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Looking for Ways to Shine? 3 Simple Freelance Resume Tips
What Potential Clients are Looking for in a Freelance Resume Looking to attract new clients with a freshly polished resume? Good for you - show 'em what you got. Just remember, it's the little things that matter most when it comes to making that all important first...
Things are Looking Up! Optimism in Small Businesses {Infographic}
While we might not be out of the woods yet, today's infographic illustrates that an increasing number of small business owners are optimistic about finding opportunities for growth in the near future. According to a mid-year survey conducted by j2 Global, 76% of small...
Creating a Personal Brand for Your Solo Business
It’s one of the ironies of life that most of us spend our childhoods trying to fit in only the spend our adult years trying to remember to stand out. Similarly, most startups and solopreneurs start off by trying to do same thing and copying the herd. When it comes to...
The Genius of Generosity: Give Until It Hurts! Education-Based Marketing
When it comes to personal relationships, people often remind us that you've got to give love to get love, and, for the most part, the more love you give, the more you're going to get in return. Though it may sound a little counter-intuitive at first, the same...
How Enchanting is Your Brand? Infographic via Guy Kawasaki
In celebration of his new book, Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds and Action, branding superstar and online jack of all trades Guy Kawaski has new infographic making the rounds courtesy of Column Five that solopreneurs and small business owners should...
Four Great Books for Your Solopreneur Summer Reading List
I was browsing the small business section at my local library recently when I was struck by a depressing pair of shelves dedicated entirely to books about starting a home business. It’s not the most well-funded library in the world, and there was something about the...
Happy 4th of July: American Entrepreneurs Infographic
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Common Solopreneur Mistakes #1: Following Your Heart
Using your heart as a compass is a great piece of advice to follow in business and life itself. Relying on it as your sole piece of navigational equipment is quite another all together, especially when you’re building a solo business. There’s so much well-intentioned...
Three Creative Tips for Generating Referrals
Ask most people with a successful professional services business what finally gave their business some momentum, and they’ll probably tell you that it was getting a steady stream of referrals coming in. Yeah, everybody knows how important getting referrals is. What’s...
3 Time Saving Outsourcing Opportunities for Solopreneurs
Ask any successful startup manager or solopreneur how they got where they are today, and they will make it clear that they didn’t get there on their own. If you’re out there building a business with a small to nonexistent staff, it’s important to understand that...
Zero in on the professional niche that honors your skills AND your interests
Demonstrate how effective and impactful your services really are
Develop a personal brand that crafts your identity, reputation and differentiation
Build an online presence that nurtures your brand & lands a continuous flow of clients
Generate referrals and expand your reach through on-line relationship networking.
Step-By-Step Solutions for Marketing in Snack-Sized Steps
Marketing your services effectively isn’t rocket science and doesn’t need to be your full-time job. But making all marketing decisions on your own, is tough and probably not very smart.
At our Coffee Break University, “Quick Start Courses” are like checklists on steroids that will set you up with what you need to get done in portions that you can complete over a coffee break.
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High performance strategies in use by today’s best performing solo firms are available to you. Fresh website content, member forums, occasional newsletters and our Quick Start Courses are dedicated specifically to helping you expand your reach to the clients that need you the most.
Here are some Quick Start Courses we made available to members last year: Each year brings new courses as well as updates of our most important courses. Each course is composed of independent modules and lessons for your “coffee break” convenience.
Jump Start Success: The Simple, Lean Marketing Plan for Solo and Small Firms
Our simple step-by-step course is designed to get you jump started on creating the marketing plan your practice needs.
Marketing Jump Start: Just the Essentials for Solo and Small Firms
We’ve put together Marketing Jump Start to get you in the right frame of mind to focus on the things that matter most.
Referral System Tuneup: How to Assure Your Continuous Flow of New Clients Starting This Month
Explore just how easy it is to get your head around the basics and start putting your referral marketing system to work.
Power Branding Jump Start: How to Craft Your Identity, Reputation, and Strategic Differentiation to Attract Loyal Clients
This course offers the tools and resources you need to create a brand that represents the unique value your practice offers.
Total Competitive Advantage: Set Yourself Apart from the Competition
This course offers the tools and resources you need to create a brand that represents the unique value your practice offers.