Being in business for yourself, by yourself is super-rewarding, however, it can be rather stressful. Sometimes the load just seems too heavy… What do you do when your clients are unhappy, or pull out of deals? You stress of course! Well, that’s one option, at least for a very short while. But then it’s time to count to 10, slowly,
How many of you would like to increase their number of subscribers on their list? Do you cringe at night? Are you getting stressed out because everyone is telling you that the money is in the list. Well I am here to break that myth for you: The numbers is not in the list, can you imagine building a list
And 5 Tips For Creating a Kick-Ass Email Marketing Subscriber List During my exchange year in Vancouver, the only job I could get was a fundraising job on campus where I would spend 20 hours/week cold calling alumni to donate money to the to help current students on financial aid. Being on financial aid myself, was really curious how it
This week, I got to interview Ali Meehan who is runs the largest online community in Spain for Women called Costa Women. Meeting her and learning how to build a community the way she did, was a fascinating experience indeed. Today I’d like to share her wisdom with you. Ali’s Story – Before She Decided to Build a Community Ali has
Do you feel like you need a career transition or want to take your business to the next level? Last week, we spoke about MK who made a huge (and successful) career transition in her 40s. She took courage, determination, risk but she succeeded. MK wasn’t confident overnight! An article in the Harvard Business Review says Less-Confident People Are More
This week I interviewed a good friend of mine; she was one of the first people I met when I moved back. I just know you’ll be fascinated by MK’s story of how she went from Army Officer to running her own financial advisory business. We dig into her psychological barriers and how she went from no customers to filling
Steps to Increase Your Prices (Without Losing Clients, Freaking Out or Feeling Guilty About It) This is a question I get asked all the time and in my experience, one of the main reason is that many women do not value the service that they’re offering. This undercharging is predominately due to their their lack of confidence. This happens to all
Disrupting the Dental Industry- Holistic approach to customer service! This week I had the pleasure to interview Louisa, an ex-teacher, master linguistics professional, who now runs the leading holistic dentistry practice DP Dental in Singapore, together with her husband. They bought the existing two 2-room practices in 2006. From its the humble beginnings of a 600 square feet facility, to
Last week I wrote about Small Business Profits: 2 Secret Components to a Profitable Business and how to grow your business. One of our happy readers, Lorin asked the question “Thanks for taking the time to go a little deeper into your topic – this was really helpful and totally illustrated the point of ‘explaining what you do’! I would love
A couple of months ago Jiro the 85-year-old sushi master video went viral. At the age of 9, Jiro was kicked out of his home and went to live on the streets. How did he go from that to running a three-star Michelin restaurant with no marketing budget, no menu and no social media? Today we’ll look at how Jiro