http://www.thebusinessoasis.com Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:25:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yesterday I held the no-cost teleclass on the Sacred Moment of the sale, and we had about 350 people registered for it. With those registrations came lots of great questions. Because the topic of sales with heart and integrity is in the air, I thought I would answer three of the ... http://www.thebusinessoasis.com/1455/three-questions-about-sales-teleclass/ Throughout 2008, we had an interesting, uh, adventure in hiring, before we found our infrastructure queen, Kate Williams. Kate is blogging the Insider View, as previously self-employed and now working with us. I expect that she's going to embarrass the crumb out of me. The intention, however, is to ... http://www.thebusinessoasis.com/1399/by-the-books/ "What's wrong with me?" Someone in the marketing class was complaining to us, about himself. "My bank account is near zero, and I have twenty thousand dollars in accounts receivable--and all I need to do is send out the invoices." "Why can't I send them out? I feel out of integrity ... http://www.thebusinessoasis.com/1375/make-it-easier/ Throughout 2008, we had an interesting, uh, adventure in hiring, before we found our infrastructure queen, Kate Williams. Kate is blogging the Insider View, as previously self-employed and now working with us. I expect that she's going to embarrass the crumb out of me. The intention, however, is to ... http://www.thebusinessoasis.com/1349/anchor-infrastructure/ If you've been in business for even a short while, you've probably gotten one of these emails. You know--someone has signed up for something you offer, and then: "I am so sorry to write you like this: I just got laid off, talked with my spouse and he-she is angry, the ... http://www.thebusinessoasis.com/1257/no_backing_out/ I've been home for less than one week, after being on a two-month adoption journey, and I'm struck down by the flu. DESPITE getting the flu shot that the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit aggressively recommended. Headache, weak, low-grade fever. You know, sick. And, so I've been going through handkerchiefs, and trying to ... http://www.thebusinessoasis.com/1330/wanting-more-weeping-in-my-business/ In social media circles the big word is "authenticity." Being authentic, being yourself. "Be yourself!" people scream. People moan. People cry. There's a lot of people acting out their inner drama queen with all of this authenticity. However, if you've noticed, it's not strictly authenticity that works. In fact, lots of ... http://www.thebusinessoasis.com/1300/authenticity-is-not-the-secret-ingredient/ We've arrived at home, at last, in Portland. (Curious about the journey? Start here. Then read here.) Luggage on the floor of my office, baby clothes, bottles, toys, diapers strewn everywhere. Just enough time to sleep a very tiny bit, get a little bit grounded, and then teach a class ... http://www.thebusinessoasis.com/1272/back-where-we-belong/ I have to admit, I've done a mediocre job marketing this marketing course. Kinda lame, perhaps, but I'm going to say I have the best of excuses: I've been operating out of a hotel room since November 12 (still here as I write this) while we've been adopting our new-born ... http://www.thebusinessoasis.com/1249/lame-job-marketing-a-marketing-course/ Someone calls you up and is interested in your offer. So they start asking questions. And more questions. And more questions. Suddenly, you've been on the phone for over an hour. And when you hang up, they still didn't sign up for your offer. You spent enough time on the phone and ... http://www.thebusinessoasis.com/1221/when-innocent-questions/