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- Savor the Moment - by Submitted on Dec 27, 2012 from Lisa MininniFor many years, I found it difficult to live in the moment. I had all of this energy frequently thinking about the next step and moving through each moment. For high-achieving entrepreneurs, being in the moment can be elusive. Throughout the years, I’ve found the following strategies ...
Views: 1165(2 votes) - Tactics Successful Entrepreneurs Use to Keep Their Minds Sharp - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2011 from Lisa MininniIn doing some research for an article years ago, I came across an excerpt from John C. Maxwell's book, "Developing the Leader Within You". Maxwell tells a story he read in a Norman Vincent Peale book where Peale was walking through the twisted streets of Kowloon in Hong Kong and came upon a ...
Views: 1089(2 votes) - With Every End, There is a New Beginning - by Submitted on Jun 03, 2010 from Lisa MininniFor millions of graduating students, this time of year brings an end to familiar surroundings and leads to brand new beginnings in just a few short months. This transition period is not unlike a new entrepreneur starting up a business or a seasoned business owner trying new projects, a new ...
Views: 6630(6 votes) - A Hidden Key to Growth - by Submitted on Nov 19, 2010 from Lisa MininniThe path to growth is often not a course in adding or obtaining something, but of removal or letting go. We’re bombarded every day to produce, expand and accumulate more. All of this has its place; however, it’s opposite - learning to let go - is a hidden key to growing personally and ...
Views: 1390(8 votes) - Building Up Your Endurance - by Submitted on Dec 23, 2010 from Lisa MininniIn high school, I ran on the track team. While I was often placed in the sprinting events, my true passion was long distance. My coach never put me in long distance because I was built with a sprinters body not a long distance one. But I knew that to finish any race involved mental stamina ...
Views: 1151(4 votes) - Sure Fire Steps to Profitability - by Submitted on Oct 29, 2010 from Lisa Mininni“Any successful relationship, whether personal or business, is unique to every pair of individuals and evolves over time. It starts out tentative, fragile, full of unfulfilled possibilities and expectations. It grows stronger with experience and familiarity. It matures into trust and ...
Views: 1285(5 votes) - Leveraging Your External Thinker - by Submitted on Sep 10, 2010 from Lisa MininniIsn’t it interesting that we know each individual has a different style of communicating and doing things, but many people never really realize why that is? Yet, when we realize how individuals behave, we can be more effective in providing information the way the other person wants to receive ...
Views: 1804(6 votes) - 4 Tips to Cope With Overwhelm - by Submitted on May 17, 2012 from Lisa MininniIn a world of get-it-done, stay-connected, and do-it-now, it’s easy to get on a treadmill of life. Regardless of your plan, you may find unexpected demands pulling you in many directions. For whatever reason, you may feel like you need to put in more hours. At some point, you begin to feel ...
Views: 1275(1 vote) - 6 Surprisingly Simple Steps to Integrating Social Media - by Submitted on Nov 03, 2010 from Lisa MininniAre you still trying to figure out how to integrate social media into your Marketing Mix? You’re not alone; many small business owners are confused about how to blend social media into their business. You might have signed yourself up for LinkedIn or Facebook but you find yourself wondering if ...
Views: 1314(6 votes) - An Important Lesson on Attracting Clients - by Submitted on Dec 20, 2012 from Lisa MininniSo I had a learning moment last week. As you may know, I have hosted monthly teleseminars on various business growth topics for years now. Recently, when I surveyed my community they expressed interest in more webinars instead of teleseminars. In response to that survey, we set up the ...
Views: 1156(1 vote) - Are You Treating Your Business Like A Hobby? - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2013 from Lisa MininniIt is estimated that over 395,000 new businesses each month are started in the U.S. alone. For many new business owners they enter entrepreneurship with the intention of making money. They even take the necessary steps to make it into a business, including filing all of the necessary ...
Views: 2706(1 vote) - Attract What You Want in Life and Your Business When You Do This One Thing. - by Submitted on Sep 21, 2012 from Lisa MininniWe’re bombarded every day to produce, expand and accumulate more. All of this has its place; however, it’s opposite - learning to let go - is essential to attract amazing things in your life. If your days are so jam packed, there is no space for new things to arrive. At one point in my life ...
Views: 1144(1 vote) - Did You Know That You’re Wired to Win? - by Submitted on May 31, 2013 from Lisa MininniPart 1 of 4: Did You Know That You’re Wired to Win? Winning can be defined in several ways. Dictionary.com defines winning as, “to finish first in a race”, to or “to gain the victory”. In each of these definitions, however, it infers someone is going to lose. If you apply the win-lose ...
Views: 1361(1 vote) - Do You Need Your Independence or a Team? - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2013 from Lisa MininniDo you like to create your own ideas and have lots of autonomy to execute them or do you prefer to be a member of a team and toss ideas around? Are you a venturesome doer and interested in the achievement of tangible results? Or, do you prefer a work environment where you handle familiar work in ...
Views: 1246(1 vote) - How Not Testing Your Assumptions Is Costing You Serious Business - by Submitted on Feb 23, 2013 from Lisa MininniEvery day, entrepreneurs act on their assumptions. Making assumptions is a part of doing business. Assumptions are often based on our experiences and are not often questioned. It’s part of our system of beliefs. If our beliefs are not sound, our assumptions are not sound. These assumptions ...
Views: 1179(1 vote) - How to Get Started in Blogging To Get More Clients - by Submitted on Sep 08, 2013 from Lisa MininniYou know you would like to do it, but you don’t know how. You want to get started, but think it’s too complicated. You wonder if the time you invest in it, is really worth it. What is it? Blogging. Blogging is a type of article marketing and is often written more informally. Blogs can be ...
Views: 1427(1 vote) - How to Get Unstuck in Business - by Submitted on Feb 14, 2013 from Lisa MininniWe all get stuck at some point unsure about what choice to make. It might be from a plan that is not working as anticipated or of an underlying fear of the unknown keeping us from making the decision. When confused, we become mentally paralyzed. We often look at this or that causing a rise ...
Views: 1301(1 vote) - Manage Your Metrics to Grow Your Business - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2012 from Lisa MininniIt’s not only the time of year to plant flowers and spruce up your outdoor living space, it’s also the half-way mark for businesses. It’s the perfect point to assess whether or not your plan is working and make any course corrections. As the saying goes, you can’t manage what you don’t ...
Views: 1083(1 vote) - Measure What You Manage to Get More Clients - by Submitted on Jun 26, 2011 from Lisa MininniAn old management adage is that you can't manage what you don't measure. The underlying meaning of that saying is that when you measure, you are better positioned to determine if your initiatives are working or if they are not. If you’re off target, then you can make adjustments to your plan. ...
Views: 955(1 vote) - Please Do Not Sit on the Fence - by Submitted on Jan 24, 2013 from Lisa MininniMaking business decisions are the most important function of any business owner. Throughout each day we make thousands of decisions and many are made instinctively and others learned through habits. For many business owners, however, they get stuck on the fence. Staying on the fence ...
Views: 1523(1 vote) - Speaking for Profit: 4 Insider Secrets for Success From the Start - by Submitted on May 25, 2012 from Lisa MininniWhen you decide to add speaking to your mix of marketing, it can be rewarding and revenue generating. Speaking gives you an opportunity to get in front of your ideal clients and earn additional income. Below are several insider secrets to set you up for success from the start: 1. Create A ...
Views: 1062(1 vote) - Steady as She Goes - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2010 from Lisa MininniOriginally a maritime reference, the phrase “steady as she goes” referred to the ships that navigated difficult waters. It was important to keep the ship steady so that it didn’t take on water. The old ships would sail along especially well in predictive seas. The first sign of ...
Views: 1484(6 votes) - Systems Give You Freedom - by Submitted on Feb 14, 2013 from Lisa MininniThere’s nothing worse than waking up in the morning realizing you created a successful business but it is taking over your life. You get caught up in the excitement of launching your latest project or marketing tactic only to realize you have to keep it going consistently for it to attract ...
Views: 1193(1 vote) - The Better Question To Ask to Get More Clients - by Submitted on May 11, 2012 from Lisa MininniI’m often asked, “How do I convince people that what I have to offer is valuable.” The better question to ask is, “Who is it that really wants what I have, who is ready to buy, and is willing (and able) to pay for it?” Over and over, people ask me how I attract such high caliber clients. It ...
Views: 902(1 vote) - The Two Secret Ingredients to Grow Your Clients, Profits and Business - by Submitted on Apr 12, 2013 from Lisa MininniIt is estimated that 65% of marketing budgets, on average, are spent on activities designed to generate leads to potential new customers. Yet entrepreneurs only follow up on an estimated 20% of the leads – the rest of the leads generated fall into the abyss of sales leads. Entrepreneurs ...
Views: 1185(1 vote) - What Does the Fable, Chicken Little, Have To Do With Attracting Clients? - by Submitted on Dec 13, 2012 from Lisa MininniThere’s an old folktale called Chicken Little. It’s a story about a chicken who believed the world was coming to an end all because an acorn fell on his head. Throughout the story, he kept shouting, “the sky is falling!” On his way to see the King to tell him his findings, he focused on ...
Views: 1411(1 vote) - What Rules – They’re Just Guidelines - by Submitted on Oct 05, 2010 from Lisa MininniFran excitedly hops into the conference room where Accounting is meeting and is just thrilled that she just landed one of the biggest accounts of her career and the largest in the company’s history. Rather than the excited response she anticipated, she was riddled with questions about how the ...
Views: 1285(6 votes) - Where Does Your Fear Come From? - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2010 from Lisa MininniHave you ever been stopped by fear – fear of conflict, fear of taking risks or fear of failure? The problem is, it is innate for some people and holds them back from doing what it takes to get more clients and create a life and business of their dreams. We’re all naturally hardwired a certain ...
Views: 3720(5 votes) - Yes, This is Wonder Woman Calling: I Hear You’re Trying to Do It All Yourself. - by Submitted on Mar 28, 2013 from Lisa MininniEver wonder how you’re going to get it all done? Recently, someone in my reader community wrote in asking for advice because she was continuously exhausted trying to balance her business and her home life. Even the warrior princess, Wonder Woman had help. While, like you, she was gifted ...
Views: 1083(1 vote) - Are You Ignoring Messages? - by Submitted on Jul 29, 2010 from Lisa MininniIn its simplest form, communication in business is conveying a message through a channel. It can link ideas and things and is a mechanism for connectivity and interaction. Communication is expressed in words, pictures, gestures, signals, and colors. In its most basic context, there is a ...
Views: 2054(9 votes) - 3 Simple Steps to Strategic Networking - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2010 from Lisa MininniIf you want to become a masterful strategic networker, you have to be the one that makes it happen and that means taking a proactive approach to referral marketing. “Don’t wait for the good luck referral. Good luck if you get one, good luck if the person referred to you will talk to you, and ...
Views: 1825(5 votes) - Networking – Why It’s Not Working for You - by Submitted on Jun 21, 2012 from Lisa MininniDo you consistently get up in the morning drive through the bottleneck of traffic to get to those morning networking meetings and wonder why you’re making the effort? Week in and week out, millions of business owners make the effort to keep their networking commitments so they have a crack at ...
Views: 1045(1 vote) - 3 Effective Mindset-Shifting Strategies to Get More Clients - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2012 from Lisa MininniYour mindset is your internal mental attitude and influences the way you view life, relationships and your business. It determines how you interpret and respond to situations and can completely transform how you perceive the world. Your mindset can also influence if others decide to do ...
Views: 1840 - 3 Questions to Overcome Delayed Decision Making - by Submitted on Mar 04, 2015 from Lisa MininniWhen your business starts to grow beyond start up and into second stage, you’ll need to expand your capacity to take on more. If you’re thinking how that can be possible when your day is already overfilled, then something needs to change. If you’re constantly delaying decisions or putting off ...
Views: 1391 - 4 Breakthrough Steps to Achieve Your Gold Medal - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2012 from Lisa MininniWith the Summer Olympic games less than a month away, athletes are preparing themselves to go for the gold. They went to the gym each day, followed their workout schedules, and prepared for the Nationals. For some athletes, they will have the opportunity to go for the gold medal. We all know ...
Views: 1217 - 4 Clever Tips to Tune Up Your Marketing System - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2012 from Lisa MininniAfter I spoke at a small business association, a brand new entrepreneur approached me explaining how frustrated she was at the lack of results despite her efforts in cold calling. I see this frustration all the time especially with people who are making the switch from employee to entrepreneur. ...
Views: 1101 - 4 Surprisingly Simple Steps to Take You from Procrastination to Progress - by Submitted on Dec 27, 2011 from Lisa MininniOne of the biggest frustrations of small business owners is simply procrastinating on tasks that they know need to be done, but just don’t do them. Other contributing factors that sideline most entrepreneurs include: not setting clear goals, underestimating the difficulty or time required to ...
Views: 1370 - 6 Tips for Marketing Your New Business - by Submitted on Mar 26, 2009 from Lisa MininniWith over 495,000 new businesses started each month, many new entrepreneurs need help making the transition to business ownership. The task in setting up a business can be overwhelming and many new entrepreneurs are overloaded in assumptions about how expensive it is to market their business. ...
Views: 1380 - A Distinctive Way to Close on More Sales - by Submitted on Mar 20, 2015 from Lisa MininniIt has been estimated that 9 out of 10 sales training courses have no lasting impact after just three months. That’s really unfortunate since many business owners spend thousands of dollars on sales training each year. With a significantly high failure rate, that’s a major cut into your ...
Views: 1929 - Addressing Issues with a Co-Worker - by Submitted on Nov 19, 2008 from Lisa MininniEvery workplace has them, that annoying co-worker. But how do you address the issue without alienating the person? While every situation is different, there are three tried-and-true Total Quality Key Principles to use in effective interaction. Maintain or enhance self-esteem of others. When ...
Views: 2232 - Are you Sabotaging Important Contacts From Reaching You On LinkedIn? - by Submitted on Dec 01, 2012 from Lisa MininniOne of the internal systems my Entrepreneurial Edge System Clients learn is to connect their online and offline strategies. After they attend a face-to-face networking event, they will go online and connect with people they have just met. It’s a great way to bridge offline networking and online ...
Views: 1206 - Automation: Time Saver and Convenience Maker, but Don’t Forget This One Thing - by Submitted on May 21, 2015 from Lisa MininniInformation technology has changed the way the world conducts business. A letter that once took weeks to get from Point A to Point B is now delivered instantly with a mere push of a button. Automation has also made it possible for small businesses to streamline their processes, get a handle ...
Views: 1370 - Back to the Basics: 3 Simple Tips to Keep Your Employees Motivated - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2012 from Lisa MininniAccording to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, American companies spend $300 billion every year on stress-related work issues like reduced productivity, absenteeism, health insurance costs, direct medical expenses and employee turnover. With everyone doing more ...
Views: 1409 - Believe to Achieve - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2011 from Lisa MininniI love to watch movies any chance I get. Recently, I watched the 2006 movie, The Pursuit of Happyness, a rags-to-riches story based on the autobiographical book of the same name, written by Chris Gardner. The movie chronicles how Chris Gardner, despite all odds, makes it from down-and-out ...
Views: 1549 - Consistency is Key to Getting More Clients - by Submitted on Mar 30, 2012 from Lisa MininniWhen it comes to getting more clients, consistency is key. When your marketing, messaging and branding are consistent, it demonstrates that you are focused. This focus will attract clients because they see that they can depend on you to provide consistent value. There are three important ...
Views: 1289 - Creating Conscious Conversations - by Submitted on Sep 22, 2008 from Lisa MininniWe are inundated with depressing stories each day and it permeates our conscious thoughts. Just turn on the evening news to hear the latest negative messages. You may find yourself living in “not good enough” or “not ‘this-or-that’ enough.” When the conscious thoughts change to “I’m thankful ...
Views: 949 - Ditch the Pitch – Seal the Deal with Hardwiring - by Submitted on May 23, 2014 from Lisa MininniMany business professionals fail miserably at converting a promising lead into a client. Why? Could it be their sales process? Yes. Could it be because they didn’t pre-qualify the prospect? Yes. Could it be because they haven’t asked enough questions before pitching their ...
Views: 1258 - Do You Have A Pre-Qualification System? - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2013 from Lisa MininniDoes this sound familiar? You meet a prospect and play phone tag. Months later, you arrange a meeting, you give away valuable ideas and information during the introductory meeting and you wait. You go through this process over and over and over. Eventually, someone does business with you. If ...
Views: 1198 - Formalize Your Referral System to Increase Your Profits - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2015 from Lisa MininniThere’s nothing worse than waking up in the morning realizing you created a successful business but it is taking over your life. You get caught up in the excitement of launching your latest project or marketing tactic only to realize you have to keep it going consistently for it to attract ...
Views: 1355 - Four Simple Steps to Tame Your Email Monster - by Submitted on Oct 16, 2011 from Lisa MininniHave you ever sat down to your computer, pressed the send/receive button on your email only to have it download a laundry list of emails that you know just by glancing at them aren’t important or urgent to growing your small business? First you look at them. You feel the pressure build up ...
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