I love being treated like a princess. I really do. Don’t you? As I type this, I’m 30,000 feet above the ground, forcefully snuggling with the complete stranger sitting next to me because, well, I’m on an airplane. And unless you’re in first class, this is just how airplane travel is these days. As I sit here uncomfortably resting my …
How I Became An Entrepreneur Contributor, Overnight
Today was magical! An article I wrote was published in the digital version of Entrepreneur Magazine. Yep, the one that gets 14mm unique visitors every month. [Happy dance!] No, I don’t have friends at Entrepreneur that did me a ‘favor.’ And nope, I have not written for any other A-list publications. But somehow, some way, I still became an Entrepreneur …
20 Takeaways From Traffic & Conversion 2017 You Need To Know
My brain is going to explode. Well, at least that’s how it feels. I just returned from 3 days at the 2017 Traffic & Conversion Summit, presented by Digital Marketer. This is the “who’s who” event of digital marketing. Take one look around and you’ll see peeps like the inventor of infomercials (yes, seriously) and one of Shark Tank’s Original …
15 Game Changing Ideas Every Entrepreneur Can Appreciate
Conferences. Sometimes they’re miserable. Sometimes they rock your world. Most times they hover somewhere in between. But not the one I just returned home from. This one definitely fell in the “rock your world” category. Let me tell you why. More than 500 entrepreneurial change-makers attended the Blastoff Business Breakthrough with Allison Maslan this past weekend in San Diego. It …
5 Reasons More People Aren’t Buying What You Sell… And What You Can Do About It
It’s downright painful when you pour your heart and soul into developing a product or service, put it out to the world and find no one is interested. Dr. Seuss knew all about this. After all, he was rejected 27 times before his book, And To Think I Saw It On Mulberry Street was accepted by a publisher. Henry Ford …
1 Choice That Changed My Life In 2016
Life is full of choices. Little choices that steer how your day goes. Big choices that steer how your year goes. And then, there are the ginormous choices–the ones that can literally change your life–for better or worse–in a matter of seconds. 2016 gave me the opportunity to make a lot of choices. The ginormous kind. Tonight, I spent some time …
25 Holiday Networking Conversation Starters
Chances are, you’ll attend more parties, special events and get together’s of various kinds in December than any other time of year. That also means you’ll have more opportunities to network like a ninja this month than you have since last Christmas. With that being the case, there’s never been a better time than now to arm yourself with conversation …
How To Get More People To Open Your Emails
If you’re like a lot of the small business owners we talk with, email marketing is low on your to-do list. It feels old, congested, and well, not as exciting as the Facebook ads everyone is talking about. We want to challenge you to think differently about email marketing. Here’s why: Email is still the preferred way consumers like to interact with …
15 Free Tools Entrepreneurs Shouldn’t Live Without
There are few things I love more than finding a tool that simplifies my life. Maybe it’s because I have four kids and a business and my life is, well…CRAZY. Regardless, today I want to tell you about 15 of my very favorite online business tools, because if you’re a small business owner, you need to know about these. Simply …
How To Get More Referrals In 10 Simple Steps
So you’ve built a product or created a service that your customers are crazy about, eh? Awesome. Now, it’s time to get them to tell their friends. Because we all know the likelihood of closing a lucrative sale skyrockets when a happy customer refers you to someone they know. The problem is, most people simply don’t get enough referrals. And some, don’t …