A Business Owners Guide to Online Versus Offline Marketing

There are too many companies nowadays which function in the belief that a website is all that is needed to break into the online business world. Nothing however can be further from fact! One of the most important elements of running a business is marketing your services; and this holds true no matter the form your business takes. In today’s world, marketing has become a sophisticated function which often needs a specialist’s help to make sense of the many options available out there. Let’s look at some of the reasons why continue reading »

2 Powerful Leaders to Learn From

A favorite speaker at the Wealth Masters Int’l conferences and one of the alliance members is Jeff Combs of Golden Mastermind Seminars .  He’s always spirited, energetic, and shares multiple nuggets to increase your ability to become a leader and grow.  This past week he touched on:

• Learning to ask the right questions and responding quicker
• How to REALLY learn from “the process” as we become successful
• Goal setting can be both under-rated and over-rated (& why)
• How to have a healthy dialogue with yourself and learn to decide

Another favorite within the WMI community is Ellie Drake of Braveheart Productions .  She shared exactly that too ~ why it’s so important today to build a community (or tribe as she calls it).  Ladies you will love this…..

From her experiences, the audience was riveted as she shared continue reading »

The Power of Your Associations

I’ve been doing a lot of reading lately about mindset and how entrepreneurs truly think differently than those who just want a j.o.b.  We want more control of our lives, our attitudes are different (we don’t have an entitlement mentality), and we know that we create our own opportunities.  So it came as no surprise to me when Darren Hardy’s next step in his Workaholics Anonymous series was addressing this same topic.

One person who has greatly influenced his life is Jim Rohn .  Here are some of the key points he states in his article, many from Jim’s teachings:

• We become the combined average of the five people we hang out with the most;

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Are You Treating Your Business Like a Dress Rehearsal?

We’ve all heard the saying, “Life’s not a dress rehearsal“ .  How many times have you caught yourself though operating on auto-pilot, planning for some big event, or sale, or promo – just like planning for an opening night?  Are you reaching milestones or goals daily or conserving and saving the good stuff for the “spectacular event”?  How many sales, or ideas, or opportunities are you letting slip right by you?  There are numerous things you could implement which don’t take a lot of “up front” time, but leverage your exposure – while you’re focused on the “big event”!  Here are a few of them: continue reading »