January 9 to 12, 2025 in Fort Lauderdale, FL Who is this for? Business owners and entrepreneurs What is the purpose? Self-care, respite, and conversations about leading one’s business from a place of calmness and equanimity. Location The Diplomat Bea...

There’s been pushback over the concept of “hard work” and whether it’s really necessary for success. So let’s look at what that term really means. According to the dictionary the term means “constantly, regularly, or habitually engaged in earnest and...

Let’s talk about making content creation and management WAY faster and easier for your coming year. The truth is that most of us have been in business long enough to create far more content than we really need. It takes time and money to keep churnin...

I’m a believer in clarity. It helps you every day in your personal life and in your business, too. Here’s how to plan a simple personal retreat that helps you gain clarity for your business. You can use this for short-term goals (a month or a quarter...

If you’re like me you have hundreds of passwords to online accounts. The only way to keep them straight is to use a password manager.  Fast forward – I asked around to my online friends, evaluated several password managers, and eventually settled on ...

What is a freebie and what does it do? Offering a free product is a common way to find leads in the online world. The free product is usually a digital download and is something that helps a prospective customer solve a problem – hopefully the same p...

Here’s the attributes of content creators that contribute to success The Tilt published The Creator Next Door and gave us all a good look at the success factors and motivation for content creators. I’ve been a content creator for the entire span of m...

  How do you feel when it’s time to have a sales conversation with a prospective customer? If I could do one thing for you as a business owner, it would be to teach you how to have a sales conversation without feeling angst. Many small business owner...

What’s the best way to follow up after making an offer? When you are making an offer of services to a prospective client your success will be based on the rapport and personal relationship you have developed with that prospect. Your success will also...

What is Inbound Marketing? Are you a small business owner who is expert in your industry but not yet experienced as a business owner?This is common for home-based solopreneurs and small local businesses, too. If this is you then you probably don’t kn...

Hi ,This past week was one of the craziest weeks I've experienced in travel since the pandemic started. So I thought I would give you an update and my perspective on what's going on in the travel world.Because of the continuing threat of omicron almo...

Hi ,Bill and I will disembark from Celebrity’s Reflection (in the morning) after a 10-day sailing through the Caribbean. So here’s my up-to-the-minute report about cruising during covid.DataWe sailed with 1150 passengers, the ship holds triple that n...

Hi ,As I write this I'm staring at our negative covid tests from earlier this afternoon. We are packed up and ready to sail tomorrow on Celebrity for 10 days, visiting 5 Caribbean ports. Travel, and in particular the cruise industry, is hot news now...

Hi ,Here we are almost at Christmas and the extended holiday season. I'm seeing some short-term "last minute" pricing that it's good.January 23 in the CaribbeanDrive over to Miami (or fly in if you're too far away) for a 12 night really good Caribbea...

Hi ,I would be keeping you in the dark if I didn't email to you about a few Black Friday sales that I feel like are excellent values. Most of them are available to book with me starting today, a few not until actual Black Friday. Here's a list of the...