Want to charge more for your services? One way is to offer clients more value. Your fees and your value to the client should go hand in hand. Here are nine ideas to increase your value to your clients: 1- Offer a guarantee. You might feel like
Read more →It’s 2012, and according to all of the experts, we’re in for a wild ride this year. With predictions of the end of the world, political egos running wild, and a couple of dictators still in power who aren’t right in the head, 2012 may just be
Read more →When I worked in the corporate world, it was always great to get a raise. Now that I am an entrepreneur, raises are replaced by increases in revenue and profits. More revenue and profits are nice, as long as we’re not working correspondingly more hours. So how
Read more →It’s rare that I lose business to competitors, and it’s also not an accident. If you are losing business to your competitors, here are some strategies you can use to “become a category of one,” as they say in marketing. 1. Build your brand. In accounting, professional services,
Read more →Most of us have an idea about what our character strengths are. A few years back, a scientist named Christopher Peterson developed a global list of 24 strengths that all humans have. These break down into the following six major categories: Wisdom and Knowledge: Creativity, Curiosity, Judgment
Read more →We all have far more sources of wealth available to us in addition to the assets we normally count as financial wealth. A great skill to add to our tool box is that of resourcefulness. Learning and practicing being resourceful has always come in handy for me
Read more →One thing I learned last year in my million-dollar diamond mastermind program that was priceless was to learn how to fail fast. This idea requires some explaining and an open mind! The crux of it is that many entrepreneurs procrastinate when it comes to implementing changes in
Read more →Today’s biggest marketing challenge is getting people’s attention, then getting their trust. One way to completely knock down the trust issue is to let prospects receive a small sample of value from you at no charge. Because the trust factor is at an all-time historical low, you
Read more →Do you have an area of your life where you feel stopped or stuck? You may be starting on a business venture, stretching yourself in a different direction, or simply challenged by everyday life. In any case, here is one technique to become unstoppable when it comes
Read more →Most people will tell you that coaching is a face-to-face sale. A client needs to know who the coach is and build their trust in the coach before a good business relationship can be formed. Most coaches sell to one client at a time and work with
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