Recently a fellow business owner asked me about how I handle a specific piece of administration in my business. I told him what I do and he looked at me incredulously. “You do it THAT way?” he said. “I do this THIS way” and then he told me about what he does. I stammered and […]
Monthly Archives: June 2015
“You become as small as your controlling desire, as great as your dominant aspiration”
James Allen said that. Allen was the author if the inspirational essay/book As A Man Thinketh. This quotation is powerful and meaningful to me so it’s one that I review every day. It reminds me that there are two opposing forces at work in our lives everyday: There’s the “me” who doesn’t want to change, […]
5 things I started doing differently to finally enjoy whiskey
I like the idea of whiskey, and the smell, but for years I didn’t like the taste. I like the idea of being the guy who knows his whiskeys and can sip one and know what tastes good. But truth be told, that wasn’t me: if I had a nearly empty bottle on my bar […]
This hilarious and alarming map reveal some crazy things about our world
When you think about the sales funnel for your business, it’s all about connecting with people as they become more and more interested in buying from you (and your sales funnel allows you to influence that decision as much as possible). One of the key considerations people make as they progress through your sales funnel […]
Where in your sales funnel do people think about price?
Price can make or break a sale, and I don’t just mean the cost of your product or service… I mean the point in your sales funnel when you discuss it. The price discussion needs to happen at some point in your sales funnel. After all, people are in your sales funnel to buy from […]