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In this post you'll find 2 very juicy (and kind of deep) conversations between Ilise Benun and Kelly Campbell, a Conscious Leadership Coach who works with agency owners. The conversations range from how friction can be a good thing to whether happiness is possible in business.

How can you never leave money “on the table” again when negotiating? It's simple: ask for more -- but this seems to be one of the hardest things to do. So that's the topic of my latest podcast episode with Jennifer Barrett, author of "Think Like a Breadwinner."

If you've got clients (especially "starter clients") who should be paying more, check out my newest ebook, Worth It: How getting good at the money talk pays off. In this excerpt, you'll get what might be my best advice about the most important money conversation to master: how to raise your rates.

This post is a two-fer: a rant about why you should never give your hourly rate to a prospect and Podcast #415, in which I chatted with Corina Ludwig, President of Function Fox about time tracking, the evolution of working remotely and etiquette for video calls.

Have you noticed my 2 main topics on this blog are pricing & marketing (which includes content marketing)? Wanna know why? They're inextricably connected. Perhaps you feel this connection without being fully aware...

For obvious reasons, I’ve been thinking and writing lately about what makes a healthy business. At the moment, a lot of people are discovering that their business isn’t as healthy...

Tired of being treated like a pair of hands? Want to be valued for your brain and your ideas?  My advice: stop blaming your clients and start acting like the...

Note: This article is a companion post to Marketing Mentor Podcast #380 with Lisa Mullis of Paraphrase Communications. Lisa is a copywriter and designer who helps service-based entrepreneurs look, sound,...