This week’s reflection point: One does not need an excuse to reach out and connect with our clients. There are quite a few opportunities to do so and provide them with helpful improvement ideas, recent best practices and successful insights. In addition to the use of technology and the web to stay in touch, I’d also suggest you systematically (at least every quarter) reach out and schedule conversations with your clients. A simple database will allow you to track who...

This week’s reflection point: One of the questions I get asked quite often is what are the key objectives of one’s web presence. Previously I suggested there are four key objectives. Yet with each client conversation, more are being suggested. So here is my most recent list of what are the top 7 objectives of your web presence: Increase your credibility and reputation as well as strengthen your brand and though leadership. Increase your global reach, the number of clients...

This week’s reflection point: I just returned from the amazing Million Dollar Consulting convention in Atlanta where I was privileged to learn from the many great minds there as well as provide my presentation to the group. I was surrounded by some of the top minds in the world as I realized that the constant evolution of my wisdom is due to the brilliant minds around me. Some are alive and many are available to me in my extensive library....

This week’s reflection point: Over the past 5 years I have worked primarily from my home office while my team continued working from our main office. I loved the new arrangement as I found it convenient and it worked extremely well for me. Then, as a couple of our team members moved out of state and a couple of our new hires lived overseas, I approached my “home” team to see if they would like to work from home. The...

This week’s reflection point: I am here in Miami, Florida, meeting with our global growth circle (Suzanne Bates, Guido Quelle, Phil Symchych, Bart Sayle, Steven Gaffney, Chad Barr) facilitated by Alan Weiss. The essence of our meeting is to challenge ourselves to think bigger and to impact our lives and businesses and that of our clients. Here are some of the insights shared by our group: What key question should you ask yourself or your clients to raise the bar?...

This week’s reflection point: I was just interviewed by Social Media and global influencer, Mitch Jackson. I enjoyed it immensely while answering Mitch’s provocative questions on life, business, cyber strategies and creating your global digital empire. I even managed to put Mitch on the spot towards the end of the interview. I conduct interviews as well and find them to be a powerful aspect of your marketing strategy. Here are my top 10 reason why interviews are powerful: You get...

This week’s reflection point: I’ve been saying for years that evolution is an awesome power and especially when it comes to your web presence and its content. An idea, when captured, may become a tweet. A collection of tweets may become an article. A collection of articles may become a book. A book may transform itself into multiple presentations and workshops. And all these concepts, when effectively repurposed, will produce an overabundance of new products, services and more content. So...