A year or so ago, a dear fellow I know in London, England asked this question on Facebook: “Is it possible for spiritual healers to make a living?” I imagine he had seen a lot of people get into the business only to struggle and fail in the end. I’ve seen it myself. It seems […]
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Money. Abstractly it seems like a good thing to have. But talk to most conscious entrepreneur types about doing one of the central things that will open the door to more of it appearing in their lives? Stunned silence and utter emotional shut down. Money is fraught for everyone in this culture. We’ve all done
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By Josh Van Vliet, Director of Community, Academy for Coaching Excellence I recently read a guest blog post by Peter Rubin about Privilege-Based Pricing here on the Marketing for Hippies blog (if you didn’t see it, it’s great – go check it out here). In it, Peter shares about this interesting and innovative way that businesses
Guest Post: Sliding Scale 2.0 – No One Left Out Read More
There are three main criteria of a viable target market. First, it needs to be clear. As a prospective client, I should know immediately if I’m in that group or not. Second, we need to be able to find those clients. There should be hubs. Third, there need to be enough of those clients who can
What if the people I most want to help are broke? Read More
Over the years, I have promoted a number of my colleagues. Sometimes I have done that as an affiliate (I was paid something for anyone who signed up) and sometimes I’ve done it without receiving any money. It’s been a little bit of Column A and a little bit of Column B. For the most
Five decisions I’ve made about the tricky business of affiliate marketing. Read More
fb I want to tell you a story. I know that, on this blog, I share a lot of “how to’s” and philosophical pieces and there can be the risk of people thinking that because I generally post positive things, I must never mess up, I must have everything together and I must never get frustrated
Don’t Mess With Their Rice Bowl: Seven Business Lessons from Ten Recent Workshop No-Shows Read More
Born in the Autumn of 1904, Alberta Christine Williams returned to her home in Georgia from teachers college and taught for a short period before getting married to her husband on Thanksgiving Day in 1926. At the time female teachers were not allowed to work while they were married, so Alberta had to give up her job. However,
Why “Stop Playing Small” is Bullshit Read More
by Mirror Living January 2015 Occasionally on this wild path of working in the gift economy, I’ve been approached almost with a sense of reverence. Some souls are deeply touched, moved to tears by me doing this so publicly. It confirms their own insights into alternative pricing models, the ruin that is our
Guest Post: Why You Should NOT Work In The Gift Economy Read More
I’m in the midst of creating a new product and program that I’m really excited to share with you. It could be for our if you find yourself in a very tight spot financially where you need money urgently and have no idea how to make that happen. But let me back up. There’s a
The Meantime: Three Steps to Getting Out of Financial Crisis Read More
by Jo Ann Hammond-Meiers, PhD, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Historically philanthropy has been defined as “the desire to promote the welfare of others, expressed esp. by the generous donation of money to good causes”. Synonyms: benevolence, generosity, humanitarianism, public-spiritedness, altruism, social conscience, charity, charitableness, brotherly love, fellow feeling, magnanimity, bountifulness, beneficence, kindness, compassion, and other words.
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