Employment roared back in a big way in the nation’s largest metro areas in 2021 — particularly in popular tourist destinations. The nation’s 100 largest metro areas averaged 4% job growth between December 2020 and December 2021, according to an analysis of the latest...
Economy
Small Business Owner Learning #4: Overcoming Hangups & Objections
I rarely have people call me that aren't ready to pull the trigger! Most of my prospects are ready to be clients BEFORE that first phone call. Did I get lucky? Nope! This didn't happen from the get-go but happened along the way when I wasn't paying attention...I...
Small Business Owner Learnings #3: How to Save Time by Generating Reusable Content?
Coming from the technology world and specifically from the software development part of it, reusability has always been a big MANTRA of mine. I'm always looking for ways to cut out the repeated grunt work even in the mundane daily aspects of my life and figure out...
Small Business Owner Learning #2 – How to Build Prospects and Turn them into Clients?
If you missed my article on Small Business Owner Learning #1 from last week check it out here! Here are a few more thoughts and tips for small business owners wanting to create a niche for themselves. Please note I've no formal marketing or branding experience. This...
Secrets to getting out of the Rat Race
A year ago, before COVID hit, a young couple stopped by home to chat about investments and how they could plan their life to work towards financial freedom. In a lot of ways I saw myself in them years ago - I was married young at 23, out of college and ready to take...
Road to Recovery – Which U.S. Markets are best poised for a strong comeback?
Last week, I wrote a blog about the US markets that are likely to see the most impact due to the COVID crisis. This week I want to focus on the markets best poised for a strong comeback. I recently heard Moody Analytics’ Senior Economist Adam Kamins sharing his...
