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To Achieve Your BHAG… You Need to SHAG to Become a BFD

I have a question for you… How do you eat an elephant? Common wisdom says one bite at a time. But it makes me think, why would you want to eat an elephant? They're big and believe it or not, they're hairy, and that's a lot of eating. But that would be something we know…

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To Be A FRESH Content Creator – You Need to Be A Consumer First

Every Monday morning, I face the same dilemma. What is relevant content to create this week? What should I create for my podcasts, for my blogs, for all the other things I have to do this week? I like to think of each day of the week as my theme days. Monday is marketing Monday.…

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Using Your Inner Crystal Ball With Your Marketing Strategy

There are so many tools out there to help you set up your marketing. You can use a marketing calendar, marketing programs that allow you to schedule out email and social media for months, but what is often missing is the strategy that pulls it all together. What happens is that people tend to use…

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The Three Headed Marketing Success System

Occasionally I talk to these businesses that tell me, “You know what? We like what you have to say, but we're just going to hire a marketing person.” The question I ask them, which usually gets them to stop and think is, “Which one? Are you going to hire an SEO person, web guy, email…

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Happy New Year – 5 Things You Can Get Ready and Organized

I hope your 2020 worked out okay. Some of us had a bad year, while some of us had a good year, business-wise. It's just about over and we're about to start 2021. It's that time of year to say – out with the old and in with the new! Every single year, on New…

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From Bacon to Beacon… How To Light Up Your Business In 2021?

In last week's blog and podcasts, I talked about visualizing your next year. Marla Tabaka, who's going to be a guest on this week's podcast, asked, “Do you have a word that you use to theme your year?” What would be your word for 2021? You can pick and choose a word that you think…

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