The Little Black Couch | Lessons In Entrepreneurship

So why are so many wondering about coaches and mentors and bears, oh my! Let's have a chat from The Little Black Couch

Our minds are made to solve problems, and the more we practice and allow them to, the better they get. Open your mind, allow yourself to learn and watch how cool life gets. Let's chat from The Little Black Couch.

Routines, processes, systems, anything that makes us more efficient are usually a huge positive in our lives and business. But not all routines are made equal, and not all routines stay as effective as when they are implemented. The face is, if we aren't careful, routines that are not reviewed and audited can hurt us and hold us back from our maximum potential. Let's have another cheery chat from The Little Black Couch!!

There are some tough times and things can get pretty upsetting and painful at times. But sometimes just that last bit of pain makes all the difference. Let's have another chat from The Little Black Couch.

Many can get frustrated when they are asked to opt-in to a new email list especially when it is obviously a cookie-cutter email with just the default formatting right out of the box with no TLC applied. When it happens it is easy to feel that they could care less about us, and all they want is our email so they can sell us their stuff. I have recently moved our email lists from ConvertKit to Active Campaign, and I struggled to figure out how to modify the standard Active Campaign OptIn Email. It is actually pretty hidden. I don't want any of you to go through the nightmare I just lived, so here is some quick free Active Campaign training from the comfort of The Little Black Couch!

Many self-help gurus choose to continue to spew the benefits of goals while ignoring the data that they are ineffective over 90% of the time. As entrepreneurs, we can’t get so caught up in achievement that when we don’t reach a goal we get down on ourselves. That’s is a recipe for disaster and depression. There is a better way! Here it is.

What keeps you going? Is there something in your life, some memory, some passion that keeps you fired up. Let’s chat from the Little Black Couch!

When you start realizing you have to be online, that is really only the start of a myriad of problems that need to be addressed. Actually making the process as simple as possible become pretty important very quickly as your business grows. Let's chat about it from The Little Black Couch.

Russell Bruson rereleased a podcast today he originally shared 2 years ago. It was a good reminder of what it takes to be an entrepreneur.  And some of the things we need to keep in mind and plan for in the future. There are ways we need to learn to best prepare, so let's chat about it from The Little Black Couch.

But here are a few tips to make sure you don't :)

Oh, I am happy to demo some cool stuff today and share a little Entrepreneurial lesson I learned the hard way. Let's have a chat from our Little Black Couch!

I saw the coolest thing today, and I didn't know it was going to be that cool until I watched. Let's chat from The Little Black Couch.

I'm zeroing in a big announcement for Entrepreneurs, and I am pumped about it. Here is a little sneak peek of the goodness that is to come.

Why can't we all just get along, we really should. Let's discuss from The Little Black Couch! Yes, I am being cryptic on purpose. :) (And it may be to avoid a law suit. :)

I had a great back and forth with a buddy of mine about how hard life can be sometimes, and I realized after we had hung up, that much of what we discussed it super helpful to remember in business too. Let's have a bit of a chat from The Little Black Couch!

There are times when we need to make course corrections in our businesses. This can be so stressful, but it can make or break your company. There are good and bad ways to do it. Let's have a chat from the Little Black Couch!

Sometimes life comes at us hard, and we get knocked around a bit. How we respond to these hard knocks can make all the difference in not only your success but also in our happiness. Let's have a quick chat from the LIttle Black Couch!

Goals are rarely used properly, so they rarely work. There are small and simple steps to make sure huge improvements take place consistently and predictably. Let's chat from The Little Black Couch!

What will be your legacy, what do you want it to be?  Let's have a chat from The Little Black Couch to see if we can make some adjustments if they are needed.

What we think matters most might in our lives, might not matter much at all, but there are ways to check to make sure. Let's have a chat about how to decide what should matter most from The Little Black Couch. 

You can be passionate about your business, but if we aren't careful we can be setting ourselves up for failure, and it is a bigger risk than most people understand. Let's have a chat about it from The Little Black Couch.

You are working hard to make all this content, and if you follow what we have talked about, it will bring traffic to you. But, do you want to turbocharge things? With a solid link strategy working hard for you, you can leverage your content to greater success! Let's have a chat on how to get that done from The Little Black Couch!

What does your brand say about you and your company, and what can we do to make it communicate what you want it to mean, and how to make sure it is delivering the message that converts to sells.

It used to be the 4Ps, Product, Price, Place, Promotion. But now online we like to talk about the 5Ps, Personalization, Pervasive, Present, Proprietary and Predictive. Today lets have a chat from The Little Black Couch on how being Pervasive can help our business.

After you publish there is so much more that needs to get done to get your message out. Here is a little hack I use to keep things less confusing.

Reading and then learning the right way, can free up time and help you be more creative as an entrepreneur. Over the years I have learned 3 techniques to help us get the most out of our reading. It has made it so much easier for me to learn and them apply the great wisdom I am reading, I think it will help you too. Let's have a special holiday chat from The Little Black Couch!

Photos that aren't sized properly can kill your site rankings and your conversions. Google and all the search engines punish your website and not send you free traffic. We cannot have that, so let's fix it with a little discussion from the Little Black Couch.

Traditional Marketing is changing drastically, and we need to change too. Online clients like to feel we know them, and when they do feel that way, they buy more. Let's chat from the Little Black Couch about how we can increase profits through personalization!

Don't let the grind of Entrepreneurship grind you up, here is how to always have hope that live will get better soon enough. Let's have a chat from The Little Black Couch. 

Why not kill two birds with one stone, get your Dream 100 and improve your online business rankings in the search engines at the same time! That means more free traffic in the future and less reliance on Facebook Ads! Let's chat from The Little Black Couch!

I have learned from bitter experience that being an online entrepreneur can get a bit confusing. Trying to keep everything straight, trying to plan for your long term success. How best should you introduce yourself, drive people to what landing page, etc.? Here are a few little hints. Let's chat from The Little Black Couch!

Let's continue our discussion on keywords because if we leverage them right, we will live on the revenue from them forever. Or at least as long as there are search engines. Let's have a chat from the comforts of The Little Black Couch!

When you are building your website or funnels, it is important to use the right text in your copy, because this text is the vehicle that makes it possible for you to never need to buy ads again, if it is done right. Let's have a chat from The Little Black Couch.

We can't take ourselves too seriously, we all have weaknesses, they are not only part of life, but they are also an important part of our lives and they make us better. We need to embrace them to learn all we can to become the best creative solution providers possible.

Day 2 of the Unlock the Secrets event here in Denver. And there is more to share. There is so much to learn, and so much to learn. 

That was quite a day at Unlock the Secrets. Let's chat. #unlockthesecrets

 Entrepreneurship has change so much over the last 30 years. And so much in my life has had to change to adjust to online marketing in the global marketplace. Let's chat from the comforts of the Little Black Couch.

Do you wish you had more experience? Or a ton of fantastic success stories? Wouldn't it feel great to feel like less of a fraud? Let's have a chat from The Little Black Couch.

I know the topic sounds awful, like an university seminar, but as entrepreneurs, this is a such a great principle to understand. :) I'll keep it lively and fun, and we can all learn some cool stuff. Let's have another great chat from The Little Black Couch.

There is so much out there on researching and creating a defined avatar, and how important it is. But not so fast!!!  There are some important strategies that are being left out that could hurt your business. Let's Chat From The Comforts Of The LIttle Black Couch.

Entrepreneurship will happen in your life when your experiences, your knowledge, and your mind comes all together, and you let it flow. Let's chat on The Little Black Couch.

As Entrepreneurs, we are a band of creators, but there are better ways to feed our creative juices and build trust. And when we have these inputs really flowing, then our opportunity to find something unique and solve unique problems increases dramatically! Let's have a chat from The Little Black Couch.

Some will tell you to limit your passion, to limit your focus when trying to find your opportunity, or your chance to change the world. There is some benefit to that, but there is also some risk that no one really likes to talk about. Let's chat from The Little Black Couch!

Sometimes we entrepreneurs get a little uppity on formal education. Let's chat from The Little Black Couch.

Supply and demand eventually made Google Ads challenging to work. There are natural economic forces at work that will make Facebook Ads more competitive too. Here is what we need to remember.