Do you ever start reading an email or a web page only to click away after reading the first couple of sentences? The message or the content simply didn't hold your interest or make you curious enough ... Read more
Love, Passion and Business: A Valentine’s Day Tough Love Tip
It's Valentine's Day. The perfect day to talk about Love and Business. Particularly, Love and YOUR business. If you're an entrepreneur, chances are good that you are in love. Cupid's arrow pierced ... Read more
Put Away That Ruler! Tough Love Tuesday Tip
What yardstick are you using to measure yourself and your achievements? Are you measuring your progress by other's achievements? Are you comparing yourself to others in your field who seem to be ... Read more
Financial Fitness: Do You Know Your Numbers? Tough Love Tuesday Tip
Numbers and I don't get along. We just don't jive. We coexist but on a completely different wave length. I have a kind of number dyslexia where sometimes numbers get transposed either in my head or ... Read more
Get Out of the Office and Network: A Tough Love Tuesday Tip
The tip for the day is... get the heck out of your office and go meet people face to face! I just got back from the Chamber of Commerce breakfast, which meets at 7:30 am, and it reminded me of how ... Read more
Keep It Snappy! Your Tough Love Tuesday Tip
Hey, today, I'm keeping it short and snappy! And you should too! When you're writing website copy, or an email, or anything online, you stand a better chance of engaging your reader by keeping it ... Read more
Don’t Just Take Action! Take Aligned Action. Tough Love Tuesday Tip
Hey, have you heard the news? It's 2012! We've started a brand new year. Don't you love new beginnings? They're inspiring, aren't they? Anything is possible, and the heaviness of "what was" is ... Read more
2012: Your Vision for the New Year. Tough Love Tuesday Tip
2012 will be here in 5 days. And as 2011 comes to a close, and this brand New Year looms ahead like a long adventure of unlimited possibilities, you have the opportunity to stop and get clear about ... Read more
To Make Miracles Happen, Be Consistent. Tough Love Tuesday Tip
The jury is in! And they have declared that those who succeed, those who realize their goals, those who create miracles in the lives of others do so by being consistent. They are consistent in who ... Read more
Press the Pause Button on Your Holidays and Create Your 2012 Marketing Calendar! Tough Love Tuesday Tip
Yes, I'm super busy with all the holiday madness. We've got a holiday party to host as well as several to attend. Plus, what the heck am I going to get my mom! She's so hard to shop for. And I need to ... Read more