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Three Habits That Build Wealth

By Charlie Cook   |   August 2, 2011

Bill is a friend of mine who is smart, hard working and dedicated to his management consulting business.

His clients love him, but his business is stagnating. He gets referrals occasionally, but considering how… Read More »


The Weirdest Dream Ever

By Charlie Cook   |   July 28, 2011

Ever wonder what that dream means?

The one where you’re a successful entrepreneur with more clients than you can handle? Read More »


How The Wrong Name Can Kill Your Sales…

By Charlie Cook   |   July 26, 2011

A good friend recently had to call it quits and give up on a business that she’d been slaving over and pouring money into for years.

The problem?

It wasn’t her lack of effort – but simply the… Read More »


Want To Sleep Better Tonight?

By Charlie Cook   |   July 21, 2011

How much better would you feel knowing you could wake up and have all the clients you wanted knocking down your door?

My good friend… Read More »


What would you have done…

By Charlie Cook   |   July 19, 2011

During my college years I worked construction during the summers and one year I found myself working for a mason in Maine.

We had a small project at the Hancock Creamery (the local dairy in Ellsworth) and my boss, the mason, handed me (age 17) the keys to his truck and told me to go… Read More »


7 Fastest Ways to Increase Your Income

By Charlie Cook   |   July 14, 2011

Have you ever met someone who seems to have it all?

Their business is growing, they’ve got success, wealth, freedom, and a great family.

Meanwhile, you’re struggling to make ends meet, to bring in business and to pay the bills. Is it that they are just lucky? Read More »


10 Phone Marketing Mistakes To Avoid

By Charlie Cook   |   July 12, 2011

You set a goal for yourself to make a certain amount of sales in a week. But by Friday you’ve had more rejections than you can count and you’re not feeling very successful.

There are 10 things people do on the phone that always lead to automatic no’s…Read More >>


85% Of People Said You Couldn’t Do This…

By Charlie Cook   |   July 7, 2011

85% of the people around you said you could never do this.

It’s not impossible, but it does take work. Read More »


Are You Raising Grass?

By Charlie Cook   |   June 30, 2011

“My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard.  Mother would come out and say, ‘You’re tearing up the grass.” “We’re not raising grass,’ Dad would reply. ‘We’re raising boys.'” ~Harmon Killebrew

When you’re running your own business, Read More »


Favorite Slogans

By Charlie Cook   |   June 29, 2011

Last Friday, I was waiting while my wife picked up our takeout dinner and I noticed a marketing slogan in the window of the local bakery.

It read…  Read More »