Pay it Forward – It does comes Back!</h1> <article> <h1>Pay it Forward – It does comes Back!</h1> <p>Kathy Colaiacovo — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 03:01:08 +0000</p> One of the things I did in 2008 when I started networking online for my business was to set a goal of helping others online. If I see someone who looks like they were hacked, have a typo in their BIO, you know, the little things… I try to help by letting them [...] </article> <article> <h1>A Special Blog Post</h1> <p>Kathy Colaiacovo — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:39:15 +0000</p> Today, I needed to vent a little about some stress I have been having… it involves our dog, Lola and some other unnamed creatures. Sooo… Lola is our adopted dog.. a beautiful dog in looks, temper and personality. We’ve had her for four years now and everyone loves her. She has always been [...] </article> <article> <h1>Make Changes to Improve your Business</h1> <p>Kathy Colaiacovo — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 02:19:20 +0000</p> Last week in an email, one of my clients, a General Contractor in Halifax Nova Scotia, wrote a sentence that really struck home for me. He said: If I do what I do time after time, obviously the results will always be the same. Something has to change. I think it was the word [...] </article> <article> <h1>Words never said enough: Thank you for a Job Well Done</h1> <p>Kathy Colaiacovo — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:27:26 +0000</p> A big (BIG, really BIG) Pet Peeve of mine is that more people send negative feedback than they ever do positive. And even worse, this has trained us all to expect the bad and not the good. When I worked at Royal Bank years ago, one of my jobs was the Information [...] </article> <article> <h1>Taking Care of You</h1> <p>Kathy Colaiacovo — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 02:27:54 +0000</p> As a small business owner, your business can be operating like a well-oiled machine, but if you’re not taking care of yourself, you’re going to be stressed out. It’s ironic that when things are going really well, we typically end up spending MORE hours on our jobs because we’re just having so much fun [...] </article> <article> <h1>Business Referrals – How NOT to accept one</h1> <p>Kathy Colaiacovo — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:38:12 +0000</p> For the first time EVER in my life, I was given a referral and was absolutely floored by the response it got! The response was really an eye opener for what people and businesses should never do when someone refers you a client or business. What happened? Well, we have been renovating our [...] </article> <article> <h1>4 Tips to Keeping Focus during a Sales Call or Consult</h1> <p>Kathy Colaiacovo — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 01:31:52 +0000</p> Consults, Sales Calls, Consultations… They have different names but their purpose is the same for all…you spend time with a prospective client to determine if your services will fits the needs they have and if you want to work together (make a sale). There is a point to every sales call or consult that is [...] </article> <article> <h1>Blogging to your Target Customers</h1> <p>Kathy Colaiacovo — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 23:54:20 +0000</p> Blogging can help build your visibility online. When you write a blog post, you want to speak to your target customer and need make the content relevant for them. If your market is attracted to your blog, as they read and follow your new posts – they will learn more about your services and products. [...] </article> <article> <h1>Peer Support is Vital to your Success</h1> <p>Kathy Colaiacovo — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 15:52:38 +0000</p> I was recently listening to a CD on delegation for small business owners and one of the points the speaker made was one of the top reasons businesses fail. Support. As a small business owner you are everything to your business. Sales, Marketing, Operations, Admin, bookkeeping and many other parts. Having peer support [...] </article> <article> <h1>Missing appointments? This Tool can Help</h1> <p>Kathy Colaiacovo — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 11:34:53 +0000</p> Last week I scheduled an appointment with a renovation company to go over possible work, get an estimate and get it started. I am asking this of someone who I have worked with before, so the odds are good I will hire them again, and home renovations is not chump change. But they ‘forgot’ about [...] </article> </main></body></html>