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Surgery Was a Success!

Though the recovery was dreadful! I write about the ordeal in detail at my personal blog. In case you’re curious, you can read about it here: However the gist is that they were able to remove all five tumors and I have had a full recovery. It took me a month to be able to return to [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Surgery Was a Success!", url: "http://www.warwagonblog.com/featured-articles/surgery-was-a-success/" });

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Jaime’s Going into Surgery

If you’ve wondered why I haven’t posted in a while it’s because I’ve been dealing with some health issues. I go into surgery this Thursday, September 18th to have seven very large fibroid tumors removed from my uterus. It’s a safe procedure and other than the natural perils of surgery there is no danger to my [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Jaime’s Going into Surgery", url: "http://www.warwagonblog.com/featured-articles/jaimes-going-into-surgery/" });

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Energy Management: The Second Quadrant

Last week, I discussed the power of applying energy management, rather than solely concentrating on time management, to our daily lives and consulting practice. In that article I talked about the first energy quadrant: physical energy. Now I want to cover Quadrant Two. The Second Energy Quadrant: Mental Energy The mental energy quadrant rules our ability to focus [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Energy Management: The Second Quadrant", url: "http://www.warwagonblog.com/featured-articles/energy-management-the-second-quadrant/" });

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Forget Time Management - ENERGY Management

Entrepreneurs and freelancers often find that there is never enough time to get everything done. We’re stuck wearing all the hats, making all the decisions, putting out all the fires, and frankly if you’re like me, spreading ourselves way too thin across too many projects or clients. I used to think the solution lay in time [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Forget Time Management - ENERGY Management", url: "http://www.warwagonblog.com/featured-articles/forget-time-management-energy-management/" });

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To Transform Your Business, Transform Yourself

This is a professional marketing and business development blog, so I keep my posts here focused. However I am a fervent believer in “who you are is what you get.” Therefore, I want to take a moment to talk about the importance of personal transformation during our journey to professional success. You just can’t have [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "To Transform Your Business, Transform Yourself", url: "http://www.warwagonblog.com/featured-articles/to-transform-your-business-transform-yourself/" });

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The Secret to Landing Clients Nearly 100% of the Time

And How a Little Experiment Turned into a Multi-Million Dollar Enterprise Sure, pushing papers for the Big Boss mortifies us. But every freelancer knows that calling our own shots isn’t pure bliss either. I don’t know about you, but on at least two occasions, I’ve nervously looked “bankruptcy” in the face and by pure luck or [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Secret to Landing Clients Nearly 100% of the Time", url: "http://www.warwagonblog.com/consulting/the-secret-to-landing-clients-nearly-100-of-the-time/" });

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Get Someone Else to Pay Your Expenses

It doesn’t matter whether you’re a one-woman or one-man shop or you’re trying to build a large company. There is an alternative to the traditional connundrum: Do I bootstrap it or give up equity to an investor for funds? I attended one of my client’s seminars this past weekend: Christine Comaford-Lynch’s Rules for Renegades Summit. The information [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Get Someone Else to Pay Your Expenses", url: "http://www.warwagonblog.com/offline-business/get-someone-else-to-pay-your-expenses/" });

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5 Mistakes That Will Cost You Your Client

Most new freelancers make one vital error: we catch ourselves acting like employees. But even as we become more seasoned, even the best of us can fall into the ‘employee’ mindset trap that is at the foundation of virtually every major freelance mistake: “As long as I do the specific job I was hired to do, and [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "5 Mistakes That Will Cost You Your Client", url: "http://www.warwagonblog.com/consulting/5-mistakes-that-will-cost-you-your-client/" });

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The Pick Up Artist Gets the Client

Today, I had lunch with Jason Adams, a friend and brilliant marketer who handles most of the online promotion for Mystery, VH1’s “The Pick Up Artist.” I actually met Jason through Mystery one year ago at the Rich Jerk’s 2007 Playboy Mansion event. Talk about a small world. An old friend from Hollywood randomly shows [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Pick Up Artist Gets the Client", url: "http://www.warwagonblog.com/consulting/client-acquisition/the-pick-up-artist-gets-the-client/" });

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Offline Business Seeks Online Marketing

Offline companies are flocking to the net. It’s like the Great Land Rush all over again–only now they’re out to settle the web. It’s not just our territory anymore, folks. Of course, I see this as a huge opportunity for anyone well versed in internet marketing and web development. We’re the only ones who can help [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Offline Business Seeks Online Marketing", url: "http://www.warwagonblog.com/internet-marketing/offline-business-seeks-online-marketing/" });

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