If you’re running a business you’ve faced difficult times. No business plans, launches and has all the success it could want without struggle. It’s just the nature of creating something – specifically creating something that involves other people. And if you’re selling anything – ad space, products, services, etc – you’re creating something for other [...]

There has been so much in the news lately about his financial crisis we’re facing here in the U.S.. And truthfully I’m a bit tired of it. Sure, I’m concerned about the housing market and the stability of the lending institutions. And to some degree and concerned about the markets in general.
I don’t buy that [...]

Last week, I was swapping emails back and forth with my friend Laura Fitton, otherwise known as @Pistachio on Twitter and the owner of Pistachio Consulting. Laura’s business is a lot like 78% of all US businesses – she is a solo business owner with no employees.
She sent me an amusing little note about not [...]

Last weekend, I watched the news on this nebulous ‘bailout package’ nearly 24/7. It seemed so big, so important, yet I just didn’t get it. HOW could pumping this amount of money into Wall Street have ANYTHING to do with me, or you, our Sparkplugging readers.
I started to understand when one of the Representatives being [...]

A while back I read a blog post (which I couldn’t find today) where the author asked if your business was about just making a living or was it about making a difference.
It’s an interesting thing to contemplate. Am I just running my business to make money or am I running my business to make [...]

Does what you perceive equal the reality? You and I are so bombarded with ads selling hair products, shoes, clothing, medicine, etc but do you find the perceived value of the product is equal to the reality or more than it or less than how you perceive it?
This article began from a section of Michael [...]

I’ve talked with a lot of people in the last few days, and several of them suggested that I conduct a SparkplugU survey to expand our course offerings based on your input.
I thought this was a fab idea.
So I’d like to request that you take a few minutes to fill out our very [...]