You need validation for your parking receipt if you want free parking. That’s all you need validation for. You don’t need validation from others that you are successful. You don’t need validation from others that you are right. You don’t need validation from others that you are worthy. If you know you are successful, right…
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Question: I filed my sales tax last week with the numbers in the QuickBooks sales tax liability report. When I ran the report again this week, the numbers had changed. What’s going on? Answer: Likely, you had not reconciled your checking account(s) before running the first sales tax report…
Read MoreWe often move throughout our day with neither thought nor purpose. Sadly, this same whirlybird approach is applied to the work presented to clients on a far-too-regular basis—especially as it relates to promotional products. If you want to stand out from the product pushers and grow your business, it’s time to not just work with thought and purpose, but to share that with your clients…
Read MoreSeventy-five percent of people never scroll past the first page of search engines. This also applies to buyers of promotional products, many of whom use Google and other search engines to find a vendor. This means that if you want to be in the game, you must appear on page 1 for the right search terms. If you don’t, you are literally invisible to your ideal clients…
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“Stranger danger” is a warning that all people you don’t personally know (strangers) can potentially be dangerous. There are lots of strangers giving advice these days. On social media, on YouTube, in your emails and more. Lots of free advice. But who are these folks, and should you follow their advice? My strong suggestion is…
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Many accounting systems can be quite complicated at year-end, requiring that you manually close the income and expense accounts into your balance sheet. This zeroes out the income and expense accounts to be ready to start another year. This is how your income and expenses go to zero at the start of a new year…
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Think of growing your business as growing a garden. It doesn’t happen overnight. It takes time and care. Working on it a little every day will reap results before you know it. You might need someone to teach you what to do and how to do it, so get help if that’s the case. Just make sure it’s someone who is already getting organic leads…
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I love the song “Sit Down” by James. In the song there are two lines that in many ways define my life, “If I hadn’t seen such riches, I could live with being poor.” Truth is, I grew up in a middle-class family. My father was a meat salesman, and my mother was a stay-at-home mom. Growing up, I had no idea about the lifestyle of wealthy people…
Read MoreI’ve spent one third of my life dedicated to the promo industry, and I’ve had the absolute pleasure to work with so many phenomenal people and share so many amazing memories along the way. Throughout the years, I’ve learned countless things about myself, my business and life in general, and I thought it’d be great to share some of those…
Read MoreYou—your attitude, how you respond to outside forces and your work ethic—are the most critical factor in determining your success. Realizing that you are ultimately responsible for your prosperity—or demise—is the first step in creating a brand that matters to your clients…
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