How to Stop Saying Yes to Everything
I couldn’t remember where I heard this but Google never lets me down. This gem is from Derek Sivers, the author of “Anything You Want.” If you’re feeling overwhelmed and over-committed, make room for more awesome in your life and your business by using this decision filter. https://sivers.org/hellyeah If you like this post, check out […]
How to Make More While Working Less
Want more time-saving tips and tools? If you’re in Portland, register for my Technology Time-Saving Tools for Entrepreneurs Workshop August 29th, 2018. Do you feel like you spend all your time working IN your business instead of ON your business? Do you struggle through feast and famine financial cycles? Until you start implementing systems and building […]
Let Your Freak Flag Fly
I was presenting to a group of new women developers a few years ago, and one of them said, “I follow you on Twitter…do you have trouble getting clients because of your outspokenness?” This is a question that I never worry about. One of the reasons I started a business was to be able to […]
Tips for Growing Your Business on a Budget
It’s the old catch 22: You need help to grow your business but you need more revenue to afford the help you need. In this video, I share some strategies and an important mindset shift that can help you overcome this very common obstacle. Check out the Active Growth Forget Traffic Podcast Series for strategies […]
A Message to New Business Owners
New challenge! In my typical spur of the moment fashion, I decided to do a new 30-day challenge to publish some content every day. This is especially dedicated to all your perfectionists out there, who aren’t shipping because you’re waiting for it to be perfect. In today’s message, I shout out the Active Growth podcast once […]
Does Your Website Need an Underhaul?
Today I want to share with you why a flexible website is an important component of a good marketing strategy. If you use a website to market your business, you need to care about the code that runs your site, even if you don’t know a thing about coding. That’s because the code your website […]
7 Elements of an Effective Home Page
Today I’m reviewing a website home page, pointing out potential improvements and then rebuilding a more effective home page that addresses some of the pain points. The goal of this exercise is to give you an example that will help you craft a more effective home page for your own website. One that: Passes the […]
Simple $1000 / Hour Thing All Successful Businesses Do
If you’re in a service-based business, you might be paid a good hourly fee for what you do. Lawyers can bill $200 – $500 and more. When I talk about $1000 / hour activity, I’m not really referring to your hourly rates, if you have them. I’m talking about the value that the activities you […]
Why Doesn't My Site Show Up in Google Search Results?
NOTE: This week, we’re excited about launching a new site for Wayne Scott, a brilliant, compassionate therapist, writer and teacher. I met Wayne when we were both presenters for Ignite Portland in 2012 and it’s been a real pleasure to work together to launch his new site. This week, a client had a question about how to […]
A Ridiculously Simple Tip for Boosting Your SEO
I’ve been giving out a lot of advice lately and some of it is pretty involved and technical. Today I want to tell you about something you can start doing TODAY to help your site get found more easily by both people and Skynet, I mean Google. Give your images meaningful names. Were you waiting […]