At a recent 3,000-person event, our Joint Venture Affiliate Partner Manager, Naomi McKenna, and I were talking about how you can maximize your JV opportunities at large, live events. That way you’re not just learning great content, but you’re getting precious facetime with key and potential partners as well as expanding your reach. For you […]

“It’s fine to celebrate success, but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.” —Bill Gates We took seriously what Bill Gates said, when, at our last Sales, Authenticity & Success (Sassy) Mastermind retreat, we created our first-ever Failure Festival. You read that correctly. In a safe and structured environment, we split our […]

I don’t like waiting in lines. Most people don’t. In fact, I once walked away from a $13,000 program I was interested in because the line was too long. I couldn’t get a pen. I couldn’t get an order form, etc. Here’s a simple tip to help make sure that never happens to you. Let’s […]

People always ask me for tips about wearing their mic onstage, so I’m going to tell you ladies the three main things you need to know. (If you’re a man, you’ll still find value here, but if you know any women who speak onstage, please forward this to them, okay? My gift.) Here are those […]

It almost goes without saying that, as entrepreneurs, we want to put our best foot forward. However, in our quest for excellence, it’s very easy to get stuck in a cycle of perfecting and perfecting – our logo, our copy, our offer, our talk – to the point where, six months later, we still haven’t […]

Early in your Speak-to-Sell presentation or preview call, you want to position yourself for vulnerability as well as credibility. That means you want your audience to see you as a real person, as well as someone with the expertise to help them. If you don’t position yourself for vulnerability, people might respect you, but they […]