Bet you never see this athlete on TV… (roll eyes)
Bet you never read about THIS Olympic athlete. He gets up early and quickly gets busy. First he works on his website, because one day people will be reading about him. Then he spends time building his Facebook fan page. He goes to networking meetings with other wannabes where they each talk about all the…
The shortest path to new clients.
Yesterday, on a Q&A call for my private coaching clients, one member, “Frank,” mentioned that he’d finally began using an email marketing system. “That’s great,” I said. “But is that the critical 10% for you at this time?” In the world of the Alchemist Entrepreneur, we strike at the roots where everyone is hacking at…
Why Hard Work IS Smart Work and How to Work Hard Smart
Many people work 10, 12 or even 14 hour days because they don’t want to work hard. Long hours may be exhausting, but it is also the easy way out. Real hard work is done at the bottleneck. And the tightest bottleneck in your business is… you. And the tightest bottleneck in you… is…
You’ll laugh when you see my #1 ranking in Google…
There’s a page on my site that gets lots of traffic – but drives zero business. And I figured you may as well benefit from it. A few years ago I wrote an article called “What to do when you’re unclear, confused and don’t know what to do.” I used to have a live chat…
Why we fail…
There are two types of failure: TYPE A: You try. You fail. You learn from it. You try again. This isn’t really failure. This is Learning and Growing. TYPE B: You try. You fail. You don’t learn from it. Or you learn the wrong lessons. THIS is Failure: Trying to make the unworkable work. The…
Ahh… so it’s me failures you wantah hear about?
I’ve been a guest on many podcasts lately. So it would be burdensome for me to tell you about each and every one. Especially because I tend to talk about the same topic: Consistently attracting your ideal clients. That’s my topic. But a few weeks ago Matt Fox invited me to be on his new podcast…
The Entrepreneur and His Fears
Fear is a sneaky companion. As you well know, from time to time Fear will surprise you. He may jump out in the middle of the road as you drive by and your heart will leap as your foot hits the brake and your hands seize the wheel. But usually, Fear just walks at your…
Hitting 50 – but not your potential?
He threw down the phone. Leaned back in his office chair and put his feet up on the desk. Seeing his scruffy shoes and stretched socks he threw his feet back to the floor in disgust. “We were very impressed with your proposal,” they had said, “but we decided to go with the others.” We…
How to elegantly answer the “BUT do you have experience in OUR industry?” question.
Right-click here to download the .mp3 . If you’re selling a service of any kind, or even many products, you’re going to come across the person who asks “BUT do you have experience in OUR industry?” You know, something like, “We’re looking for someone with at least five years experience in lobster farming.” You KNOW that you can get…
How to cure ‘lemme-get-back-to-you-itis’
Last week on one of our Plenty of Clients group coaching calls, the question was raised: “What’s the best way to elegantly follow up when a lead says, ‘I’ll get back to you’?” These situations come up all the time. You meet someone, you have a great conversation, and they promise to get back to…