When I started blogging almost 1 year ago I was overwhelmed by the amount of content I felt I had to create. How was I going to come up with new topics, what was I able to share, what would people find interesting. It has been a long journey but I truly enjoy my blogging […]
Barb Stuhlemmer
“Omnipresence” vs. “Omni-availability”
Are you always available for your client? Do you take calls in the middle of dinner, during your birthday party, and on your vacation? Do you feel your business needs to be open all the time to ensure that people do not go other places? Your marketing can have omnipresent – you cannot. It’s important […]
Who Are Our Next CEO’s?
I was reading an article from C Level Strategies, “The CEO’s Most Pressing People Challenges” asking CEO’s what they foresee as the most pressing people challenges for the next 10 years. One of the responses by Craig Juengling he got me to thinking not just about the employee challenges but management and C-Level challenges for the […]
Who Will Get You More Clients?
I had a really interesting experience that got me some amazing free services, potential business for an internet company and respect for my bank. How do you get this Win-Win-Win for your product or service? Creating a relationship with a parallel business can create credibility for your company and give your clients service then they […]
Do it Now or Later: Perfection Paralysis Revealed
Have you ever felt that your list of things to do keeps getting longer as you get closer to the time you need to launch something? Often we will set ourselves soft-release dates because we know that it is difficult to make hard-deadlines. When you continually put off completing something because it never feels quite […]
Building a Mastermind Group – revisited
I get a lot of questions around how people can build a mastermind group for themselves. If you cannot hire a coach or join a managed and facilitated mastermind group then I want to make sure you get some sort of support for your business. Here is the link to a 3- part post I […]
More Meetings? 3 Principles to Making Them Profitable
I do a lot of networking. It is a big part of my marketing plan and I set aside not only a budget but also my time, which is even more valuable to me. If I wanted to I could network more than half my week, or maybe more. Today have three meetings, a breakfast […]
The ‘Give’ That Will Give Back
We have all heard the statement “If you give you will get back” and sometimes that is appended with “in spades”. It starts in grade school with the teaching of ‘The Golden Rule’ (do onto others as you would have them do unto you). There are several businesses that base their foundation on this idea, […]
Your Power Over the Outcome
Answer this question: What power do I have to determine the outcome of an event that has not happened? You might come up with several ideas, many that would be conditional on what you know about the details of the event. Now answer this question: What power do I have to determine the outcome of […]
The Importance of Writing in Business: 3 Tips to Creating Great Content
Many people may think, “I’m not a writer so I’m not going to write articles and blogs.” Fine, but if you think you are not writing for your business then you are wrong. Communication via the written word is going to be a very big component in the success or failure of your business, so you […]