So, you have an idea. Do you grab a pen and a trusty notebook in your pocket or purse or do you fire up your tablet or computer?
I am a notetaker, I am always taking note about ideas, things to do, projects to map out, errands to run on the way home for my “honey do” list, etc, etc. How about you? Do you find yourself wanting to take notes often?
Like many professionals in the 90′s with the laptop computers becoming more affordable and more powerful, I went from using blank or gridlines pages inserted in my Day-Timer® to wanting to write everything on my computer. I felt, like many of you, that to write it down on paper only to later type in into my word processor was a waste of time. Read the rest of this entry »
The greatest risk to any business is that no customers will show up, the issue is the mentality that customers are going to drop out of the sky just because you’re so cool.
Maybe marketing feels weird. Maybe selling feels impossible. (Trust me, I have been there.) Maybe you’re making excuses for not pushing out of your comfort zone, by telling yourself that great products don’t need to be marketed and sold — they just sell themselves.
Great products and services deserve great marketing, so they’ll find the audiences they can help. Your brilliant business idea is only as good as your ability to sell it.
Gone are the days (if they ever existed) where you only had to build a web site and people would come. The truth is that if you build it, they won’t come and if they do come, you’ve got only seconds to capture their attention. Read the rest of this entry »
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Classroom* Courses:
Sales Success Series:
Understanding Your Customer (communication skills)
Handling Objections/Closing the Sale
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General Insurance Fundamentals 1 (Alberta Level I examination course) (5 days)
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Identity Theft, Privacy & Internet Safety Fundamentals
Managing Stress, The Serenity Principle
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Productivity -Outlook as a Productivity Tool
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I completed the Exempt Market Products licensing course in June. This course was a challenge to say the least, but we are happy with the final results.
At the time of this writing, I just finished creating another FREE Online Course for small business owners. It is all about how to create, produce and publish your own marketing video. the last page and the membership were published only a few hours ago.
On to the next project…
I am currently working on another Continuing Education course for business owners, managers and supervisors responsible for the safety programs at their work or on job sites. It will be titled Managing Safety Systems and is a joint-venture with SafetyaHead.
So if I don’t write a post for a while, you’ll know why. I am keeping busy working with customers.
Seize the day!
There is still a lot of work to do but the official launch is scheduled for Fall 2011.
There is a crisis in the human resources climate, as critical as the climate crisis. Talents and passionate people are being wasted, positions are filled with people that do not like them. It is time to change or simply allow change to happen.
Our current thinking and education system is failing.
Here is a video of Sir Ken Robinson that I recommend for your viewing.
