Simple Business Plan Prevents Painful Plops

Do you hate business plans? Not the start-up business plan, but the managing your business kind. As cliché as it is, a new year nags at small business owners to plot out a plan for the upcoming year (and beyond). Yet another P word – procrastination – pushes our...

3 Ideas for Taking the Sting Out of Rejection

Rejection hurts. No matter the reason for it. It’s tough not to take it personally. And rejection is an equal opportunity offender. It may be personal or strictly business, such as the following business rejection. A lost sale A rejected proposal Business...

7 Social Media Strategies for Strangling the Shoulder Satan

Do you feel like the Shoulder Satan has taken over social media? Admit it. Each of us has one. That little Satan sitting on your shoulder, offering sarcastic social media shots. Your fingers scream with the urge to launch those mocking missiles. Come on – just...

An Ignorant Marketing Email in So Many Ways

How many marketing emails do you think you receive a day? 10? 30? More? When you consider both personal and business emails, the number can be staggering. Recently, I received a business marketing email that was a head-scratcher. Its headline was laughable and...

35 Overused Business Words with Alternatives

How much do you hate overused business words? Apparently, a lot. This post consistently tops my most visited posts. Many of you offered your own selections. And the number keeps growing (we started with 25). Business words and phrases leap from creative to trite...

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