Believing in YOU—Essential to Your Branding Success

What makes or breaks your success? What one false belief could derail your future? What mindset could kill your dreams? A lack of self confidence. A lack of believing what you have to offer has value. Not believing in YOU! Not long ago, I sat down with a potential client in a strategy session. I […]

Want a Successful Brand? Be Bold!

So confession time. For many years I suffered with low-self esteem and extreme shyness. I believed that I didn’t matter, that there was no value in what I had to offer. As a consequence, I was too timid. I was not bold enough. And that has cost me dearly. Now I am shifting my “stinking […]

Investing in Yourself–You Are Worth It!

“Because you’re worth It.” Remember that old L’Oreal commercial for hair color? If you’re over 40 like me, you might recall. It starred Meredith Baxter-Birney and in it she demonstrates vividly that choosing premium hair color is worth the extra cost. You also are worth it. As a business owner, you are worth investing in. […]

Crippled by Fear. What are You Going to Do With It?

As an entrepreneur and small business owner, fear can paralyze you. It can stop you in your tracks. Will you let it? Or will you find a way to leverage that fear, resulting in more success and bigger impact? Sure, I get it. We’ve been there, believe me. Sometimes the uncertainty of owning your own […]

What Do You Do When You’re in a Valley?

So if we could, we all would live on a mountaintop, right? We would always have enough. Actually, more than enough. More clients. More products sold. More services sold. More revenues. But life is full of ups and downs. And business is no exception. What can we do when we experience valleys in our business? […]

3 Mindsets that Kill Your Business

You may have heard the sobering statistic that more businesses are failing than are starting. So how can you, as a business owner, avoid becoming this statistic? Here are three mindsets that will hasten your failure and are to be avoided: 1. Looking for a quick fix or magic wand Our society truly deserves the […]

Just Finished a New Video for My Brand Identity Mentor Program!

I am happy to announce I finished a new video for my brand identity mentor program! [stream provider=youtube flv=http%3A//www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DwPSIfVB-8b0 img=x:/img.youtube.com/vi/wPSIfVB-8b0/0.jpg embed=false share=true width=580 height=400 dock=true controlbar=over bandwidth=high autostart=false /] Want to get started on your brand image? Click here to sign up today! The webinar starts September 14 and space is limited!

Branding Strategy–Build Your Brand Identity Through the Five Ws

Branding strategy. How do you do it? The other night I was thinking about the classic questions asked in journalism: who, what, where, when, why, and how; and it occurred to me this would be a fantastic tool to developing your brand and reaching new levels in your business. So I came up with a […]