by Lisa Illman | Featured Contributor I have been successfully using Google Alerts for years, in not only my business, but also as a tool for sales development. Google alerts are great for entrepreneurs as well as sales and marketing professionals. Four ways Google Alerts have brought me immediate results include the following: 1. New […]
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Three Ways to Carve Out Valuable Time Reading by @lisaillman
by Lisa Illman | Featured Contributor Reading books and articles in an excellent way to learn new things, spark ideas and manifest creativity. I have been reading since I was very young, and as I grew into adulthood, reading sometimes would fall off as a priority. I always suffer the consequences when I let reading […]
Dramatically Increase Productivity with Morning Journaling by @lisaillman
by Lisa Illman | Featured Contributor Journals are long time best friends of some of the most successful business folk. Lists, ideas, goal setting, idea inspiring, creative writing and more can be captured in our pages of daily digests. Through writing, individuals remember daily tasks, plan out strategies, inspire ideas and generate strategies for business […]
Ways to Use Analogies for Effective Communication
by Lisa Illman When Tom Hanks who starred in the movie, Forrest Gump, said, “My momma always said, “Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.” viewers could literally envision taking a half bite of a chocolate to find out what was in the middle. Comparing the unknown middle […]
Five Outstanding Results that will Compel You to Eat the Frog by @lisaillman
by Lisa Illman | Featured Contributor Mark Twain’s famous saying of eating a live frog every morning to get your most dreaded task out of the way has become an important step in my life. What exactly is a live frog? According to Twain, it is that one important item you should do that you […]
Three Incredible Best Practices That Will Help You Become Successful by @lisaillman
by Lisa Illman | Featured Contributor As I look back on the past five years, I can identify key practices that significantly improved my results in my personal and business growth. To list all would be grueling, so I handpicked a few of my favorites! Carry a Journal This is such an easy and important step […]
Effectively using Accountability Partners for Business Results by @lisaillman
by Lisa Illman | Featured Contributor You hear it often when it comes to exercise and losing weight; have an exercise partner who shares your same desire to be fit and healthy. But can this concept also be applied to your business or career? Absolutely! I have always had a partner who knows my with my […]
Four Incredible Ways EzineArticles.com can Dramatically Help Your Small Business by @lisaillman
by Lisa Illman | Featured Contributor EzineArticles.com is a wonderful resource for writers and publishers. You might be wondering how it can help your small business when you are not a writer or a publisher, but I assure you, it can! EzineArticles.com is a wealth of some of the most qualified experts in hundreds of […]