I recently returned from the International Conference of the Women Presidents’ Organization, where I met hundreds of women who own multimillion-dollar businesses. Naturally, I collected cards from several of them. Here’s the amazing thing I discovered about those cards: with the exception of two or three, they are all “same-old-same-old.” Why would the most successful women in the world have business cards that are as boring as a white wall?

Of course a business card should identify you, but it should also enable you to stand out from the crowd. If you’re part of a corporate conglomerate, you may have to go with the boring flow. But, if you own your own business, you’ve got the opportunity to reflect your personality on your card. Here are five ways to do that.

Five Ways to Create a Great Business Card

Do you find yourself with great referrals that you are often unable to convert into new business? Just what is the problem with turning these referrals into customers? To do so, you need a referral process. It doesn’t have to be complicated but it does need to be a formal process that you execute every time.

Here’s a quick five-step process to enhance your chances of converting those referrals into revenue.  

Five Steps to Capitalize on Every Referral

Speaking to groups is one of the strongest ways to present yourself as an expert. And, if you follow the steps below, you have a high likelihood of gaining new clients through your presentations.

Five Steps to Gain Clients by Speaking

To grow your business, it’s important to provide your clients and prospects with valuable, usable information that highlights the benefits of your product or service. Writing good content for your website, marketing materials, blog or newsletter is not as difficult as high-priced consultants would lead you to believe.

Here are five approaches for writing great marketing copy.

f you are selling Business-to-Business, a formal lead generation plan that moves prospects in an organized manner through your system is more important than ever. Here is a five-step B2B Lead Generation Plan.  

Five Step Plan to Generate B2B Leads

If you want to be considered an expert, it’s important to provide your clients and prospects with valuable, usable information. Writing a blog is a simple and inexpensive way to provide that information, because a blog creates a conversation between you and your prospect.

Here are five approaches for writing a great blog.

Five Steps to Writing a Great Blog

Press releases are a great way to promote yourself and your business. Here are five great reasons to develop a press release. Look for next week’s Growth Tip which will focus on five ways to use that press release after you’ve developed it.

Just about every woman I know works from a to-do list. Some have ongoing lists, while many create a daily list either at the end of a day or the beginning of the next. Regardless of the scheduling of your to-do list, here are five steps to master it.

Five Steps to Master Your To-Do List

Studies show that you can make just about anything happen if you first visualize it happening. So why aren’t we all visualizing everything we want. It could be that most of us don’t know where to start. Here’s a quick five-step process for visualization.

Five-Step Process for Visualization

No matter what your personal or business life looks like, you can increase your success by eliminating certain negative traits from your life. Look at the list below and see if one or more of these describe you. If so, set a goal to eliminate that factor from your life.

Five Things to Eliminate to Increase Your Success