So to finish up our post on asking for referrals from yesterday, I wanted to share with you an idea you might want to incorporate into your business -once a year, send your customers a unique referral offer. Promote it as a special campaign or event. Hold a month long “Refer a Friend Month” ( am [...]
Recommended Reads- The Fred Factor
Each Friday, I would like to share with you one of my “Recommended Reads” – something I have been reading recently that I think is worth sharing. I am a pretty avid reader – about a book a week. I try to keep a balance to my reading mixing self-improvement, fiction and non-fiction. I love reading [...]
Change of Seasons
Well, here in the Northwest, fall has arrived. The trees are changing color, the furnace turns on in the morning, I can see my breath when I go out for my walk and the rains have arrived! I love fall and all that comes with it – even the rain. This past week I was [...]
Something New Everyday
Earlier this week I was rereading one of my favorite books, “The Success Principles” by Jack Canfield. The book is written in short, stand alone chapters. I have read the entire book before but like to pick it up and just open it up and see where it opens. This week the book opened to a [...]
I am NOT too old!
Last Wednesday our family drove up to Seattle for the day . It was the last day our whole family would be together before the boys headed back to college and the girls started back to school next week. My boys (all three of them – Jim, Logan and Clark) love the Mariners. Even though [...]
I Had Fun!
Friday afternoon my husband called and asked me if I wanted to go golfing with him and the boys. My first reaction was “UGGH – I don’t really have time for that”! I know that spending an afternoon on the golf course may sound like fun to a lot of you. It was a beautiful, [...]






















