I couldn’t stand it any longer – I needed to find out what all the buzz was regarding Twitter, so I decided to join up and start learning. For those that don’t know, Twitter is a ‘micro-blogging’ platform that limits you to 140 characters per post (or Tweet). What’s the point? Well that’s the interesting […]

                                                                photo by Hamed_Saber Smiling and Dialing! I’ve had several conversations with clients recently specifically on the topic of cold calling.  Most of the people I talk to feel fairly strongly that it’s not effective and more than likely it’s counterproductive because it annoys potential prospects.  On top of that – they really hate doing […]

Photo by scottwills I can’t think of too many other topics that generate the same level of confusion, controversy and frustration as Search Engine Optimization or SEO. “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”                         – Arthur C. Clarke From a business owner’s perspective, you really don’t want to mess with something like SEO.  You’re […]

I just got back from vacation a couple of weeks ago – we stayed in Grand Lake, Colorado, which is on the west side of Rocky Mountain National Park.  We had a great time, I got some fantastic pictures and I left thinking about Taxidermy (more on that in a minute). It’s a beautiful area, […]

Do you ever feel like your business or service is lined up with all of your competition and all of you look the same?  Wouldn’t it be great if you could stand out from the crowd?  You could go with an original business idea to stand out, however I’m convinced that there are very few […]

Photo by Kyknoord  At this point it’s pretty much a cliche that Change is hard.  What’s new is the scientific understanding of why it’s hard to change – and how that understanding can help make change occur. Unfortunately for a small business owner, especially in today’s economic climate, change isn’t  just likely, it’s a near […]