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Beach Read with Business Benefits – Whodunnit?
Every small business owner has done it, logging on one last time before turning in for the night. Unfortunately for Larry tonight was NOT business as usual. His profits were gone. Completely totally...
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Need More Profit? Unleash Your Happy Clients!
How likely is this scenario with your current and past clients? If you’re not sure then the answer is not likely. Learn how to unleash your happy clients for a bigger bottom line! This post is part of...
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What will You Learn in the Cave on Dagobah?
Entering unknown territory is scary. Add in fog, a cryptic teacher, and larger than life nemesis and you get the cave on Dagobah. In The Empire Strikes Back Luke Skywalker decides to enter a creepy...
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Client Communication Explained by Prime Numbers
Ever open up a client email and exclaim, “They just don’t get it!” or “Weren’t they listening to me?” My personal angst is, “Don’t they remember we talked about this?!” Welcome to the world of customer...
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Don’t fall victim to the Serial (Profit) Killer! Here are the rules…
I have a guilty confession to make. I LOVE old school horror movies. Friday the 13th. Nightmare on Elm Street. Halloween. Long before Scream came out, horror movie aficionados knew that there were...
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Kidproof Your Small Biz Profits
For the past two days my Kindergartner has been at home unexpectedly. The polar vortex has struck again in Minnesota, with temperatures nearing -20 degrees and wind chills dipping down to -37! Snow...
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Customer Service Shouldn’t Be Self-Serving
Are you all about the customer? Do you read customer service horror stories and swear “That will NEVER be me!” or “I’d never do that!”? That’s a good attitude. Admirable even. Except for one little...
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For Sale: Small Biz Owner’s Sanity, Slightly Used, Only $20
Can you imagine seeing this on Craig’s List? Isn’t $20 a steal to buy your sanity as a small business? Who wouldn’t pay $20 to destress your life on a crazy Monday? Me. Yes me. Despite all my focus on...
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When You’re NOT The Expert They’re Looking For
Not all bad clients are as obvious as Stormtroopers at a landspeeder check-point. In fact they may not be bad at all – just like we discovered Darth Vader really did have good left in him. You’ve...
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Mice Plus Men Doesn’t Equal Profit
Have you worked on establishing or strengthening network connections today? Do you believe creating a strong network is crucial to growing your small business profit? Can all your networking needs can...
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Protect Your Bottom Line with a Profit Wingman
Meeting and wooing new clients carries the same pitfalls (and then some!) as meeting a new boyfriend or girlfriend. A dating wingman is a common method or tool used in today’s dating scene – or so I’m...
View ArticleSecond Annual #Biz2Beach – Profit & Fun in the Sun
You wish you could be at the beach, but your business needs you. Why not bring your business to the beach? We’ll help you get stuff done and have some fun. Claim Your Free Pass Now! Our Small...
View ArticleWho Stole Olivia’s Profit? #Biz2Beach
Every summer there’s a short list of highly anticipated blockbuster movies. 2014 is no different with a new installment in X-Men, Transformers, Angelina Jolie re-imagining Maleficient, and Profit,...
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Bankable Breakthrough at #eWNConf
I’m high. Not exactly what you want to hear from your numbers person. Fear not! It’s completely legal, and all natural. I’m high on the bankable breakthroughs I made at the #eWNConf. I may also be...
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Avoid (Profit) Death by 1,000 Cuts
Death by 1,000 Cuts. Sounds awful doesn’t it? Something only to be found in horror movies. Until outlawed in 1905, Slow Slicing (a.k.a. Death by 1,000 Cuts) was a form of torture and execution in...
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Create an Open Inner Circle to Boost Your Bottom Line
This post is part of the 30-Day Bloom Your Online Relationships Challenge. If you’d like to play along, you can sign up here (don’t worry — it’s FREE). We’re all working through these small, powerful...
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What’s On My (Profitable) Desk?
Your attitude drives your success. Stay positive to stay profitable. Drink lots of coffee. You’ve heard these business mantras many times before. Ok maybe not the last one… unless you’ve got my...
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Serious or Sucker? When to Spend the Big Bucks
If you’re committed to success you’ll buy this. If you don’t have the money use your credit card. You need to spend money to make money. Sound familiar? If you’ve spent more than 30 seconds online...
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I’ll Make It Up in Volume (And Other Myths That Torpedo Your Biz Profit)
Remember those so-called true stories you shared at camp, sleepovers, or around a fire? The man with the hook. The strange noise a parking couple hears outside the car. The guy who wakes up in a...
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Excel for Creative Entrepreneurs in 3 Easy Steps (and a Bigger Bottom Line)
There are two camps of people in the world. Those who love, love, love Excel (me!) and those who hate, dread, and loathe Excel (probably you). Does chewing on broken glass watching paint dry while...
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