Raising Your Prices Without Breaking Your Heart
As 2011 comes to an end, business owners everywhere start thinking the same thought… “Should I raise my prices for 2012?” It can be an agonizing question. You want to be paid an amount that feels good and supports you well, but you also don’t want to alienate people or shut down your business. And […]
Give Coaching to More Than the 1%
This is a guest post by Sarah Yost and is a part of the Do No Financial Harm discussion. Life coaching is expensive. And it changes lives. I’ve seen people lose weight peacefully, resolve decades old resentments, become better parents, partners, creators. My clients have finished important projects, learned to trust their own wisdom, became […]
Review: The Synergist by Les McKeown
I need to start with a disclaimer. If it weren’t against my religion, I would worship Les Mckeown and the wisdom he carries about start ups and business. And he should, after being involved with 42 start-ups, and having worked with uncounted other businesses in all stages of development. I read his first book, Predictable […]
Stop Doing “Internet” Marketing
When my grandfather died a month shy of his 99th birthday, The Washington Post ran advertising in his obituary. That’s because some of the ads he created for the family retail store were bold and controversial, and they memorialized him with a few of them. He had blazed a path forward based on his convictions. […]
How to Avoid Overmarketing The Wrong People
Every year around this time the mail gets heavier and more challenging to bring in. You know what I’m talking about. Catalogs. Just because we bought something from a New England clothing retailer a few times, doesn’t mean we want to see a catalog every week between Thanksgiving and December 26. I like hearing from […]
5 Ways To Scale Without Scaling
This is a guest post by Chris Johnson, co-founder of Simplifilm.com. Chris’s company makes clear, short, effective videos to explain what can be complicated products. They have seen stunning success and meteoric growth over the last year and a half. They are on track to having an incredibly busy, overflowing 2012, and yet he keeps […]
The Do No Financial Harm Round-Up
Two posts from me, five guest posts, and over 230 comments later, not to mention the folks inspired enough to take the conversation to their own blogs, apparently this topic is something you care about. Here’s the round-up. First I posted Is It Possible to Do Financial Harm to a Client?, with 150 comments. The […]
The Do No Financial Harm Pledge
This pledge came out of a conversation that started here, continued here and here. As an ethical, heart-centered, business owner, I commit myself and anyone else on my team to the following principles: 1. To care for my clients’ financial well-being, which includes: When interviewing potential clients, asking them both about their ability to […]
Is It Possible to Do Intestinal Harm?
This is a guest post from Pace Smith, the co-leader of the Connection Revolution. Pace teaches idealists how to change the world through connection. She speaks, writes, and teaches workshops to foster understanding, healing, empowerment, authentic communication, and personal growth. She’s happily married to Kyeli, her partner in life and in business. She loves to […]
What Does a Do No Financial Harm Pledge Look Like?
Last week I was amazed by the over 100 comments we received about Is It Possible to Do Financial Harm to a Client? There have been a number of other contributors to the conversation as well, including guest posts by Kate Svoboda and Adam King. With more guest posts coming. When I was a paramedic, […]