[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] To enhance your leadership presence and credibility when you make presentations, pitch to clients/prospects, and speak your “elevator speech”, borrow a technique from actors! One of the most powerful ways to become more persuasive when you speak is to practice the serious fun of acting improvisation. The power to speak with...
[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] Collaborative technology is shrinking the space between you and your remote workers, increasing productivity and boosting the efficiency of communication. If you have remote workers in your business or employees who frequently travel, one tool that should be on your radar is join.me. join.me, LogMeIn, Inc.’s popular online meeting tool, makes having...
[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"]Not everyone has what it takes to be an entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs are a special blend of intelligence, perseverance, creativity, innovation, work ethic and crazy. But did you know that not all entrepreneurs are created equal? There are actually different 'types' of entrepreneurs. Infusionsoft recently did some research and interviewed nearly 850 entrepreneurs and...
[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] As business owners, persuading others is a necessity. Whether it’s talking to potential clients, getting existing clients to follow advice, or cultivating relationships with vendors, contractors or other entrepreneurs, we attempt to get others to take action. However, we don’t always get the results we want. I’ve seen one-too-many colleagues squander away...
[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"]To become a successful entrepreneur, it's important to have self-discipline and drive along with many other things. Without these, we often find ourselves stuck with one of our biggest enemies: procrastination. So, this week on Ignition, Samantha Bennett, author of "Get it Done", shares how entrepreneurs who find themselves procrastinating can get can unstuck....
Content is still king and every small business should be capitalizing on using content as a solid, low cost marketing tool for their business. But creating content and then marketing it through your social channels takes time. And with all the 'noise' on the internet, how do you know you are even going to...
[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] Many business owners believe that success is dependent on the size of your marketing budget, but what if you were told that the best marketing costs you nothing at all? That's right - there are low cost marketing solutions for every growing biz to capitalize on! That’s the message Ray Hennessey...
[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"]Every small business starts with an idea. But how do you take that idea and turn it into a real business? And then how can you start building a business and find great success? GoDaddy, the world's largest domain name registrar, recently held a Google Hangout with business experts to discuss tips on...
[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] In the early days of the Internet, many attempts were made to play videos and TV shows on websites. You might remember that the result was postage stamp size videos that jerked and stuttered like a nervous schoolboy. The results were unwatchable. But, as Internet connection speeds went up, and the...
[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] Ramon Ray, publisher of Smart Hustle Magazine, recently appeared on the Small Business: Smart Solutions WebTalkRadio show hosted by Mick Hawes. The two spent time talking about Business 101 and the fundamentals of any small business. Ramon offered his view on what fundamentals are essential and tips on the types of...
