All dogs stink, chew, puke, poop, bite, whine, scratch, swallow objects which must be removed surgically and sleep in newly planted flower beds. The Working Dog also offers additional benefits. If your best customer calls, The Working Dog will alert the staff by barking incessantly within three feet of the phone. The Working Dog will [...]
Recently I got this email from someone who had been accused of ripping off his customer… Dear Ellen, One of my customers called this morning and said I ripped him off. This was after my tech quoted a price, he accepted it, we did the work, and he signed for the work. This morning he [...]
Do you ever feel like you hate absolutely everything and everyone involved with your business? Do you wonder why you even show up in the morning? Do you fantasize about pitching it all and running away to Costa Rica? Do you doubt your ability to make the business a success, to make it WORK? On [...]
Got the beds in. Got the plan together. And this morning, we got snow. That’s the thing about gardening. It can be rewarding and spiritually uplifting. It can inspire you with its beauty and bounty. Or, it can disappoint you beyond words. It can humble you, until you feel as low as the soil. It’s [...]
I met Aaron at a business building seminar. The in-class assignment was to introduce yourself to someone and sell them something. Aaron is a kid….20 something. He shook my hand, looked me in the eye and said, “I offer relationship advice. Help guys go from ‘Non Juan’ to ‘Don Juan.’ I also have a video [...]
Greetings! It seems odd that so many people get their underwear in a bunch about proposed tax increases for the top 2% of all US Citizens. Hmmm. I suppose there is this idea that at some point we could all be part of that 2%. Aside from the problematic math, the core issue is… When [...]
Greetings! We have had a blast promoting my audition for Oprah's new network...OWN. Yeehaw! Click here to see my audition video - 3 entertaining and inspiring minutes. And, if you would like to vote, go for it! Thanks! Voting ends Saturday...and I am soooo grateful for the love and support by way of votes, hilarious [...]
Greetings! My friend, Dawn Gluskin, has a decidedly un-sexy business. She finds and sells obsolete, long lead time and hard to find electronic components. She found a need and went about filling it, in a simple, no nonsense way. 2010 marks her second year in business. She just passed the $1Million in Sales YTD mark...profitably [...]
Greetings! While there is plenty of room on this pet bed, I had never seen either Garfield the Cat or Lucky Dog share it before. There was always some territorial hissing and growling until somebody gave it up. So, perhaps it was that the shop was cold, or the hour was late...whatever, both of them [...]
TMB - Phc News - Features: October 2009: The Turnaround Meet Chris...and consider the promise of a second chance. xo$, Ellen
