Why Feast and Famine Happens in Business
Some are early enough in business that the Feast and Famine experience hasn’t reared its head, but most who have been in for awhile have seen this play out, and it ain’t pretty. It starts when you finally figure out or learn how to bring at least some clients in. It works, and clients arrive. […]
A No-Ick Way to Reactivate Former Clients
Whether you’re a holistic health practitioner or other service provider that has been seeing clients for at least a little while, there is a potential treasure trove of new business for you. Yes, I’m talking about former clients. Clients whom you’ve helped who have completed and moved on. Pretty sweet. They’ve already worked with you, […]
Jealous Like Mark
Before we get into today’s article, I want to kvell about being invited to present THREE workshops at the Living the New Economy conference in Victoria, British Columbia. The conference runs November 29 through December 5. By “New Economy” organizers Nicole Moen and Geoff Gosson are referring to the economy that we have to create […]
How Fast Do You Have to Be to Keep Your Business Relevant?
The speed of life really is speeding up, at least as far as our technology. I’ve seen more technological change in my life time than the previous ten generations combined. It can make you feel as if you need to move very quickly indeed to keep your business afloat. Do you have to move that […]
The Most Common Missing Ingredient From Transformational Offers
This past weekend I went to a general meeting for 350PDX, the local chapter of the climate change activist organization founded by Bill McKibben and others. My teens, twenties and my early thirties were filled with activism, and the last 10 years or so, not so much. Now that our boys are just about 5 […]
Little Personal Reminders for An Easier Time with Business
“I’m safe in this moment. I’m not going to get hurt in this moment.” Standing in my own living room, my hands on my belly, I was saying this to myself and feeling myself calm down and come back. If you’re new to this newsletter, you may not know that I spent eight years as […]
The Simple Fix for Most Marketing Mistakes
A client was asking me about how to present his next offer, because something had shifted with the dates, and he was struggling with how to frame it so that he felt good about telling people about the change. Whether you have dates that shift, a change in price, or something else to tell your […]
Do You Need Spiritual Healing or Business Development?
I’m writing from St. Louis, after attending my niece’s Bat Mitzvah, the first of the next generation in my family to become a teenager! Just watching the years spinning by, evidently. I’m going to make this short, so I can spend more of this last precious day with my parents, my sister, and her family. […]
Four Positive Side Effects in Business from Spiritual Practice
With this topic, we’re on shaky ground. Thin ice, I tell ya. It’s just a few errors in logic to take the short steps from the business benefits of spiritual practice to saying that success in business is equivalent to spiritual advancement, and that making money means you must have it together spiritually. So let […]
An Ambitious Fall
Let’s say that twelve years ago you bought a little beach cottage. One small bedroom, basic bathroom. Nice view. Over the years you found that you were spending more time at the beach. Your family grew, you invited more friends, who brought their families. One bedroom wasn’t cutting it. Out of a drive that seemed […]