You have a great product. You pitch me and I tell you I’m not interested. You appear to be shocked. Here’s why I won’t buy from you. First, in full disclosure, I’ve been in sales my entire career. I started in the restaurant business (yes, it’s sales. Why do you think you’re eating a dessert?),…
So you want to blog- Part 2
So you want to start a blog? My last post, I gave you lots of handy tips on where to begin. You have to start with a clear vision, some passion and a plan. This installment, I’m going to share some handy practices that work for me and probably will for you. The first? Get…
So, you want to blog
So, you want to start a blog? Seems to be quite common lately as I’m fielding lots of questions and helping a few people get set up. I didn’t start the traditional way, I wrote on a newspaper site first, so I did things a little backwards. I had readers and then had to figure…
Spring Cleaning your blog
The birds are chirping, the sun is shining and even though it’s still a little chilly, Spring is here. This is the season where you get rid of your dust bunnies, clean the grime off the windows and start brand new. Shouldn’t you do a little spring cleaning on your blog too? Here’s what I’ve…
I lost 1,000 Pinterest followers
Last week, I lost 1,000 Pinterest followers in one day. While that might panic most social media influencers, I didn’t bat an eye. Why? Sometimes in order to take two steps forward, you have to take ten steps back. A week ago, I had 10,000 Pinterest followers. If you know anything about social media, it’s not…
