Avoid Price Increase Agony: How to Easily Raise Your Rates

Avoid Price Increase Agony: How to Easily Raise Your Rates

Once upon a time, you decided on rates for your business. They made sense at that time. But now, you're not sure they're working for you anymore. Is it time to raise prices? What should you raise them to? How do you roll out these new rates? This article is for folks like you: business owners who are struggling with changing their rates. You don't know how to raise your rates and want to confidently decide upon and implement a new price. Read on as I clarify the process. You'll get instructions on each step so that you can confidently make an increase in your rates.

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How to Craft an Effective Elevator Speech for Your Business

How to Craft an Effective Elevator Speech for Your Business

How would an elevator speech help your business? This is a blog article for authentic business owners who are struggling to talk about their businesses in a meaningful way. Here I'll illuminate the key objectives of an elevator speech and how it can help you talk about your business. You'll discover how a good elevator speech will help you to promote your business authentically. Authentic promotion is possible whether it's a meeting with investors or a spontaneous casual interaction.

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How to Shift Internally to Make the Best Decisions

How to Shift Internally to Make the Best Decisions

Decision making is a challenge for anyone, but the stakes are the highest for business owners. If you're tired of fretting, stressing, and wondering if you made the right choice, I have a solution. It's not a quick fix, but by turning inwards you can find your own repository of wisdom. Read on to learn how to take the first step!

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An Unexpected Tool for Living Your Best Life

An Unexpected Tool for Living Your Best Life

Seeing as this blog is mostly about starting a self-employed business, I can see how an article on meditation might seem off topic. In actuality, I’ve found that meditation is a vital tool as a business owner. Read on to see if I can get you on the meditation bandwagon!

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How to Get Yourself to Do Things You Don't Want to Do

How to Get Yourself to Do Things You Don't Want to Do

We all have things that must get done but that we don't really enjoy doing. This is even more true for self-employed business owners. Here are three strategies I employ to help me do things I don't want to do. These strategies are helpful for anyone, even if you don't have a business (yet!) 

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