Category Archives: Build Your Business

Time Out on the Doom and Gloom…It’s Your Economy!

Okay…I guess I’m a little indignant when it comes to the stories I here day in and day out regarding money. And I’ll get even more undignified than this. Every Where I go I hear the doom and gloom stories: “The economy is bad”, “The banks aren’t lending”, “People don’t have money to spend”…..

Well, I’m calling everyone on the carpet!

You tell me…

It’s time to tell the truth! Okay…I’ll start.

3 Great Places To Find Speaking Gigs

One of the quickest ways to gain credibility is to get out there and speak in front of audiences.  Usually, I get one of three reactions when I tell clients this.  The first (and preferred) reaction — is “sounds great” how do I get started”.  The second reaction is yikes – I couldn’t ever get…

(Blog Challenge) Video: Your Talking Business Card

You know that nothing beats video for building relationships with your clients. Hearing someone’s voice takes the relationship to a new level. Yet, video can be scary and even simple powerpoints can seem daunting. Today’s guest post form Lynn Ruby of Ruby Marketing Services shows you a quick and easy way to create simple videos for your website.

10 Great Hints on How to Optimize Your Videos for You Tube

Video is becoming an important marketing tool.  This guest post from Shahar and Nash Boyayan  gives you 10 great hints on how to optimize your videos for You Tube.  Shahar and Nash are co-hosting the Extreme Income Explosion Summit  in Salt Lake City  - May 3-5.  I’m excited about what they will be teaching there….

Sunday Afternoon Reflections

As I sit here on my patio watching the squirrels and birds play in the trees I started to think about how difficult it can be for me to have down time. After all, I came outside because I can hear my mother saying “Sissy, you need to spend time soaking in the vitamin D”…

Google’s New Privacy Policy – Should I Be Worried?

What do you think of the new google privacy policies? Google is streamlining their 70 different privacy policies (one for gmail, one for google docs, one for You Tube) and morphing them into one policy for all of Google. They are also making your information available across platforms so that you can access “all things Google” with just one login. On top of that, they made it easier to get your data from Google and transfer it to another service.

Using Tungle to Control Your Daily Schedule

Here’s a guest video from Mynders Glover from Business Building Success Secrets on how to use Tungle to control your daily schedule. Tungle.me is a free appointment setting program that allows people to make appointments with you. I’ve found that if you just need something very basic Tungle is a great place to start. Appointments made in Tungle sync with both Microsoft Outlook and with google calandar.

It’s Official – We Can Call It the Triumphant Two’s!!

It’s official!  Today is the second anniversary of Decisive Minds.  As I look back at the last 12 months it has truly been an amazing year.  As any business owner knows we sometimes describe our businesses as our baby – well I am so pleased to be able to report that my baby did not…

3 Ways to Use Your Holidays to Get A Head Start on 2012

By the time you are reading this, I’ll be enjoying my winter vacation. One of the perks of being a business owner is being able to take time off to spend time with family, travel and just to relax. If you are like me, the relaxing part gets tough after the first day or two. And, if you are traveling, you might find yourself with some down time either on the plane or while visiting family.

Five Tips for Creating A Coaching Program

One of the best things I learned from my mentor, Adam Urbanski, was the power of offering personal coaching as a way to expand my business and to truly make a difference in people’s lives.

How to Guarantee a Successful Product Launch Part 2

By Michele Scism The Results Lady In the last post I shared with you four things I did for my current product launch, Social Media Manager Profits™, that really worked well.  Well I thought in this post I would share with you a few lessons I learned and what I will be adjusting before I…

How to Guarantee a Successful Product Launch

By Michele Scism The Results Lady Recently I launched a new product in my business. It wasn’t the first launch I have had but it is the first really successful product launch.  I have been thinking about what the difference was and what I will improve on before we re-launch in a month or so….

How to Make A Great Video

By Michele Scism The Results Lady How do you make a great video that you can use on a online sales letter or a training video series? Well you have come to the right place because I have been the video queen lately.  I have been making 30 minute training videos, 5 minute introductory videos…

Online Business Fundamental Rules

By Michele Scism The Results Lady I believe that there are 6 fundamental rules for building a business online.  Here they are: 1.  To get visibility you must put yourself out there!  Your goal should be to have people saying “You are everywhere.” 2.  The fastest way to get credibility is to add value to…

Charge What You Deserve by Suzanne Evans

By Michele Scism The Results Lady Wow I spent the better part of the last week at the eWomen Network conference.  I met so many amazing business people there – I literally have a stack of business cards 2 inches tall.  There were so many awesome speakers that I decided I would take the next…