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Why Your Business Is Not Changing

July 27, 2010

Have you read John Maxwell’s book Thinking For A Change?
In it, Maxwell asks a provocative question: “Do you know what most people’s number one challenge is when it comes to making positive personal changes?”
Several answers came to mind:

A positive support system is missing.
Limited finances.
Lack of knowledge.

Here is Maxwell’s answer: “It’s their feelings. They want to [...]

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The Slowkey Pokey – How To Turn Yourself Around

June 29, 2010

It happens. Business slows down.
Most people look at slow periods as a bad thing. But not you! You are a super-star! You refuse to think like everyone else around you. So let’s shout a collective, “Bull Feathers!” to being discouraged during slow times. This time is a gift. Use it to do good things for [...]

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Step Away From the Incubator

June 7, 2010

I’ve been thinking a lot about babies. My nephew’s wife is pregnant and so is one of my good friends. I’ve enjoyed seeing their bellies grow and studying sonogram pictures to figure out whose nose the baby has. We don’t have children so it’s fascinating to me.
Several years ago a dear friend of mine was [...]

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3 Ways To Stop Overcommitting

May 17, 2010

I spoke with a friend (and small business owner) who is ready to pull out the little hair he still has left in his head. He is a solopreneur with a rapidly growing business (great) who keeps saying yes to new projects (not so great) and is operating consistently on four hours of sleep, suffering [...]

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The Amy Challenge

April 19, 2010

This is a true story about “Amy” who just happens to be one of my heroes.
Amy has had a lot to overcome in her life. She was married to a soldier and as that vocation usually demands, they moved to a new state and city where she knew no one. Happily she became pregnant. When [...]

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Smores and Sales

April 19, 2010

This is a big week at Sanera as I’m starting a third Sanera Camp (small business boot camp) class in two days. As I’ve been preparing for it, the idea of customer experience is in all my thoughts. Last December, my friend and blogger, Michael Long, asked me to write about this very topic. Even [...]

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March Marketing Madness Featuring Amy Howell

April 3, 2010

What a week this has been! We’ve had some fantastic guest posts from marketing experts around the country. We are closing out March Marketing Madness week with a guest post from Amy Howell. Amy is the CEO of Howell Marketing Strategies, a PR and marketing firm that combines traditional and social media marketing. Amy has [...]

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March Marketing Madness Featuring Tim Hayden

April 2, 2010

If you don’t know Tim Hayden, you should. I met Tim at South by Southwest Interactive last month at an excellent social media seminar which you can read about here. Tim hosted the event and spoke. After spending some time with him, learning about his vision for the future of social media I knew I [...]

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March Marketing Madness With Todd Schnick

March 31, 2010

Have you enjoyed March Marketing Madness as much as I have? Well it’s not over yet. I have the great pleasure of introducing you to Todd Schnick. Todd is Chief of The Intrepid Group, a marketing firm out of Atlanta, Georgia. Todd specializes small to medium-sized companies (one of the reasons I wanted him to [...]

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March Marketing Madness Featuring Eric Fletcher

March 30, 2010

Welcome to March Marketing Madness! All this week, you will have access to several marketing experts’ opinions and ideas. And today, I am happy to introduce you to Eric Fletcher. Eric is the Chief Marketing Officer of McGlinchey Stafford PLLC, a national corporate law firm. He is a former broadcaster, advertising agency creative director and [...]

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