I don’t know about you, but if you’re on Facebook and some other social media platforms, you probably have noticed that things are getting a little ugly and divisive, meaning that people are picking sides, picking fights, and things just are not happy. I have been spending time trying to figure out how to post…
Have you ever thought about how to prospect for new clients with emotional intelligence? Now, I know a few of you are giggling, because you don’t think the words “emotional” and “intelligence” should be used in the same sentence, but it’s truly a thing. Emotional intelligence is the ability to recognize your own emotions and…
Happy New Year As this year starts to come to a close, I want to take a second to reflect back on what happened last year. Now as far as my podcast goes (BaconPodcast.com), I had a blast. I had the chance to interview a whole bunch of CMO’s, CEO’s, CFO’s, a whole bunch of…
Today, let’s talk about how to become a true entrepreneur and owning it. I spend a little time on Facebook, as I’m sure a lot of you do, and one of my friends posted a graphic. It got my attention. It said, “So, you don’t want to be involved in a pyramid scheme, you would…
Years ago, I bought a magazine called the National Lampoon, which I’m not 100% sure if it’s still available now or not, but if it is, it’s probably digital. One of the most famous covers from this magazine was a picture of a dog and a gun to its head and the title of the…
Today I want to talk about how to build a powerful brand with passion, purpose and payoffs. If you’ve been following along for a while, you’ve heard of my dog, Buddy Guy, who’s a 100-pound black Lab. We’ve had some challenges lately. He’s getting older, and I used to take him on walks, and I…
It’s Now The Law… I thought I would revisit email marketing as a business tool to help you grow your business because I believe it’s one of the cornerstones that you need to run any successful business. I don’t care whether it’s local, national, or international. The reason is, when you have an email list,…
Every once in a while I get together and have a coffee with my mentor. His name is Al. We sit down and I usually get to ask him a lot of questions and I try to learn from his experiences and knowledge and try to get my mindset right. One of the thoughts that…
Let me ask you a question. Have you ever gotten emotionally charged from a Facebook post? Well, of course, you have. We all have. If you haven’t, check your pulse, because that’s just what it does. It keeps us engaged by getting us emotionally charged. In an interview coming up with Brian Kinghorn, who teaches…
If You Make Them Choose, They Get Confused? I may be dating myself, but way back yonder when I was a youngster, we had very limited options to get our news, entertainment, and information. Believe it or not, we actually bought a bunch of encyclopedias, and that’s the way that we learned things, and every…