FACT: Most professionals and business owners earn just enough to get by. Very few excel in their field. FACT: 80% of the profits in your industry are earned by only 20% of the competitors. This means of course that 80% of you must fight for what’s left over. And that’s a pretty lame gig, no?…
This is the time of year that small business owners start thinking about whether they’re going to hit their first quarter goals. It’s time to reassess, make a few small tweaks to your plan and make sure you’re on track. If you feel your business needs a bit of an overhaul, or if you really…
It takes the average business 5 years to become profitable. Think about that for a second. That means working…for 5 YEARS…for free. Who does this? What kind of sick-minded, masochistic fool starts a business? We’re called entrepreneurs. We work for wealth, not a paycheck. The difference between wealth and a paycheck is fantastic! It’s huge….
Oh my. I’m not sure what’s caused it to be honest, but many of you have found this site lately through using keywords like “what to do if my business fails” and “how do I know if my business will succeed?”, etc. True to form, I’m writing a post that targets NONE of these long…
The Popularity Trap – Why Being Popular Sucks
On occasion (more often than I’d like to admit), someone says something better than I could have ever said it myself. Today is one of those days. Dang it :-) Seth Godin just published a blog post that really sums up how important it is to be popular. Inside your marketing, your blogging, your prospecting…everything you do…
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