by chala | Jan 2, 2013 | Ezines, Inspiration, Leadership, Marketing, Small business growth
As a small business growth coach, I find myself at networking meetings 2-3 times a week. These are some of the things I wish for in my head for someone to sometimes say… 1. Excuse me, you have something black in your teeth This one killed me as I got into my car...
by chala | Dec 14, 2012 | Ezines, Inspiration, Leadership, Marketing, Small business growth
I’m only 5’3″ so naturally I would subscribe to the notion that shorter is sweeter but even as a small business coach I think this idea is key to good communication. A client sent a sell sheet she’d made for a new program she was offering. It...
by chala | Dec 13, 2012 | Ezines, Inspiration, Leadership, Marketing, Small business growth
This week I was finally going to be face to face with a client of 2 years. As a small business coach who mostly works with clients by phone, I’d never met him. With great excitement, I gave him the gift I’d had prepared especially by a new gift...
by chala | Dec 12, 2012 | Ezines, Inspiration, Leadership, Marketing, Small business growth
As a small business marketing coach, I’ve been beating the drum of focused niching for as long as I can remember. Picking just one group of people to serve and to talk to them about only one thing I do, for most people is really really hard. The major reason why...
by chala | Dec 10, 2012 | Ezines, Inspiration, Leadership, Marketing, Small business growth
When I worked for a big corporation, conferences were fun ways to get out of the office, see the competitiors’ new stuff and learn cutting edge new things about my industry. Now that I own my small business, it is a well thought out and long-planned major client...