by Dr. Rick Goodman | Aug 4, 2016 | Business Success, Continuing Education, Laws of Success
As hard as you work to be productive—to stay on your A-game, to block out distractions, to knock things off of your to-do list—the simple truth is this: We all have productivity blind spots. We all have things that sap our time and our attention, and in many cases we...
by Dr. Rick Goodman | Jul 28, 2016 | Business Success, Continuing Education, Laws of Success, Sales Success
Often, people become entrepreneurs because they are passionate about a particular product; because they are bored with the nine-to-five life; or because they want a lifestyle that affords them a bit more freedom and flexibility. All are perfectly valid reasons to...
by Dr. Rick Goodman | Jul 20, 2016 | Business Success, General, Sales & Branding
Over the last several years, you’ve doubtless heard plenty about content marketing—the idea that original blog, video, podcast, and social media content can engage users and qualify leads. Content marketing can certainly be effective, but of course that’s contingent...
by Dr. Rick Goodman | Jul 14, 2016 | Business Success, Customer Service, Laws of Success, Sales & Branding
We truly live in a golden age of resources. For the business owner, there’s no limit as to what you can find, discover, and learn, simply by seeking it out on Google. This is certainly true of marketing resources. Social media sites, email marketing platforms, and...
by Dr. Rick Goodman | Jul 6, 2016 | Business Success, Continuing Education, Integrated Marketing
People say that print journalism is dead—that it’s a thing of the past. But you know how the old saying goes: The past is never through with us; in fact, the past is never even the past. To put it differently, I’m not so sure that print writing doesn’t still have...
by Dr. Rick Goodman | Jun 28, 2016 | Business Success, Continuing Education, Laws of Success, Leadership Success, Personal Development
One of the hallmarks of leadership is investment in the rest of the team. I say it all the time: Real leaders aren’t just out to advance themselves. They’re out to advance the members of their team. One of the foremost ways of doing that, of course, is putting some...
by Dr. Rick Goodman | Jun 22, 2016 | Business Success, Continuing Education, Personal Development
As a leadership speaker, I recommend that all companies make an investment in ongoing employee training and development—but I don’t want anyone to do so under the wrong pretenses. Employee training is something that comes with a few misconceptions. Today, I’d like to...
by Dr. Rick Goodman | Jun 15, 2016 | Business Success, Customer Loyalty, Customer Service, General, Integrated Marketing, Laws of Success, Leadership speaker, Leadership Success, Personal Success, Sales & Branding, Sales Success, Success and Prosperity, Technology
In the age of online commerce, you don’t actually get to speak with all of your customers face-to-face. In fact, you may not get to speak with any of them at all. That’s what makes your website so important. Your company website is sort of like an around-the-clock...
by Dr. Rick Goodman | Jun 2, 2016 | Business Success, General, Human Resources, Laws of Success, Leadership Success, Personal Success, Success and Prosperity
Leaders, managers, and small business owners never have a dearth of things to do. There are projects to be tackled, customers to serve, and teams to lead. Here’s a funny thing about human nature, though: No matter how much work there is to do, it’s always easy for us...
by Dr. Rick Goodman | May 26, 2016 | Business Success, Laws of Success, Leadership Success, Personal Success
We live in a distracting world—and social media isn’t making that any easier. Maybe you can relate: You’re trying to get a project finished, and you’re moving along at a brisk pace. Then you hear that all-familiar ping—a new Facebook comment, or an alert to a new post...
by Dr. Rick Goodman | May 17, 2016 | Business Success, Personal Development, Personal Success
We all know the importance of physical training: With the right fitness regimen, you can make your body stronger, healthier, and more resilient. You can increase your energy and your stamina, and even stave off illness. But just as we can improve ourselves through the...
by Dr. Rick Goodman | May 11, 2016 | Business Success, Customer Loyalty, Customer Relationships, Customer Service
Every business owner loves receiving positive feedback. A glowing customer review, left on a site like Yelp, Facebook, or Angie’s List, can be an incredible affirmation. A negative review, meanwhile, tends to sting a little bit. Regardless of the tone or content of an...
by Dr. Rick Goodman | May 4, 2016 | Business Success, Integrated Marketing, Sales & Branding, Success and Prosperity
You may have never used Snapchat before; in fact, you may not have much idea what it even is, beyond the latest and greatest social media platform. You’ve probably seen that increasingly ubiquitous ghost icon, though—and hopefully you’re starting to realize that, even...
by Dr. Rick Goodman | Apr 26, 2016 | Business Success, Laws of Success, Leadership Success
Culture never happens by accident; it only happens through intentionality. Moreover, a great company culture seldom works its way from the bottom up. More often, it starts at the top and then rolls down to cover everyone else in the company. In other words, the...
by Dr. Rick Goodman | Apr 20, 2016 | Business Success, General, Laws of Success, Leadership Success, Personal Development, Sales & Branding, Success and Prosperity
Culture has been one of the big corporate buzzwords in recent years, one that’s been embraced by large companies like Google and Amazon, but also the smaller brands that wish to emulate them. And truthfully, culture is something that impacts all of us: Even a business...
by Dr. Rick Goodman | Apr 13, 2016 | Business Success, Customer Relationships, Integrated Marketing, Leadership Success, Sales & Branding, Sales Success
Marketing isn’t something you achieve or possess; it’s something you do, on an ongoing basis. A good marketing campaign is subject to regular review, revision, and realignment—and the spring season is as good a time as any to check in on your law firm’s marketing...
by Dr. Rick Goodman | Apr 8, 2016 | Business Success, Continuing Education, General, Laws of Success, Personal Success, Sales & Branding, Sales Success
The first year of entrepreneurship can be exciting—it can be a dream come true! Chances are, though, it’s also going to be a little intimidating. And you can bet that it will be hard. You’ll have to contend with all the uncertainties that come from launching a new...
by Dr. Rick Goodman | Mar 30, 2016 | Business Success, General, Personal Development, Success and Prosperity
Workplace performance and workplace respect aren’t necessarily connected; that is, you can be a really great, productive employee and still lack the respect of your colleagues. That’s not a good feeling; it can sap your confidence and, over time, restrict your...
by Dr. Rick Goodman | Mar 22, 2016 | Business Success, Personal Development, Personal Success
For some of us, the workplace is the environment where we feel most confident, most empowered—most ourselves. For many of us, however, this isn’t quite the case. The workplace can be daunting and dispiriting; even those who are good at what they do can sometimes feel...
by Dr. Rick Goodman | Mar 15, 2016 | Personal Development, Personal Success
Forming healthy habits can be tough—and maintaining those habits at the office can seem all but impossible. You can say all day long that you’re going to skip the junk food and eat a healthy lunch—but then someone brings in birthday cake for an office mate, or one of...
