September 2010
1 post
Without a Community, Your Website is Useless →
August 2010
1 post
Remember, Your Website Is a Sales Tool – Don’t Be... →
September 2009
1 post
What You’re Not Measuring In Your Business Doesn’t... →
Are you one of those business owners who’s not tracking your business activity, tracking your marketing or recording how you spend your time each day working on your business?
If you are –…
August 2009
2 posts
Here’s How You Can Get a Business-Ready Website... →
You may have heard that we’re expecting our fourth child sometime in the next couple of weeks. My wife, the kids and I are extremely excited and are looking forward to meeting this new…
Finally setup Tumblr on my iPhone. Pretty nice so far
July 2009
3 posts
How Not To Make The 3 Mistakes I Consistently See... →
If you have a small business website it should serve one purpose – generating sales.
Sure, it should inform your visitors of your offers and give them social proof of your abilities…
Why Your Twitter Followers Aren’t Leads…Or Are... →
Can Twitter really help your business? Or is it just another place on the web to waste time.
This is something I get asked all the time by clients, prospective clients and just about…
8 Common & Critical Small Business Website... →
With small businesses one fact is true today, your business website should be a central hub for your business.
Your business website should effectively represent your brand while providing…
June 2009
1 post
How You Can Learn More Than 220 Ways to Get More... →
There are a number of questions I get asked often by my clients about developing and growing their business using their websites.
But I’d say one question is asked more than any other –…
May 2009
2 posts
How Could Someone Think That? →
Is it wise to use your business to hurt people?
You’d probably agree with me that it’s certainly not wise to hurt your customers or potential customers. That seems pretty clear, doesn’t it?…
Need More Clients? Reach Beyond Your Website! →
The internet is almost magical.
Think about it…you put up a few pages of text on a website and you have the potential for a business. People can view your site, read your copy and decide…
April 2009
1 post
Why Your Marketing May Not Be The Reason You’re... →
Most of the the small business owners I work focus an abundant of time on their marketing. They put tons of effort into crafting their marketing message, polishing their marketing funnel…
March 2009
1 post
Having Trouble Getting More Clients? Consider... →
Susan is a life coach. She’s been working with clients ever since she received her certification. First with a few friends and later with the referrals her friends sent her. Of course one of…
January 2009
3 posts
In Troubled Economic Times, Be Smart & Be Bold →
Let’s face it, our economy here in the U.S. is in trouble. As a nation, and as individuals, we’ve out-spent our means and overextended our lives while saving less than ever before in history….
Why You Want to Find Your Niche Market and Then... →
Yesterday I had an interesting, but short, conversation on Twitter where I said, “The key to a successful small business - find a highly specific, targeted niche and dominate it!” And…
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I’m testing using Apple Dashboard Widget for posting to tumblr.
December 2008
1 post
How Do You Measure Success…and Why You Should →
How do you define success in your business? It’s a question I ask every client - and most of the prospects I ever speak with.
The interesting thing for me is how often the people I speak…
November 2008
6 posts
Are You Being Misled By How Much Traffic Your... →
One thing you have to say about blogging is that it’s a great way to generating traffic to your website. You write a blog post and promote it a bit. Your posts goes out to your feed…
Want to Learn 97 Ways to Drive Traffic to Your... →
There are a number of questions I get asked often by my clients about developing and growing their business using their websites.
But I’d say one question is asked more than any other -…
You Do Know That Social Marketing Isn’t A Fad,... →
It’s funny to me that people are still asking whether social media is viable for business.
Obviously, the advertising industry picked up on blogs and social media pretty early on and…
How Do You Know If You’ve Truly Found Your Niche... →
Niche market is one of those buzz terms that gets thrown around a lot. Just about any marketing book, article or blog post worth its weight talks about niche marketing. It’s so prevalent…
Why You Shouldn’t Be Afraid of The Economic Crisis →
If you’re paying attention to the media you know that we’re are headlong into some hard economic times. Banks are failing, investment firms are in financial trouble and the housing markets…
October 2008
1 post
Hate Selling? Well, You’re Doing It All The Time →
Let me guess, when it comes to your small business, you hate selling.
Just the idea of it makes your stomach turn a bit. It seems dishonest and dirty. And you’ve convinced yourself that…
September 2008
2 posts
Why Being Unreasonable Can Lead To Success →
George Bernard Shaw once said:“The reasonable man adapts himself to the conditions that surround him… The unreasonable man adapts surrounding conditions to himself… All progress depends…
The Simplest, Yet Most Important Question You Can... →
As small business owners, we tend to make things so much more complex than they need to be.
Think about it. If you run a small business, where do you usually put the majority of your…
August 2008
5 posts
Welcome Back Joanna →
Want to learn how to write with confidence?
Well my friend and fellow blogger, Joanna Young, is back! Where’d she go? Well, first she moved her blog from TypePad to WordPress - a move…
The Art of Being a Small Business Owner →
Running is a small business is as much an art as it is a skill - perhaps even more so.
Certainly you can approach your business as though it’s a set of skills you learn and then implement….
Do You Know When To Ask For Help? →
I’ve always been a do-it-yourselfer. I’ve taught myself a great many things by taking this attitude.
When I bought my first house, I completely gutted it - down to the timbers in most…
Why You Can’t Just Create A Viral Marketing Effect →
Is it really possible to create a viral marketing effect?
Sure, it’s possible to create a viral marketing strategy. And it’s certainly possible to know what viral marketing is and,…
Why You Can’t Just Create A Viral Marketing Effect →
Is it really possible to create a viral marketing effect?
Sure, it’s possible to create a viral marketing strategy. And it’s certainly possible to know what viral marketing is and,…
July 2008
3 posts
Are You Engaged With Your Audience? →
Is your business creating a community that people want to be a part of?
Among the mass of things that you need to consider in running a small business on the web, this question is seldom…
June 2008
25 posts
Are Your Customers Sick & Tired of Choice? →
Is choice a good thing?
Walk through any supermarket here in the U.S and you’ll find tons of choices. Want a simple can of soup, you have to wade through 15 different brands of chicken…
How You Can Use Your Blog To Create Informational... →
People want what you know!
They want your stories, your perspectives, your perceptions and your ideas. And in some cases they want your help or they want to learn how to do what you know….
How’s Your Brain Really Seeing Your Business? →
Before he passed, my grandfather used to teach me many things - about sports, about nature, about gardening, and about life. He was a very learned man who at one point read every volume of…
Why You’re Ultimately NOT The Decision Maker In... →
If you run a small business you’re likely making decisions all the time. If it’s not what product to develop it’s where to publicize your business. Or perhaps you’re considering hiring a…
Why You’re Ultimately NOT The Decision Maker In... →
If you run a small business you’re likely making decisions all the time. If it’s not what product to develop it’s where to publicize your business. Or perhaps you’re considering hiring a…
Stop Being Insane So You Can Take Your Business To... →
People ask me all the time how do I grow my business?
The answer is always quite simple, really. So simple that it can be answered in one word - change.
Albert Einstein defined insanity…