The business of being in business

Making the case for email marketing

Last week I shared a pretty big disappointment in my business: I didn’t get enough students enrolled in my workshop at our local community college, and it ended up needing to be canceled. Today I’m diving deeper into why. If you are more of a visual or auditory learner (or if you just wanna see

Email Marketing Best Practice

Your August Holiday To-Do!

My last post was dedicated to selling you on starting your Q4 email marketing plan EARLY. Today, I want to give you one high-impact action you can take in August to make your holiday email marketing more successful. I teed this up with my Christmas in July post and I’m diving deeper today.  Lock in

Email Marketing Best Practice

Holiday Campaign Planning – Start NOW

If you haven’t started holiday email campaign planning, you’re behind. I hate to say it, but this is the time that separates the winners from the also-rans. If you aren’t already thinking of how to create value for your subscribers, you are probably missing out on significant revenue opportunities. You see, October-December are the busiest

The business of being in business

Independence in Business

Today we celebrate Independence Day in the United States. I have been thinking a lot lately about independent business and life practices… good and bad. Look “Independent” up in the dictionary (or, as one does, find it at merriam-webster.com) and you will find some very appealing definitions: not subject to control by others : self-governingnot