A couple of weeks ago I was at a gas station. I happened to look over as I was pumping gas and there was this truck next to me, and they were in the other lane, and I noticed on the side of the truck it said something called Crosses For Losses. Now, you may…
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Let me ask you a question. What inspires you? What gets you excited? What gets you uplifted? What gets you energized? Sometimes these are tough questions, but I do this thing every single day. In the morning, I do a quote of the day. At the end of the day, I do a caption contest.…
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80% Failure Rate If you’re like a lot people, you’ve made New Year’s resolution. Well, it’s the first week of February, and I’m sorry to report but chances are about 80% of you have failed already. 80% of New Year’s resolutions fail by the second week of February. So the odds are against you, but…
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I was watching TV and 60 Minutes came on, and there was this really interesting story about a couple in Michigan that made 24 million dollars on the lottery. Of course, you’re going, “Well, somebody won the big ticket.” No, they did it over years in small increments, and it was fascinating the way they…
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Today I want to talk about email. Not the stuff you get in your inbox, but the stuff you’re sending to other people’s inbox. Now, a lot of people think that email is dying, but it’s way far from the truth. As a matter of fact, it’s not going anywhere, especially in the immediate future.…
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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…
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How would you like to learn some easy tips about how to improve business relationships? Let me start with a story. Over the past six months, I’ve been really exploring how to prospect for new clients. One of the things I started doing in 2018 is create courses around LinkedIn. I went down that road…
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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…
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This is a great time of the year to organize and clean, get your taxes ready, get your books done, all of that kind of stuff. Let’s use this time as best as you possibly can to get yourself organized so you can hit the ground running January 1st. Or January 2nd, probably. Today, I…
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We all know that social media is a great content distribution tool. It’s a great way to get your content into the hands of your audience. But the first question you’ve got to ask yourself is where is your audience hanging out? Chances are if they’re consumers, they’re hanging out on Facebook. If they’re business…
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