Posts by Melissa Galt
What You Can Learn About Success from Fruit
Every summer sometime between July and August, it’s blackberry season. Now, I say sometime between because as early as July 10 a handful of blackberries are ready to be picked and eaten (yes, I am snagging them as a snack on my daily walks) while others don’t ripen until after July 30. They would all…
Read MoreHow to Fail in Business Without Even Trying
Are YOU Sending Your Customers to the Competition? Have you ever called a business at an off hour wanting to check their hours of operation or get their address or even to leave a message for your sales person only to have it ring and ring and ring? Yes, in the information age, in the…
Read More3 Simple Secrets to Establishing Credibility with Your Market FAST
One of the most challenging things that service based professionals and creativepreneurs face is establishing a solid credibility when just starting out or even starting over. Whether you have been in business for several years but you are reinventing how you do things and launching new models, or you are just getting started, credibility is…
Read More5 Proven Ways to Make Your Message and Your Marketing Viral
I had a client recently demand that I produce a viral message spontaneously, no branding, they were a complete unknown. I patiently explained that it isn’t generally that simple (there are always exceptions). Viral is kind of like that overnight sensation that actually took 5-20 years to create. You have a much higher chance of…
Read MoreCreate Your Own Language for Powerful Results
Have you noticed the number of “branded” systems, formulas, and blueprints in the marketplace? From Kevin Nation’s Big Ticket Blueprint to Adam Urbanski’s Attract Clients Like Crazy Marketing System, from Lisa Cherney’s Stand Out and Be Juicy to Ali Brown and her Shine Events and more, there is a name and a language for every…
Read More3 Proven Techniques for Making What You Deserve
I’ve had a lot of my coaching clients and my creative colleagues bump up against this one lately. I want to make this easy and give you just three simple techniques that will help blast you through to your true value with the confidence to claim it. #1 Know What Your Clients Are Getting (HINT:…
Read More3 Surefire Shortcuts to Getting Ahead Online
I had an uncomfortable experience in the last couple of weeks and bet you can relate. When you enjoy connecting others to their dreams and to those who can help them reach those dreams, like I do, you are easy to reach. I might not be able to spend a ton of time with all…
Read More5 Secrets to Duplicating Yourself with Delegation
The fastest way to get ahead is to outsource those tasks that aren’t directly profit related but that do have to get done. Your energy needs to be focused on profitcentric activities and on getting in front of your prospects. There are still a lot of other tasks that need to happen and it is…
Read MoreHow to Charge What You Are Worth!
I run into this so often, I finally had to do an article on it. For some reason, I’ve never had the challenge of not being able to charge what I am worth. In fact, I am very comfortable with my rates, packages and programs because I know that the value I bring is easily…
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