Posts by Melissa Galt
How to Stay Up When the World Wants to Get You Down
Okay, true confessions, I am not always up and positive, I don’t always imagine the best will happen, sometimes I can be laid low by frustrations in business and life. Generally I have conquered the long term depression I was diagnosed with some ten years ago, but it always lurks in the shadows ready to…
Read MoreLead Generation Tips: Are You Turning Hot Prospects Cold?
Wow, this came on this week as I was requesting proposals for a future event. I was amazed at the lack of professionalism and time that potential vendors wasted. These deserve to be red-flagged just in case you have gotten too busy to pay close attention and might be losing valuable future clients the same…
Read More3 Kinds of Business Owners: Which One Are You? (Only 2 Succeed)
There are just three kinds of business owners in today’s marketplace. Which one you decide to be determines your level of success and the speed at which you get there. You can make success long and difficult or shorter and simpler, the choice is yours. And, you even have the choice not to succeed at…
Read MoreHow to Grow Your Credibility and Your Bank Account by Phone
You are an expert in your industry; you regularly share gold nuggets and priceless tips about your business, your services, your products, your topic with your clients and customers. Now, imagine that instead of doing this one on one, there was an easy way for you to share the very same information and expertise with…
Read MoreDitch the Double Speak & Talk Transparency for Real Results
What “Strategy Session” Really Means . . . Have you been bothered, like I have, by all the games that are played both online and offline to trap you as it were into someone’s system or program? I say “trap you” because when you want to be there of your own free will you will…
Read MoreA Winner’s Mindset: How to Profit with Passion While Doing What You Love
On a Wing and a Prayer . . . When I began my first business venture back in 1994, it was on a wing and a prayer in many ways. I had a planned start up but six months prior to that, I went head to head with my boss over, of all things, vacation.…
Read MoreSales Training: Did You Diss Your Ideal Client?
I speak a lot about identifying your ideal target market; how to create that perfect profile that will enable you to attract and capture clients and customers you will love and who love you back. You know, these are the kind of clients and customers that you jump out of bed in the morning for,…
Read MoreProsperity Mindset: 3 Surefire Ways to be Happy Every Day!
Yesterday as I was driving up to the mountains, I stopped for gas at my favorite Race Trac. I say my favorite because they have the cheapest gas prices of any station in two states for a couple of hundred miles and even if I do have to use Visa or Master and forgo my…
Read MoreSocial Media Marketing: When is the Best Time to Market?
There is a very short answer to this question and it is simply ALWAYS! What I continue to run into, particularly with service based business professionals and creatives (like designers, stagers, and organizers) is a tendency (actually a habit) to have an uncomfortable roller coaster ride of have a full client load and then having…
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