Lara Morrow has a knack for building caring, trusting relationships. So we made her Beryl's queen of fun and laughter. You need a Lara Morrow. queen of fun and laughter. She reports to the CEO. That's me.) Why would we make an investment like this? First off, Lara was the right person in the wrong seat on our bus. But the ROI has been incredible. MORE >>

Amplify Your Expert Status – Pam Slim Keynote at Infusioncon from Pamela Slim on Vimeo. Earlier this month, I was honored to present a keynote at Infusioncon , the user conference for Infusionsoft. Infusionsoft is a local Gilbert, Arizona business that provides marketing automation software for small businesses. MORE >>

A new study shows even small amounts of meditation relieve stress and boost health. No wonder many business bigwigs turn to it. Science and religion are often at odds, but at least occasionally there is convergence. Buddhist monks and devoted yogis have long contended that meditation reduces stress. It also benefits leadership. MORE >>

There is this magical moment that happens when a startup finally puts the key components together to build a successful business.  After months or years of iterating and pivoting, they finally have the right product for the right market at the right price.  At this point, the company has to shift gears and change their mindset a little. After 2.5 MORE >>

Close to 5 months ago, I published a blog post titled How I Gained 10,000 Real Twitter Followers. If you haven’t read it yet, I highly recommend you do, as I am not going to repeat what I already wrote there in this post. At the time I published that post, nearly 5 months ago, I had 10,383 Twitter followers. now have 25,439. The Secret Sauce. MORE >>