yourdoku /Foter This week I heard a terrific tip for getting more people to register for your free teleclass. Wherever you advertise your class, whether on your website or in an email, don’t put the time of the class – just the date. You’ll find that many more people will register for the class to [...]

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Breathe. Just Breathe.

January 25, 2012

in Inspiration

rshartley /Foter There’s a basic technique I use regularly that has a big effect on how I experience my days. It seems way too simple to make so much difference, but I promise if you give it a try, you’ll notice a change in how you feel. What am I talking about? Breathing. That’s it. [...]

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Hunting or Farming?

December 14, 2011

in Marketing, Planning

  I ran across a blog post today by John Tabita  with a hunting vs. farming metaphor for attracting clients: http://www.sitepoint.com/hunting-or-farming-which-type-of-prospecting-is-best/. I sometimes find myself focusing my days on hunting activities more than farming activities since the results are quicker and so those activities can feel more urgent. Maybe you’re like me in needing to remember [...]

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This is the season when exclamations of joy abound. But does rushing from store to store and party to party create joy? Is joy measured by how many presents we open or the number of lights we hang on our houses? The stores and parties often generate more stress than joy. And by now, we [...]

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Get Someone Else to Build Your List for You

October 6, 2011

We all know that having a large, responsive list is the best asset you can have to make money online. Did you know you can get someone else to build your list for you? If you know – or can find – someone who serves the same audience as you, but is not a direct [...]

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A Surefire Cure for Overwhelm

September 29, 2011

Do you ever find yourself with a zillion things to do, but you’re so overwhelmed by it all that you don’t seem to be accomplishing much? Even with so much to do, the feeling of overwhelm can sometimes paralyze us so that paradoxically, we don’t get anything done. I feel that way fairly often and [...]

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5 Powerful Ways to Leverage Joint Venture Partners

September 20, 2011

If you’ve been around online marketing for any time at all, you’ve heard about joint ventures and how valuable they can be for building your business. What you may not know are the variety of ways you can structure joint ventures. (In this article, I will refer to a product, but this may also be [...]

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Become a Guest Blogger

September 13, 2011

Hopefully, you’ve developed the habit of regularly publishing blog posts to your own site. Have you considered branching out and becoming a guest blogger on others’ sites? Posting articles on other blogs will expose you to a broader audience and boost your reputation as an expert in your field. The posts you create will include [...]

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Habits Are Not Just for Nuns

September 6, 2011

In the last post, I shared some tools I use to help me generate blog posts. This time, we’re going to discuss techniques and habits you may want to consider to help you create blog posts on a regular basis. Many people are concerned that they won’t be able to think of anything to write [...]

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Keep Those Blog Posts Coming!

August 30, 2011

A recent post discussed the idea of being consistent – and persistent – with your marketing activities. Today, I want to talk about updating your blog regularly. As you can see if you look through the archive at my site, posting on my blog regularly is often a challenge for me, so I’ve given this [...]

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