If you’re like most entrepreneurs, you started your business with hope and optimism—but, as time went on, have your feelings changed? Does running your business feel increasingly difficult? Are you tired and unmotivated, looking for a way out? If so, you may be facing business burnout. Read More

How many times have you attended a networking event, had a number of great conversations with ideal prospects, collected a bunch of business cards and never followed up? Perhaps more times than you’d care to admit. The bad news: You likely missed out on a number Read More

Dear Jay, You noted below that you don’t usually reach out through LinkedIn with an email like the one you sent me (I have referenced the entire email below).  Well, I don’t usually respond like this either.  I would normally press the delete button immediately, but Read More

Today is a really fun day for me because I get to share probably the most valuable strategy I learned from one of my mentors, Michael Port. For those of you who don’t know Michael, he is the New York Times bestselling author of Book Yourself Read More

Whether we like it or not, how we look and how we dress affects how we are perceived by others. That’s why in business, it is so important to project the right image through your fashion. So, I have reached out to the CarolRoth.com contributor network Read More

Effective marketers know a secret to building a loyal customer base. Like many great ideas, they didn’t think of it themselves. They stole it from dog trainers. If you want to create raving fans, you just have to follow their lead: Treat your customers like dogs. Read More

We are not the blog that will say, “Start a business and get a life!” We think starting a business is a serious undertaking, not to be entered into lightly. However, if you have decided that owning a business is the right decision for you, we Read More

Sometimes – in fact, often – people come into my therapy practice, plop themselves down, and announce that they are a failure. What do you think my response is? If you guessed that I do not agree with them, you are correct. But what actually changes Read More

Generally, I believe there are three reasons why people are working in the places they are working. These reasons are passion, fun, or money. Now, there are most certainly cases where a person can experience all three of these things at their job. However, this is Read More

I have read that Tina Turner didn’t really like the song. We know that it worked out pretty well for her. What’s love got to do with your business? Maybe nothing. Maybe everything. My friend Bonnie Karpay said in a recent teleclass we did together that Read More