How to recognize strategic vulnerabilities and opportunities in your business
One of the best ways for a business to remain competitive is for it to get ahead of the curve when it comes to technology. For larger businesses, a tech-forward approach is absolutely essential for survival; for smaller businesses, it can be a good way to gain some separation from the pack, and possibly compete with larger companies that have more resources.
Continue reading “5 Tech Trends Your Business Should Be Aware Of”
Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) companies use a variety of tricks designed to lure unsuspecting people into “get rich quick” schemes. Want to know which ones are the most common?
Continue reading “12 False Promises MLM Companies Often Make”
One of the fastest growing industries in the world is the Health & Wellness sector. Yet despite the promise of relief and improvement, many companies promote unproven products using a predatory business model that actually causes tremendous damage to consumers.
In this article, you’ll read my insights from my evaluation of 403 different Direct Sales companies that sell Health & Wellness products.
Continue reading “What Happened After I Looked at 403 Health and Wellness MLM Companies”
Are you nervous about getting a tooth drilled?
If so, you’re not alone. A majority of us have some form of anxiety about going to a dental visit.
Continue reading “50 Ways to Accommodate Patients Who are Afraid of the Dentist”
As the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to impact more communities across the US and other countries, business owners are especially concerned about how they will continue to operate with a sudden decrease in sales, personnel, materials, or all three.
Continue reading “Weathering the COVID-19 Storm as a Business Owner”
Healthcare is undergoing a big transformation… both for good and for bad.
Here are my thoughts about what the future holds, from a strategic risk point of view.
Continue reading “A Strategic Risk Perspective on the Future of Medicine”
“Be sure to take your vitamins!”
This is the message we hear starting in childhood: that supplements are an essential part of a healthy lifestyle.
But despite a widespread belief that they are safe because they are natural, the truth is that some supplements can be quite dangerous. Rather than enhancing health, consuming them in high quantities (or in conjunction with other medications) could result in terrible health outcomes.
Continue reading “35 Potentially Harmful Dietary Supplements You Should Know About”
I was recently invited to share a guest post for The Anti-MLM Coalition, a team of writers who reveal the truth about multi-level marketing.
Continue reading “Check Out My Guest Post About Doctors Who Sell Multi-Level Marketing”
I had the pleasure of spending an entire day with physicians at the Washington State Medical Association (WSMA) annual conference in Seattle on Saturday, October 12.
In addition to the fantastic speakers who talked about medicolegal issues, technology, and population health, I also heard about policy development with the House of Delegates and new legislative issues at the state and federal level.
Here are my take-aways from the experience.
Continue reading “My Experience at Washington State Medical Association’s 2019 Annual Meeting”
How do Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) and Direct Sales companies persuade so many people to join?
I will explain which 6 Principles of Persuasion were used to lure me into signing up… twice! …and what you can do to recognize the signs of a predatory company.
Continue reading “The MLM Persuasion Tricks That Convinced Me to Join”
