You would think that that the signs of a failing business would be obvious: lack of customers, dropping sales, cash flow issues…but these are all symptoms caused by a business that has already been failing for a very long time. What if there was a way to know if your business is failing long before the symptoms start showing up? A failing business does...

As a small business marketing and growth consultant, my expertise is in high demand from people that want to increase their sales and grow their market share. With that said, most of my conversations with new clients revolve around why marketing doesn’t work. People are eager to share with me how all the marketing they have done has failed. Most are weary...

  In the old days, all you needed for a good website were some catchy graphics and a little bit of information about who you are and how customers could contact you. In the old days, websites were built to be static (seldom changing); they were used as an extension of your sales team, basically little more than an online brochure. In the old days, websites...

I have talked before about the dangers of living in constant pursuit of our purpose. This can be a distraction that prevents us from seeing the needs of people and the opportunities right in front of us. But, if we are not to live in pursuit of our own purpose, then how are we to live? Theologians and philosophers have been trying to answer this question since...

Your logo design sets the tone for your whole company. The design of your logo is the first impression potential customers have of your business. Whether you have a store front or just a business card and a website, your logo design will speak volumes about you. What kind of first impression do you want to make on new potential customers? Do you want to be seen...

 What is my purpose? Why am I here on earth? Am I accomplishing the tasks that I was meant to? I feel like I am missing the point of life. I just want to know where I fit in. These questions and statements haunt us all. They can scratch at our very soul until we are left raw, in pain, and defeated. They seem like such noble questions. None of us want to live a...

Ok, I will admit it. I have doubt. I often doubt myself, my faith, and especially my future. With all my writing and talk about hanging on to hope and believing in a better future, here I am, awake in the middle of the night wondering how things are ever going to get better. I doubt that I have the skills to bring my business to the next level. I doubt that God...

As a small business marketing consultant and an executive coach, I sit down with a lot of different people and businesses. It is fascinating for me to listen to others tell me about all their hopes and dreams along with stories of how they have spent their whole life working towards their goals. It is an inspiration to hear of overcome struggles and captured...