Last Friday, after about seven hours on the phone with tech support, it was determined that while my laptop wasn’t quite dead yet, it was well on the way. And couldn’t be brought back to life without some major repairs: a new motherboard, memory and whatever else isn’t working. On the plus side, this was […]
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Too many people feel like selling is beyond them. “I’m just not a natural salesperson.” I say that’s a load of crap. We are all natural born sales people. It’s just that somewhere along the line we unlearned this very natural skill. Don’t believe me? Watch your kids. Think Big Kids automatically think big. They
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Last week LinkedIn announced it was adding Twitter to the list of applications you can add to your LinkedIn profile. This means you can now have Twitter update your LinkedIn status and vice versa. For someone like me who is a heavy user of both LinkedIn and Twitter, this added functionality is much appreciated. To
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It’s that time again: the weekly collection of tasty tidbits from the the best collection of baby boomer bloggers on the web. This week’s Blogging Boomers Carnival is being hosted by Cynthia Samuels at Don’t Gel Too Soon. This week’s carnival includes posts about Anti-Aging Clinics, Short Sleeves, Chocolate, finding your passion, a youngest child’s
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When it comes to marketing your business, there’s no better way than turning up in the top search results on Google. Since more and more people are using search engines rather than the phone book to locate business (even local businesses) you’d better make sure people can find you. To get found, you need a
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Yesterday I was speaking with a friend who had spent the weekend working on her books. Turns out she has $20,000 in outstanding invoices. For a solopreneur, that’s a big chunk of her annual income that is overdue. This outstanding balance is affecting her business because she’s now having to make decisions based on the
Do customers owe you money? Read More »
Welcome to the H1N1-free blog carnival. Yes, I’ve been struck with H1N1 (as have the rest of my immediate family) and I can highly recommend you don’t get it. On the other hand, I can stop the “yes I will … no I won’t” tango about the vaccine. Don’t need it. Anyway, Blogging Boomers Carnival
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When I’m out speaking to business people, just about everyone has heard of Twitter. But in spite of the phenomenal growth Twitter has experienced, the majority of people I meet still haven’t given it a try. The main reason people give is “I just don’t get it. Why does anyone care that I’m having lunch
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YouTube is now owned by Google so this is yet another way to use Google as a marketing vehicle. With over 100 million U.S. viewers of YouTube (never mind the rest of the world) as of January 2009, clearly YouTube is a way to reach a large number of people. Why should you add YouTube
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Sometimes just noticing trends in the market and realizing they apply to you is the first step to creating a successful (and profitable) marketing campaign. Bed & breakfast owner Marsha Barrow is a prime example of this. By recognizing a trend in the market and taking action she made an important impact on her bottom
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