The Retirement Watch

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

April 12, 2007, was the dinner celebration of my working on the Open Heart/Heart Transplant team at a renowned heart center in Cleveland for 25 years. Actually, it's more than 25 years, I took time off to go to graduate school o get my Master's in Philosophy...they docked my time ...

Is Your Message Vanilla?

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Ever wonder why you don't get more referrals? Ever wonder why, when money wasn’t the issue, a prospect didn’t buy from you? It may be because of your message. (or lack of one!) Often I’ll ask an agent why someone should do business with them. Their answer often ...

List Building - Exactly What Is It?

Monday, March 31st, 2008

"List building can make you rich." We have all heard and seen this many times before. "The money is in the list", yet another truism or cliche, depending on how you look at it. How many times have you seen that statement? Thousands? So, exactly what is "list building"? Let's explore ...

The Biggest Single Advantage You Have Over All Your Competition

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

How To Create A Celebrity Public Personality… What do Donald Trump, Dave Thomas, Richard Branson, and that crazy guy on TV that sells cars have in common? They all use their image to increase the value of what they sell. They are “Business Personalities” You are unique. No matter what you sell, or ...

Our Clients Must Come First!

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

Clients! Without them there would be no headaches, no demands, no issues, and no revenue coming into the business! How many times do I hear it in the halls of small business during my travels in the market today? “Those clients seem to get in the way ...

The 2 Schools Of Networking

Monday, February 4th, 2008

If you go to Amazon.com and search for business networking books, there are over 63,000 listed and still growing on a daily basis. But there are pretty much only two schools of thought on why and how you should network. (Although I must confess I did not review all 63K ...

How Not To Handle A Cold Call

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

Like most business people, I receive my fair share of cold calls. During a more recent call, the person calling said that she worked for one of North America's largest website developer. She then asked me two questions; “Was I the person in charge of web design for my company?” “Did I ...