One of my coaching clients, Lisa Giesler, is an organizing consultant. She has a book called “My Life is a Mess.”

These are tough times. This “Great Recession” has ripped apart families, foreclosed on countless homes and destroyed the net worth of millions.

Twelve years ago, I was cleaning a commercial carpet and I was intrigued by all the dry erase boards all over the office.

It isn't exactly a secret: making a carpet look clean is easy. Getting your phone to ring is hard, and it's getting harder! Last month we looked at developing market hubs, businesses that refer their customers to you and vice-versa.

Startling epiphanies can arrive from the strangest places. For example, I recently came across this consulting firm’s headline: “We Help with Accounting, Marketing, Management, Hiring and Staying Open.”

Yes, getting cleaning clients online is terrific, but you never want to put all your advertising dollars in one basket.

Last month I shared the first part of my 747 Business Model, the 7 core areas of life. I shared the one and only reason your business exists: to help you achieve your life goals.

Are you breathing a sigh of relief that winter is finally over? Are you relieved that now your phone is ringing? While the doldrums of winter and the lack of phone calls is still a recent memory, let me encourage you to avoid the same trap next year by ramping up your marketing while you are busy.

This month we’ll talk a bit more on the actual execution of what it takes to get your targeted direct mail campaign mailed out to best effect.

The Golden Nugget: a nostalgic picture of the Las Vegas of times past. Recently I was at Connections, and I brought my wife and two of my managers with me.