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The messy truth about gratitude
I have a confession – I’ve been pushing myself H.A.R.D. And not just over the last few months. It’s been a grind over the last several years. At one point in my life, all aspects were in Square One of Martha Beck’s Change Cycle. Yes – career, family, friends, health, money, fun, self-fulfillment – every…
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Is your web contact form hurting your business?
Let’s talk bad customer service when on the interwebs. Did you know it can take six to eight touches before a client decides to buy from you? Sometimes those touches come in the form of interacting in your Facebook group or reading your weekly newsletter or taking part in your recent challenge. On the flip side,…
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My Exact To-Do List Method
As a self-professed systems and organization geek, I’m often told how ‘together’ I am. Even in my corporate days, when I had dozens of products in various stages of the development cycle, coworkers would often tell me how calm I appeared amidst the chaos. Today, fellow entrepreneurs frequently ask me how I manage to keep…
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The one thing I won’t outsource
As an entrepreneur, you read a lot, watch even more and connect with many. Through those connections, you hear so much advice of growing a business (hey, that’s probably why you’re reading this post, right). A huge tip is to outsource and delegate as much as possible. I completely agree… with one exception. Marketing! Yep,…
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What the toilet taught me about running a business
Recently, the flapper in our toilet started acting funny. The little hook on the flapper piece inside the toilet tank would come off the hinge repeatedly, causing the flapper to not seal properly and the toilet to constantly run. It was a simple fix each time it happened – take the lid off the tank,…
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Business Tools I Love: Acuity Scheduling
In my own business and client work, I make sure the behind-the-scenes of many online businesses is running smoothly. One big part of that is the scheduling of appointments. Because we’re working in virtual environments, one way to do it is to have a back-and-forth with a client to find a mutual time for both…
