Along with work I got scheduled with follow up meetings with 3 of the people I met at the event last night. The remaining two I’ll reach out with tomorrow. I finished a bunch of stuff and cooked a really delicious pork roast in the slow cooker. I also tried out the new steamer I … Read more
I went to a large networking event in the evening. There is a Twin Cities based group that puts on events which I have attended before. They are a paid group. You can visit once for free and after that it’s $35/event or pay $495/year to go to as many events as you like. They … Read more
I’ve intentionally set no meetings or calls this week because I need to make progress on a lot of work things. I have a speaking opportunity in a couple of weeks where I need to both build the presentation and build a detailed outline of the thing I’m going to sell with a “very special … Read more
My online mastermind group was today and we had only 2 of us since the other regular was having some urgent personal problems that had to be taken care of. So we talked about how I help people find business on LinkedIn and how I can do that for him. We’ll start on that soon. … Read more
I finished clearing as much of the roof as I can. Hopefully enough snow will melt off that the ice will start to clear. At the least, there won’t be a lot more snow melting and contributing to the ice dams. I’m amazed at how much snow I’m getting to slide off of the roof. … Read more
After breakfast I did some driving around town. First stop was downtown Minneapolis to scout out where I’m going for a networking event on Wednesday. I wanted to see the parking options and all. I figured it out and how to get there. After that I drove over to St Paul to visit the Como … Read more
We got up early (4am for me) so I could drive Chris to the airport by 5am. She flies to South Carolina to spend the weekend with her son. I’ll have the car. Her roommate and I promised not to have any wild parties. I got one unsubscribe from my email list right away when … Read more
I’ve been making some changes to my marketing email list. I read something yesterday that inspired me to change. I’ve been excited about the fact that so many people open my emails. Average is about 33% which is high for marketing emails. I’m a good writer. I’m entertaining. People like what I’m writing. But open … Read more
Had two really interesting calls today. The first was with someone I had spoken with before. He is a Sacramento based marketing coach who has cultivated a referral network of people he sends his clients to when they need to get work done such as websites, email marketing, etc. We had a good talk about … Read more
I was supposed to have two calls today with people who reached out to me yesterday and wanted to talk. These were new LinkedIn connections. Both of them didn’t pick up. I briefly considered making it harder to set appointments with my by having people fill out a form or only go to an online … Read more