting for the right opportunity.  Waiting to [...]

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Are You Being a WEASEL in your business?

Dan Kennedy uses a term called a “no weasel” clause guarantee to fill his live events.  Most people offer a guarantee that is essentially USELESS. 
Here’s an example:  Not satisfied??  No problem.  Simply let us know by the time the moon rises on the sixth day of Passover, submit a written explanation of your complaint delivered [...]

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HONK… If you need Clients NOW

 During this past Christmas season, I snuck off between meeting clients to buy my daughter a “hanging paper lantern” .  In the parking lot of the store, I drove slowly past the client I was meeting in the next 15 minutes.  She was in her car driving towards me and I was in mine. 
I am a [...]

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Shameful Secrets…. of Speed

May I share a shameful secret with you?  
I have recently shared (a bit) on facebook about my recent driving issues… including 4 speeding tickets and a failure to stop at a stopsign ticket…. all in about 3 months.  Not good. 
But, if I were to be completely honest, my driving record is a long list [...]

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