Category: Business Strategy

The Secret to Long-Lasting, Profitable Business Partnerships

Posted by Melanie Benson Strick - May 20, 2013 - Business Strategy
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I’m a big proponent of focusing on your genius work in business. For many of us, that means there are a lot of tasks and roles that we need help with. I also think that working alone is like entrepreneurial kryptonite. Many of us, “creative people,” thrive in the collaborative process, uncovering ideas, resources and [...]

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Seven Subtle Signs You Are Heading for Entrepreneur Burn Out

Posted by Melanie Benson Strick - April 9, 2013 - Business Strategy, Lifestyle
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When you wake up in the morning are you fired up and ready to take action? Or do you pull the covers over your head and ruminate about all the things on your to-do list? If you lean towards the second you might be heading towards burn out. There are a lot of ways that [...]

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4 Signs Your Support Team is Dragging You Down

Posted by Melanie Benson Strick - March 28, 2013 - Business Strategy, Leadership Strategies, Optimum Performance, Outsourcing/Team/Delegation
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Having a support team can be a fast way for small business owners to optimize their business.  With a million tasks it’s impossible to stay on top of all the activities required to grow by yourself.  As an entrepreneur generates six and seven figures revenues it becomes more and more critical to leverage your time [...]

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My Five Smartest Choices that Catapulted My Success

Posted by Melanie Benson Strick - March 20, 2013 - Business Strategy, Mindset, Outsourcing/Team/Delegation
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Every day you have an opportunity to make choices about what you will spend time and money on in your entrepreneurial endeavors. Looking back over my 12 years as an entrepreneur, I made a LOT of bad choices and failed a few times along the way. I think if you aren’t failing then you aren’t [...]

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How to Stop Forcing Results in your Small Business

Posted by Melanie Benson Strick - February 28, 2013 - Business Strategy
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As an fast-paced, creative entrepreneur, service professional or thought leader, is your strategy to push and drive yourself harder? What if you COULD replace your “over-drive” with effortless flow by optimizing your business? Here’s how (watch the episode now.) For more tips on how to optimize your business results, get this four-part free video training [...]

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Spending Enough Time on your OPS?

Posted by Melanie Benson Strick - February 26, 2013 - Business Strategy, Success Strategies
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Time is money… And as an entrepreneur your time is your most valuable asset, right? So why are you wasting it on the low payoff strategies that generate poor results and suck your energy dry in the process? Like the time you tried to create and implement four big projects in one year. Not only [...]

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Pick the Right Strategy for Your Stage of Business

Posted by Melanie Benson Strick - February 21, 2013 - Business Strategy
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Many entrepreneurs, thought leaders and transformational coaches waste a lot of time time and energy on the wrong strategies for where they are in their growth curve. By comparing themselves to others or following a mentor’s cookie cutter approach, they beat themselves up for not being “farther along.” By learning how to use the right [...]

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The Entrepreneur’s Secret to Speeding Up Progress

Posted by Melanie Benson Strick - February 12, 2013 - Business Strategy, Success Strategies
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When I first started by business I felt like I was crawling with a big anchor attached to my foot – progress was VERY slow. The frustrating thing was that I could “see” what big success would look like but between learning what needed to be done and the fact it was just me trying [...]

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Vision Boost Your Business

Posted by Melanie Benson Strick - January 17, 2013 - Business Strategy, Mindset, Success Strategies
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If your small business feels a bit stagnate or you are ready for something new but you just don’t know what, try a Vision Boost (its part of the Big Idea Incubator process.) As an entrepreneur its easy to get stuck in the status quo but a Vision Boost causes you to access new potential [...]

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3 Characteristics of a Wealthy Thought Leader

Posted by Melanie Benson Strick - January 3, 2013 - Business Strategy, Success Strategies
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What sets apart those that struggle from those that thrive as an entrepreneur? Its what happens between your ears — these three characteristics can make or break your success as a thought leader! What do you think….do you have what it takes? Watch the episode now…   Which of these three characteristics do you have [...]

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Are You a Thought Leader? [VIDEO]

Posted by Melanie Benson Strick - December 6, 2012 - Business Strategy
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If you find that others don’t “get you” or you have ideas that your colleagues and mentors say will never work, you may be a thought leader. Being a thought leader requires a different kind of courage — and if you don’t know how to stay true to your ideas you might just give up [...]

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3 Qualifiers for Entrepreneurs to Green Light the Right Ideas

Posted by Melanie Benson Strick - October 22, 2012 - Business Strategy, Mindset
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Entrepreneurs are faced with making decisions every day, all day long. But some of these decisions become a war inside our brain… What should I do? I don’t want to make the wrong decision! Should I go for it? But what if it fails! Even the simplest things like whether you should go to an [...]

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