You Be The Coach For Referral Fees

January 11, 2010

I was at a networking event and one of my friends (a small business owner) said:
“Someone referred a client to me and they are asking for a 20% referral fee. I don’t charge for referrals. If you’re someone I know and I believe you will do a good job, I’m going to refer business to [...]

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2010 What Ifs

January 6, 2010

A preview to my San Antonio Business Building Boot Camp, January 13, 2010:
One of the things I love about Twitter is the ability to connect and speak with people I never would have met otherwise. This week I had the fortunate experience of speaking with two super-intelligent business owners: Patty Farmer of Envoy Mortgage & [...]

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How Big Is Your Bark

January 4, 2010

We recently adopted our 2 year old dog, Lucy. We were quickly reminded that dogs have an ingrained “fight or flight” response when they feel threatened. When Lucy seems threatened by other dogs, she fights which involves lots of barking and growling. Dogs can be trained to change the undesirable behaviors with help from dog [...]

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Resolutions Are Horse Feathers

December 30, 2009

Last week, Michael Long, aka The Red Recruiter posted this very interesting tweet:
Everywhere you turn, especially at this time of year, there are a million posts about making and keeping New Year’s resolutions. Personally, I think most of it is a bunch of hooey like “visualize your success” and “strive for goal congruity.” What I [...]

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Beach Houses And Business Planning

December 28, 2009

When you started your business, did you do it because you wanted to work 80 hours a week? When you took the plunge, was it your hope that you would never see your family? Did you want to lose sleep, lose hair and make Tums your own personal food group? Of course not.
Most small business [...]

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It’s Easy To Be Extraordinary

December 21, 2009

I went to a Christmas bazaar and there was a table full of jewelry goodies. In fact, there were a couple of tables with jewelry goodies. But I stopped at this one because of the woman’s smile. She was engaging without being sales-y:  she asked about me, whether or not I was ready for Christmas [...]

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Choices And Lessons

December 16, 2009

As most of you know, there was a bit of drama yesterday regarding one of my blog posts.
To those of you who reached out to me via blog comments, on Twitter and in direct messages I thank you! As I write this, I’m  feeling deeply appreciative of my friends and colleagues. And so, I’d like [...]

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My First Ever Blog Rant

December 15, 2009

Update 12-16-09
I had a conversation with this person. Here is the link to the update.
So this is a blog post unlike any other I’ve written so far because something happened to me that has never happened before. And I’m angry, really angry.
I was hardly online yesterday, so I was up early this morning catching up [...]

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Purple Cow Prospecting

December 14, 2009

In case you have not read “Purple Cow” by Seth Godin, go get it – today. It’s about being remarkable, how to exceptionally market yourself, your products and your services. The idea is that in a field full of cows, if you’re purple, you’re going to stand out.
Long-term business success requires more than purple cow [...]

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How To Create An Irrelevant Brand

December 9, 2009

None of us ever wakes up, looks in the mirror and says, “Today, my goal is to be irrelevant.” When you go to a networking event or a Tweetup you don’t introduce yourself by saying “Hi. My name is Rose Pineda. I’m a mortgage lender with Mortgages Are Us and I’m irrelevant.” Of course not!
Or [...]

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