success mindset

What Business Are You In, Anyway?

Let’s start with a question. What business are you in?
No, really. This is a vitally serious question.
Ask 100 business owners what business they’re in and 97 of them will tell you what they do. That isn’t the question.
Ask 100 jewelery store owners what business they’re in and they’ll tell you, “I’m a [...]

Recession Marketing Tips: How Your Mindset Creates Success, Even in a Down Economy

Have you watched the news lately?  Listened to the radio?  Opened a newspaper?
If so, then you’ve been inundated by doom and gloom everywhere you turn.
Or maybe you’ve noticed your store is a little emptier…your inbox a little less crammed…your phone a little quieter.
You hear about businesses, households, and individuals failing all around you, and you [...]

Looking Forward in 2009: The Business of the Future

A special thanks to our guest blogger, Jack Fecker, for this wonderful post!  Look below for Jack’s bio and a link to his website.

The old way of doing business is falling apart at the seams before our very eyes. This same ‘falling away’ is occurring on a larger scale in the core structures and systems [...]

Merry Christmas from the Marketing Wizard’s Alliance

It’s been a heckuva year.
Recession worries, massive political change, and the ups and downs of running and growing your own business.
If you’re like me, you get to the end of the year tired…reflective…and optimistic about what the future holds.
And that’s what I love best about the holidays.
For the next few days, we can forget the [...]

Getting Things Done The Mastermind Way

Today we’re going to talk about “masterminding” as a method to accelerate the pace of your implementation and improvement in marketing, or any other aspect of your enterprise.
There are five “u-needs” if you are to get things done. Especially if you are to get them done rapidly and effectively. They are…
1. Knowing what to do
2. [...]

The Economy May Suck…But Small Businesses Are Thriving

NOW HOLD ON JUST A MINUTE!
It’s not time to press the panic button.  Not yet.
The economy is going downhill fast, right?  At least that’s all you hear everywhere you turn.  The Wall Street Journal reported 500,000 layoffs last month.
Facebook won’t buy employees’ stock.
Donald Trump thinks his own condos are too expensive.  (Is he gonna cut [...]

Business Building Tips: What to Do When You Fall Down

Over at his blog, marketing master Clayton Makepeace has a fantastic new post about what to do when you lose.  It hit me hard when I read it today, so I knew I had to share it with our readers!
You see, especially now, with the economy struggling and small businesses everywhere nervous about what’s coming [...]