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Relationship building…and building…and building

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

Building relationships within the context of your business take many things, not least of all:

  • Consistency: One phone call, e-mail or project does not a relationship make.  

  • Sincerity: Let’s put it this way: insincerity can be spotted a mile away!

  • Building (not burning) bridges: Today may not be the day you and someone else make it happen, but you should always be building, preparing and developing the business land for future positive and profitable harvests.

  • Courage: It’s not always easy to “put yourself out there” in business. But as they say (and as I try to remind myself): Feel the fear and do it anyway. Sticking with what you know is appealing, but not always the clearest road to success. Get out of your comfort zone!

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What’s in a business relationship?

Friday, September 26th, 2008


If you receive the Get It In Writing newsletter, you likely have noticed that each issue ends with what I think is a particularly inspirational quote. In fact, many times I first find the quote and then build my topic of the week around that quote.

In a recent issue, the quote, by John D. Rockefeller read like this: “A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.”

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What’s a tagline and does yours make the grade (and the sale)?

Friday, August 8th, 2008

A tagline may very well be the single most important ad you will write about your business.

Taglines are simple, memorable, succinct phrases or slogans, usually no more than seven words, that are associated with your business. Taglines tell the world what your business does, what you promise, what you provide and how you are different.

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The Gift Of Mentoring Others In Our Field

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

I don’t know about you, but the summer is flying by for me here in South Florida. My kids have already been out of school for about 8 weeks and the first day of school (in mid-August) is right around the corner.

Before the summer, I set all kinds of goals for myself, from launching a copywriting site for VAs (which is done! VAs check it out: http://www.copywritingforvas.com/) to walking for an hour every summer morning (ummm….hasn’t happened yet). As I told you in a previous post, I count on the summer to be a time for new work, great projects and growth – I shun the summer slowdown and hope you do, too!

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Platinum Joint Venture Bonus Giveaway

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

As I told you last week, today is the launch of the Platinum JV of which I am a part.

What is the Platinum JV? Very simply it is a group of 10 Internet-based entrepreneurs who decided to pool our expertise and give away 10 e-products (mostly e-books) for free.

Yes, for free.

Really…for free.

(Click here to view the press release.)

Ready to tap into these products and the accompanying expertise? Click here to begin downloading immediately.

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New Year and New Marketing

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

You know the saying about the best laid plans of mice and men? Well, that about sums up the last two weeks of 2007 for me.

Those of you who know me personally know that when I am not focused on building my business and sharing what I know with all of you, I am also a mom of two with all of the craziness (and fun) that that entails. My husband had planned to travel with our two kids over the winter break and I had all sorts of plans to stay back at home and tackle all of the “exciting” things in my life in glorious solitude (closets, overflowing drawers, unruly mounds of paperwork — can you relate?).

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