What Business Are Your REALLY In? Can I ask you a question? Do you really know what business you’re in? What do you do for people? If you’re a contractor, you build houses, you replace furnaces or water heaters, or whatever. I mean, that’s pretty straightforward. If you’re an Internet marketer, web developer, SCO person,…
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The Cobbler Whose Kids Have Holes In Their Shoes I’ve said this before, but I am one of those cobblers whose kids have holes in their shoes. It’s taken me, oh, five years, to really go back and look at my website and say, “You know what? This is pretty outdated.” Now, I just did…
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I want to start this blog with a little bit of an attitude of gratitude. Now when I started this blog six years ago I had a decent readership. When I started my podcast over two and a half years ago, my first month I got 100 listeners and I was blown away. It’s like totally…
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Love Feeds Love Today I want to talk about how good things happen when you speak your audience’s love language. You’re probably asking, “Okay, love language?” It can mean a lot of different things. What I’m talking about is speaking to your clients in the way that they want to be spoken to and getting…
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Website Design & Navigation A great website is the cornerstone of a business online. What defines a great website is arguable, but the beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I don’t know about you, but I am bombarded with email and social media messages that make HUGE promises of great profits by being…
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Today, I would like to introduce you (or reintroduce you) to books that have influenced my business and me, and how they have been an active part of growing my business. These are seven motivational and inspirational books that will make you more money. How do I know? I’ve read them and they’ve helped me,…
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Life According To Buddy Guy (The Dog) This post is brought to you by Buddy Guy. Now, I’m not talking about the Blues guitar player. I’m talking about my dog, my hundred pound black lab who we adopted from the Chicago pound. He was two days away from being euthanized because somebody stole the tubing…
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Secrets? Let me ask you a question. Are you satisfied with your business? Do you feel that you’re achieving as much as you possibly can? Are you making as much money as you want to? Do you know what that number is? I do, and I can give you some examples as we go through…
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Is Content Marketing Worth It? I often get asked about blogging and podcasting. I’ve been doing it for years. As a matter of fact, I just finished episode 268 of my podcast, I believe. I’ve been doing it since November of 2015, so it’s been over two and a half years. I’ve consistently done two…
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Today I’m kind of sad. I lost a really good long term customer, somebody I’ve been doing monthly maintenance on multiple websites and a whole bunch of other things for years. I got an email yesterday that said, “We’re here to inform you that we’re terminating your agreement as of the end of the month.”…
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