August 24, 2020
Having cash in hand becomes so much more important when times are challenging. And while I’ve shared a few tips on getting paid in full, solo and small firm owners will also be eager to get paid on time … and not six months from now. In this short video, I discuss three tactics I’ve shared with my solo and small firm consulting clients, who have made them part of their regular business systems: Listen in to learn more about how to … Send advance reminders Invoice consistently Offer carrot or stick We might not like to admit it, but training clients is kind of like training children. Or dogs. You want to reinforce good behavior and penalize bad behavior. But a key to doing that is consistency. That can be hard to see (and do) from the inside. Especially when you run a knowledge-based business – like marketing, consulting, creative, or professional services. A business where so much of what you do and how you do it is all in your head… … which…
Continue ReadingOften because, in short, they don’t ask for it. I was chatting with Bunmi Zalob, publisher of WomenEntrepreneur.com’s Secret to Serenity blog, about “??playing small.” And why women seem to do it. The sad truth…
Read MoreListen to the Episode Below: As Michelle Villalobos tells it, she “completely uprooted her life, got rid of most of her belongings, put the rest in storage, and hit the road ….” You might expect…
Read MoreZombies? No, not in the George-Romero-Night-of-the-Living-Dead kind of zombies. Zombies as in the British-rock-band-from-the-1960s kind of zombies. As Lewis Green points out in his blogpost, What The Zombies Can Tell Us about Marketing, television stations…
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I know first-hand that running a knowledge-based service business has unique challenges. It’s so much easier when you have an advocate in your corner. Over the past 25 years, I’ve worked with thousands of New York business professionals who want a legal advisor to guide and support them as they navigate the business world.
With wide-ranging experience as a business attorney, strategist, and media authority, I bring the added power of a business lens to the legal issues my clients are facing.
And because I’ve been a business owner myself, I’ve lived through the soaring highs and devastating lows – like when my first law firm failed. So I understand what’s involved to serve great clients, detect business risks early and build a true legacy.
I can’t get those 12 years back. That’s why I have made it my mission to ensure that business professionals like you can become wise and discerning leaders, build a solid business, and live your best life.
