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How to Know When Criticism Will Help You or Hurt You

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Gosh this year has really flown by, and I think it feels faster today since we are all living on multiple planes of not just reality but virtuality. It is impossible to actually be alone anymore as there is always someone ready and willing online to either dish praise or bash (not always gently) with [...]

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Why Southerners Tweet Best and How You Can Too

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I am frequently asked about Twitter, how to Tweet, and how on earth I can possibly say anything relevant and meaningful in only 140 characters. I was raised by a mother who had a large vocabulary and spoke at least four languages fluently and was proficient in three others. She taught me a lot about [...]

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5 Favorite Ways to Relax on Saturday (without Technology)

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Saturday is often mistaken as a work day with errands to run, chores to get done, and housecleaning to cross off the list (not to mention laundry.) Really it is better invested as a day to relax, recharge, and re-energize from the week before it and for the week ahead. Here are just five favorite [...]

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7 No Brainer Reasons to Market Online to Your Offline Clients

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#1 COST EFFECTIVE
Online tools are free or very low cost. Traditional offline marketing like newspaper ads, radio spots, TV promotions, magazine quarter pages, and direct response cost hundreds and thousands of dollars. Ready to check out the cost effective tools? http://www.budurl.com/findclients
#2 PERMISSION BASED
Online marketing is permission based, that means that you have your [...]

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5 Hot Places to Find Your Ideal Clients Online

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I’ve noticed a big gap for many business owners, solopreneurs, home based ceos, coaches and creatives today. You know you need online marketing solutions, but you aren’t sure why you need them or even if your clients are looking online. First, your clients are looking online. Think of it this way, we no longer yellow [...]

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Match Your Message to Your Market

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5 Deadly Ways to Fail Fast and Publicly
Picture this if you will. A high end furniture showroom holds a grand re-opening coming out of a reorganization and launches with a party for interior designers, builders, and developers in Atlanta. The majority (90%) of the attendees are women and gay men. This is only important [...]

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3 Ways to Raise Fast Cash When You Aren’t Online

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It can happen to anyone, no matter how well you budget, and how great you are at planning, you can find yourself short suddenly and needing to raise fast cash. Now I know that in the internet age, most online marketers would try to sell you a program to make you money. That is going [...]

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How to make a big difference with the little things

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The brand, flavor, color and choices (if they have any) of tea is as significant (and essential) as the bread selections and just as often overlooked. When you don’t have the basics well done in your business it doesn’t lead your client or customer to expect the best. Put these in place and it [...]

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Weird Trick to Save Tons of Time and Keep Your Clients Hot & Buying

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One of the real advantages to the internet is the ability to repurpose your content simply and easily from platform to platform and format to format. What that means is that you can write a blog post and repurpose it into an article or an ezine quickly and easily. Or you can write an ezine [...]