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How to Focus on What Works

This is the time to focus on the numbers, the revenue that you’re driving into the company, the expenses, and the profit that came out of them and educate yourself on what makes this all possible. [...]

4 Ideas to Help You “Close the Deal” on Your Next Sale

Selling is the lifeblood of any business – no sales, no business. And sales doesn’t have to be scary. Too many people have come to think of sales as being something that gets “forced” on people [...]

Because I’m Entitled: What is the world coming to?

How can the next generation, who is going to rule and lead the world, ever learn that school and a job is not a birth right, but something they have to work hard and show promise [...]

Be an Author, Don’t Just Write Books- 6 Ways to Make Money as an Author & Build Credibility

Writing is a great way to release stress, escape into another world, or increase your professional brand awareness. People write for many different reasons. But not every writer becomes a successful author. Even if you have a [...]

Skilled vs Hireability- How Do You Measure Up?

“I have three degrees and over 10 years of experience. So why won’t they hire me?” As a recruiter, I hear this question quite often, or at least some variation of it. The answer varies, but [...]

Do You Want to be a ‘Neiman Marcus’ or a ‘Thrift Store’? Raise Those Prices

Is it ever the right time to raise prices? That’s the number one question I get asked from small business owners. And the most common reaction I get from clients when I tell them to raise [...]

Other People’s Money Ain’t Always Gold

Jay-Z said it best “I’m not a businessman, I’m a business man”. And he is. He doesn’t work for his business, his business works for him. And that’s how he’s always done it, even back in [...]

4 Ways to Kick Ass on Social Media

Everybody wants to be a social media rock star. Well, everyone can’t be a rock star. In fact, some who are considered rock start are just glorified wanna be rock stars who claim to be gurus. [...]

Grow Up, There’s No Time for Jealousy

As a Recruiter, I often work with clients hiring at the mid-management to executive level. It’s always a delicate task because the ultimate goal of the hiring manager is to get someone with great skills in [...]

Stop It! You’re Not Really Networking

OK for as long as I’ve been networking and as much time as I’ve spent talking and writing about it, it’s still a topic that baffles me. Not because I don’t know how to do it, [...]