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Can You Hear Me Now? Make sure you and your customers speak the same language
Mishaps and mistakes or just miscommunications? They happen to everyone. Mostly because we’re human and we all have this ability to hear and see what we want to (as opposed to what’s really going on). That goes double for clients. If you’re not careful, things can snowball and before you know it, it might feel like you’re stuck in cage with a bunch of hungry lions. This month, the carnies share their advice on how to avoid these pitfalls so you’ll have a much better chance at having happy, satisfied clients. Annie Sisk of Pajama Productivity Making the Client Expectation Pieces Fit Without Losing Your Ever-Lovin’ Mind @AnnieSisk facebook.com/PajamaProductivity Sharon Hurley Hall of Get Paid to Write Online: Are You and Your Writing Clients Speaking the Same Language? @SHurleyHall facebook.com/SharonHurleyHall Michelle Church of Virtually Distinguished: I’m Talking, Don’t You Hear Me? @virtuallyassist facebook.com/virtuallyassist Ashley Welton of Miniskirt Ninja Media: Same Meaning, Different Language: How to Clear Up Your Client Communications @miniskirtninja facebook.com/miniskirtninja Nick Armstrong of WTF Marketing: Can You Hear Me Now? How to make sure you and your customers are speaking the same language (you probably aren’t) @WTFMarketing plus.google.com/+Wtfmarketing Carol Lynn Rivera of Web Search Social: Same Page, Wrong Book. How To Manage Client Expectations So They Don’t Manage You @CarolLynnRivera facebook.com/WebSearchSocial Nicole Fende of The Numbers Whisperer®: Client Communication Explained by Prime Numbers @NicoleAFende facebook.com/SmallBizFinance Sandy McDonald of Why You Must Blog: Coherence is the business @theclanmaker...
Read MoreHealthy Body, Healthy Business
Did you know your physical health affects the bottom line of your business? Well it most certainly does! This month, the Word Carnies tackle the topic of staying healthy while running your small biz.
Read MoreVanquish Your Nemesis: A Guide to Conquering Small Biz Evils
Every great story requires two things: a hero and an archenemy. In the adventure that is your business, you often play the part of the hero: the character who struggles with challenges big and small; who’s set out on a quest to right a wrong or bring “magic” back to the village. And along the way, you’ll wrestle with at least one or two (maybe ten) dark lords — those evil beings whose sole purpose in life is to trip you up and keep you from reaching your goals. Knowing how to spot them before they wreak too much havoc is what we’re after with this month’s carnival. Laura Petrolino of Flying Pig Consulting: The Battle of Idea-magedon @lkpetrolino facebook.com/FlyingPigConsulting Ashley Welton of Miniskirt Ninja Media: Wave Your Freak Flag – How To Stand Out In A Sea of Similarity @miniskirtninja facebook.com/miniskirtninja Clare Price of 5 Easy Pages: Vanquish Your Nemesis: What’s Stopping You? @ClaresTweets facebook.com/5EasyPages Michelle Church of Virtually Distinguished: How to Keep Your Online Presence from Making You Cry @virtuallyassist facebook.com/virtuallyassist Sharon Hurley Hall of Get Paid to Write Online: Five Fatal Flaws that are Killing Your Writing Business @SHurleyHall facebook.com/SharonHurleyHall Tea Silvestre, aka the Word Chef: Does This Business Make Me Look Fat? (Or, How to Get That Voice in Your Head to Shut Up) @teasilvestre facebook.com/mywordchef Nicole Fende of The Numbers Whisperer®: Quit Watching the Steampunk Chicken and Focus @NicoleAFende facebook.com/SmallBizFinance Sandy McDonald of Why You Must Blog: I Just Hate Sales @whyyoumustblog facebook.com/whyyoumustblog Annie Sisk of Stage Presence Marketing: What are You Afraid of? How Fears Derail Your Business @AnnieSisk facebook.com/StagePresenceMarketing Melanie Kissell of Solo Mompreneur: What Do a House Painter, an Author, and a Musician Have In Common? @melaniekissell facebook.com/solomompreneur Eugene Farber of Content Strategy Hub The Business Demon Lurking Over Your Shoulder: Stab Him in the Eye @EugeneFarber facebook.com/ContentStrategyHub Carol Lynn Rivera of Web Search Social: What To Do When You Feel Like You’ll Never, Never, Never Get Your Marketing Right @CarolLynnRivera facebook.com/WebSearchSocial photo credit: alee_04 via photopin...
Read MoreHow to Solve Small Biz Problems: The Art and the Science
Ever feel like you’ve got nothin’ but problems? Or just wish you had some strategies for when one of those “rare” monkey wrenches gets thrown into your normally smooth business operations? The carnies have your back on this one. This month’s topic is meant to help us all become better problem solvers. And just like no two snowflakes are alike, no two methods for solving big, hairy ass whoppers are the same either. Here are nine methods. Take your pick! Sharon Hurley Hall of Get Paid to Write Online: Writing and Business Problem Solving @SHurleyHall https://www.facebook.com/SharonHurleyHall Annie Sisk of Stage Presence Marketing: Problem Solving is a Productivity Issue @AnnieSisk https://www.facebook.com/StagePresenceMarketing Carol Lynn Rivera of Web Search Social When Customers Attack: 5 Hair-Pulling Scenarios And How To Deal With Them Gracefully @CarolLynnRivera https://www.facebook.com/WebSearchSocial Nick Armstrong, The Business Storyteller: Perspective, or Yet Another Story of Nick’s Incredibly Unhandy Exploits @WTFMarketing https://plus.google.com/+NickArmstrongWTF/ Sandy McDonald of Why You Must Blog: Solving small business problems. Art with a capital A @whyyoumustblog https://www.facebook.com/whyyoumustblog Sandi Amorim of Deva Coaching The Art & Science of Solution Focused Living @SandiAmorim https://www.facebook.com/devacoaching Nicole Fende of Small Biz Finance Forum Inside the Mind of a Compulsive Problem Solver @NicoleAFende https://www.facebook.com/SmallBizFinance Michelle Church of Virtually Distinguished: The Importance of Systems to Stop the Pain @virtuallyassist http://facebook.com/virtuallydistinguished Tea Silvestre, aka the Word Chef: From Pickles to Possibilities: A Small Business Parable About Asking for Help @teasilvestre http://facebook.com/mywordchef photo credit: Double–M via photopin...
Read MoreIt Takes a Village: Small Biz Success & the Power of Community
This month, the Word Carnival celebrates it’s 1-year anniversary…a whole year of small biz bloggers coming together to share their insights and creativity with their peers. So it made sense that our topic this time around was “Community.” The Word Carnival community continues to grow and we all feel strongly that participating has played an important part in the growth of all our businesses and blogs. Step right up, and join the show! This is an interactive experience, folks. Jenny Bones of Up Your Impact Factor How to Crush Your Competition Overnight @JennyBBones https://www.facebook.com/upyourimpactfactor Sharon Hurley Hall of Get Paid to Write Online: Community and Your Writing Business: It Takes a Village @SHurleyHall https://www.facebook.com/SharonHurleyHall Annie Sisk of Stage Presence Marketing: Building a Clan to Get There Faster (and Saner) @AnnieSisk https://www.facebook.com/StagePresenceMarketing Katrina Pfannkuch of Buzzword Communications: The Power of Several Creative Matches Burning as One Strong Flame @creativekatrina http://www.facebook.com/pages/Buzzword-Communications-LLC/121760949393 Carol Lynn Rivera of Web Search Social 3 Types Of Communities That Matter To Your Business And How To Start Building Them Today @CarolLynnRivera https://www.facebook.com/WebSearchSocial Nick Armstrong, The Business Storyteller: I Got Here with Help @WTFMarketing https://plus.google.com/+NickArmstrongWTF/ Sandy McDonald of Why You Must Blog: Clans. It’s a Revolution, well, you know @whyyoumustblog https://www.facebook.com/whyyoumustblog Miss Donna, the Unemployed Entrepreneur Yes…You Can’t Do it Alone @iHiredMe Clare Price of 5 Easy Pages The Community is the Brand @ClaresTweets https://www.facebook.com/5EasyPages Sandi Amorim of Deva Coaching Celebrating a Village of Dreams @SandiAmorim https://www.facebook.com/devacoaching Nicole Fende of Small Biz Finance Forum Using Community to Power Profits @NicoleAFende https://www.facebook.com/SmallBizFinance Tea Silvestre, aka the Word Chef: The Quantum Mechanics of Manifesting Your Community @teasilvestre http://facebook.com/mywordchef Photo Credit: Mary...
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