Can You Survive Three Days of Love?
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday I was teaching The Sacred Moment Seminar here in Portland. Okay, the Seminar itself was only Thursday and Friday, but then I got to spend an entire day with the participants from the Opening the Moneyflow Course. Why do you care? Well, you probably don’t, except that you may be wanting […]
From Attractive to Safe Marketing, Part 2
In the introduction to this series, I explained the difference between trying to create marketing that attracts, which is dangerous and usually futile, versus creating safe marketing that actually works. Then, in the second post, I got into more of the nitty-gritty of identity, and why it’s so much more better than talking about anything […]
Where to Stand When You Can't Stand In Your Price
This past week by far the biggest question I heard from folks who registered for The Sacred Moment teleclass was some variation of: “How do I stand in my price?” In the past I’ve written about Your Resonant Price, and how to reach that in your heart. But, I want to approach it from another […]
How to Stop Being a Piranha When You Really Need Clients
In a recent Opening the Moneyflow class, we were discussing the balance between working on foundations and systems, and the need to get clients, like, now. As in “now” thank you very much. Now, please? Clients? The need for cashflow in your business through having enough clients is profound. Paying the bills, keeping food on […]
Farmer John and the Three Journeys
We saw a movie last night called The Real Dirt On Farmer John. It’s an inspiring movie of a man, John Peterson, who grew up on a family farm in Illinois through the fifties and sixties until now. It’s an inspiring movie about how someone with persistence, an ability to see things differently, and willingness […]
The Bermuda Triangle That Eats Your Referrals
Five years ago I certainly believed my clients when they told me: “I told this guy Frank that he had to call you.” I didn’t think they were lying to my face about the referrals they were sending. After the 10,000th time (it seemed) a client told me they referred someone who never contacted me, […]
250,000 New Views In a Single Week
The Story of Stuff is a great movie created to point out the missing pieces of our materials economy, and what it’s costing us, and how to go about fixing it. It’s witty, engaging, funny, informative, with great production values. And it went totally viral, with 250,000 views in it’s first week. I loved it. […]
How Your Friends Destroy Your Marketing Message
A lot of blood, sweat, and tears goes into crafting your ‘elevator speech’ (I hate that term). You’ve probably agonized over it, striving to catch just the right tone and wording. Finally, you’re (hopefully) finished. For the final blessing, you turn to your friends and colleagues, and test it out. They respond: “That’s great! I […]
How Being Outnumbered Will Gain You Raving Fans
You’re sitting in class, and the teacher at the front has just said something that doesn’t entirely make sense to you. “You see, the world is flat. It’s always been flat. And it always will be flat. Flat, flat, flat.” The year is 1400 A.D., and you’re thinking, “But, what if it isn’t flat? What […]
The Danger in Creating a Product
You’ve been scooping nickels into a bucket for hours. Sweat’s running down your back. Scooping and scooping. Clink clatter clink! You stop, wipe your brow, and look in the bucket. The nickels are barely covering the bottom- where’d they all go? Then you notice the hole… and the stream of nickels rolling away down the […]