Ilise Benun

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Is marketing a chore for your small business to execute successfully? Ilise shows Jim how to solve this challenge by breaking marketing down to the smallest levels and daily tasks.
Do you have the right attitude to be a successful networker? Ilise talks with Jim about how attitude contributes -- or not -- to your networking success. They also talk about using dogs (honest) as a networking ice-breaker.
Is the lack of marketing results for your small business frustrating you? Ilise talks with Jim about this frustration and her ideas on how to turn those feelings into performance.
Do you know how to deliver a professional proposal to a prospect or customer? Well, Ilise and Jim do, and they talk about how to get more business by delivering proposals more often and more professionally.
Networking isn't as intuitive as it might seem. It is possible to network badly, and Ilise talks with Jim about how to avoid that unfortunate behavior.
There may be a niche out there for companies that are environmentally friendly to demonstrate that corporate value to prospective customers, and Ilise talks with Jim about this.
What would happen to your business if you were not able to be there for a few weeks -- especially if it were not planned. Ilise has recently experienced a planned absence, and she talks with Jim about how she made sure her business stayed in business while she was out.
Ilise joins Jim to help celebrate Jim's ninth anniversary of the show and they talk about what shy people should think about as the holiday events are approaching.
Ilise and Jim talk about how to build confidence and why even if you like being shy, it might be holding you back.
Ilise talks with Jim about why shyness is actually a form of selfishness and how it could be holding you back.