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Episode #88 – Find Humor If You Can’t Solve the Problem

May 31, 2017 • audio blog • cell phone • flip phone • marketing • Real world • small business advice • small business tip • solve problems with humor • Success tips • tablet • Two Minute Commute • working with your dad • working with your parents

“I think the next best thing to solving a problem is finding some humor in it” – F.Clark The one day my dad was very busy at work. (Remember we’re a family business so we work together) – Anyway, he was trying to get several things done at the same time, he picked up the […]

Episode #85 – Get Ahead of Your Business Cycle!

May 28, 2017 • audio blog • business cycle • Business owner motivation • get ahead • marketing • marketing cycle • Planning • recretainment • small business owner • small business tip • timing • Two Minute Commute

There’s a reason you can’t bet on a horse race from two weeks ago. Because it already happened! It’s the same reason you can’t buy home insurance after the fire. Or the reason Halloween candy costs more on October 27 than it does on November 5. It’s all about timing. Timing is one thing that […]

Episode #84 – Adjust Your Attitude to Change Your Results… Well, Sometimes it Works. haha

May 27, 2017 • adjust attitude • Advertising • attitude • audio blog • Business owner motivation • marina • marketing • marketing for marina • Planning • recretainment • small business owner • small business tip • Two Minute Commute • winter boat storage

It’s great to have a positive attitude, and often changing your way of thinking helps adjust your mind set…. but I just found out, this can be more difficult than you think! Often when you are planning your marketing calendar you need to be several weeks, even months, ahead in your planning. I went on […]

Episode #81 – Become a Subject Matter Expert – Find Your Cat by Bundling Your Knowledge and Experience!

May 24, 2017 • audio blog • branding • Business owner motivation • creativity • experience • knowledge • marketing • small business motivation • small business tip • Social marketing • Social Media Marketing • subject matter expert • Two Minute Commute

Yesterday I saw a great tweet from Sean Gardner… It is the photo I used on this post. The three photos represent Knowledge, Experience and finally Creativity. Knowledge is the scattered circles… experience shows straight lines connecting the circles. However, when you combine the circles in a creative pattern you get a cat. Today, find […]

Episode #80 – Elevate Your Game By Hanging Out With the People You Want To Become

May 23, 2017 • audio blog • create your customers • Customers • elevate your game • marketing • mentors • small business motivation • small business tip • Success tips • Two Minute Commute

I used a photo of sky divers to enhance the business inspiration for today. How do you get from standing on the ground to jumping out of a plane? You start to hang out with people who are “already the way you want to be”. Skydiving is a skill that is taught by people who […]