Enthusiasm is a powerful thing. One of my favorite business books is “How I Raised Myself From Failure To Success In Selling” by Frank Bettger. The whole first chapter is dedicated to ENTHUSIASM. Today I am posting a Gcast (GoogleCast) recording of my reading of the poem “Victory” from that first chapter. Enjoy!
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Monday Morning Motivationals – A test run
Today I am posting a test run of what will hopefully become a series here on Tenacious Frog… M3 (Monday Morning Motivationals)TM Monday Morning Motivationals will be short podcasts or videos to inspire you as you go about your business week. Today’s Motivational is a quick commentary on a section of The Sticking Point, a [...]
Strategic Planning – A consulting gem
Jaxworks.com, a brilliant small business website I found circa 2004, has an excellent Strategic Planning worksheet. I had a printout of it in my binder since November 2004 and gave it another look. Wow! I will certainly be using this in my consulting work.
Bootstrapping like Subway
A quick rant about Subway, bootstrapping and small business. I had the following article in one of my binders: Stake Your Claim It is all about bootstrapping your small business. Starting on a shoestring budget and building incrementally to success. The article is based on the ideas of Subway’s Fred DeLuca who wrote the book [...]
My recent projects, focus, and a refresher course
I have been quite busy lately with various projects for myself and clients. I have a large online project that I currently maintain and I am launching an online marketing campaign for a new client. I have three personal online marketing projects that I am working on. And I have two local marketing campaigns I [...]
Creating Newsworthy Events (online a.k.a linkbait)
Publicity builds brands, NOT advertising. Publicity, publicity, publicity. P.T. Barnuam comes to mind. Creating Newsworthy Events is an art that can bring you a FLOOD of business.
bplans.com has sample business plans for a variety of businesses but are they worth it?
If you are looking to write a business plan http://www.bplans.com/ is the place to go. They have sample plans for all types of businesses. BUT, Should you write a business plan? For most startup small businesses the answer is NO! Should you plan? ABSOLUTELY Should you write up a formal business plan? No Why? Formal [...]
John Chow on internet marketing
For anyone who has been around the internet marketing scene for awhile John Chow is a familiar name. One of THE best internet marketing tips I ever received was from John Chow and it is a tip that has been central to all of my marketing campaigns online ever since. I found this video by [...]
High Quality Links – the Gold of SEO
Google values backlinks to your website (links from other sites to yours) as votes for your website’s popularity/relevance. Links = Gold in SEO. The first step in acquiring links is to create GREAT CONTENT. Then you have to tell the world about that content. John Chow has an awesome formula for spreading the word. Create [...]
Visit Length – the oft forgotten web metric
I have been a Yaro Starak fan for awhile. I am clearing out my binders (going completely digital) and finding many old Yaro articles on marketing online. This one is more tech-nerd targeted. increase your length visit