The best business advice?  For me, it was to find a way to separate yourself from your business, so as not to personalize things.

This has made it much easier for me to make effective, commercial decisions – the right commercial decisions.  It has also helped me to handle the inevitable tough times that every business goes through. How about you?

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The latest ‘shiny thing in the grass’ to compete for our attention is Empire Avenue, a stock market simulation-social network game. (See Wikipedia for more info).  I’m not one to have any interest in online games, but have found myself buying and selling share of people and brand on Empire Avenue.  Here’s my take on the game…

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Meet Michael Todd, my Twitter coach.  I follow him because he teaches me how to improve my use of Twitter in practical and clever ways.  For your convenience, I have deconstructed ten things that Michael does differently. Take a look…

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Here’s a little-known and rather clever Twitter tip used by savvy and influential bloggers including Chris Brogan and Leo Babauta. It saves time and makes life just a little easier for us. I was very quick to implement it myself. Take a look…

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Liz Strauss is a highly influential and thought-provoking blogger.  She add substantial value to her followers on Twitter – including me!  Check out these four recent tweets from her Twitter stream:

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Here’s one of the ways that best-selling author and speaker, Bob Burg demonstrates outstanding value to his followers on Twitter.  Check out these three recent tweets from his Twitter stream:

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Bravery puts you at an advantage.  It means that you can step forward into opportunities and situations that leave others trembling and agonizing on the bench of life.  It takes courage to jump out of corporate life into your own business.  It takes courage to put your savings at risk to follow your dream.  It takes courage to persist against all odds – and all the critics – to smash through endless failures and charge forth to claim your prize. [Read more]

Online videos can be a great selling tool for your business.  The key is to communicate your value in a way that excites target buyers and motivates them to call you now.  My friend and colleague, Sally Folly-Lewis has done just that, and is keen to share her experience and key lessons with you. [Read more]