Archive for January, 2008

17 Jan

Is Your Spam Filter Costing You Business?

Sunday I ran into a colleague at a social event. She was still waiting for an email I had sent the week before. Monday morning I checked her email address and resent it. Tuesday she emailed me saying she still hadn’t received my message. I checked the address on her email – yes, it was [...]

15 Jan

Are Your Emails Projecting the Image You Want?

I received the following email from a prospect: “I like your email writing - it’s interesting how many writers write horrible emails!”
It’s not just writers. Look in your in-box and you’ll likely notice a similar trend – email with poor grammar, typos, spelling errors and badly constructed sentences. Your writing style may not matter in [...]

14 Jan

How to Build Your Network Using the Social Networking Site LinkedIn

Social networking sites, particularly Facebook, are getting a lot of press these days. While I have joined Facebook, mainly as a way to connect with some of my out-of-town friends, I’m focusing on LinkedIn as my online networking tool of choice.
I was first introduced to LinkedIn by someone I met in a coaching program. I [...]

11 Jan

What’s the Key to Entrepreneurial Success?

Ever since I decided to become an entrepreneur, I’ve studied marketing, business building, and business strategy. I’ve read books, magazines and ezines. I’ve attended teleseminars, participated in internet forums and spoken to other entrepreneurs. After all this studying, I began to suspect something.
Then I started researching my book The Baby Boomer Entrepreneur. I did [...]

04 Jan

How to Turn Your 90-Day Goals into a Weekly Plan

Once you’ve created your 90-day goals, you can’t just put them in a drawer and hope they’ll materialize in 3 months. You need to put them into action.
I’ve experimented with a number of systems for implementing my goals. What works best for me – and many other entrepreneurs I’ve spoken to – is to use [...]

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