Thursday, August 26, 2010
Monday, August 2, 2010
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Easy, Affordable Marketing Ideas...
1) Use every outgoing piece of paper, and every electronic document as business promotion.
2) Writing articles on topics related to your business expertise is an excellent business promotion technique.
3) Sending out press releases is another great way to get some free business promotion.
4) Use buddy marketing to promote your business.
5) Give out freebies as business promotion.
6) Promote your business on a talk show. (CKSW, The Eagle, Magic)
7) Promote your business by giving a seminar or presentation.
8) Use your vehicle to promote your business.
2) Writing articles on topics related to your business expertise is an excellent business promotion technique.
3) Sending out press releases is another great way to get some free business promotion.
4) Use buddy marketing to promote your business.
5) Give out freebies as business promotion.
6) Promote your business on a talk show. (CKSW, The Eagle, Magic)
7) Promote your business by giving a seminar or presentation.
8) Use your vehicle to promote your business.
Eat That Frog!
There's an old saying that says...
"If the first thing you do when you wake up in the morning is eat a live frog, then nothing worse can happen for the rest of the day!"
Brian Tracy says that your "frog" should be the most difficult item on your things to do list, the one you're most likely to procrastinate on; because, if you eat that first, it'll give you energy and momentum for the rest of the day. But, if you don't...and let him sit there on the plate and stare at you while you do a hundred unimportant things, it can drain your energy and you won't even know it.
Here is an interesting discovery. Each of the ten tasks may take the same amount of time to accomplish. But one or two of those tasks will contribute five or ten times the value of any of the others.
Often, one item on a list of ten tasks that you have to do can be worth more than all the other nine items put together. This task is invariably the frog that you should eat first.
1. Focus on Activities, Not Accomplishments
2. Motivate Yourself
"If the first thing you do when you wake up in the morning is eat a live frog, then nothing worse can happen for the rest of the day!"
Brian Tracy says that your "frog" should be the most difficult item on your things to do list, the one you're most likely to procrastinate on; because, if you eat that first, it'll give you energy and momentum for the rest of the day. But, if you don't...and let him sit there on the plate and stare at you while you do a hundred unimportant things, it can drain your energy and you won't even know it.
Here is an interesting discovery. Each of the ten tasks may take the same amount of time to accomplish. But one or two of those tasks will contribute five or ten times the value of any of the others.
Often, one item on a list of ten tasks that you have to do can be worth more than all the other nine items put together. This task is invariably the frog that you should eat first.
1. Focus on Activities, Not Accomplishments
2. Motivate Yourself
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Monday, April 19, 2010
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
100/0 Principle
The 100/0 Principle applies to those people in your life where the relationships are too important to react automatically or judgmentally. Each of us must determine the relationships to which this principle should apply. For most of us, it applies to work associates, customers, suppliers, family and friends.
STEP 1 - Determine what you can do to make the relationship work...then do it. Demonstrate respect and kindness to the other person, whether he/she deserves it or not.
STEP 2 - Do not expect anything in return. Zero, zip, nada.
STEP 3 - Do not allow anything the other person says or does (no matter how annoying!) to affect you. In other words, don't take the bait.
STEP 4 - Be persistent with your graciousness and kindness. Often we give up too soon, especially when others don't respond in kind. Remember to expect nothing in return
STEP 1 - Determine what you can do to make the relationship work...then do it. Demonstrate respect and kindness to the other person, whether he/she deserves it or not.
STEP 2 - Do not expect anything in return. Zero, zip, nada.
STEP 3 - Do not allow anything the other person says or does (no matter how annoying!) to affect you. In other words, don't take the bait.
STEP 4 - Be persistent with your graciousness and kindness. Often we give up too soon, especially when others don't respond in kind. Remember to expect nothing in return
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Andrea's 5 Favorite Things!
2. The Magic Bullet - The best part of the kitchen!
3. Strawberry Perfume Oil from the Body Shop.-Smells great and costs as much as a Latte at Urban Ground.
4. Macs-the most dependable computers on the planet. Once you go Mac, you never go back. Trust me.
5. Re-Usable Grocery Bags - besides the obvious reasons, these are a must in every house hold. They are also a GREAT gift to give away to clients.
1. Just A Drop- Say goodbye to personal bathroom odors! There is nothing like this!!!!!
3. Strawberry Perfume Oil from the Body Shop.-Smells great and costs as much as a Latte at Urban Ground.
4. Macs-the most dependable computers on the planet. Once you go Mac, you never go back. Trust me.
5. Re-Usable Grocery Bags - besides the obvious reasons, these are a must in every house hold. They are also a GREAT gift to give away to clients.
1. Just A Drop- Say goodbye to personal bathroom odors! There is nothing like this!!!!!
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
5 Ways To Evoke Growth In Your Business
1. Grow Up and put your big girl panties on.
2. Study until you get it.
3. Know that you don't know it all-humility comes before honor.
4. Be a fruit inspector - metaphorically speaking.
5. Get real
2. Study until you get it.
3. Know that you don't know it all-humility comes before honor.
4. Be a fruit inspector - metaphorically speaking.
5. Get real