Everything you do affects your reputation.
You may think that other people can negatively affect your reputation, and while that may be true, in most cases, the only person who can positively or negatively impact your reputation is you.
18
Nov
7 Things No One Told You About Running A Business
There are seven things you should expect to happen at some point in your business, except… no one tells you about them when you first start out.
If you have been in business for a while, you have likely had some of these things happen to you, and if you are new to business ownership, you might not even realize that they are bound to happen.
The unfortunate truth is that you will experience a variety of challenges when you run your own business, and some of them will be easier to overcome than others. Keep reading to find out what they are, and so you can be ready for when they happen.
11
Nov
Challenging Clients are Good for Business
When faced with a challenging client, consider how the challenge you’re experiencing might be good for business.
In some cases, the very challenge you’re experiencing is a call for you to step up and do better work. When you do that, you can gain the loyalty and respect of the client who challenged you. And, in turn, you provide better outcomes for the rest of your clients too.
04
Nov
Creative Constraints for Goal Achievement
When you think about constraints, the first thing that comes to mind is being held back or being stopped from doing something you want to do. But, constraints, especially creative constraints, can actually be helpful in the achievement of goals in your business.
In fact, creative constraints can become your number one competitive advantage if you’re an entrepreneur with big ideas and a lot of goals.
When you have big ideas and believe the sky’s the limit, trying to figure out how you will get it all done can be overwhelming and you might feel stuck.
This is not fun, because then, your ideas start to feel like tethers holding you back instead of propelling you forward.
28
Oct
Normalizing Business Failures
In a world where many business owners are sharing nothing but their success highlight reels, it’s time to normalize business failures, because they happen to everyone.
This past weekend, my friend and colleague, Christine Kane and I were sharing some of our “things gone wrong” stories via text and talking about how when things like this happen, people don’t talk about it.
She said “All these books act like if you do this right… you’ll never make a mistake again! And so we all hide it in shame when we do. And then you realize that everyone makes mistakes.”
But no one talks about it.
21
Oct
The Lifetime Value of a Client
There have been times in my business where I’ve held strong to a belief or a previous arrangement and disregarded the lifetime value of a client.
And there have been other times where I have absorbed the sunk cost of doing what is right for the client because, quite frankly, it was a no brainer.
It costs money to attract a buyer to your business.
14
Oct
Social Media Tagging Etiquette
Have you ever been randomly tagged by someone on social media and had to rush to remove the tag because they didn’t understand proper social media tagging etiquette?
07
Oct
How To Create Content When You Have Nothing To Say
If you feel the pressure to be a regular content creator, there will come a time when you feel like you have nothing left to say. Every idea falls flat, and you’ll likely rationalize that you’ve said it all before – so what is the point of even trying?
This is a trap.
