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Feeling Driven to Marketing is Not Being Market-Driven

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Are you driven to marketing to fear, money, or making things better.

Are you driven to marketing out of fear, money, or making things better?

Are you driven to marketing? This is not the same as being market-driven.

Do you hate marketing your products and company? If you feel that you’d rather have all your teeth extracted than do anything with marketing, you could hate being “marketing driven”. You’re not alone. Most of our clients (except the advertising and marketing companies) don’t say “Whoopee, I get to come up with and implement my inbound or outbound marketing”.  [Read more…]

Heroes and Mentors

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Heroes and mentors are inspiring. They are both unique. They can be household names or unknown and unsung. Both are remarkable in their own ways. Both have the potential of great power and influence over others.

Everyone needs heroes and everyone needs mentors but they are not usually the same person. If you listen to others, you will hear the names of both. You will also get an idea of the value of each one. This can help you in your own quest to find the right person to help you develop and grow your business and your life. [Read more…]

Your Mentor May Be Close at Hand

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Where can you find someone who is just what you need? They may be sitting next to you reading the paper. Look around.

Personal Mentors

I’ve had several wonderful personal mentors. My godmother, Northwestern University professor Alvina Krause, had “teas”. At these salons, I learned the fine art of  conversation. My grandmother taught me the importance of family. My mother  helped me find my voice and be comfortable being myself. She always said, “We grew up together”. Maybe so, but she was also my guide. [Read more…]

Mentoring Is All About Choice

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Do you want to find a mentor? Do you want to be a mentor? As Pamela Ryckman says, the author of Stiletto Network: Inside the Women’s Power Circles That Are Changing the Face of Business.,  “Mentoring—or at minimum connecting with a variety of people in all industries and age groups—has never been more important.”

Having a successful experience as a mentor or as a mentee is dependent on the choices you make before and during the relationship.  You can be better prepared to use mentoring if you understand what each side is expecting and what choices have to be made. If you already use mentoring, consider how you made your choices.  There are ways to improve the experience for both of you. [Read more…]

Tweet Me Some Tweets

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Work lazier not harder.

I like to create a post or a page then tweet about it. In the past, I have created the post / page, run its URL through bit.ly to get an abbreviated URL, then tweeted about the post / page just created.

A friend of mine, Dr Jan Triplett of the Business Success Center, web site of ownersview.com wanted to be able to tweet directly from a just completed post /page without the extra steps I just described above. [Read more…]

Action of the Day — B.O.S.S. Talk Radio

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Business owners have a lot of action items. These podcasts and accompanying posts provide a suggestion on an important task that shouldn’t be overlooked.

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Read my post about what you can do to prevent cyber terrorism from happening to your business.

Pivotal Career Moment for an Intern

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John Hamilton, Production Manager

John Hamilton, Production Manager

I attended a recent NBX Meetup.  The table topic question being asked was, “What was one pivotal moment in your life or career that got you to where you are today.”

I thought about my own pivotal moment, a forwarded email that I received from a St. Edwards University advisor in late April of this year. A small business strategy firm was looking for an intern. After a few interviews, I got the internship at the Business Success Center. [Read more…]