Remember the movie "Romancing the Stone"? Whether you do or not is fine because this is not a blog post about the movie. This post is meant to be a metaphor of this phrase jewelers use to refer to a step to prepare a gem for use in jewelry. How do we romance our business to turn our unique, maybe unimposing stone into some more attractive and significant jewel? No matter … [Read more...] about #Romanceawarenessmonth How to love or fall in love again with your work, or business
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Is Your Niche Blogging Attracting and Growing Your Online Reach as Much as You Want?
Thank you for making the last month more of an oasis for this introvert's blogging efforts. Often it can be either a desert or an oasis with online social media visibility. We can blog consistently, offer valuable and unique content, and can still think or feel, "Is this reaching more people?" Or even, "Where am I going with this blogging?" Or is that just me? If it is, … [Read more...] about Is Your Niche Blogging Attracting and Growing Your Online Reach as Much as You Want?
Charge Up Your Introvert Voice: interview with Donna Price
Did she really ask that? Did I really say that? We met on LinkedIn and if you are on LinkedIn you know how these things happen. Meet Donna Price, Business Coach, Innovator, and Facilitator, who was intrigued by my book Communication Toolkit for Introverts and invited me to be a guest on her BlogTalkRadio channel. It was interesting learning her take on introversion … [Read more...] about Charge Up Your Introvert Voice: interview with Donna Price
Google Penalty: No get out of Jail Free card – Part 2
The Google penalty is like any unexpected life situation – it comes out of nowhere. In Google Penalty: No get out of Jail Free card, which was part one, you learned about what kind of penalty my website and blog was hit with. There was also some initial research needed to figure out what it all meant in which I shared a valuable resource. After my negative emotions … [Read more...] about Google Penalty: No get out of Jail Free card – Part 2
Google Penalty: No get out of Jail Free card
Life is going along in the flow. Paid work is coming in. Prayers are being answered. Whack! Suddenly an email appears from Google with a warning. Google Penalty: no get out of jail free card! As a blogger online for years with minimal negative experience of the Google changing algorithms, even seeing the phrase, Unnatural outbound links, can momentarily raise the normal … [Read more...] about Google Penalty: No get out of Jail Free card
Four Simple Sales Tips that Help Introverts Become Sales Champions by Will Schneider
Outside of public speaking engagements, there most likely isn’t anything higher on the list of “least liked business activities” for introverts than proactive selling. From cold calling and pounding the pavement, to asking a potential prospect for the sale, proactive sales skills usually fall well outside of the core competencies of most introverts. And while consistent time … [Read more...] about Four Simple Sales Tips that Help Introverts Become Sales Champions by Will Schneider