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Working your brand on social media is GREAT until it isn’t – ugh, a bad review comes in. As business owners we are all human, which means we make mistakes. Perhaps we were late delivering on a promise, or a job we promised to be perfect ended up taking a wrong turn or we have […]
At the Red Barn, we have a standard 8-4 schedule, but we still consider it a flexible work schedule – meaning Jenn and I will typically log in to Skype around 8 am EST to connect and Jenn usually checks out around 4 pm to head to the gym but that’s about as structured as […]
I learned very early in my career that finding a mentor is key to success – learn from others who have been down the path you want to go. I also learned that being a mentor to others is not only gratifying it’s important to the success life cycle. So what does that have to […]
One of the first things I do with a new client is ask them what the next 5-10 years looks like for them – in other words, what do they want their life to be? Most people can’t answer that question or if they do it’s very vague. Most say they just want to be […]
It seems like every time you meet someone new at a networking event, social gathering, or via an acquaintance the first question people ask, besides the standard “how are you”, is “what do you do?” For some reason I’ve always hated this question. I think it started back when I worked for a manufacturing company […]
Whether you are offering a service or selling a product, at the end of the day your buyers don’t want to be “marketed to”, they don’t want to be told what they should buy. What they want is an emotional relationship that makes them feel good about the decisions they are making. If you want […]
“The reason I’ve been able to be so financially successful is my focus has never, ever for one minute been money”, Oprah Winfrey – Harpo So many business owners I know, or wanna-be business owners for that matter, focus on the almighty dollar. How to make it, how to spend it, and they feel once they have “it” […]
Thanks for following our blog, we have a special treat for you today, a guest blogger. Bill Cox is a local Realtor and a recent graduate of our Business Success Framework course. Enjoy Bill’s blog and POV on how to handle changing careers after 32 years of teaching! Fifteen or so years ago, while still […]
I always learn something from my clients – always! That’s what makes my role as CEO at the Red Barn so fascinating and well, fun! One such client is Mary Katherine (MK) Moore, Director of Marketing at NeuGroup. She is a quintessential southern, fierce red-head with some great stories and tons of great analogies. MK […]
We all have the same number of hours in a week, so how is it that some people manage to be so productive, like Gary V, while others can barely manage to check a few items off the to do list. Are we so obsessed with trying to save time and complaining that there is […]