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 [...]

We all learn from mistakes and experiences.
As noted in the video below, it takes several, if not hundreds and sometimes thousands, of failures before we succeed.
How has your past failure motivated you?

One of my past failures was public speaking – A HUGE fear of many, many Americans.
In fact, it’s the #1 fear of people in [...]

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 [...]

I don’t know if you’ve experienced this, but it sure happens to me all the time.
This even happened yesterday when I met someone that I was very interested in having speak at one of my networking events for small business owners. But you see…
She unknowingly messed it all up in a big way 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 [...]

One of the single best ways to connect with potential clients in a way that they get to understand how you can help them is to speak to groups of people – a very powerful way for others to get to know, like and trust you.
This can be done in person via speaking engagements, workshops, [...]

This is a fantastic and to-the-point list of best and worst ways to use your Facebook Fan Page for business from HobSpot.
A few of these might sound familiar, as you may have read or heard me gripe about now and then ;)

The 9 Worst Ways to Use Facebook for Business
Read more: http://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/6898/The-9-Worst-Ways-to-Use-Facebook-for-Business.aspx#ixzz1318LgGd2

I especially like #3 [...]

Last night I was at another business networking event where everyone was trying to sell me and only talk about their business. It felt like I was getting “pitched to death,” and a few times all I could think was, “I’d never do business with you…”
So here’s the question:
“Are these events – or ‘pitch fests’ – really worthwhile?”
Why did I [...]

Whether you market B2B or B2C, make sure you speak to the benefits of your services beyond the obvious.
How do they impact your client personally? By having more time with family, less stress, higher income, better health, more energy?
Those are the kinds of motivators/drivers that appeal to potential clients and that they really [...]