Marketing
Terrible business advice you’ve been given but shouldn’t listen to (and what to do instead)
Being in the business of coaching coaches and coaching a lot of woo woo types (woo woo’s, I love you, and I say that term with endearment), I hear a loooot of reasons why they don’t want to do this or that in their business. Or conversely, why they DO want to do things a certain…
Read MoreInterview With Kendrick Shope: Selling
I wrote a post earlier this week about one of the biggest reasons you’re probably not getting clients (click here to read it), and in it I mentioned Kendrick Shope and her program Sales School. There aren’t may programs that I affiliate for, and even fewer that I take the time to actually tell community…
Read MoreWhat To Do When No One "Likes" Your Facebook Posts
We’ve all been picked last in gym class (I’m sure that wasn’t just me? I’m really bad with a soccer ball). As humans the need to be liked is ingrained in us. And just when we think society is moving away from the obsession with being liked and fitting in; just when we think we’re…
Read MoreThe ONE Thing That You Need To Make Your Business Work
Yep. I’m making THAT kind of statement. The one where I promise you that there is just ONE secret to success. How bold! I know. I know. But I’ve worked with hundreds of people and I can tell you – MOST of them are lacking this one thing. You know how you keep reading more…
Read MoreWhy Your New Year’s Business Goals Are Already Doomed To Fail
WOOO! It’s that time of year that all we business-minded folks set our goals and intentions for 2015. You probably have lists in your notebook, and vision boards on your wall, and mantras in your head, and benchmarks in your calendar. You have committed to FINALLY making this the year that you get your shit…
Read MoreHow Not To Be A Dick In Facebook Groups
As the title suggests, this post is about Facebook. Particularly, how to not be a dick when using it for your business. But more importantly than all that – the Bigger Picture – this is a post about being a human being. It’s about operating your business with the highest integrity. About honoring the space…
Read MoreWhy Standing Out Is Actually Bad For Your Business
You know exactly what I’m talking about. The advice that is plastered just about everywhere (and yes, even on my own damn site) that tells you you need to do business differently. The stress on how important is to have your USP. How you can’t be the same ol’ same ol’ – you need to…
Read MoreObsessed With Having A ‘Fun’ Job Title? Don’t Make This Mistake.
Attention all service based business owners (especially anyone in the realm of “life coaching”) PICTURE THIS: You’re hanging out at a dinner party and the douchy guy next to you (who has been trying to hit on you the entire night) finally takes a breath after talking about himself for 3 hours straight, and…
Read MoreDon’t Change Yourself, Change Your Business
I used to be a nutritionist. Sort of. I spent 2 years in nutrition school, learning how to clean up a messy gut with with an advanced supplement regime, how to prevent my goddamn adult acne by eliminating gluten from my diet, and writing lengthy protocols that would cure everything from candida to cancer. I…
Read MoreStart A Project, Not A Business
One of the main struggles I see with my clients and the other wanna-be entrepreneurs I’m connected to, is that they come at their new business with this all-or-nothing mentality. They think they have to have it ALL figured out before they start, or else they can’t start. This happens especially when people are trying…
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