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Hello Creative Entrepreneurs!Thought for the day:"It is not easy being an entrepreneur, but it is always rewarding. It takes great discipline, self-motivation, hard work and perseverance to achieve your dream. Never, ever give up! Live, love and fight for YOUR passion!" JJKIn my seminars and teleseminars I aways encourage my students to ask their most pressing questions. Not only do I love to help them by sharing my knowledge and insights, but I have discovered another secret. The student's questions are really a barometer of what is most important and currently on the minds of today's young entrepreneurs.
Do you remember when you moved the furniture in your room? Do you remember how you kinda bumped into everything a couple of times and then figured it out. The funny thing is that it took you two to three turns of bumping into things in the dark, before you worked out things had changed.And the brain learned. Through repetition.But remember when you put your finger into a candle flame and got burned? You never ever did that again, did you? The brain learned a lesson very, very quickly. You didn’t need a second turn to figure out the danger.In effect, the brain learns through:1) Repetition2) Extreme
I know, it sounds contrary to the entire concept of networking and approachability. Especially if you’ve read Keith Ferrazzi’s best selling book, Never Eat Alone. But hear me out on this one. Because eating alone (every once in a while) gives you an opportunity to do something you often forget to do while dining out with a client or coworker: observe.
Now, don’t think of it as eavesdropping, snooping or spying. It’s research. And it’s amazing what you can learn about approachability if you just immerse yourself in it, watch, and then listen.
So, I tried it yesterday. I ate at my favorite lunch spot, all by my lonesome. Just me, some gumbo and a book by John Maxwell. The smell of seafood filled the air, dozens of businesspeople talked about their plans for the week and servers frantically hustled around the floor to deliver their guests’ meals.
And here’s what I observed...
Are you in a business that slows down around the holidays? Are there other times of the year when business is traditionally slow for you? I know very well how easy it is at times like this to moan and groan and worry about not making enough money. Or to obsess about what’s not working and think there must be something wrong if business is not flowing with the same regularity all year round.The truth is, it’s a fact of business life.Have you heard the saying “Most of success is showing up?” You can still show up for your business even when clients are not beating your door down. In fact, these times are a great opportun
Now, don’t think of it as eavesdropping, snooping or spying. It’s research. And it’s amazing what you can learn about approachability if you just immerse yourself in it, watch, and then listen.
So, I tried it yesterday. I ate at my favorite lunch spot, all by my lonesome. Just me, some gumbo and a book by John Maxwell. The smell of seafood filled the air, dozens of businesspeople talked about their plans for the week and servers frantically hustled around the floor to deliver their guests’ meals.
And here’s what I observed...
Support for brands such as products or services make the brand even stronger. A brand cannot stand by itself it must have not only quality and performance to support the name, it must also have service. By service we mean that if something goes wrong, the company will make sure repairs happen in a timely fashion or replacements are done immediately. I really dislike it when I buy a product that I will need to cook a BBQ dinner and then the rotisserie does not stand up to the job and I have to run around trying to get a replacement of have it fixed. This is especially annoying when it is a weekend. I found that most stores that sell
And here’s what I observed...
The use of flyers for fund-raising events for nonprofit groups always works well in a small community and it makes sense to print flyers for each and every fund-raising event that you have. It is important to find creative ways to distribute these throughout the community. Any flyer that you print should have a large logo on the front as well as boldface fonts, which state the location, time and date of the fundraising event.Proper distribution of flyers in advance of a fundraising event could bring as many as 50 extra people to the event. If the fundraiser event is a silent auction, performance or pancake breakfast you wil
You've jumped through all the hurdles and management just approved the budget for the trade show booth you've been dying to do for ages. You just high-fived your team when it hits you-you don't just need a trade show booth, you need that trade show booth to get results!This means you have to get people to come to your trade show booth-lots of them or your boss is going to be one unhappy person. Yikes!Before you start that letter of resignation, wipe the sweat from your brow and take a deep breath. Feel better?Great, now you're ready to find out how to make your booth stand out on that trade show floor and have
I paid my check, took my mint and thanked my server for doing a great job. When I got back to the office I hopped online to see if I could dig up some statistics on lunch meetings. Interestingly enough, I came across a great survey about lunch meeting etiquette developed by The Creative Group. It was conducted by an independent research firm and includes 250 responses from advertising executives and marketing executives among the nation's
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