My local chamber of commerce has a good reputation among businesspeople, and I thought it might be a good idea to join. I'm a terrible networker who gets a little queasy at the thought of actually delivering an elevator pitch, but I do find that sometimes I drift into conversations and find the person I'm talking with can use exactly the services I … [Read more...] about What are you communicating?
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Squidoo lens on 21st century marketing techniques
There's a ton of marketing information on the Internet, and about 99% of it is awful. Unfortunately, most of what you'll find with a simple Google search points you to dubious get-rich-quick schemes or various flavors of spam. I created a Squidoo lens (essentially a tiny Web site) to talk about some of the legitimate oportunities that exist … [Read more...] about Squidoo lens on 21st century marketing techniques
Sometimes it isn’t that hard . . .
We have a friend who's a stay-at-home dad, like my husband is. He also happens to be a reasonably savvy businessperson, who's always got his hand in something to keep himself busy.He, and quite a few friends and members of his extended family, own condos in a nearby ski resort, which they rent out most of the time. Mike's is booked between 80 and … [Read more...] about Sometimes it isn’t that hard . . .