Qualify The Opportunity For Best Results
Most likely, you are frequently bombarded with requests to partner, become an affiliate, or provide a free gift to enhance someone’s endeavor. In the early stages of business it is quite exciting to be asked to contribute to better-known entities. You feel as if you are at least arriving if have not yet quite arrived.…
Creative Giving to Build Business and Community
Year-end is when many non-profits pound the phones to ask for donations. Given a tough economy, it becomes tough on all concerned; the prospects are embarrassed to say they can’t give and the hired tele-marketer becomes frustrated by all the no’s received. This is the traditional cycle of giving.
Recent conversations had me pondering how …
Proper Branding on Twitter Creates Revenue
Don’t you find using Twitter to be a great waste of time?”
Upon hearing that question, I offer a resounding reply of, “No!” In fact, Twitter is my all-time favorite business tool. In addition to having made many wonderful friends on Twitter, due to the visibility there, I was able to attract incredible opportunities that …
Brand Dilution to Solution
Have you ever had an exciting idea to further build business but the next morning awoke with a dose of reality? It’s your subconscious at work telling you the better direction to pursue.
Intuition provides instinct or a quick recognition of what’s right and wrong. On a deeper level, our subconscious brings together all of …
Motivated Leadership
The leader within you will appear however you personally define it. Leadership depends upon your degree of commitment to education and perseverance to bring into reality your deepest desire.
Some people who speak the loudest or allow ego to take over may initially appear to be the leader. However the attraction usually fades when inconsistencies …
3 Steps for Business Success
In my years of entrepreneurship, I have found three levels of distinction in business as I journeyed through self-education. These are: Brand, Branding and Collaboration. As opportunities for collaboration arise, it is as important as ever to maintain the integrity of the brand.
Upon attending my very first networking event and blurting out I was …
Reboot For Improved Results
Back in the corporate sales environment, a kind I.T. Manager, upon hearing me angrily talking back to my computer, advised, “Elinor, when your computer gives you challenges, just re-boot!” His advice definitely applies to entrepreneurship.
We hear about authors experiencing writers block, job seekers who feel they are “up a wall,” and business owners who …
Combining Two Business Ideas Produces Increased Results
As I read the stories of other small business owners, lightning struck in a good way. These people all did one thing in common to find success far beyond what they originally envisioned. It is the combination of two success strategies that made the enormous difference.
Community service and collaboration are the two success ingredients.…
Use Cutting Edge Techniques for Improved Results
Communicate to Build Your Brand and Improve Results
Are you building a database of prospects or friends?
Offering to helpWhen I say “friends” I am referring to how you connect with the people you meet. Most professional salespeople act as though the people they meet are those from whom they will make a hearty profit. The better approach is one of friendship …