alling Behind? It’s a fact of life! But, when you fall behind in your goals you feel awful! Sometimes it can be overwhelming too! Especially when you are trying to balance career and family and everything piles on your shoulders. Don’t panic! Set yourself free! That’s how I felt when I realized my tasks were [...]
January 15, 2012 By 2 Comments
Milestone Reached: 450 Workouts and Counting!
Today I reached a milestone worth celebrating! This morning I went for my usual 30 minute daily run and, as usual, I recorded it using a phone app. When I completed my run 30 minutes later I checked my mileage for the month and noticed I had hit 450! That’s 450 workouts, 125,866 calories burned [...]
January 14, 2012 By 3 Comments
Ask Campaign Results: Reviewing the Results of an Actual Campaign
One of my consulting clients has a Michigan based, healthy living business. We used the approach I outlined previously to survey his customers about their interest level in 5 different product categories he wants to develop. The owner was very pleased with the initial results. In todays post in want to share the results the results. [...]
January 13, 2012 By 4 Comments
Do You Make These Same Blogging Mistakes?
I read an article today that inspired me to look at what I’ve learned so far in the 30 Day Blogging Challenge (30DC). The article by Cindy King over at Social Media Examiner is called “21 Dangerous Blogging Mistakes (and How to Fix Them)” I found I am making at least six of the “dangerous [...]
January 12, 2012 By 4 Comments
Seven Steps to Choosing a Non-Profit Partner You Believe In
I read an article today called “The Cause” by my friend and fellow marketer, Tony Rubleski. Today he gave Ten Great Benefits of Cause Marketing. The #1 benefit being, “You’re helping an organization that you truly believe in.” After reading the article I wondered how a business would go about selecting a non-profit organization, so I [...]
January 12, 2012 By 2 Comments
Seven Ways to Guard Your Legal Email From The SPAM Cops
If your small business uses shared hosting (like GoDaddy.com) to host your email you are at risk of being flagged as a SPAMMER! You might not spend time in the slammer but your email certainly might! We’ve come to rely on email, and don’t give it a second thought when we hit the send button. [...]
January 10, 2012 By 4 Comments
The 7 Links Challenge and Why I Caved
Carol Smith requested I participate in the 7 Links Challenge. I told her I was too busy at first but I caved and will fit in this post today as she requested. Thanks for asking Carol! The 7 Link Challenge instructions are to challenge five people to make a similar post. See below for the people [...]
January 9, 2012 By 5 Comments
My Top 10 Business Tools
If you’re like me, you use a variety of business tools to accomplish your work in your day-to-day responsibilities. Without the use of these business tools I would have to do my tasks manually or choose a different tool and lose productivity. Some tasks, like data analysis, would become nearly impossible. Since some of the [...]
January 8, 2012 By 5 Comments
My Top 10 Favorite Books of 2011
I read a lot of great books in 2011! If you want to be successful in life you should model others who are successful. Successful people read books and so do I! I used to only read about business and technology, how BORING! I didn’t realize how much I was missing! Now I look to books to inspire me [...]
January 7, 2012 By 2 Comments
Over 50? Seven Steps to Get Fit and Stay Active for Life Part 2
The Doctor Said You Are Obese! “At least you are on paper!” he said. After hearing about my brother David’s stroke I decide to schedule my annual physical. My doctor went over the results. He calculated my Body Mass Index (BMI) and said it is merely a guide and body type and other factors, ultimately, [...]