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Do You Know What Time it is?

About 15 years ago, I got it in my head that I needed a new watch. I knew EXACTLY what I wanted. It needed to be silver and gold, so that it matched everything. It needed to have numbers around the dial, rather than just tic marks. It needed to have the date. So I started shopping. I window-shopped. I...
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It’s a N.M.W. thing…

I was standing in my kitchen today, reheating leftover Pad Thai, fretting over writing an article. You see, I've been out of commission almost all week, feeling mentally hazy and lethargic. But several years ago, I decided that this gets done no matter what. Since I made that decision, my articles going out through my newsletter account for bringing in...
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Focus on Your Core

A few weeks ago I created a program so that I could offer training and networking at prices that everyone can afford in this economy. In searching for a premise for the whole thing, I finally came up with a core concept of YES. And some of you have asked why this is the focus. So of course, I’m writing...
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Lazy Successes

For those of you who know me, it won’t come as a surprise to learn that I am a very driven person. I actually love working, and believe the harder I work, the more results I will get. I’m sure this is no great revelation to anyone. But for the past two weeks, I’ve had a series of minor maladies....
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Avoiding the “Ick” Factor in Networking

Recently I was at a Speed Networking event, and just as I was about to sit down in front of a new networking partner, I watched her lick the first two fingers of her right hand and to pick up one of her own business cards. Now, most of us do this kind of thing from time to time in...
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3 Sales Tips (none from a used car salesman)

SALES. It’s treated like a curse, and yet anyone who is in business for themselves must to be familiar with salesmanship. So, we’ve come up with a more acceptable word – “conversion”. Conversion means to take a prospect and to convert them into a client. Again – convert. There’s something that still seems forceful about this word. I suggest a...
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What do you care about?

Contributed by guest blogger, Candy Sugarman of PlayBig Online Marketing. One of the best things about Social Media is how easy it is for people to share information about causes and events that are important with others. One of the worst things about Social Media is how easy it is for people to respond to shared information about causes and...
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Personal Branding with Expert Katy Goshtasbi

Guest blogger Katy Goshtasbi is a Personal Branding expert who works on translating your personal brand to your business brand in order to increase revenues, productivity and morale. Learn more about Katy on her website, www.PurisImage.com. What is “personal branding”? Personal branding is the process of distinguishing your relevant attributes and communicating them consistently to your audience and then it...
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The Busy Barrier

One of my HUGE pet peeves is when people run around like crazy, saying “I’m so busy, I’m so busy!” I’m not sure precisely why it bugs me, but I think it has something to do with it carrying an underlying message that the person is basically a victim to time. I came embarrassingly face-to-face with this the other day...
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The Worst Thing About Mountain Climbing

You know what the WORST thing about mountain climbing is? They leave the hardest stuff for the end. Think of it. You’re exhausted, dragging your pack with you, and isn’t that last quarter mile just the hardest to haul? I thought of this as I was planning my day and chose just four things to tackle (it was the weekend)....
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Recognize!

Last week I after proudly announcing that I had gone national with my networking event, my husband said to me, “No you didn’t.” Huh? He said, “You went national LAST year when you did your event in Kalamazoo, Michigan.” Forehead slap! How could I have forgotten that? The answer is simple - I’m an entrepreneur. I’m always looking at what...
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Avoiding the Verbal Card Toss

I was talking recently to a new business acquaintance, Tracy Karbus, about (what else?) networking. She mentioned how she hated going to events where everyone just threw their business cards at each other and there was no real connecting. Then she asked, “What do you think you should do for a 30-second elevator speech?” And I cringed. I know, I...
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