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Your Small Business YouTube Strategy: 8 Videos You Should Be Using
Sometimes the world of online video can seem like it’s in an incredible a state of turmoil. Right now Twitter is either shutting down or selling Vine. Blab is being repurposed (maybe). Yet for your…
How Entrepreneurs Overcome Fear
I’ll let you in on a little secret: Entrepreneurs are scared. They are scared of failing. They are scared of getting fired or losing control. They are scared of not being able to close a…
Personal Equals Professional: We Are One
One of the downsides of our digitally driven lives is that the dotted line is no more. What I mean by that is that you used to be able to artificially draw a dotted line…
Keep Up
I was recently asked to give a presentation on what students can do/learn so they can keep up with the ever-changing landscape of business and marketing today. As I was preparing the material to deliver,…
How to Make Yourself Work When You’re Just Not Feeling It
Running a small business can be a lonely affair. If you’re working out of your home office, it can be difficult to make the distinction between work and personal time. Even if you have premises…
Is Leadership Really About This?
I was stunned reading an article in Fast Company: Five CEOs On The Skills It Takes To Land The Corner Office. The skills they identified were: How to say “No.” How to pitch. How to read…
Start, Stop, Do Different
Many people are familiar with the expression, Start, Stop, Do Different from personal evaluation processes—those regularly scheduled reviews by our supervisor. Management will often use this outline to give us feedback about our performance. But…
5 Not So Obvious Habits of Successful Entrepreneurs
Usually, advice is a well-intended opinion, optimism, and belief; most times it’s subjective and idealistic. However, what are you more inclined to listen and follow? The advice that someone gives you, or what you observe…
10 Characteristics of Leadership to Help You Grow Your Business
You’ve launched your startup. Things are going well, and you’re building your team. Suddenly, you find yourself in the position of being the leader, the captain of the ship, and you may be wondering what…
5 Ways to Get It Done
How do you get it done? If I ask any marketing pro, business leader or entrepreneur what they need more of (and I take money out of the list of possible answers), 99% of them…
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