Category Archives: Selling
How to Get Prospective Clients to Value Your Work When Money Is Tight
Illustration: istockphoto.com Why do some businesses survive in tough economic times while others fail? One explanation is that people always necessities, like groceries, but not luxuries, like diamond rings or massage. But that isn’t necessarily the case. Still, if you … Continue reading
How to get clients? (Show them the moon)
You are intelligent, intentional, and skilled–trust me, you are–yet you may sometimes struggle with how to get clients. As in last week’s post, the key to getting clients lies in a distinction between purpose and destination. Last week I talked … Continue reading
Don’t get me started about praise
There’s a thing some Accidental Entrepreneurs do that makes me a teeny weeny bit crazy. They dodge praise. Or they take it in for a moment, then set it aside as an anomaly. You’d think there was a law against … Continue reading
5 Principles for Creating Spaciousness, Ease, and Prosperity in 2013
What if your business could be more spacious, more easeful, and more profitable in 2013? In this video I share five principles I gleaned from reflecting on my own success and that of my most successful clients. This is the … Continue reading
I lied. Profit is not a spiritual word.
For a couple of years now I’ve been grousing about marketers who use spirituality as a hook for their offers. It can seem like spiritual blackmail: “This offer is for you if you are serious about your spirituality.” The unstated … Continue reading
