BLITZ Business Success Blog

What You Have That The Government Does Not

By Barb Stuhlemmer | September 2, 2016

I believe in government as a necessity to ensure things happen for a large group of people. In fact I live in a country where government is a big part of our lives (more than 50% of our income goes to taxes) and we get to say we live in the best country in the…

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Understand your “Ten Times Business”

By Barb Stuhlemmer | August 21, 2016

Times Ten        To ensure you don’t stall on your way to a larger income you need to be prepared to do what needs to get done when you get to what would be a typical level to stall. This has more to do with your psychology then money or time which tend…

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Up Your Reference Group Level

By Barb Stuhlemmer | August 15, 2016

If you want to see yourself as an owner of a bigger business start spending time with people that see you as you want to be. Find people that will hold you accountable, stop you from spending too much time in ‘pity mode’, see your best and strongest traits, understand your challenges, and won’t belittle…

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Act ‘As If’

By Barb Stuhlemmer | August 14, 2016

This is not the same as “fake it ‘til you make it”, but similar. It is not about faking, it is about changing the way you see yourself and your business. Tell yourself, “this is what it will be like” and it will be believable by both your unconscious, which believes everything is real, and…

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On the Book Shelf – What’s Barb Reading Now? Marketing, Spirituality, and Just For Fun!

By Barb Stuhlemmer | August 8, 2016

It has been a while since I posted anything I was reading. In fact I came across my last blog on this and it was over 4 years ago. I always have several books on the go. In fact I have books all over the house and because I use Audible.com (from Amazon) I can…

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10 Things You Won’t Need in a Zombie Apocalypse

By Barb Stuhlemmer | August 8, 2016

No one ever looks at the bright side of the Zombie Apocalypse. There are so many things you are not going to have to worry about. 1. Axe Body Spray Everything about you smells delicious. 2. Manners People are buying from you no matter how you treat them because you have what they need. 3….

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How to Act on Ideas

By Barb Stuhlemmer | August 5, 2016

Once we have an idea it is often difficult to know which one we should act on, if at all. Of course the biggest challenge with ideas is actually getting into action. As entrepreneurs we can be flooded with ideas, you know them, the Bright Shiny Objects that distract us from our core focus. Or…

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How to Capture Ideas

By Barb Stuhlemmer | August 4, 2016

The second biggest challenge with ideas is that they are fleeting. If you do not capture the information when you have it, you may not get a chance later. Think about a time you woke in the middle of the night with a great idea and then in the morning you thought to yourself, “now…

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When Ideas Come

By Barb Stuhlemmer | July 29, 2016

When ideas come they happen fast. Often we may think, “Wow, that’s random. That came out of nowhere!” but it is likely not the case. Ideas are how our mind puts together concepts to solve problems. Not all problems are our own, so they don’t feel close and familiar. Ideas can come to us in…

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Summer Selling – What Else Can You Do?

By Barb Stuhlemmer | July 27, 2016

Summer feels like a time of year that you cannot get much done. So many people are away on vacation or out enjoying the time with their kids who are off school; basically slowing down. But if you are looking for sales in the summer you cannot slow down, so what else can you do?…

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Don’t Believe in Infomercials

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