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Small Business Productivity Software That You Can’t Live Without

E-mail, Calendar, Documents, Phone (AKA: All things Google)

E-mail, calendar, documents, and phone fall into one category because, for me, they are all things Google. Yes, I know they know more about me than my mother, and maybe even the …

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Santa Reveals his Big Business Secrets!

Jolly Old St. Nick is the head of the largest seasonal business in the world, but how does the man in the red suit manage Christmas year after year?

Santa Claus gives an “exclusive” interview on MSNBC revealing his approach …

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Free Webinar: 7 Habits of Highly Effective Marketers

I will help you create the behaviors, the habits necessary to get booked solid.

At some point, you’ve got to stop learning and start doing.

Or, I should say…you’ve got to couple learning with action.

Here is the video recording

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Readers are Leaders

The future belongs to the learner and readers are leaders. However, among the educated class, I see another problem. Too much learning and not enough doing. Just one more conference and then I’ll take action. Just one more coaching program and then I’ll be ready. Just one more book and then I’ll know what to do.

If you want to do big things in the in the world, your learning should be coupled with action. What you learn today you can put into action tomorrow so you get real-time, real-world feedback. Then, what you know, becomes field tested. That’s when knowledge becomes powerful. Continue reading

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How to Promote More Than One Product or Service at a Time

Trying to promote more than one product or service at a time can be very difficult, if not downright maddening.

Generally, I suggest focusing on selling one product or service at a time. This is how you do it successfully:…

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Two Reasons You Don’t Have As Many Clients As You Want

There may be two simple reasons why you don’t have as many clients as you’d like:

  1. Either you don’t know what to do to attract and secure more clients; or
  2. You know what to do but you’re not actually doing
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Super Simple Selling (the Book Yourself Solid Way)

Successful Selling Needs The Right Amount of Trust At Just The Right Time

It’s no accident that I introduce sales in Book Yourself Solid in Chapter 9—after I’ve taught you how to set your foundation and build trust and credibility. …

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Michael Port's Book Yourself Solid Wisdom

  1. Long after people forget what you said or did, they will remember how you made them feel. – Carl W. Buechner
  2. When you’re fully self-expressed, fully demonstrating your values and your views, you’ll naturally attract and draw to yourself those
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Why People Buy – Anything and Everything

People want to express their values. Plain and simple. And they do so through the products and services they buy. If you saw a fat casino tab, Smirnoff delivery charges and a Hummer lease payment on my Amex statement, you’d …

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Full-Day BYS Seminar Open to Public

Looking forward to teaching full-day OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Book Yourself Solid workshop Wednesday, May 19, 2010 in Ivyland, PA.  It’s something like $129. Can’t beat that!…

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