Continuing my lessons from Maui series (I’m truly not trying to make you jealous, I swear), I want to give you an anecdote about turning your audience and offering into even more revenue. When I was in Maui, I stayed at the glorious Four Seasons Wailea Read More
I was at a networking event when some guy walked up to me, slid his business card into my hand and proceeded to tell me, unsolicited, all about his business. When he finally paused to take a breath, I waited for him to ask about me. Read More
If starting a business were easy, everyone would do it. Starting a business takes an incredible amount of personal motivation, strength of character, and perhaps most of all – the ability to power through under pressure. It’s that latter point that tends to cause a great Read More
For better or for worse, with the internet and social media, nearly everyone can (and does!) get online to voice their opinions about just about everything to anyone and everyone that will listen. And while all of the positive feedback can be great for business, resulting Read More
Have you ever noticed what the most successful people work on? More specifically, have you ever looked at when they work on it? Most likely, they’re working on something due in six months to a year or more out. The perfect example is entertainment. Movies often Read More
I can’t believe it. It has been one year since I started working with Carol Roth and managing Business Unplugged™. What a difference a year makes! I wanted to take this opportunity to share my thoughts (i.e., rant) on why collaboration is a great business practice, Read More
The biggest fear that most entrepreneurs have about using online video to market their business is not about technology or how to create the video. If you’re like most small business owners, the biggest fear that you face is that you’ll make an ass of yourself Read More
My good friend Tim Sanders often talks about being wary of what you feed your brain and how putting too much of a bad thing (i.e. negative information, etc.) into it can have truly tangible effects. I was starting to notice that I was getting out Read More
Dear Successful Entrepreneur, Why do you give away your expertise? This question has baffled me for years. You know the value of your expertise because it didn’t come easily. You’ve accumulated wisdom that only comes from scoring big wins and suffering crushing defeats. You’ve forgotten more Read More
Imagine, if you will, the following scenario. A good friend of yours from the online world has just announced that they are launching a book. When they announce this (they hadn’t given you advanced warning) you look at the title and you get a sort of Read More
