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If you're looking for a start-up business opportunity with small upfront costs, you might want to consider staring an outsourced call center service. Read More

Is this a dream or science fiction? Can someone actually read a book in 30 minutes? First, let's ask where the idea of speed reading originated. Read More

Keith Ferrazzi, the internationally renowned thought leader, consultant, and bestselling author of Never Eat Alone, shows us that becoming a winner in any field of endeavor requires a trusted team of advisers who can offer guidance and help to hold us accountable to achieving our goals. Read More

I didn't enter the contest, but yesterday when I did the Get More Business Show with Nancy Marmolejo and we talk about turning Followers into Fans & Fans to Leads and then Clients, the thought came to me that a huge difference in the coach world is out language. Our language (not the language of our nationality) is one of play and not work. We do Read More

Customer loyalty can certainly play a significant role in the long term success of any company. The true hallmark of a successful business is whether or not customers return to your organization time and time again, whenever they have a need for the particular type of product or service that your company has to offer. Read More

Everyone loves social media. That is not the issue. There is really one huge issue that keeps individuals from using social media and that is time. Time can be an ugly thing if you are not productive with the tools and time given to you. How are you productive and manage your time effectively? I use the four-touch point model. Read More

As more and more companies and teams are going strictly virtual, there are a whole new set of issues to consider and challenges to address. Using my own virtual social media marketing team as an example, I've identified a number of needs that require some kind of technology solution, but at the moment, we are “patchwork quilting” our tech infrastr Read More

If you have not taken the time to really understand you customers then you are left with assuming you know what they expect. For example if you have ever been asked to quote on a job do you tell the customer when they will receive the quote or do you leave it up in the air by saying...I will get back to you with the quote soon. Here are a few tips Read More

Your international sales success depends on the choices you make in how you connect with your international clients. One of these first choices is to always try to see things from the other person's point of view and this can be very difficult in cross-cultural sales encounters. Read More

How have you built trust in cross-cultural communication with international clients? Please share your tips for next month's cross-cultural communication challenge to cultivate trust. Read the tips for the 2 previous monthly cross-cultural communication challenges, to expand your mindset and get extreme with clarity. Read More