Overly-emotional entrepreneurs
Being a loyal Canadian, here's my obligatory one hockey email per year that we Canucks are forced to send to unsuspecting people around the world. (Don't worry, there's a lesson in here for non-hockey fans too) For those who don't follow the sport, Mario Lemieux is...
Candy the dog would have made a horrible coach
When I was a kid, there was a dog in our neighbourhood named Candy. She was a cute black and white one - Australian Shepherd, I think. She would come around our house whenever me, my brother and the local kids were outside playing baseball. She would stay until night...
Social media is dead?
I remember reading the blog headline awhile back. It was titled: "Why Social Media Doesn't Matter Anymore" This wasn't something from a rinky-dink blogger. It wasn't a guy sitting in his parents' basement, munching on Cheetos and spewing out his thoughts about the...
Feeling LOST online
I'm a little later than usual sending today's email, since it was well after midnight when we arrived here in San Diego for Social Media Marketing World. I'm not a coffee drinker, so I needed some zzzz's or it would be a rough day down here ... Since I flew for what...
Facebook groups: easy to learn, difficult to master
When I was a kid, I used to love playing chess. A few weeks ago, I taught my son how to play it. Gray gets to use fun Super Mario characters for the pieces. We old-timers didn't get to use Yoshi, Toad or Luigi - we had to use boring kings, queens, and pawns. We also...
Paid traffic is for losers
I almost fell out of my seat when I heard this said to me. I was recently interviewing Vin Clancy for the upcoming Facebook groups program that I'm launching when he blurted out: "Paid traffic is for losers" (He's a pretty blunt guy) Now let's put it into context. Vin...
Give me your book suggestions 🙂
I'm heading off to San Diego to speak at Social Media Marketing World in a few days, and I'm going to load up the Kindle with some books for the plane and do a bit of reading while I'm away. So I need your help ... What book do I absolutely HAVE to read? I usually...
When you feel like poking your competitors’ eyes out
Let's talk about "competition". Lately I've seen some coaches griping about competitors. Some of it may be warranted, such as cases where a competitor blatantly swipes copy, for example. But often someone is attacked because he or she is successful. The attacks come...
Public service announcement: I’m not perfect
I like to keep things loose and candid in The Coaching Jungle Facebook group. I don't want a boring, blah group that puts people to sleep (there are enough of those on FB already) So I'm not afraid to make an ass of myself if it lightens the mood and gets people...
Become the coach you wish you had back then
A new Natural Born Coaches podcast dropped this week, with mompreneur coach Jessica Yarbrough. Jessica is a single mom who has managed to build successful businesses while raising her child. She coaches other mompreneurs to help them get past the challenges of doing...