Another lesson I learned from my time as a Mary Kay consultant. A new Mary Kay consultant was sitting next to a more experienced director next to a fireplace. Keep your fire alive. Photo by Becky McCray The new consultant asked, “Why should I waste one night each week going to success meetings? I could…
I love it when a small business tells their story in a compelling way. Here is one terrific example. (If you can’t see the video below, click to open the original post.) I recently ordered from NutsOnline.com [UPDATE: Now they’re Nuts.com] because I loved the way they presented their family history all over their website. Their…
John Spence, author of Awesomely Simple, sent this to me. It’s 20 years of his research on business success all boiled down to one word cloud. What do you think the key words will be? Find out at The Pattern of Business Success. New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the Guided Tour. Like what you see? Get…
Ho-Chunk, Inc., CEO Lance Morgan tells how they grew from one employee to 1000 in a town of 1500 over the past 15 years. New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the Guided Tour. Like what you see? Get our updates.
When I visited South Sioux City, Nebraska, for the Midwest Rural Assembly, City Administrator Lance Hedquist gave a few of us a quick drive-through tour. Student-designed cabin in the SouthSioux City RV Park He started by telling us all the bad things about South Sioux’s past, how it used to flood so regularly that no…
“Obstacles are what you see when you take your eye off the goal.” I’m sure you’ve heard this platitude, or many like it, but I have some contrarian advice for you. Focus on the problems and obstacles; focus on removing them. Dr. Ken Jones, President of Lubbock Christian University, presented this idea at the Texas…
Photography is a crowded profession. And it’s getting squeezed to death by a glut of amateurs. When everyone can afford a “pro” camera, how can a professional photographer make a living? Mike Klemme’s answers hold some lessons for people in all types of professions being squeezed. Mike Klemme is a professional photographer from Enid, Oklahoma…
I don’t often weigh in on big corporate issues, but there are some good lessons from two contrasting recent promotions. Fast Company is a well known forward-thinking business magazine. Conventional wisdom says they should have succeeded in a social campaign. P&G is the corporate behemoth behind the brand Old Spice. They should have had trouble…
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