The world of marketing will change forever on 12/1/09 As a consumer I understand why the FTC is implementing these rule changes. I am frustrated by the abuse of marketer from all over the globe misrepresenting their products and services. As a marketer I am dismayed because I am an ethical marketer. I have never [...]

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What is the one thing… I was meeting with a client the other day and I ask him this question. “what is the one thing you wish someone had told you…” I was amazed by his answer. “I wish someone would have told me I would die one day so do the things you love [...]

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I found this great conference and I want to share some of what I am learning. I am including a link at the bootom of the page if you want to learn more. We’re going to talk about the recession and some tips we’ve found work well for retooling the business in these tough times. [...]

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I received this as an email from my friends at ilearningglobal.tv. They call it the Leading EDGE. I liked it so much that I am posting it here unedited. Thanks ilearningglobal.tv “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So [...]

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What is Your Legacy?   I am often asked how to deal with the rapid rate of change, how to get more discipline and become more focused? If this is something you are interested in please read on but it is one of my more lengthy articles.   These questions seem to come from people [...]

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Goal or Promise? Which is more Powerful?   I was watching a video on iLearningGlobal.tv. Bill Bartmann, one of the lecturers on iLearningGlobal.tv. He was discussing the difference between a goal and a promise. He mentioned a study at Yale Medical School where 70% of the people who set goals do not meet them but [...]

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I ran onto something online today while looking around that I wanted to share. I do a lot of internet marketing and wondered when technology would advance to the point that there would be a simply way for local small business owners to take advantage of so many people searching online now, instead of using [...]

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If you are a business owner looking for a business coach looking to make changes in your business and you live in any of the following communities, I will visit your office and provide a one hour, no cost, and no obligation, to see if it makes sense for us to work together. Nothing is [...]

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Denying Problems Exist  Every business has problems. How you respond to those problems determine the success or failure of your business.    Another reason business fail is because they deny problems existing in the business.    I cannot tell you how many times I spoke to a business owner and heard “it will take care [...]

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Ron’s 10 Rules for Business Success 1.   Get clear on what you want, make a decision to go for it, then take action. 2.   Stay focused on what you want. 3.   Surround yourself with people that will hold you accountable and tell you want you need to hear, not what you want to hear. 4.   [...]

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Are These Your Top 10? According to Grant Thornton, today’s business owners have the following needs.   Top 10 Business issues for Business Owners   Strengthening customer relationships   97% Finding Good People     89% Minimizing taxes     81% Growing the business     73% Keeping pace with technology    68% Managing cash flow     66% Current business climate    65% Creating & executing [...]

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It is all about Marketing, expecially to the Four Generations now Working Side by Side. I was watching Terri Murphy (www.ilearingglobal.biz/ronf) discuss the communications stlyes of the different age groups. According to Terri Murphy, there has been no other time in history where we have four generations working side by side. All required different communication style [...]

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I received this unsolicited email from someone who read my latest book called Nine Principles for Inspired Action: A New & Targeted Perspective. “I expected this book to be another business development book on increasing our centers of influence.  Seemed inexpensive and a quick read.  I was blown away!  You shock me into action.  This book [...]

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I am starting to get develop an identity crisis. My client’s have started calling me the Dr. Phil of business coaching because of the tough love and my no excuse approach to business coaching.    I recently published my fourth book called Nine Principles to Inspired Action: A New & Targeted Perspective. A gentleman from [...]

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I am from the stone-age. I think (thought) twitter was a waste of time. I would watch such things as I just woke up (who cares), I am eating dinner (then why are telling me, just eat), and a variety of other posts that just clutter up my day. One of my friends suggested I [...]

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