Successfully Use LinkedIn InMail to Attract More Sales
In the midst of hundreds of sales messages each day it is important to send out LinkedIn communication the right way for your personal brand. In order to gain the respect and attention of your network you need to appear professional and establish authentic relationships first.
How can your personal brand attract more sales through …
How Small Businesses Can Get Savvy With Their Finances
In Capital One’s latest Spark Business Barometer, it was found that only 57 percent of small business has a checking or saving account as their primary business spending method. During “Seize the May” this month, Capital One will provide small business owners with a wide variety of offerings across banking, lending, merchant services and retirement …
How Not Feeling Nervous When Interviewing
Most if not all people feel nervous before and during a job interview. For the past several years, I’ve been helping people prepare for job interviews. I’m also a very experienced interviewer, but recently, when asked to be on a radio talk show, I went through the same emotions and nervousness as all my clients …
Five of the Best Mothers Little Helpers
In honor of Mother’s Day.
This post is a reminder of the things we learned from our mothers.
Some are big and some are little, but they are things we can take away as Mothers Little Helpers. As I wrote this I thought of a lot of things I learned from my mother and worked …
Why You Should Embrace The Power of Thinking Differently
As long as we are willing, we may each learn from those around us. The eye opening lessons come from those who, in particular, think differently from us.
Steve Jobs said it best, “think different”.
Large Vision vs. Detail
In one meeting, the question was posed about who the target audience of the new organization …
How Small Business Owners Can Be More Optimistic
The new Capital One Spark Business Barometer reveals that small business optimism has dropped in the first quarter of this year by 9 percent compared to the same time in 2015. Additionally 57 percent of small business owners feel that business conditions in their area are fair or poor. Business owners in the study are …
Titles Do Not Matter in Career
People work to earn money and make a living. That is the reality. If you don’t earn money, you cannot fulfill your basic needs such as shelter, food and clothing. However, how much you make or how fancy your title is should not be measures for qualifying your success in your career. What really matters …
Your Brand is About the Feels
When it comes to building a brand, business or personal, there are many elements that must be considered in order to assemble it correctly. Such elements are separated into two categories: intellectual and emotional. And while the intellectual elements should, by no means, be diminished, when you think about the power branding actively holds, it …
5 Signs That Preach Progress in a Startup Environment
As a startup owner, you obviously want to figure out the best way to measure success. In the early stages of business ownership, financial gains are not necessarily a good measure of forward movement. Instead, look out for these positive reinforcers.
1. The industry is taking note.
If your competition is starting to get a …
Say “No” But Don’t Take “No”
Be able to say “no,” but don’t take “no” for the answer. First, understand that “no” is the standard answer or response from peers, bosses, and subordinates to test or challenge you, sometimes out of laziness, sometimes for reasons of budget and time.
“No” is a complete sentence, but it isn’t a complete answer. Don’t …