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Rinse & Repeat

Every mother on this planet teaches their child to "Do what you are told."  Marketers are eternally grateful. Take your shampoo bottle, for example.  One of the most powerful marketing...

6 Negative Traits Of Entrepreneurship That Remain Unspoken

I’m a member of an entrepreneur group.  It’s full of people whose names you’d recognize, owners of companies with a world-wide presence.  I was stunned at one of the meetings...

Reward The Effort, Not The Outcome

When my son came home with straight A's, I congratulated him on the success. That was a mistake, because what gets rewarded get's focused on. While at first blush, getting...

The Best Time To Sell Your Business

When you need money the most. . . when your sales are good, but your profits are bad. . . when you are exhausted and don’t want the business any...

4 Phrases of Amazing Customer Service

I’ve grown my companies by focusing on great customer service. We didn’t always have the biggest names in business working at the firm, and we sure couldn’t always afford the...

The 8 Parts Of The Entrepreneurs Happiness Quotient

Many people go into business to make money, so they can use it to do things that make them happy. The problem is others go into the same line of...

You Are Never Going To Make Enough Money; Here’s Why

Yes, you read that right. I’m here to break the bad news to you. You aren’t ever going to make enough money! You simply can’t ever make enough money. It’s...

5 Secrets To Increasing Your Prices

It’s inevitable. We all have to raise prices at some point in order to stay solvent. It’s also inevitable that we’re going to agonize over the decision, worrying about what...

How To Name Your New Company

If you are picking a company name the old fashion way you are in trouble. You know what I am talking about — brainstorm names how customers can quickly figure...

Easy Doesn’t Last Forever

When sales comes easy, and you don’t need to scratch and claw to get it, you will not be ready for when sales dry up. And it will dry up....

Easy Doesn’t Last Forever

When sales comes easy, and you don’t need to scratch and claw to get it, you will not be ready for when sales dry up. And it will dry up. It always does. Ironically, it is during these easy-peasy times when you need to sell harder than ever. When business is good, you need to scratch and claw the most. . .

. . . because when the sales do dry up, all of your weak competitors will close their doors. Their former customers will need someone new, someone they can be confident in. If you are one of the standing healthy vendors, the customers will come to you.