'Best Business Practices'
5 Tips to Create a Network of Value: It’s Not How Many, It’s How Hot They Are!
Posted by Melissa Galt.
Five plus years into online networking I am continually amazed by the apparent randomness with which most people go about building their networks. Answer the following questions and you’ll see what I mean. Does it really make sense to you to heed Facebook’s friend suggestions? (Facebook is not that smart!) Are you truly comfortable connecting [...]
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3 Blazingly Obvious Ways You Are Screwing Up Your Success
Posted by Melissa Galt.
There are a million reasons (nay excuses) why you aren’t where you want to be, why you haven’t achieved what you wanted to, and why you are selling yourself short. Here are three of the biggest and the easiest and fastest to correct. See if you don’t agree and get busy putting your business back [...]
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Sneaky Inside Trick to Explode Your Sales When You Hate Selling
Posted by Melissa Galt.
One of the most serious ways you are selling yourself and your product or services short is by focusing on features and not benefits. What the heck do I mean? Well think about your client and put yourself in their shoes (by the way, if you can’t do this easily, you don’t know them well [...]
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5 Ways to Stop Failing in Business Everyday: Success Habits for Small Biz Success
Posted by Melissa Galt.
{EAV:65e505dc73991de1}I know, it’s an ugly thought, failure. But you may be right in the middle of it on a daily basis and not even realize it. Oh sure, you are probably noticing a drop in your sales, or perhaps you’ve just hit a plateau (nice word for stalled out.) And if you don’t know about [...]
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5 Steps to Handling Unhappy Customers
Posted by Melissa Galt.
Recently I got one of those many emails promising me a peek at my credit score. Well it had been over a year and I was curious as it is always a good idea to keep tabs, so I filled out the necessary information. I know, I know, when they asked for my credit card [...]
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How to Overcome Roadblocks to Success: Clearing False Assumptions
Posted by Melissa Galt.
The other day I was listening to the radio and they were talking with voters about what they wanted most. A woman got on the air and was expressing her concern about changes in medicare and medicaid because after all she was getting old (a whopping 62) and with age comes illness. What? That is [...]
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Find Your Focus . . . Motivation to Move You Forward
Posted by Melissa Galt.
The world is coming at us faster and faster. There are increasing demands on our time and our attention. It is essential to find your focus in order to get anything done. You cannot do it all, none of us can. So think carefully about what you most want to get done and what the [...]
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Stop Running Yourself Down . . . Motivation to Move You Forward
Posted by Melissa Galt.
How you refer to yourself is ultimately how others will refer to you as well. So when you run yourself down saying things like, “I’m such a dumbass,” “I’m an idiot,” “I can’t believe I’m so stupid,” you are, in fact, training others how to think of you as well. Break the cycle of negative [...]
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How to Avoid Failure Every Time . . .
Posted by Melissa Galt.
Recently, I had lunch with a dear friend of mine. It was a gorgeous sunny day, though still brisk with Spring on the way, but not yet here. We decided to stroll the neighborhood boutiques following a delicious bite to eat. It was a Monday, so not many other folks were out (hey there are [...]
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How to Get the Most Out of Telesummit Learning and Stay Out of Overwhelm
Posted by Melissa Galt.
Telesummits are a great way to learn but there are a few catches. The bigger the event, the more speakers we are offered, the more challenging actual learning becomes. We’ve all been there. You are so excited to listen in to the gold nuggets your favorite gurus are dishing, then you suddenly find yourself locked [...]
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