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Afraid for your Livelihood? Now’s not the time to hunker down.

Carolann Jacobs — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:50:54 +0000

This could also be titled Playing to Win vs. Playing Not to Lose.

What tends to happen in frightening circumstances is that we pull in, physically and mentally. We play not to lose.

Today, I am Puzzled.

Carolann Jacobs — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:07:37 +0000

Jigzone.com is a great place to do some puzzles online

Today, I’m puzzled.

As I am out and about at various networking events here in the DFW metroplex, I meet a lot of struggling solopreneurs. It seems like many businesses just aren’t doing as well as they were a year or two years ago. Something about the economy? Anyway, the usual topic of conversation when we have facilitated group discussions is around needing more clients or customers.

Tax Day for LLC’s

Carolann Jacobs — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:58:54 +0000

For my Small Business Owner friends…. friendly reminder that today (not Oct 15) is tax day for certain entities.

And this concludes my shortest blog post ever!

Be Your Best You Today,

Creating “Personal Curb Appeal”

Carolann Jacobs — Mon, 18 May 2009 18:00:05 +0000

Creating “Personal Curb Appeal” is the most important lesson that all of us can take from the Sales body of knowledge. Whether we are job seekers, entrepreneurs, leaders, or employees, we all perform sales, every day. One of the keys to our success, whether it is landing that job, winning that sale or getting buy-in for our ideas, the people we need on board have to respect us and trust us. That starts with curb appeal.

Uncover Hidden Opportunities in Challenging Times

Carolann Jacobs — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:30:44 +0000

Besides keeping your winning mindset, the overriding theme in my “Replacement For Outplacement Bootcamp” is uncovering hidden opportunities and taking a systems approach to doing that. These same concepts apply to all of us, as things change.

My Resume/Sales Presentation is Perfect… It Must Be the Economy

Carolann Jacobs — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:38:21 +0000

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The first question I have to ask is, is it really perfect? (By the way, the answer to that is always yes. Human nature.)

Another Reason Why “Speaking Mastery” Rocked

Carolann Jacobs — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:00:48 +0000

What I’ve noticed about attending excellent seminars is that they tend to attract excellent people. The Speaking Mastery Conference attracted exceptional people, and I am grateful for having had the opportunity to connect with them.

One Reason Why “Speaking Mastery” Rocked

Carolann Jacobs — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:00:30 +0000

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Many of you know that I just got back from Business Growth Solutions’ Speaking Mastery Conference in Kansas City because I was pinging about it periodically through the weekend. There was so much great information and energy, I though my cranium couldn’t hold it. For those solopreneurs and small business owners who use public speaking to promote their business, I highly recommend both the Grow Your Business Live! event and the Speaking Mastery.

Top 10 Business Tools You Can Get for FREE

Carolann Jacobs — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:00:36 +0000

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I came across an excellent article on Entrepreneur.com about some of the best free tools to help small business owners. I had been looking for things like this for my business a few months ago, and I wish I’d found some of these.

What are you doing differently today in your small business?

Carolann Jacobs — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:00:19 +0000

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A funny thing is happening at some of the networking events I’ve attended recently. Many of the stock brokers and real estate agents are complaining about the market (one realtor even said she was bored). Every time I tell them that I don’t get it, they look at me like I’ve lost my mind.