I don't believe in coincidences. I believe everything happens for a reason. Even if it's a crappy reason. Or even if I never find out the reason and I have to live in darkness for the rest of my life NOT KNOWING (which really sucks because society has sort of conditioned us to WANT TO ...
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If you've seen an episode from Million Dollar Listing on the Bravo Channel, then you'll know exactly what I'm referring to.
Yes, Chad, the boy-child real estate agent with a really bad Beatles haircut.
If you want to know exactly how you should NOT deliver a quick elevator pitch when you're networking, then just listen to how ...
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Back in June I mentioned that I needed to come up with a term for the type of writing I do. It's creative. But it's typically business related (real estate, mortgage and credit industries). I came up with a couple wacky names...but nothing has taken hold.
I also mentioned that I know I need a ...
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Your kid being sick too.
It's bad enough when you feel icky. But add a sickie preschooler to the mix and it's all sorts of crappiness.
We're a household of sickies. I'm surprised the dogs aren't sick.
Back to the regularly scheduled blog on writing, marketing, business stuff galore soon. Real soon.
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You see them out there. People with these brilliant ideas. Brilliant ideas that will make brilliant, best-selling books.
Except they can't write worth a damn.
So they want to work with a ghostwriter. They want a pro to write it up all pretty and then hand it over.
And they don't have any money to cough up to ...
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Well, I was hoping to go to Vegas next month. But it's not happening. Between the puppy and the kid and scheduling conflicts...I'd be looking at popping into the BlogWorld Expo for a day. Literally flying up there Saturday morning and coming home Saturday night. And really, there are workshops that I really ...
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Turns out my post on working for free was oh-so-timely. I got a call last night from a friend. An author and speaker. And he was pissed.
He had been asked to speak at a luncheon. For free. He explained that he doesn't speak for free unless he can have a table and sell his ...
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Yesterday's post sucked. At least I think it did. I felt pressured by my self-imposed "post a day" edict. And the day got away from me. So last night, when I really, really, really just wanted to go to sleep, I was cranking out a post. Stupid. I know.
So if you think yesterday's post sucked, ...
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Once you know what you’re selling, it’s time to think about marketing your product or service. Marketing's a no-brainer, right?
You gotta spread the word and get people to start buying your product. ...
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To me, this post falls along the lines of “common sense marketing” but really, there are a lot of people who know little to squatola about marketing. And that’s nothing wrong with that. Not everyone “gets” marketing.
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