Here’s a new business coaching idea, gleaned from Twitter: PurpleCarI need a jumping off point with Final Cut. Like, if I had just an hoursession with someone who knows it, I could take off from there. There are probably dozens of skills you could offer as hour long jumping off points. The trick is that…
BizzFlip has boiled down some wisdom from a series of entrepreneur interviews. One quote that caught my eye came from Christine: I had tried to start businesses on the side for years, but because Ididn’t NEED them to succeed, they didn’t. When I quit my job and had noother options, I knew that I was…
I found this back in January and saved it for a time when Becky would be gone and I would need to step up to the plate and post something! A guy by the name of Andy Swan gave some pretty decent criteria for testing personality to see if you have what it takes to…
Each Friday, I open the brag basket as a fun place to give someone a pat on the back, brag, or promote yourself and your projects. This week, I won’t be here to cheer you on, so it’s up to you to cheer for each other. So if you don’t like bragging, why not jump…
Our friend G.L. Hoffman shared this family story of marketing, family farms, and global connections. Read the story, and then think about this discussion question: What little things could you be doing right now to reach your customers in new and personal ways? New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the Guided Tour. Like what you see? Get…
Can you have too much growth? What do you do with your business when you are hit with sudden popularity that outstrips your ability to produce? Carl V. Natale, @mainebusiness on Twitter, shared the link to When Being Too Good Becomes Bad, at Seeds of Growth. It was originally published by Brand Autopsy. (Thanks, Jay…
Each Friday, I open the brag basket as a fun place to give someone a pat on the back, brag, or promote yourself and your projects. Tony Katz explained why this matters: It’s ok to have success, it’s ok to have great things happen in your life and it is ok to talk about those…
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