A talk by film director Martin Scorsese inspires ideas to acheive mastery . Interpreting mastery principles from film into business. Includes a self test for mastery.

Facebook is now starting to make mondo changes to your (personal) “profile” and (business) “Page”. Here’s my oversimplified summary from the most succinct expert, Mari Smith, to help prepare you. VIEWING THE PAGE Each person/page viewing your wall will see a *different* order of posts based on how fans are also engaging with your Page. In other words, whether you are logged in to Facebook as your profile or your  [ Read More ]

This month, I’m seeking your best ideas to help businesses attract clients they love. Why? Because those are the most fun to work with and usually the most profitable, too!   I’m presenting on this topic over the next few months and want to include your ideas, thoughts, experiences and tips. Not everyone knows how to do this. So, please share what works best for you.   If you’d like  [ Read More ]

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There is a special “help” gene in people who are brave enough to run service businesses. These businesses come in all sizes and flavors, from auto repair to psychotherapy, teaching to dentistry, financial wizards to farmers.   GIFT FOR SERVICE BUSINESSES In honor of service businesses worldwide, we offer our Blissful Wisdom ebook for free to help our blog subscribers increase business and enjoy marketing. Really! There are chapters on  [ Read More ]

In the decades I’ve helped clients build businesses, I find that issues of self-confidence, trust, deservability, self-worth, fear of rejection or conflict, and feeling like a fraud cloud the ability of many, many leaders to succeed. Leaders in business often have great services or products and vast talents to offer, but aren’t gaining the profits they should due to various internal (and marketing) issues.   I’ve been there.  Haven’t you?  [ Read More ]

Making fun of networking, but with useful techniques for those who know they must employ this marketing tactic for business building (everyone should!) while really, truly despising it.

Marketing Agency head & Marketing Coach Allison Bliss shares some of her favorite resources for smart entrepreneurs: from databases to cost-saving tips for mailing to innovative new techniques for marketing solutions.

Here’s a principle from my upcoming book on “Marketing That Fills the Soul”. This section I’ve cut from the book to only allow for my blog readers: PUTTING OUT TO THE UNIVERSE: THE CLARITY OF PROMOTION There is little doubt that by expressing what we need, or putting out our requests to the universe in a clearly defined manner over a regular period of time, that we’ll receive what we  [ Read More ]

The Soul of Marketing: Sharing Wisdom looks at how our world’s great leaders use teaching to reach the masses, the same as we should with our marketing.