Last night I read a discussion on Facebook that had to do with a rant about giving free consulting time. People are always asking consultants to pick their brain for a few minutes. The bigger your network and your brand, the more you get asked to dish out free advice. This happens to me pretty…
It’s that time of year. Time to send out the holiday cards and juggle the many social gatherings that take place in December. Personally, I send custom holiday cards to an extensive list of contacts. It’s “my thing.” This year I posed the question about buying holiday gifts for clients and received a number of…
Well here it is again, July 9th. The day, when four years ago, I embarked on a journey that would take me to places that I never dreamed of. It seems sort of silly to say. I mean, I’m just talking about a social network. How is it possible that a simple, 140-character driven online…
It’s the beginning of a long weekend here in the U.S. and I have just returned from a wonderful week of travel. I am way overdue for a blog post, but I don’t feel like sharing any heavy content today. This is going to be one of those feel-good kind of posts. Last week I…
I’m not a sales women per se. Sure, as a small business owner I market, I sell, I do the work, I keep the books and I wash the dirty dishes. However, I would never really consider myself in sales. I am a relationship builder and develop business with that strategy. That said, I buy…