I recently gave a presentation to a large group of professionals. It had been a year since my last presentation to the same group of people, so I knew that I needed to spruce it up a bit – make it more memorable. With help from my team at Dimalanta Design Group, we were able…
Avoiding External Validation
April 16, 2014 By
Why is it that when someone agrees with us it feels like victory? Yet when someone doesn’t, it feels like defeat? And even if that person does agree with us it doesn’t necessarily mean that we were right in the first place. We could have been completely misinformed and think we knew what we are…
A Team of One
November 7, 2013 By
I really love hearing feedback. It not only tells me that people are listening, but they are also applying the information I share to their business. Just the other day I received some very valuable insight into the Dimalanta Design Group weekly marketing tip newsletter that I write. In each newsletter, not only do I…
Marketing: A Scary Word?
October 16, 2013 By
While at a recent social media seminar, one of our participants raised her hand and said the following, “I think marketing is a scary word.” She elaborated by saying that marketing seemed too ambiguous and vague to her, so she wasn’t even sure what it meant. It was then that I fully realized the undeniable…
The Marketing “Personal Trainer”
October 4, 2013 By
How many of you would say that you are self-motivated? Hopefully the answer you say aloud to others is the same as the one you are thinking. Working as a small business owner, or for a small business, requires self-motivation. And while we may have a lot of it, there are inevitably times that we…
The Right Tools
September 13, 2013 By
How many of you reading this can say that you have the perfect presentation at your fingertips, or that you have that ideal piece of literature in you portfolio to help you communicate with your customer exactly what it is that you do? If you find that you don’t have those tools at your disposal…
Dimalanta Wins Rising Star Award
October 12, 2011 By
On Tuesday, October 11, 2011, the Dimalanta Design Group, was honored with being awarded as the 2011 Rising Star. There were over 150 in attendance at this year’s Northeast Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce Awards Gala. Enjoying food & drinks catered by the Manor House in Mason, attendees welcomed this years’ winners for the Lou Eves…
