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Episode #53 – Take Your Customers on YOUR Journey

April 26, 2017 • audio blog • Content • customer journey • does your message match the customer • marketing • messaging • old woman young woman drawing • small business messaging • small business tips • Success tips • Two Minute Commute

What you see depends on what you are looking for. Often you need to teach your audience, or even connect the dots. Don’t take for granted that your audience will have the same interaction. Your job is to “sell” your product and take your customer...

Episode #48 – Fear Holds You Back

April 21, 2017 • fear • gut feeling • gut feelings • marketing • reason why • small business motivation • small business tip • Success tips • tiger • Two Minute Commute • why

Your Fear Holds You Back for a Reason, Question the Reason. Is it a real reason, gut feeling, past experience… the fear is there, so you’ve got to find out why! Let’s say you have an idea for a new product but you don’t know...

Episode #47 – Is That Quote Real?

April 20, 2017 • marketing • marketing advice for small business • question the source • quotes • quotes that aren't real • Success tips • truth • Two Minute Commute • Video • video marketing

Thanks goes to a tweet from Jen Lehner that inspired this post! And yes… that’s Washington in the photo… When you hear a quote or a stat, make sure to question the source. When the bank promotes their 5 Star rating, you need to inquire...

Episode #46 – You Can Only Move Toward or Away from Your Goals

April 19, 2017 • Business owner motivation • daily goal • goal achievement • goal setting • marketing • motivation for small business • move away from goals • move toward goals • SMART goal setting • Success tips • Two Minute Commute

There’s no neutral or staying on place with goals. Proper goal setting involves deadlines, therefore you can only move toward or away from your goals. Small businesses have lots of roles to fill. Ultimately you want to make money so your goal may be to...

Episode #45 – Plant a Tree Today, Start Your Blog

April 18, 2017 • becoming a subject matter expert • Blog content • blogging • Business owner motivation • importance of blogging • marketing • motivation • motivation for small businesses • podcast • podcasting • small business tips • start • start a blog • subject matter expert • Success tips • Two Minute Commute • twominutecommute

When will you start your blog? If you had started a year ago, blogging once a week, you’d have 52 posts today! Just like planting a tree, the best time to have done it was in the past, but the second best time is today....