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What’s Your Job?

When you start a business, you’re exposed to a seemingly endless stream of diverging themes and complicated processes. I attempt to reorganize them into simple systems.

That’s my job as an educator—to take ideas that have become complicated and noisy …

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Undercover Boss is Bad for Business and The Secret Millionaire is Bad for Society

My friend, Terry Starbucker, a leadership expert, wrote a compelling post entitled, The Trouble With Undercover Boss (If Your’e a Boss), where he makes the case that the CBS show is bad for bosses because a great CEO would be …

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Success with The Book Yourself Solid List of 20

This is a guest post by Michael Feeley.

I first began reading Book Yourself Solid and doing the exercises in November of 2009. It revolutionized  the way I see clients and do business. Now I only work with the …

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12 Ways to Use Public Speaking to Get Booked Solid

The Book Yourself Solid Speaking Strategy can be used by virtually any service professional to get in front of potential ideal clients.

The wonderful thing about sharing your knowledge is that it’s rewarding for both you and your audience. They …

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Upcoming events with Michael Port to get you Booked Solid

STARTS JUNE 30 – BOOKED SOLID BUSINESS MASTERY
Systems, Operations, Better Business Models

STARTS JULY 2 – CERTIFIED BOOK YOURSELF SOLID COACH TRAINING
THIS TRAINING IS OVER THE PHONE!
If you’re outside of the US or just can’t travel this …

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How the Book Yourself Solid System Works…

It’s simple.

1.     You’ll create awareness for the products and services you offer using the 7 Core Self-Promotion Strategies (Module Four in Book Yourself Solid).

2.     Once you create awareness for what you offer, potential new clients will check out your

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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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The Simple Way to Network and Get Referrals

As a business owner, you’ll need to proactively reach out to potential clients to make offers and to marketing partners and other decision makers to create business opportunities.

The most important direct outreach you do might well be to other service …

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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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Wine Drinking for Inspired Thinking

Wine Drinking for Inspired ThinkingThe Italians have La Dolce Vita, the French have Joie d’Vivre. What do Americans have? Happy Hour? Miller Time? We need help.

Good news. Help has arrived. New York Times bestselling author Michael Gelb (How to Think Like Leonardo Da …

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