Posts by Melissa Galt
Smart Solutions: How Giving Your Best Away Gets You More
Every time I turned around this week, I was hit by another reminder of how important it is to ASK for what you need and want, both personally and professionally. And it isn’t just about ASKING that matters. It is also about how you create opportunities for people to say YES and give you what…
Read MoreSmart Solutions: Finding Happiness When You Are in a Funk
“It feels like I’m stuck in a tunnel and can’t see the light,” that’s what I heard from a friend Thursday night when I found myself at one of my favorite Italian restaurants. It was after 9pm when I stopped in intending to grab a salad and sip on their homemade limoncello (I have a…
Read MoreEpisode #5: Stop Spamming Me! How to Avoid Email Etiquette Fails
I’ve started having to scroll through junk again these days since my email filters have gone wonky. To my horror I discovered . . . (WATCH the VIDEO) that I’ve been added arbitrarily, no permission asked (and none granted), to even more mailing lists belonging to colleagues, business acquaintances and networking contacts. This is NOT…
Read MoreSmall Business Success Strategies: How to Unlock Your Lucky Factor
You are unique and so is your business, in fact, the greatest point of differentiation you have, or USP (unique selling proposition) is YOU! (If you doubt me, WATCH the VIDEO.) One-size- fits-all solutions aren’t going to fit you. You deserve strategy as unique as YOU and YOUR BUSINESS. The best coaching I’ve ever received…
Read MoreNetworking Tips: 3 Wickedly Simple Ways to Red Carpet Ready Your Conversations
One of the toughest things about networking is knowing what to say. And I don’t mean the usual “blah, blah, blah” about your business. I mean being both interested and interesting so that you’ll be remembered beyond your tagline. (You do have a tagline, don’t you?)Â This is about being a good conversationalist. It means…
Read MoreProfitable Content Creation – What Happened After They Told Me I Couldn’t Write (True Story)
This is the true story of my friend and colleague, content marketing expert, Jeff Herring. And I’ve included a quick video about what I failed at when I was younger and how I have a gift for it now. Don’t miss this! Content Marketing is a great way to build your online business. The problem…
Read MoreProfitable Content Creation – What to Do When You’re Running Out of Content Ideas (3 Big Tips)
Content creation is a great way to bring in more prospects and profits. And you do want more prospects and profits, right? The struggle for many content marketers, both new and experienced, is consistently coming up with ideas for creating content. I’ve noticed that many go through a few stages in their struggle to come…
Read MorePull Back the Curtain: Does Your Market Know You are Human?
How NOT to be Human I know that the title sounds kind of silly, so let’s look at this for a minute. If you are anything like me, you are bombarded by internet marketing messages that are “personalized” for you but in fact are incredibly impersonal. I am even getting these now through LinkedIn from…
Read More7 Smart Steps to Make This Your Best Year Ever
Every year at this time, everyone is talking about resolutions and goal making. While those two activities may have merit, by themselves they are largely ineffective and a waste of your time, energy and focus. Instead by following the surefire, smart (and simple) steps here you are guaranteeing the realization of step one in the…
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