by chala | Jul 9, 2013 | Ezines, Inspiration, Just in case, Leadership, Marketing, Small business growth
A question I often get from clients is “how do I avoid giving away the whole secret of what I do in my blogs or videos?” It’s really a critical question because who’s going to buy the cow if you already gave them the milk? (a gross thought really, who wants a cow?...
by chala | Jul 4, 2013 | Ezines, Inspiration, Leadership, Marketing, Small business growth
As a small business marketing coach, I talk about my mistakes all the time since I made so many of them since I want people to learn from them. This one mistake I’m thinking about was so big that it kept me exhausted and starving in my business! Here it is—ready? I...
by chala | Jul 3, 2013 | Ezines, Inspiration, Leadership, Marketing, Small business growth
I’m a reformed anti-networker. That’s because I had a horrible experience at my first networking event when the woman I tried to talk to accused me of trying to sell her and left the room. I’ve since come to understand the real power of networking....
by chala | Jun 26, 2013 | Ezines, Inspiration, Leadership, Marketing, Small business growth
“If You Can’t Explain It Simply, You Don’t Understand It Well Enough” I love this quote by Albert Einstein. In my opinion, it points to the number one problem I see in businesses I meet all day, every day. Business owners can’t simplify...
by chala | Jun 20, 2013 | Ezines, Inspiration, Leadership, Marketing, Small business growth
Jason Fell’s story in the Entrepreneur magazine is based on a talk he attended (and I also attended!) by thought leader Jonah Berger who wrote a book called Contagious: Why Things Catch On (Simon & Schuster, 2013) He made really compelling cases for why...