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Business Owners Share Their Follow-Up Secrets For Attracting and Retaining Clients
Are you good at following up? Or is it the weak point in your sales funnel? We asked business owners this question in our Authentic Networkers Meetup group. Imagine a diverse group of business owners – each as different asRead More
How a Single Conversation Can Help You Grow Your Home Business… Without Losing Friends
You’ve just started a new home business, and your brain is so full you can barely sleep. All you want to do is tell people about your awesome company and how their products have literally changed your life. They’re soRead More
How to Build Strong Business Relationships: Advice from 20 Entrepreneurs
Working from home rewards you with the flexibility and freedom to work the way that fits your life. Right? On the other hand, you can also spend hours staring into a screen, stuck in your own head, wishing for moreRead More
Are you making this basic relationship mistake?
Once upon a time, I helped my workplace host a large conference. Before we began, my boss introduced me to the key conference speakers. I was completely star-struck. I later realized I had no idea what any of them said toRead More
5 Useful, Fast and Surprising Tricks to Remember Names
One not-so-secret secret to authenticity is building sincere relationships with people. This journey starts with a single step: learning someone’s name. Not long ago, I committed a classic party foul. I called my friend’s boyfriend by her ex-boyfriend’s name. TheRead More
The Panic Point
You’re in the middle of a project, and the situation is dreadful. You had a vision for this work, and things started well. But as you got nearer to your goal, nearer to your big breakthrough, the whole thing beganRead More
The Light at the End of the Tunnel
Have you ever been dreaming, fast asleep, and the plot line of your dream is so intense that it wakes you up? Is that really a thing? I mean, you always see movie characters bolt upright, eyes wide, clutching blanketsRead More
11 Personal Leadership Lessons from Disney’s Frozen
One of the perks of working at home is that you get to choose your soundtrack. Well, kind of. My kids mostly choose mine. Most of my writing is done in my pyjamas, with up to three little kids besideRead More
On Self-Esteem, Frustrating Mistakes, and Starting Again
My self-esteem has taken a hammering lately. I work from home with small children, a situation that is a minefield of endless stops and starts. Just as soon as I get going, a tornado of demands sweeps me up intoRead More