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As the business landscape evolves, so do regulations aimed at promoting transparency and combating financial crimes. The latest development in this arena is the beneficial ownership agreement, a significant step towards enhancing corporate accountability. For small businesses, understanding and complying with these regulations is crucial. In this article, we explore what your small business needs…

Happy Father’s Day

Taking the day to play golf with my son

Digital Marketing Simplified for Your Small Business

One of my pet peeves with digital marketing agencies is that they overcomplicate their elevator pitch. Most of what they do is Basic Business 101, the technology version. Using verbose service descriptions and complex marketing terms doesn’t win new clients, especially in the small business world. Simplicity and fair pricing is what works in this space. My goal today is to simplify digital…

The Business Benefits of Writing to Learn

Literature and journalism undergads might recognize the cover design and author, but I’m betting you’ve never read this particular book. Zinsser is most famous for his masterpiece “On Writing Well.” I first encountered it, along with Strunk and White’s “The Elements of Style” in the 1990’s. I still reference both of them today. “Writing to Learn” is another level. If you’re a small business…

How to Deal with Golf Frustration

My friends and I are playing in a tournament on Saturday, so we figured we’d get a warm-up round in this morning. It did not go well. We lost twelve balls and didn’t even finish eighteen holes.

Have you had days like this? It’s frustrating. Two weeks ago, I was hitting every shot, making birdies, chipping within a few feet of the pin, and crushing my driver. Today, I couldn’t get off the tee.

Hard Pan, Standard Lie, and Fried Eggs in the Bunker

Here in New England, golfers have become accustomed to hitting balls off concrete. No, we’re not practicing shots on the sidewalk. Our bunkers are like hardened cement, and not just in the winter. Finding a patch of soft sand to push the ball is rare.

We’re not alone. If we were, there wouldn’t be so many videos about hitting off hard pan. With the warm weather fading into the chilly winds of…

Be Yourself when You Swing the Golf Club

Just over a week ago, Bryson DeChambeau punished Winged Foot while all others couldn’t break par. Crushing long drives and playing with clubs that are all the same length, he silenced the naysayers and took home his first U.S. Open Championship.

They told him he was doing it wrong. All of the “experts” scoffed at his attempt to be different, claiming it would never work. He didn’t listen to…

Short Game Tips: How to Hit 40-50 Yard Golf Shots

Perfect drive. You’re inside of fifty yards to the hole. Then, you shank the short shot. How many times have you done it? It’s more common than you might think. The forty yard golf shot, though seemingly simple, is one of the toughest in golf to get right.

Bump and run might get you to the green, but you’ll likely settle for par if you do that. This is a pitch from here, not a chip. Treat it…

6 Simple Exercises for Golfers Over 50

In my head, I can play golf every day and never get sore or tired. Unfortunately, my body doesn’t agree. At fifty-four years old, I’m not exactly over the hill, but I do have a much better grasp of reality. I am no longer young. I need to work harder to stay active.

In New England, where I reside with my eight grandchildren, it’s starting to cool off a bit outside. Weather “experts” claim it…

AdvisorScale Launches New Affiliate Program

Howard Dean was an inspiration to me. Not his politics. It was his pioneering social media campaign that lit my fire. I can still remember clearly the day I asked my secretary to start posting ads on directories and search engines. She thought I was nuts.

Here’s a bit of history for you. The Dean campaign didn’t use Facebook. It wasn’t an option at the time. Howard’s grass-roots supporters…

Imagine a World Where All You Do is Play Golf

We’re calling it “Golf Lovers Dream.” It’s the first phase in the 2021 evolution of the Steve Mitchell Golf Classic, and it is happening in the next few months. Golf fanatics everywhere will soon be able to spend their time playing golf and putting tournament teams together, all while getting paid to do what they love.

That’s right. We said it. Beginning in just a few months, you can start…

Age is a Demographic, not a Niche Market

According to a 2018 Fidelity RIA benchmarking study, “Consistent high-performing firms focus on higher value and younger clients.” Those same firms also experience higher organic AUM growth, obtained by retaining and cultivating client relationships.

This is good information, yet not enough to develop a solid content marketing strategy. Age is a demographic, not a niche market. For advisory…

Relapse and Recovery: The John Daly Story

Friends of Bill say it’s one day at a time. Jimmy K’s followers live life just for today. John Daly gets it. The journey of recovery may be a rising slope for some. John’s life has been a roller-coaster ride. He has risen to the top of his profession many times, only to be derailed by a disease that speaks to him in his own voice.

In 1991, young John Daly won the PGA Championship at Crooked…

Two Great Putts, but Not the Longest in History

Dustin Johnson thought he had it. The fist pump after sinking a 43-foot birdie putt on eighteen was that of man many thought was destined to win the day. But this is golf. Anything can happen.

The first playoff hole found Dustin with co-leader Jon Rahm back on the eighteenth green with a makable par putt. Rahm, on the other hand, was sixty-six feet away with a ski slope in front of him.

H…