Posts by Melissa Galt
3 Ridiculously Simple Steps to Stop the Stupid Loop and Get Smart in Business and Life!
Do you know that feeling of going around in circles about something and nothing is moving forward? Your frustration is growing by the minute and you actually start soliciting total strangers for their advice. (Okay, well maybe you didn’t go that far, but you know what I mean.) Well, that’s called The Stupid Loop. It’s…
Read MoreFacebook Netiquette: Are You Hanging Up on Your Customers?
I’ve always struggled with the idea that you have to camp on Facebook. The statistics all show that over 50% of users climb on once a day at least for twenty plus minutes. In a world where 30 seconds is our average attention span that feels like an eternity to me. But then I got…
Read MoreThe Power of One: How to Make Social Easy on Facebook
When you are getting started on Facebook for your business,(yes, there are still many folks who aren’t on board) one of the most challenging tendencies to overcome is acting as if you are speaking to a group or population. Using words like “everyone” “you all” “anyone” is very impersonal and ineffective. You will get more…
Read More5 Wickedly Simple Ways to Make Business Easy . . .and Life Great
It has taken me years to learn this, but learn it I have. Life and work is as hard or easy as we decide to make it. Really. What are your success habits? Think about this for a minute. When you create solid success habits that drive the right clients into your business, when you…
Read MoreMarketing Strategies: Why Winging It, Isn’t Working!
Have you noticed how easy it is to just keep adding new tools to your marketing toolbox without giving any thought to whether they are the right tools and if they fit your plan? Oh, you don’t have a plan? I see, so your idea is that by loading on an infinite level of busy…
Read More5 Really Great Reasons NOT to Join Another Group: Networking Success Tips
Did you drink the Koolaid? Are you convinced that just by having a group logo or name attached to your online profile on Linkedin or Facebook that you are somehow more desirable. Do you believe this will boost your visibility and credibility? GET OVER IT. The reality is that the only way group membership makes…
Read More5 Tips to Create a Network of Value: It’s Not How Many, It’s How Hot They Are!
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. [/caption] Does it really make sense to you to heed Facebook’s friend suggestions? (Facebook is not that smart!) Are you truly comfortable…
Read More3 Blazingly Obvious Ways You Are Screwing Up Your Success
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…
Read MoreHow to Jump into Success: It’s All In Your Shoes
I was in New Zealand for two weeks by myself. I’d only planned my five week adventure Down Under as far as my travel arrangements and transportation, the rest I left up to local concierges and guides. This is just how I roll. I don’t read guidebooks, GPS myself into the ground, or have a…
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