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Branding Is More than Marketing, Especially Today

Branding Is More than Marketing, Especially Today Have you noticed how much faster everything seems to be moving – it’s not just the holidays, either. It’s everything. We have to work faster, think faster and make decisions faster – or

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Are Open Loops Your Ball and Chain?

Are Open Loops Your Ball and Chain? The older you get the more you will realize that the amount of energy you have is finite. It’s just like the battery in your flashlight. When it runs out of power, you’re

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Did you make a promise to your small business?

Did you make a promise to your small business? “If you can dream it, you can achieve it!!” Isn’t that a wonderful thought? Well, I don’t mean to burst your bubble, but it’s not exactly true … sorry. What’s more,

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How to Cross the Gap between Muddling Through or Having a Thriving Business

How to Cross the Gap between Muddling Through or Having a Thriving Business It happens more often than I want it to happen when I am coaching a small business owner. But sometimes it HAS to happen in order for

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Going Gray on Facebook Can Move You Up in the Results!

Going Gray on Facebook Can Move You Up in the Results! I’m sure you have heard about Facebook Live Audio by now … are you excited about it? What I really should ask is whether or not you have figured

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Your Coach is Here to Tell You that A Little Appreciation Goes a LOOOONNNGGG Way!

Your Coach is Here to Tell You that A Little Appreciation Goes a LOOOONNNGGG Way! How well do you know your customers? If you want to keep them, you should get to know them really well. Remember the Mackay 66?

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Are You a Permanent Occupant of the Waiting Room?

Are You a Permanent Occupant of the Waiting Room? Do you live the Hollywood story?? Before you groan and snarl at me, hear me out. The Hollywood story I refer to is the one where you are doing all the

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Are You Staring at the Water?

Are You Staring at the Water? “You can’t cross a sea by merely staring into the water.” – Rabindranath Tagore What does THAT mean? Well, in its simplest terms, you are going to achieve nothing by standing on the sidelines,

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Are you an Askhole?

Are you an Askhole? If you want to have sales success, being an Askhole should be one of your goals. Let me explain: A Telling Statistic Herbert True, a marketing specialist at Notre Dame University, found that 44% of all

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What Are You Willing to Do to Make More Sales?

What Are You Willing to Do to Make More Sales? Are you willing to learn more about the sales cycle? How about finding out how to overcome sales objections? Are you willing to make a list of target prospects? What

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