Having a #1 Amazon Best Selling Book Means More than Just What Happens on Launch Day When Andrew Kap launched his book in November, 2019, his book did not become an #1 Amazon Best Seller until three weeks after launch day. How many authors give up on their book after Day 1 of their launch? […...

Watch this Video Before You Try to Get Booked for Podcasts as a Speaker On my 11th episode of Positive People Progressing, I interviewed podcast booking expert, Marie Incontrera. As with all of my interviews, the 30 minutes went by like a blink of an eye. But, Marie did a great job of supplying seve...

Automating the Internet Components of Your Business is Key to Growth and Survival For this week’s show, I brought in Gary Jezorski with CloudNet360. We covered a lot of ground in a little over 30 minutes for those starting a business or wanting to do more with their business, but with less peo...

Don’t Let a Legal Dispute Halt Your Business in its Tracks! Last week I announced a “mystery guest” and a “mystery topic” for my 5th Positive People Progressing show. I knew if I said, “Come to the show where we’re talking about legal contracts!” I wou...

Is Review Marketing Part of Your Marketing Mix? It should be! A few days ago, I published a blog post about the benefits of business reviews in anticipation of my interview with reviews expert, Peter Brissette. On my show, Positive People Progressing, Peter reintroduced to me the importance of build...

“This is the BEST Time in History to be Selling Online” This week’s topic for my Positive People Progressing show was all about selling stuff online; products, services, consulting, coaching, books…even t-shirts! No better interviewee to call on for this subject than Greg Jam...

Rich Hopkins Offers Great Insights into the Value of Public Speaking in a Covid World When I think of all the professional speakers I know, (more than 200), a few come to mind who set themselves apart in the speaking world. One of those public speakers is Rich Hopkins. Rich respects the art of speak...

Introducing our New Weekly Wednesday Virtual Live Event This past Wednesday, we kicked off a new weekly virtual live event called Positive People Progressing, hosted by our Here Next Year president, Marty Dickinson.  You Become Who You Hang Around This weekly series evolved from Marty’s reali...