Should you reveal the rates for your services on your website? This is an ongoing debate I struggle with and I know I’m not alone.
At a recent workshop I attended, the speaker was deadset against putting prices on your website. She advocates talking about everything but and then getting them to call you to [...]

One of the email newsletters I read this morning mentioned that Marketing Sherpa found that 40% of people who buy their reports don’t even download what they bought (much less read them). We are not talking about $30 reports here–try $300 and above, judging from the ones currently available on their web site.
Now someone [...]

It was quite a week last week, as I was running all over the Triangle area for meetings, putting new services together, trying to keep up with all the usual work, plus buying a new car (a Prius!)  before the awesome deal the CarBargains service had arranged for me expired. This is the second time [...]

When you tick off your customers. I was all prepared to write another post this morning before I ran over to the vet. While there, a woman came in cradling a trembling border collie. She said she had found the dog loose without a collar while out walking and was trying to find her owner. [...]

I just received the door prize I’m donating for my NAWBO meeting tomorrow. I’m excited about the topic Sustainability Matters (for small businesses) and just couldn’t resist donating something from my favorite business gift company–Dancing Deer Bakery, which delivers delicious all-natural cookies, brownies and cakes in artful packages. The Molasses Clove Cookies are to die [...]