This week’s reflection point: A client of mine just asked me what are the top three mistakes I observe that prevent elite business owners from reaching a higher level of success. Here they are: Poor strategy and lack of marketing blueprint. The problem here is the missing clarification of what amazing success means to you and your business, how would you describe and paint it and what is the definition of your ideal future? Next is the description of your...

Raising the Barr is a weekly memo, which is always pithy, powerful and succinct. It focuses on innovative ideas by maximizing your life and business while leveraging strategy, content, technology and the web, to help you transform the success. This week’s reflection point: I’ve been fortunate to frequently receive global inquiries for new business that eventually become clients of ours. Here is one I just received this week from Nigeria: “Chad, I have just finished reading Million Dollar Web Presence...

Raising the Barr is a weekly memo, which is always pithy, powerful and succinct. It focuses on innovative ideas by maximizing your life and business while leveraging strategy, content, technology and the web, to help you transform the success. This week’s reflection point: I love obtaining new gadgets and technologies as much as I love inventing and creating new offerings for us and for our clients. I find similar passion exists among most of my clients as well. But let...

Raising the Barr is a weekly memo, which is always pithy, powerful and succinct. It focuses on innovative ideas by maximizing your life and business while leveraging strategy, content, technology and the web, to help you transform the success. This week’s reflection point: Here are the top myths I hear and see when it comes to your web presence: It’s all about the traffic. Getting thousands of visits per day from irrelevant individuals is meaningless and worthless. The key is...

Raising the Barr is a weekly memo, which is always pithy, powerful and succinct. It focuses on innovative ideas by maximizing your life and business while leveraging strategy, content, technology and the web, to help you transform the success. This week’s reflection point: Many I talk with struggle to find effective ways to get in front of potential clients. The answers may be simpler than you thought: Collaborate with others. Why not select an individual or a group of individuals...

  This week’s reflection point: When creating your content, how powerful and attention grabbing are your openings and do they entice your audience to want to read further? I am a huge fan in drawing your audience attention and doing so quickly in the first few seconds. Here are some of my favorite openings: I am often asked what are the biggest challenges my clients face. Let me share the top three with you right now. 42% of businesses struggle...

  This week’s reflection point: There is a lot of noise and rambling out there that I encounter way too many times when reviewing content and hearing presentations that seem to go on endlessly. These manifest themselves as: Irrelevant stories, lengthy introductions, confusing and boring context, poor conclusions, or pitiful anecdotes. Our clients are all busy people handling many conflicting priorities. The keys to powerful messages that get noticed are: Get to the essence of your message at the beginning....