It’s another Expert Briefs, where I ask really smart business owners to answer your burning questions. If you’ve missed past Expert Briefs, you can click on the undies to see them all –> Here are a few of my favorite Expert Briefs: Do Successful Marketers actually use PLR? Are Internet Marketers Evil? Where do you [...]

I’ve had this blog post in drafts for quite some time, but just hadn’t posted it. I was going through my many drafts and found it and boy was I embarrassed. I thought I’d posted this a long time ago. oops! So, grab a cup of your favorite drink. (I’ve got a glass of Merlot. [...]

I’ve been privately venting about something and I think that it’s time I bring it out in the open. If you’ve been following me for any length of time, you know how I feel about marketing and what I teach my coaching clients. Choose ONE method of marketing and be GREAT at it before you [...]

“We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee.” — Marian Wright Edelman That quote was in my issue of Success Magazine this month. Little did Marian Wright [...]

Have you heard that an airline is actually contemplating making their toilets coin operated? Yes, Pay to Pee. I don’t think they’ll differentiate based upon what you DO in the toilet. They just plan to require you to pay to access the rest-room in flight. I so wish that I was joking on this one. [...]

A facebook discussion got me thinking about this question “Is it harder to be ethical during a Recession and does it affect the value that you offer”? – Started by Shel Horowitz. What do you think? Me? I think the two (value & ethics) are separate questions to some degree. Ethics is something that’s at [...]

What a crazy month January was. First, I headed to Orlando and then the Bahamas on a short cruise. And, after that, it was time for the NAMS Internet Marketing Conference in Atlanta (which I’ll be posting about soon). I got on a roll with life and wrapping up projects, so the blog had some [...]

I was emailing one of my coaching clients just now and it reminded me of the song “I Fight Authority. Authority Always Wins”. Well, way back when, I used to sign “I Fight with Dorothy. Dorothy always Wins”. Just talk to my hubby about it and he’ll start mocking me, with a little dance and [...]

Hey guys. Happy Thursday. I debated and debated about whether or not to post this because it could easily be taken the wrong way. But, I’m hoping that it will be read in the manner that it is being written. And, it’s been a revelation for me, so it may give one of you the [...]

Well, I hadn’t planned on making my “How NOT to Motivate Affiliates” post into a series, but I just received this email. Copy/Pasted below. Edited to remove identifying information. WHAT IS STOPPING YOU FROM JOINING (removed) AFFILIATE (removed) LAUNCH? DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT OF (removed) NEW LEADS FOR YOUR BUSINESS? DID YOU NOT [...]

Don’t you just love these emails? I get them all the time! Hello Nicole Dean, Thank you for your referral of Jason. Jason has signed up for a Affiliate package and you have been marked as their referrer. Your commission rate is 20% and you have received $0.00 for this referral! The good news is [...]