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How to Deal with an Unsupportive Partner while Running Your Business
If you have an unsupportive partner, it can really impact your ability to run your business, and run it well. But there are steps you can take to make it a bit easier. Here’s how to deal with an unsupportive partner.
IMPACT: Why You Need Both Personal Branding and Thought Leadership
My good friend and my co-founder at The Business Ignite Project, Nick Barnsdall is the author of Better Business Better Life and the co-founder of the Navig8biz Community. He’s also an excellent example of personal branding thought leadership.
The Benefits of a High Performance Task and Project Management System
I have a client who is an expert whose practice is really gaining traction. She’s busy and growing and those are all great things. But she’s struggling with her productivity. She needs systems.
The benefits of a project management system and a task management system — particularly when they’re high performing — can't be overstated.
8 Personal Branding Trends of 2021
2021 has been the year to shake off the 2020 doldrums and put a laser sharp focus on your personal branding. Here are our top 8 personal branding trends of 2021.
The Best CRM for Solopreneurs
One of the questions that I get asked the most in my communities is what's the best CRM for solopreneurs. This is an excellent question because your customer relationship management system is the heart of your practice.
The problem with this question is that it looks at the CRM in isolation. But your CRM is only a part of what you actually need as a thought leader or expert.
How to Grow Your Practice or Business Without Social Media
Social media is a great tool for growth. But what if you can’t, or don’t want to, use it? Here’s how to grow your practice or business without social media.
Leading with Intentional Influence in 2021
Every year about this time some choose a word for the year. Not New Year’s resolutions, but instead, choosing a single word that becomes the focus for the new year. This word becomes the lens through which we see everything through. This year, I want to talk about intentional influence.
How to have good mental health while building your personal brand
Having good mental health in business (in any business!) is important and that includes when you’re building your personal brand. Here’s how to keep your mental health strong during that process.
How to Generate Leads with Content Marketing
One of the most common questions I get is how to turn content into cash. Well, in order to turn content into cash, you need to make sure that your content is generating leads. So, the question really is how to generate leads with content marketing.
Antisocial: Ditch Digital Connection and Get Real
I was recently working with a client who was having trouble implementing some of the things that we were doing in our coaching program. When I asked her what was happening, she said, ‘I just feel like there’s so much to do. I’m feeling overwhelmed.”
VA Outsourcing: How to Recruit a VA
Recently, I received a response to a newsletter I wrote about how to build your virtual team. One of my clients, Peter, had written me an email asking, ‘Where should I go to get trusted VA, or virtual assistant, support? Do you have an AI company you recommend?’
How Experts Can Succeed at Building a Virtual Team
When I first started my business, I really struggled to get the support that I needed. When I would speak with other people, they would often say, ‘Just get a VA’, or ‘Just go to the Philippines’, or ‘Just get an ex-EA’. Unfortunately, it’s ‘just’ not that easy.
Selling the Invisible
I recently worked with a mindset expert, Katherine, who was struggling to convert leads into clients. She shared that she was spending hours completing proposals for programs for her potential clients.
5 Content Marketing Research Steps
Emma, a member of one of my online forums reached out to me recently. She’s a leadership expert who focuses on wellbeing and was stuck trying to find out some information to support one of her core premises.
Stamina Through Disaster: Enduring well will keep moving business forward
My mum worked in aged care for 15 years, so growing up, we weren’t allowed to have Milo, but we were allowed to have Sustagen. Sustagen is aimed at seniors. It gives sustained energy over time, rather than a quick burst of energy like sugar gives you.
Crisis Proof Your Practice
With the bushfires, the drought and now the impact of the Coronavirus, it is essential to find ways to crisis proof your practice or business. In fact, one in four businesses that are forced to shut down due to a disaster never reopens.
New Year’s Removals, Routines and a Ruckus- Create Success in 2020
It might sound a bit odd, but I cut back on anything that would generate too many new enquiries, such as videos, speaking events, travel and client load. I started to assess some bigger questions so I could create a life by design.