As a subscriber to literally dozens of offline and online newsletters and magazines, there are few that get my full attention. Even fewer still get my anticipation for the next issue. One of the few that does, and one that I read from start to finish almost as soon as it arrives is the Palm Beach [...]
By lesa | Thu, Sep 29, 2011
In today’s essay, marketing legend Rich Schefren reveals why most businesses struggle. He also identifies why it’s important to start thinking about how to build a real business even if you are just an online beginner. To your success, Craig Ballantyne Editor Early to Rise You must truly believe in yourself. You must end the ‘I’ll give this a try’ [...]
By lesa | Wed, Sep 28, 2011
In this day and age with everyone being busy, busy, busy, being organized is no longer an option. It’s mandatory. You can’t afford to waste one minute of your own time, let alone the time of a potential business partner. It’s also no longer acceptable to accept being disorganized. Some business owners and executives take pride [...]
In everyone’s lives and businesses there is “The Problem”. It’s the one big thing we can’t ignore, yet somehow we manage to put it off to the side every day and dance around the issue. It might be a conflict at home. Perhaps it’s an underlying problem with a project at work that no one wants [...]
By lesa | Mon, Sep 26, 2011
Today I’ll be locked away in a studio at a local film production business recording several new videos for Early to Rise readers. The studio had been booked, the credit card has been charged, and I have a deadline to meet. That’s the one word in your business that will get you to take more action [...]
By lesa | Fri, Sep 23, 2011
It’s time to kick back in a coffee shop here in Toronto, surrounded by beautiful people, listening to my favorite music, and getting a ton of work done. Just kidding. That’s now how it works in the real world. If I tried that, I wouldn’t get half of my regular work done. Too many distractions. And I don’t [...]
By lesa | Thu, Sep 22, 2011
Last week while working with a client here in Toronto, our conversation turned to how he had so much work to do but the little things in life kept him from getting it done. For example, every week he mows his father’s lawn because his father is no longer able to do it. That extra trip [...]
By lesa | Wed, Sep 21, 2011
In today’s retail world we are being treated to one of the greatest exhibits in market domination since Henry Ford conquered the automotive marketplace. I’m talking about Apple’s control of the tablet wars. Every day it seems the news is reporting on another company dropping out of the market. Recently, Dell and Hewlett-Packard have killed off [...]
By lesa | Mon, Sep 19, 2011
Today’s issue is dedicated to advice on getting you out of the rat race, with both practical and philosophical advice. First, one of my favorite copywriters, Jason Leister, identifies the pricing pitfalls that keep many professionals stuck in the rat race. You’ll discover how to avoid pricing yourself so low that all you can do is [...]
Last week I spent a day in Colorado with ETR Publisher, Matt Smith, getting clarity on our mission and vision with Early to Rise. We looked ahead to the future, to the year 2015 specifically, and planned for what the business will look like at that time. A question we kept coming back to was how [...]
By lesa | Fri, Sep 30, 2011
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