May 18, 2012

Don’t Rush Your Web Site Copy

Don't Rush Your Web Site Copy

  Why Copywriting is Crucial for Better Web Design Ever see web sites with confusing wording or verbose text? What about those sites that are riddled with grammatical and spelling mistakes? There’s a good chance those business owners left their web site copy to the last minute.   Rushing to include content just because you [...]

Improving Sales with Great Online Copywriting

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    We Don’t Care about your Widgets Here’s an important tip about selling products online: don’t sell products online.   Wait, what? Doesn’t everyone sell online? Yes, and most of them don’t do very well. The really good online businesses don’t sell – instead, they make people want to buy, through effective, action-inspiring web [...]

Digging Yourself “Out-of-the-Shoebox” Bookkeeping 101

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  Are you having trouble managing those crumpled receipts, hard copy bills and invoices? Do you dread it and avoid it?   You are not alone. I used to feel the same way too.    Twenty something years ago, I was handed a box with a year’s worth of receipts, bills and invoices. The request: [...]

Building Winning Websites Part 1 is now available!

Building Winning Websites Part 1

  Hey Everyone, I just released part 1 of the FREE Building Winning Websites video series, and I have to say, I’m excited and nervous at the same time. When I first gave the presentation, I felt the same way.  Would people like it, would I be able to capture their attention, would they engage [...]

Top 10 Administrative Details That May Need Your Attention

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  Administrative details are sometimes overlooked until a problem occurs. I’m sure you know about many of these already. Here’s my top 10 list of tasks that may need your attention: #1 – Copyright Date Update the copyright date on your website and/or blog to say: 2012, if it hasn’t updated automatically. It’s a tiny [...]

How to Set Business Resolutions You Will Keep with Scott Stratten

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        I came across a great video post on business resolutions. The video is from speaker and marketing expert Scott Stratten of UnMarketing Fame. Scott actually spoke to our network a few years back and I have always loved his common sense advice.  Scott does a great job describing what not to [...]

Your Guide to Action: the Visual To-Do List

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  “One of the secrets of getting more done is to make a TO Do list every day, keep it visible, and use it as a guide to action as you go through the day.”   Sage advice from Jean de La Fontaine, the 17th century French poet.   A long To-Do list can be [...]

Co-Working Spaces

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  Working solo doesn’t mean you have to be alone.    “Co-working” is a flexible and shared work environment that offers a professional setting for an entrepreneur, creative professional or growing business and as a destination for getting out of the house to ease the isolation of working alone.  These facilities have a range of [...]

10 Useful Apps for BlissDom

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  Blissdom is fast approaching and I know that your smart phone and/or tablet (don’t forget the charger) are on the top of your ‘what to bring’ list.  My phone and tablet are literally naked without the apps so here I present my list of the must have apps to download before you head out [...]

Paperwork: Do or Delegate?

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A good friend once compared doing administrative work to changing a box of stinky kitty litter. I laughed out loud. While his comment was smart and funny, I understood where he was coming from. Paperwork is not compelling like social media. Keeping on top of administrative work can be a chore. But having a good [...]

Ramp up Your Business for Fall (Part 3): Tips for choosing a CRM Application

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1. Develop a CRM plan, before you look for an application. Then research application choices 2. A free trial is not a free version of an application: a) A free trial is a free limited time offer of a product or service. Occasionally, a credit card is required to sign up, install or activate the [...]

Ramp up Your Business for Fall (Part 2): Organizing Your Customer and Prospect Lists

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Are you planning to use a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) application (software or web based) for your business? If so, today’s tips and instructions will help you organize your forgotten leads and prospects and existing customer lists into Excel or .CSV type files, for importing into a CRM program. Here are some easy instructions for [...]

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