Do you ever find yourself cringing when you see the titles some business people give to themselves? Social networks are packed with self-proclaimed gurus, thought leaders and mavens. The challenge here is NOT with the title, but the fact that it’s self-proclaimed. In reality, we don’t self proclaim a title, we earn it. If people…
Monthly Archives: September 2011
Google: How to get your photo to show up in Google search results
A number of readers have noticed that whenever a post from this blog shows up in Google’s search results, Google displays a photo of me next to it (see above). People are emailing me more and more, asking how I did it, so here goes. I need to start by saying that I didn’t do…
Here is some specialist advice for you
The marketplace will pay a premium for specialists. A specialist lawyer, who is an expert in medical negligence, may be the wrong person to deal with the sale of your home, but she’s exactly who you need, to get that medical negligence issue successfully resolved. The value of specialists Successful business owners and consultants in…
What everyone needs to know about their clients!
You can tell a massive amount about a business by looking at it’s client list. When I look at successful small businesses, I find they are very selective regarding who they choose as clients. When I look at the typical small business, I find their clients choose them! The difference? When you are selective regarding…
Thousands of followers or engulfed in a massive flock?
If you have lots of followers on social networks and wonder why you get too few high quality business leads from them, this post is just for you! When I was a child, I was constantly getting in trouble in class for staring out of the window and daydreaming. Then, 10 years after leaving school,…
Let’s do it!
I have a message of hope for you today! This message is for those of you who are sick of watching good people losing their businesses, because of the way they reacted to the global economic crisis. It’s a message for those of you who are worried about your own business and how things will…
What Yoda, cigarettes and milk can teach you about business and life
There are 2 products, which tell us a great deal about the way people think. I’m referring to low tar cigarettes and milk that’s had most of the fat skimmed off it. These are enormously successful products within their markets, because they are so easy to sell. They speak to people, with a message they…
Facebook: Changing for the better?
What do you think about the recent changes at Facebook? Over the past few weeks, Facebook has made some significant changes. These range from the hook-up with Skype, to the addition of a subscribe feature, allowing you to “follow” people in a similar way to Twitter or Google Plus. Today, Facebook has changed the way…
What leaves your kitchen?
One of the characteristics of the very best Permission Marketing, is that the message is so valuable to you that you would miss it, if it stopped. I encountered a superb example of this yesterday, when I noticed myself checking Chris Brogan’s blog a number of times, to see if a new post had been…
The secret to unlocking your amazing creativity
Would you like to become massively more creative? If you would, then today’s post may be just what you need! I used to work with a guy who had a thinking cap. He said that when he needed to be creative, if he wore his thinking cap, it would help him generate the ideas he…
Passion and achievement: The undeniable link!
Passion is infectious. Passion is attractive. Passion is immediately obvious. Phoning it in Of course, the opposite is also true. We can usually tell very quickly when someone is just phoning it in. For those who are not familiar with the phrase, to phone it in means, roughly; to do something with little commitment or…
