All the experts proclaim that if you are in business, in a band, if you are an author, speaker, or lead an organization, that you need a Facebook Fan Page. Well, I have one, TechCrunch.com nearly 77% of all Facebook fan pages have less then 1000 fans. Why did I jump on the band wagon…
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Every day I am on the receiving end of poor customer service. It happens in restaurants, in grocery stores, department stores and even doctor’s offices. It drives me crazy because it is all so unnecessary. Today is the time for businesses to be looking to convert casual customers and clients to loyal fans and supporters….
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It took me almost six weeks to finish my vision / dream board. I am not sure if it normally takes that long, but this was my first time creating one and I didn’t want to rush it. My process…I collected images (pictures and words) throughout the week and then sat down one day a…
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My list isn’t very long, but it’s straight from my heart. On this American Thanksgiving Day I give thanks for… All the things I take for granted every day that mean so much to me: The ability to see and to read; to walk and to talk; to think and to reason; to touch and…
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Last night I was reviewing my notes from the Compelling Storytelling workshop I attended in June 2008 in Las Vegas with Barbara Winter and Alice Barry. As part of our ‘homework‘ we had to attend a
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For most of my life I made plans, big and small. I was great at it. Dreaming, imagining and making plans were what I was good at. But, that’s all I did was plan, imagine and dream. I never took sustained action. At the end of 2008 I decided that 2009 was going to be…
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I’ve always had a fascination with business promotion and marketing. I even used to read the phone book yellow pages for fun. I like reading the display ads and classified ads in magazines and I love billboards and posters. But, over the last few months as I began to seriously launch my own ventures, I…
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There was a great article in the October 2009 issue of Entrepreneur magazine titled Wired magazine and author of 37signals.com Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson about the topic of giving your products away for FREE. In this article Chris stated his premise as “finding ways to make money around what you give away via…
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Okay, this is week four of working on my Vision Board. It’s coming together quite nicely, but with a few surprises. I am posting a few more pictures here for you to see how it is progressing. I will finish it next weekend and share with you what I discovered in the process. How is…
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My friend Connie Hozvicka at Borrowed Brainstorming Techniques “I just want to also insist that you list those “insanely cool” things you want to do with YOUR CREATIVE JUICY LIFE–not just for work.” Well, first starting my own business(s) is insanely cool and fun for me, but I know what she meant. So, here is…
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