Monthly Archives: April 2012

Are You This Fly on the Windowpane?

During a recent tele-class that I hosted called The 97% Secret, I read a short excerpt from Price Pritchett’s book, You2: A High-Velocity Formula for Multiplying your Personal Effectiveness in Quantum Leaps. This excerpt apparently struck a nerve with many of you listening because in the last week our email inbox has been flooded with [...]

6 Steps to Turn Event Sponsorships Into Big Profits

Whether you are selling your services to small business owners or big corporations, one of the best ways to get face-to-face with your ideal clients is by sponsoring and exhibiting at events. But because sponsorships and exhibits require a significant investment of your time and money, it’s important to make sure you plan carefully so [...]

9 Ways to Build Priceless Client Relationships

The most valuable asset I have in my business is my client relationships. Even if you stripped away everything else I had, with those relationships, I’d be able to build it all again. The big “but,” however, is that creating those relationships doesn’t happen overnight, nor does it happen by accident. So I wanted to [...]

First Come, First Served: Why Your Office is Not a Short-Order Deli & Other Tips to Improve Your Work Day Productivity

By Leslie Shreve Over the years, in your endless search for work day bliss, I imagine you’ve established your routines at work for getting things done. You may have followed the advice of the hottest gurus or just created your own way to balance all the demands made upon you from moment to moment. So [...]

5 Things You Can’t Do For Yourself

Have you seen that new commercial from Staples? I absolutely love it! It’s about a small business owner named Dave who is the one and only person responsible for, well, just about everything that needs to get done. (If you haven’t seen it, you can watch it here.) Because we have to be so self-sufficient [...]

I Won An Award! But You Get the Swag…

Did you hear the news? I’ve been recognized in a very special way… I’ve won an Espresso Award! Right up front you need to know…there’s no posh ceremony…no corny canned jokes or awkward moments at the podium… but there is some swag… for you! First… what the heck is an Espresso Award? Cathy Demers, who [...]