Posted On: September 17, 2009
[Note: This is the second article of a 3-part series. For last month’s article, which covered messaging in a down economy, click here. This month and next we’ll review 10 ways to market your business on a reduced budget.] Until I got married I believed that everyone... Read More
Posted On: July 16, 2009
Lately it seems that I’ve been having conversations with several clients about not just marketing, but sales. There’s a fine line between marketing and sales. Marketing’s role is to create awareness, excitement and desire for you product or service. Hopefully it will... Read More
Posted On: June 9, 2009
This month, I’m turning the tables on the media. Rather than being the interviewer, I’ve asked Meg Dedolph, Business Editor of our local newspaper, the Naperville SUN, to be the interviewee. Why? Well, one of the many ways an entrepreneur can increase credibility... Read More
Posted On: June 8, 2009
Every time I tell the story of how I came to own a $20 “fingernail buffer” people laugh. Maybe that’s because most of us have a similar story. It happened last summer, as I was walking through the Premier Outlet Mall. A salesperson who worked at one of the kiosk-type... Read More
Posted On: January 29, 2009
I recently met with an independent consultant who casually mentioned he charges $400+ per hour. Naturally, that got my attention. But what I found fascinating was that he had the same issue most entrepreneurs and small business owners have. Most of us are... Read More
