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Are you a wallflower? Here are some tips of how to bloom!

Mar 11, 2014

Modern workplaces can make it very difficult for people who are naturally introverted to believe that they are going to be able to genuinely thrive in their work. For one thing, picking the right career in the first place is the biggest tip to achieving success at work. For introverts, this often means looking for […]

Spend More Time Looking Through the Windshield than in the Rear view Mirror

Mar 6, 2014

As an entrepreneur, it’s vitally important to focus most of your time with your eyes looking “down the road” – into the future. Day in and day out, as busy business owners, we spend much of our time meeting and hopefully exceeding our current customers’ expectations. But it’s equally important that we spend time looking […]

Are you willing to be wrong?

Mar 3, 2014

There was a family I knew who owned an auction business. It was a small, family-run business where several of the kids were auctioneers and EVERYONE was expected to show up for the weekly household auctions. The auction barn as they lovingly called the building was a former skating rink. The seats were pulled from […]

Step aside laptop. Move over desk. Get OUT and make some new friends.

Feb 27, 2014

Relationships are EVERYTHING. Make new ones every day! Build a relationship. It’s the mantra that resonates throughout every bit of training we do at ABR. I teach it in Your Practice Mastered when I teach lead generation, and the process of writing your own book and using it as a lead magnet. It is also […]

Be Prepared. But don’t forget to ACT!

Dec 17, 2013

The age-old mantra of the proverbial Boy Scout reminds us of the importance to have our ducks in a row and to be ready. So it’s a true statement that those who fly by the seat of your pants are more likely to show their backsides once in a while. We can establish that planning, […]

Are you considering a call center in your business?

Dec 3, 2013

I have always been a preacher of follow up, follow up, follow up! Communicate with your unconverted leads until they die, buy or unsubscribe. If you are just getting started with your outbound calling program, one of the first things you have to think about is staffing. Some of the questions to think about are: […]

Draw a picture of your ideal client…

Nov 21, 2013

For the purposes of this experiment, we’ll assume you can draw. I say that because I certainly can’t draw a straight line. But for right now, imagine you have a canvas before you and you are drawing  a picture of the person that represents the client that is best suited for you. Think about that […]

3 BIG Secrets of Profitable Newsletter Marketing

Sep 26, 2013

Here are 3 huge secrets about newsletter marketing that will bring you success. #1: Newsletters help you keep customers. As I have said repeatedly, it’s far more costly to acquire new customers than it is to retain your existing ones. A good newsletter program helps you create relationships with your customers. When you share information […]

Is autonomy in YOUR DNA?

Sep 9, 2013

When I first started working with a Phoenix bankruptcy owner, he was tracking the success of his bankruptcy firm using an Excel spreadsheet and a Word document. He was putting in all the transactions by hand, setting up formulas to add, subtract, divide and so forth. While he ended up with a usable statement for […]

Speed your way to success with this pledge…

Aug 2, 2013

I have an exercise for you. I need you to take a vow. You know the kind where you put your left hand on a bible and the right hand in the air. I’m going to assume you don’t have a bible handy, so raising your right hand will do. Please recite this statement: My […]

Personal

May 17, 2013

Ok, stay with me, but I’m about to make this personal For far too long you’ve been thinking your decision to establish a professional service provider business was a mistake.  Your family never sees you, when they do you’re a cantankerous old fuddy-duddy who is no fun to be around.  If you go on vacation you come […]

What do 945 bankruptcy attorneys have in common?

May 10, 2013

In 2013, I attended a NACBA conference in San Diego, CA. The weather was amazing, and the people were great.  I even took my 14 year old son Michael to his first show so he could see what Dad does every day. I could also monitor how he would hold up during the 12-hour days. He […]

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