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QuickBooks Small Business Center
Intuit has launched a Small Business Center on its QuickBooks Community site. In addition to the information on small business finance and accounting that the group site was built on, the center...
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Coaching Excellence Series with Guy Kawasaki, John Battelle and Michael Gerber
I love live interviews, don’t you? That’s why I’ve decided to launch the Coaching Excellence Series with Guy Kawasaki, John Battelle, and Michael Gerber. Each of these experts will join me for a live...
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Want to cut your ad budget?
Advertising is a very effective way to generate leads, but it remains one of those double edge swords type of things for budget crunched small businesses. On the surface, advertising can represent the...
View ArticleMichael Gerber on Awakening the Entrepreneur
Small business author Michael Gerber will be my guest for a live Q and A telesession Thursday, December 6th at Noon CST. You can join the call by visiting the Coaching Excellence Series page sponsored...
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Friday roundup of stuff
That’s not a very catchy title is it? Oh well, I just wanted to share a couple things that may be of interest. Business Week article by Gene Marks – Tech Solutions Your Small Business Can Use – made me...
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Add and find marketing and small business events
This free service allows you to list your small business marketing related events and receive some extra exposure – or, you can find lots of great marketing and small business related events –...
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Tim Ferriss on the 14,440 second workweek
Tim Ferriss, author of the wildly popular 4-Hour Workweek stopped by the Duct Tape Marketing Coaching Excellence Series to share a thought or two. Tim and I agree, I think, that he’s not really...
View ArticleCoaching the small business
Coaching or consulting or training or otherwise trying to provide services to small business owners can be simultaneously the most rewarding and the frustrating work you can do. Small business owners...
View ArticleCoach vs. consultant
Are you a coach or a consultant – does your business hire coaches or consultants? The answers to the question above seems to spark a bit of passion in entrepreneurial circles depending upon the...
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Coaching Excellence Series Rolls On
My monthly expert interview series continues in July with a live session with David Meerman Scott on Wednesday, July 16th Noon CDT. David is an online thought leadership and viral marketing strategist...
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Do You Hold Your Customers Accountable?
I’m in training meetings this week with Duct Tape Marketing Coaches and every time I conduct these sessions interesting ideas bubble up. Service providers often offer to provide accountability to the...
View ArticleGo to Your Edge and Push Past It
There is a thread that runs through most Eastern spiritual practices, such as Yoga or meditation, that urges the practitioner to go to the edge of comfort and push just past it before returning. The...
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Talking Coaching and Consulting with Alan Weiss
Join me live – Wednesday, Sept 24th Noon CDT – for a conversation with Alan Weiss, author of Million Dollar Consulting. Register here Anyone who is currently a coach or consultant or who wants to...
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Hourly Thinking is a Recipe for Disaster
If you provide a service, and you charge for your service by the hour, you’re headed for trouble. You are essentially selling a product with a limited supply. The only way to increase your business is...
View ArticleGet Closer to Your Customers Now
What the heck, the phone’s not ringing like it was this time last year, something must be up. In good times it’s easy to get lazy and one of the first things to go is that genuine, I really appreciate...
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