• Balance,  Coaching,  Dog Marketing,  Implementation

    What My Chestnut Chasing Dog Taught Me About Implementation & Getting More Done!

    It’s fall here in Virginia and I know that not only because there’s a little chill in the air, and … I know because now when I got to hiking with my rescue dog Lily, she chases after all the chestnuts falling from the trees.  The whole scene is actually quite comical, albeit sometimes a little frustrating.  We get a pretty good pace going, then all of sudden we come across this huge patch of several hundred chestnuts on the ground and more falling. (In fact, I have to be careful and often dodge those falling from the trees or they get me right on the old noggin.) As soon as Lily sees…

  • Challenges,  Coaching,  Entrepreneurs,  Marketing

    The Secret Mysteries of Entrepreneurship

    This journey of entrepreneurship has been a fascinating 9 years.  One with many amazing rides, bumps in the road, flies on the windshield, savory and also loving adventuress moments.  I wouldn’t trade it for anything… What I have discovered from this journey of the past 3 years, are some amazing entrepreneurial secrets that I wanted to share with you.  It all started after my father passed away and the spiral upward and downward consumed me. From ending a 12 year relationship and being single again. To Finally realizing I was no longer being served by living in the northeast any longer. I was not and never will be a Jersey…

  • Blogging,  Communication,  Entrepreneurs,  Marketing,  Prospects

    The Simplest Secret to Getting More Clients/Customers (AKA More conversions :-)

    Being in marketing for what feels like a lifetime, the ONE things all my clients struggle with is how do they get more new clients/customers? And– how do they get  more people to convert on their websites and get into their marketing funnel?  I’d like to tell you that the REAL answer is incredibly sophisticated and complicated. But, it’s really not, it really IS simple, what I’m about to reveal to you.  And you have to understand that this is not rocket science and it’s something you probably already know. .. The SECRET to getting more Clients/Customers- is you HAVE to BUILD a RELATIONSHIP with them FIRST– BEFORE you ask them…

  • Attitude,  Challenges,  Coaching,  Entrepreneurs,  Motivation,  Overcoming Obstacles

    It all Boils Down to Courage- Do You Have What it Takes?

    One of my favorite quotes is “Fall down 7 times, get up 8” by Buddha.  It’s such a subtle quote and so much where I’ve been these past 8 months. I can’t believe I haven’t written since October of last year!  Or maybe I can after I tell you all I’ve been going through—and it really does “all boil down to courage…” Have you ever had the rug pulled out from under you? Like really pulled hard and you land smack on your rear end in shock of what just happened.  Well, that’s what happened to me… My relationship of 12 years ended back in September of 2012, and that…