Yes, they do mind-blowing beach weddings. And yes, they dazzle and delight at museums, ballrooms and other amazing facilities for events around town. But Becki Creighton and her team at Flowers By Fudgie is also the best choice when looking for a Florist, Sarasota, Siesta Key, Venice, Bradenton are their turf!

Yes… you could grab cheap flowers from a gas station or grocery store, but how long will they last? The value in working with a real florist is that they buy the very best fresh cut flowers and design them into arrangements, bouquets and delightful gifts that will be enjoyed much, much longer. And when you’re sending an important message to someone you love or value, nothing can “say it” like flowers. The Flowers By Fudgie delivery trucks cover the entire community and can get your message out fast!

Great value, quick service, and gorgeous flowers… what more could you ask for? Give Flowers By Fudgie a call today! (800) 338-5983 or (941) 349-9212

If you’re a business owner or entrepreneur, I want to pass along a resource that will be of interest to you. Recently, I was invited to conduct a breakout session at a conference with Gary Keesee, a successful entrepreneur who is passionate (as am I) about passing along the hard-won lessons he has learned.

The event — known as The Now Revolution Conference — was held in Columbus, Ohio. When Gary and I spoke about it, he mentioned that a growing number of business owners (and future business owners) have been attracted to what he’s doing and he also indicated that they needed other training than just what he was providing. Very specifically, he asked me to do some teaching about what we at Epiphany Marketing do every day to help small businesses with:

• marketing strategies
• customized marketing solutions
• internet marketing
• search engine marketing
• content marketing
• email marketing
• strategic marketing
• integrated campaigns
• offline marketing
• direct response marketing
• etc.

It was my privilege and honor to be alongside Gary and the other fantastic speakers at this event, as well as to be able to meet so many wonderful people who participated in the conference.

The LIFE Study is a personalized, independent, objective evaluation of your existing life insurance. Created by financial advisors (not by life insurance companies), The LIFE Study is uniquely designed to uncover the hidden, overlooked, and lesser-known opportunities to lower your costs and improve your coverage. Life Insurance is often one of the most valuable assets within a family’s financial portfolio. Yet very few people ever give it the same kind of attention as they might give their other investments. Think of reviewing your life insurance in the same way you might consider refinancing your mortgage. Just as there can be lower interest rates enabling you to save money on your mortgage, there can be improved conditions to strengthen your life insurance. The difference is that these benefits are not as widely published or known as are mortgage interest rates!

Sometimes referred to as a ‘life insurance audit’, The LIFE Study approach is unique. It’s a quick yet comprehensive analysis that weighs your personal and policy information to determine where your policy ranks within the most up-to-date insurance market data. In addition, we’ll look at the top life insurance companies and their policies to see where improvements may be found and present you with a comprehensive report of our findings.

Click here for a sample LIFE Study Report!

Best of all, this information comes to you from a seasoned, objective third-party, Your LIFE Study Analyst!

To learn more read my news blogs; “What Is The Best Life Insurance Policy?” or “How Much Does Life Insurance Cost?”

Would you like to see the Kodiak in action, spraying a knock down drywall texture?  Then visit the ALL NEW texture rig website – www.texturetalk.com  or Simply Click on the Picture Below!

The Kodiak drywall sprayer has been the contractor’s #1 choice when it comes to a dependable portable spray rig that sprays as well as a trailored texture rig.  The M2 Kodiak can spray fire proofing, EIFS, Drywall Textures, American Clay & more!  For years contractors wanted a texture machine that was portable yet had the power of a spray rig w/out the cost, they were tired of the inconsistencies of a diaphragm pump, perastaltic pump (squeeze pump) or the pressure pots.  Those pumps did not deliver the performance drywall contractors were looking for until they came across the patented M2 Kodiak portable texture sprayer. 

Don’t take our word for it, see what contractors just like yourself had to say about their investment in the M2 Kodiak portable spray texture machine!  -  www.texturetalk.com

Brad Tannas w/Capital Drywall

“I could not use my diaphragm pump to spray the knock down.  The Kodiak sprays 3 times faster than the handheld hopper when I spray knockdown now, the Kodiak puts out a lot of material.”

Charlie Powers, Delta United Specialties Inc.

“With a diaphragm pump it took up to 2 days to spray, “What I now can do in less than one day…my spray guys are tickled pink with the Kodiak”.

Don Spranger, Drywall Associates

“The diaphragm pump takes twice as much time… What takes 4 hours with the diaphragm pump takes us 2 hours with the Kodiak… It will blow your socks off if you let it”.

So Glad To Be an Entrepreneur During This Financial Mess!

Holly A. Magister, CPA, CFP®, founder of Enterprise Transitions, LLP

November 10, 2008

This may be quite contrary to what one may think when all you hear is doom and gloom through the media about the financial mess we are in.  Mess, yes indeed, we have a mess on our hands!  However, I truly believe that people in America are the most resilient people on earth.  And the most resilient people I know are Entrepreneurs.  They have built our country and will be the greatest contributors to the solution to the mess we are in.
 
Frankly, what Wall Street, Main Street, and Congress find most concerning is what the lack of credit available to Entrepreneurs will do to our economy.  Entrepreneurs are Business Owners that create and maintain more jobs in America than any other category of employer.  Without affordable and accessible credit, Entrepreneurs will not order inventory.  Likewise, rent, utilities, and payrolls cannot be paid.  There is nothing more important to an Entrepreneur than cash provided through the availability of credit.  And there is nothing more critical to the American economy than credit.
 
What I find ironic about the financial mess that we are in is that the mess was not created by Entrepreneurs while the lack of credit available to Entrepreneurs is bringing the American economy to its knees.  The banking industry was incentivized to write bad mortgage loans and indeed they did so for more than a decade.  Entrepreneurs did not create this mess!
 
Entrepreneurs are innately capable to deal with messes.  They do it every day and they do it very well!  The Entrepreneurs that I have the pleasure to work with have already developed their “Plan B and Plan C”.  Many of them do it on the back of an envelope; many do it when they are not sleeping at three o’clock in the morning.  Nothing pretty, nonetheless, they have a plan. 
 
We are living at a time that we will remember and talk about for decades.  I cannot wait to see how the most resourceful, resilient people in America clean up this mess–the Entrepreneur. 

When times get tough, we all have to improve the ROI we get from our marketing work.

You’re invited to a free webinar to learn the top mistakes that companies make when the economy goes South and what you can do to avoid them.

Learn more about this small business marketing webinar now.