business

Setting fees is one of the hardest things to do for independent professionals such as consultants, coaches and therapists. People think consultants (and other self-employed professionals) make exorbitant hourly rates, when in fact they are often just making the equivalent on an hourly basis as any typical employed professional. As someone who has been an independent [...]

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It’s hard to believe that I’ve been writing this home business advice blog for nearly 4 years.  A lot has changed in the blogging and online business world in that time. Perhaps that’s what  motivated me to respond to the challenge that Darren Rowse of Problogger issued today: publish a post that is a list [...]

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My perfect customer or client is someone who wants to ______________________________ The problem or goal they have is: ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ The way I know they have this problem is: ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ The solutions I offer are: ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ The benefits they will receive relative to their problem or goal [...]

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I don’t think compassion and business are mutually exclusive. For me the most important human quality is kindness, and I will go out of my way to support businesses that have kindness as a core value. For example, I was in a trendy coffee shop in Vancouver (actually, it was the Blenz on the corner [...]

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