I was eating a delicious grapefruit this morning; very much enjoying it. Then I came upon a few seeds that I had to dig out and set aside to keep going.
I didn’t mind this. It didn’t bother me at all.
It actually made me start thinking.
What a wonderful symbiotic relationship that exists in nature; animals get to [...]

“Your time to contribute and triumph is here”
For service-based business owners and health practitioners who are passionate experts in their field, there is a simple formula for building a very wealthy business and at the same time being a positive force to change the world:

Marketing is the filter that brings people who are the right fit as [...]

We’re a third of the way into the new year.
Yet so many small business owners are having a really hard time just making a go of it this year, let alone setting up the work/life balance and time freedom that they wanted and went into business for in the first place…
As a business owner, you [...]

My wife and I had our first baby just seven months ago. It’s completely changed our lives. It’s wonderful, incredible, and joyous… and at times stressful, tiring and frustrating.
And “little Nate” cries quite a bit and quite loudly too.
His crying lets us know that he’s unhappy, uncomfortable, afraid, or that he wants something.
But we really [...]

Let’s face it -
If you’re like most of us and get tons of email, most of which isn’t very interesting to say the least, there is a set pattern to what you do. We all do it, because we’re really busy and time is valuable.
“Text Sells – But Don’t Make Me Look Too Hard For [...]

I was just rocking my 4-month old son to sleep. In that peaceful quiet few minutes, 3 important marketing ideas came to me:
- One was how to move forward on something I’ve been stuck on;
- One was a new way to offer something that will help generate more referrals from my network;
- And a third [...]

I thought I would send you this cool example of how social media can take your message viral, creating exponentially more exposure for you.
1.) I posted this on our Facebook Fan Page:

LeTip of Oak Park & Forest Park
Thank you, Erica Cuneen at Beyond Properties Realty for her presentation this week, telling us about an exciting new [...]

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Running your own business can be really tough.
There are so many things to do, so many people to connect with, so many action items to execute, and so many little things you just don’t want to fall through the cracks.
And [...]

Recently, I’ve seen a lot of people setting up a second Facebook profile that they intend to use as a “professional profile”, so that they can keep their personal one for connecting with Friends and Family, and their professional profile for business and career use.
On the surface, this makes some sense, especially for people that [...]

Buuurrrrrrr………..!!!!!
It’s zero degrees in Chicago this morning.
But the weather is looking up. I checked the daily and monthly averages, because I am getting really tired of this cold. I can’t wait for it to warm up!
January is the coldest month of the year for my area. And on average, January 20th is the coldest day of [...]