by chala | Apr 25, 2013 | Ezines, Inspiration, Leadership, Marketing, Small business growth
Yes, I’m beating the drum of niching AGAIN. During my conference coaching sessions which consist of laser coaching small business owners on growth and development in 15 minute segments, the lack of a discernible niche is the number one problem for small...
by chala | Apr 23, 2013 | Ezines, Inspiration, Just in case, Leadership, Marketing, Small business growth
I was exhausted. I had worked non stop talking to clients all day and still had an article to write AND a networking event that night to go to. I was also nursing a cold. At that moment I understood that I was standing at the precipice of a decision. An even bigger...
by chala | Apr 17, 2013 | Ezines, Inspiration, Just in case, Leadership, Marketing, Small business growth
You are human (right?) and while as an entrepreneur you help solve your clients’ pain, sometimes you are also in pain. Sometimes, that pain that you make your living helping clients with is also, for a brief moment in time, your pain. Do you feel like a fraud...
by chala | Apr 10, 2013 | Ezines, Inspiration, Leadership, Marketing, Small business growth, Videos
Are you a shy marketer? Do you hate in-your-face-marketing? Don’t you think it’s 100% better to have clients be attracted to YOU? I believe so strongly in this topic that I wrote a book on it (coming in May!) Listen to my hilarious radio interview...
by chala | Apr 3, 2013 | Ezines, Inspiration, Leadership, Marketing, Small business growth
If you beat yourself up about not being social media savvy, you can stop. It looks like most social media tools listed below are still very fringe (ranging between 13-16% of all internet users with the exception of Facebook). Here’s a recent report by Pew...
by chala | Apr 2, 2013 | Ezines, Inspiration, Leadership, Marketing, Small business growth
As a small biz marketing coach, I sure do write and think about love a lot, don’t I? Well, that’s just me. Now what about you? Are you looking at your biggest and in most cases first point of contact between your potential clients and yourself, ie. your...
