Are You Writing Rockin’ Blog Post Titles?

Are You Writing Rockin’ Blog Post Titles?.

Hootsuite Helps Organize Your Social Media

I haven’t used Hootsuite for a while, just wanting to check out my connections and make sure all is working well this morning.

What I like most about it is that I can see all my social media on one dashboard, respond, and schedule future tweets at the click of a button.

Valerie’s First Piano Performance

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Alan’s First Piano Performance

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Success Strategy #13: High Tech + High Touch = Exponential Success!!

Yes, I went to an online dictionary!  According to TheFreeDictionary.com, the expression “Keep in touch” is quite

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 complex.  We keep in touch, remain in touch or stay in touch with someone. It means we are maintaining communication with that person, keeping up-to-date with someone’s life, their business, or with your office while you’re away.  Sometimes it is used when saying good-bye, where you know you will miss that person. And it is even used with sarcasm, when one doesn’t care about the other person.

In business, it is so easy to get caught up with the daily activities we need to perform and to ignore keeping in touch with clients, and when they don’t hear from us, they may chose to go to a competitor! I was talking to a business owner last week and she shared that she got a phone call from a client who’d purchased from her two years ago and he called to ask her if she was still in business and that it was time to order again.  She was embarrassed and confided that she really wanted to get better at contacting all of her accounts.

Mari Smith, author of Facebook Marketing: An Hour A Day, put a short video on her Facebook page that talked about the importance of blending “high tech with high touch for exponential success. Use all means possible to stay in touch, social media, phone apps, direct mailings, newsletters, and yes, you do still need high touch – phone calls and face-to-face meetings. A combination of all will keep your name in front of your clients and help establish your business as a great organization, you as a trustworthy business person, and help your clients to return over and over again.  To see Mari’s short video, click here.

Live Your Goals! 21 Days of Goal Affirmations

All of us have dreams.  Some people fear failure so much they are afraid to allow themselves to dream again, yet

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 struggle with their lack of direction.  Choose to live to your fullest every day by keeping your dreams alive, setting goals to reach those dreams, and supporting yourself and those around you with positive affirmations.

1. I now dissolve the habit of putting off difficult tasks.
2. I let go of all resistance to writing goals down.
3. I write my goals down and review them regularly.
4. I write down the action steps needed to reach my goals.
5. My written goals are helping me to achieve my life’s purpose.
6. I replace indefinite, vague dreams with specific, detailed goals and action plans.
7. All resistance to taking the appropriate goal-achieving actions has vanished.
8. I let go of all pessimism and doubt that I will achieve my goals.
9. I visualize the achievement of my goals daily.
10. I recognize the barriers to achieving my goals and I move around them, over them and through them.
11. I’m firmly on the path of achievement and success.
12. Everything is working out for me now.
13. I set and achieve challenging and worthwhile goals.
14. I easily reach my goals on time.
15. I accomplish everything I set out to do.
16. My goals fit perfectly with all areas of my life.
17. I enjoy the challenge of a meaningful, worthwhile goal.
18. I easily stay focused on my objectives despite interruptions and distractions.
19. I plan my work and I work my plan.
20. Each of my goals is assigned a date that I expect to achieve it.
21. I have the power to achieve any goal I desire.

Simple Success Strategy #11: Get Motivated! Move!

As the weather cools and we experience rainy days, the leaves falling off the trees, and the first snow falls, what motivates you?

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This morning it was raining and ALL I wanted to do was curl up in bed and read a book.  Instead, I taught a class on communication, had a great discussion with my group and headed to the office to spend the rest of the day writing. What are your patterns in the Fall? Make them motivational! Here’s a tip to help you stay motivated:

Move!

Yes, get outside, go for a walk. Jump up and down. Run for a short while. Go to the gym. Get physical. Even if it’s just for a short while. Exercise does wonders to wake us up, give us a jolt of energy and get us ready for action.

And then get to task.  What is it you wanted to get done? Do you have a deadline? If not, set one.  Get something done you’ve been putting off.  Get motivated and take action now.

Career and Work Affirmations

When we are positive and content with our lives, we are able to focus and achieve more with less effort. The power of affirmations comes from repeating a positive statement over and over again until it becomes second nature to you.  My life was deeply transformed by affirmations when my counselor and friend asked me to repeat my ten affirmations thirty times each day for a month. Yes it was hard at first, but the results were amazing. Try it!

Here are 15 affirmations to help you create a wonderful atmosphere wherever you work!

1. “My unique and creative talents and abilities flow through me.”
2. “There is a huge demand for my particular skills and abilities.”
3. “I can pick and choose what I want to do.”
4. “My work is enjoyable and fulfilling, and I am appreciated.”
5. “I earn good money doing what I enjoy.”
6. “Wonderful new opportunities are opening up for me to use my unique creative skills and abilities.”
7. “I am successful at whatever I choose to do.”
8. “I am successful.”
9. “Everything I do turns into success.”
10. “I am filled with success.”
11. “Success comes effortlessly to my direction.”
12. “My success is contagious, other people like it, seek it and respect it.”
13. “I attract positive-minded people to me; I draw all things positive to myself.”
14. “I am very fortunate to work at what I love to do.”
15. “I make powerful and enjoyable business relationships and many of my business contacts are now my friends.”

Today’s affirmation: “My mind is full

Today’s affirmation: “My mind is full of gratitude for my lovely and wonderful life.”

31 Self-Esteem Affirmations

Read this list of affirmations each morning when you get up and each evening as you finish your day.  Grow and thrive in your self-esteem.

1. I feel good about the way I do my job
2. I am an interesting person
3. I forgive every person who has undermined my self-esteem
4. My mind is full of gratitude for my lovely and wonderful life
5. I have compassion for myself and the way my life has developed
6. I am deserving of all the good things in my life
7. I am free to make my own choices and decisions
8. I am a unique and a very special person and worthy of respect from others
9. I am sure of my ability to do what is necessary to improve my life
10. I am able to take risks and try new things without fear
11. I accept others as they are and they in turn accept me as I am
12. It matters little what others say. What matters is how I react and what I believe
13. I have high self esteem as I respect myself
14. I deserve all that is good. I release any need for misery and suffering
15. I love and accept myself unconditionally
16. I approve of myself and feel great about myself
17. I radiate love and respect and in return I get love and respect
18. I am solution minded. Any problem that comes up in life is solvable
19. I am worthy of love and friendship
20. I accept myself completely
21. I have a solid sense of self-identity
22. I am a well loved and well respected person
23. I see myself realistically and objectively
24. I find deep inner peace within myself as I am
25. I say positive things about myself to myself
26. I forgive myself for all I have done
27. I am loving and accepting of myself just as I am
28. I share my feelings with others and they accept me
29. I have positive self esteem
30. My self esteem comes from inside me
31. I value and honor myself as I am