Brummet's Conscious Blog

* Today we have Donna J Thomas appearing on our blog once again - this time she is offering some fantastic budget advice for business owners in a 2-part article here on our blog. Part 1 was published on August 15th . -- Tips To Stretch Your Business Budget -- Tip #3. Make Every Cost an Investment, Not an Expense Every networking meeting, coaching program, training course, marketing system, supplies and equipment you spend time or money for should give you a good return on investment (ROI). Many health entrepreneurs are not clear what return they expect or they don't get their money's worth by implementing what they're learning. When I enrolled in high-cost coaching to help me develop and market The Prosperous Practice, I promised myself that I would implement everything I learned. I continually looked for ways to maximize my return in every program and product I invested in. Sometimes my ROI was tangible, such as a website and a tech ...

* Today we have Donna J Thomas appearing on our blog once again - this time she is offering some fantastic budget advice for business owners in a 2-part article here on our blog. Part 2 will be published on August 18th .  -- Tips To Stretch Your Business Budget -- One of the main obstacles many healthcare entrepreneurs have in growing their practice is a belief they have to first rent an upscale office, have a bells-and-whistles website, write a blog and other costly investments before they can be successful. It's not the trappings of business that make prospective clients take us seriously. It's our ability to inspire clients to know, like and trust us, based on the service and value we provide. I started small and eventually opened a multi-therapist office that I and my clients love, but even so, it's not big, fancy or high-end. In fact, it is completely outfitted in a charming and comfortable style - with thrift store décor! To this day, after nearly ...

-- Article on Grief & Loss -- At the request of Margie Baxley, publicist for Phyllis Schieber, I was invited to write an advice article for Phyllis's blog re: aging and dying parents. In this piece I discuss things like how to take care of yourself, while addressing the closure one needs before and after someone passes.  I'd like to invite you to check out my article at: http://phyllisschieber.wordpress.com/2010/08/05/lillian_brummet  -- Conscious Discussions Radio -- There are a lot of people out there inventing new green products or services that somehow advance their community to be healthier, happier and  more sustainable… yet despite a great product or service they are unable to make ends meet and sadly, many of them fade away. Today, on the Conscious Discussions radio show, we will be finding out what can we do to help our idea bloom in this world… with today’s economy? We are going to learn some encouraging business advice from author Lisa S...