Posts by Melissa Galt
Episode #2 How to Grow Your Confidence to Grow Your Business
This week’s challenge was brought to me by an experienced and talented event planner and, what I like to call, an outrageous brand impact coach. After all events are great ways to connect live with your clients and customers and have an outrageous brand impact! The Symptom: Tracy has worked for event planning companies and…
Read MoreGrow Your Business by Having Fun: Lessons from an Athlete
A friend sent me the awesome video here last week. She called it mind blowing! Actually it is business growing. . . Jason Brown, the extraordinary skater featured in this video, excels not just technically but because he is absolutely captivating to watch and he engages his audience entirely. Let’s take a look specifically at…
Read MoreEpisode #1~How to Define Your Ideal Target Market; Identifying Your Perfect Client
Each week, I’m bringing you the SOLUTION to a SMALL BUSINESS OWNER’S PROBLEM. These come directly from real small business owners, just like you, who are part of my online tribe and offline community. Have you got a problem to share? Send me an email at melissa@173.254.10.202 or better yet, REPLY IN DETAIL HERE. Look…
Read MoreSmall Business Goal Setting: How Big is Your Ask?
What I’ve discovered in business and in life is that you pretty much get what you ask for. What you ask for is directly tied to the goals that you have, goals that are annual, quarterly, monthly, weekly, and daily. (By the way, if you aren’t breaking it down this far, you will accomplish far…
Read MoreConversion Strategies: Know Your Prospect’s Priorities
I had ordered some handouts for recent event online through Fedex Kinkos. It isn’t my favorite way to go as it usually involves a phone call or three because my orders are rarely standard. It is, however, convenient particularly for this ace procrastinator (yes, I did just admit that.) On my way to the airport,…
Read MoreFree Sessions that Sell: The Fortune is in the Follow Up
Learned a valuable lesson this week, that reminded me of the profound value in follow up, and establishing a professional, polished, and effective on-boarding process (if this sounds unfamiliar, get in touch, I’ll help set this up with you in your business, www.talkwithmelissa.com) I’ve been attending a gym at the business club I belong to,…
Read MoreProfitable Content Marketing – 3 Content Title Mistakes and What to Do Instead (Prospects, Profits)
Crafting profitable content titles will bring you more prospects and profits. And you do want more prospects and profits, right? The challenge is there are so many mistakes you can make when you are creating titles for your content. So in this article I’ll show you 3 of the many mistakes and what to do…
Read MoreLeadership Training: 5 Effective Ways to Foster Employee Engagement
A Gallup study, released in June 2013, on the State of the American Workplace reported that 70% of American workers are disengaged in their jobs. A whopping 7 out of every 10 workers in the USA is showing up to collect a paycheck but has otherwise checked out of their job. Workers today are disconnected,…
Read MoreSmall Business Development: 5 Key Questions to Experience Business Naked (not what you think)
Despite technological advances, business today is still, and will always be, about person to person, and relationships. Whether you are connecting by voice to voice, face to face, or keyboard to keyboard, it’s about building trusted relationships that allow your business to deliver the goods and services your clients count on. While being authentic and…
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