Comments on: Building Dreams with Your Business

By: Growing In to Your Identity | The Marketing Spot | The Marketing Spot

Growing In to Your Identity | The Marketing Spot | The Marketing Spot — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 19:44:34 +0000

[...] Every year is a journey. Let’s imagine it’s December 31st, 2009. Rather than hitting some arbitrary sales figure, you have reached a destination far more exciting: your vision! You have become the very best at what you do. You have created value far beyond what customers had expected. You have achieved recognition for outstanding service and a unique experience. How did you arrive at your vision? [...]

By: Angela

Angela — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 01:54:50 +0000

You acheive your dreams by helping other poeple acheive their dreams.

By: Why this is a GREAT time to start your own small business!

Why this is a GREAT time to start your own small business! — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:15:43 +0000

[...] the economy is – [insert PRIMAL SCREAM] their pessimism may be EXACTLY what you need to begin building your own dream of starting a business. There’s never been a better time to being offering your own solutions to the trials and [...]

By: Alex Fayle | Someday Syndrome

Alex Fayle | Someday Syndrome — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 10:32:51 +0000

My business is all about getting others to realize and follow through on their dreams, so yeah my focus is on getting people to clue in to the fact that they help achieving their dreams.

And I do that by talking about my own dreams and my progress on completing them (one of which is the business, so it gets kind of circular )

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By: Kelly

Kelly — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 13:16:30 +0000

Kathy, It's certainly not my only motivation (and even less so when I was starting), but y'know, I like carrots... Nothing wrong with saying that a few dollars will help us stay in business, eh? Until later, Kelly P.S. I *love* the title of your latest post. Running to read it now. Kelly´s last blog post...Tip of the Week: Unlined Envelopes Save Customers!

By: Kathy - Virtual Impax

Kathy - Virtual Impax — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 05:35:47 +0000

SPOT ON POST!!! IMHO the absolute WORST reason to start a business is to "make money". If that's your motivation -keep your day job - because you'll be back to working a J-O-B shortly. You've got to have a driving passion - a dream - if you're going to succeed. There are just way too many obstacles to success if your only carrot is the almighty $$$$. Kathy - Virtual Impax´s last blog post...You canâ€™t make money sitting on your ass

By: Kelly

Kelly — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 13:37:04 +0000

Harry,

I guess I’m doing all right, because the first thing I though when I read “Why are you in business?” was “For my clients!”

The next thing was “For money,” though. Nobody’s perfect.

Clients with dreams are just afraid.

SO true. I mean, that’s true of all of us, more often than we admit, but for clients? Whoosh, it’s right there on the surface. Makes communication a minefield of insecurities, unspoken dreams, and defenses you don’t even know about. Tread carefully.

As well as letting them know that revisions are part of getting to the solution they want, I think communicating as humanly as possible right from the start is essential. Even when I talk with a plumber, his expertise makes me feel a bit disadvantaged and uncomfortable speaking up. Putting folks at ease by taking your time, speaking their language, and especially, acknowledging that barrier, can help prevent major missteps.

Tweaking is totally normal. No design or writing pops out of the box answering every need perfectly.

I agree completely, the more comfortable you make the client with that fact, the closer to their dream they’ll be in the end.

Well-said.

Regards,

Kelly

Kelly´s last blog post…Tip of the Week: Unlined Envelopes Save Customers!

By: Omar

Omar — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 11:50:44 +0000

I like the new site. Thanks for the advice. One problem I have with the site is, its challenging to read with the cyan font. Maybe you want to use a darker one.

Omar

By: Dream Catcher | Marketing Integrity

Dream Catcher | Marketing Integrity — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 03:34:53 +0000

[...] That said though, I came across a good article by Harry McLeod over at Men With Pens today called Building Dreams with Your Business.Â He hits the nail on the head with that post! Yes, often, as marketers, we can get sucked in to [...]

By: Harry

Harry — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:57:32 +0000

@Panther: You have to admit, it is a stunning banner

@Michelle: Hmm…no pictures here, but lots of Spawn figures…oh wait, there is one of a wolf. A watercolor done by a local artist.