Posts by Melissa Galt
Blogging Checklist: What to Do Before You Write Content, Before You Post Content
Speaking with a client the other day, I was caught off guard when he proudly stated that he’d completed a dozen blog posts to launch his blog, and had sent them off to his VA for posting late night. Waaaiiiitt!! There is so much more to this than just writing and posting. Where is the…
Read MoreRelationship Building: It’s a Small World After All
What are the odds that you’ll meet and do business with the man now married to the woman who bought your former house seven years ago, and you never met her at the time? You could have knocked me over with a feather when I did exactly that this week. We’d spoken by phone prior…
Read MoreTake Action: 3 Steps to Ditching the Drama and Finding Your Sunny Side
A problem is simply a label you have applied to something in your life. I am fond of correcting that word choice into “a solution waiting to happen.” In actuality, a problem is only created by the way you frame any given situation or event. When I was younger, I had a lot of problems…
Read MoreGrow Your Business: 3 Tricky Tips to Learn More for Less
Last week, I attended a LIVE 3 DAY FREE EVENT, Ready for the Stage, hosted by Suzanne Evans. Now, I’d seen at least five emails for the event, but didn’t heed the invitation until my colleague and friend, video presentation expert, Ruth Sherman, told me she was going to be in Atlanta and invited me…
Read More5 Questions to Uncover Your “Boutique” Brand Advantage: The Keys to a Business You Love
I’m about to turn everything you know about business upside down. You’ve been taught that to make more, you’ve got to serve more clients, you have to climb on an endless treadmill of more, more, more. Stop. The marketing strategy I’m sharing here is the key to making more money with fewer better clients in…
Read MoreBranding Mistakes: 3 Ways You May Be Wasting Money on Your Brand
Are you on a shoestring budget for your business branding? Have you been trying to do a lot of it yourself and gotten stuck wondering what you have to have and what isn’t really necessary? Here is a quick primer on three branding and business elements you can let go of and still succeed wildly.…
Read MoreStop Making Excuses, Start Making Money: You Are Enough!
I see and hear of this happening all too often. Whether you are a new business owner or have been in your business for a few years, you may be stalled out because you have set up roadblocks to making money. In fact, you are struggling with the misconception that you have to have “certain”…
Read MoreWhen Less Is More in Small Business: Is Your Generosity Killing Your Business?
Are you familiar with the expression, “a confused mind says no?” Have you noticed that many businesses these days (and possibly yours) are trying hard to be all things to all people by offering more and more choices of both product and services? There is no one size fits all and with all the customization…
Read MoreCustomer Service Fails: Are You Taking a Bite Out of Your Business?
The other day I was at a local neighborhood vegetarian cafe. It is owned and operated by my former caterer. His food has always been great, but customer service sometimes questionable. For example, there was the last party he catered for me, food was divine, mouth watering bite-size appetizers including such delicious morsels as brie…
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