We all have unique stories to tell about our careers and our businesses. I did a presentation last week on self-promotion in Boston to the Downtown Women’s Club and heard many great stories from the attendees and I was reminded again how truly wonderful all our stories are. Each story reveals something personal about us. What is the story behind starting our business? Where … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2009
Busting Stereotypes
Every once in a while I meet a woman who has quietly taken stereotypes, looked them in the eye and with a quick flick of the wrist lobbed them into the discard pile. Rosie Saez a Senior V.P. of H.R. at Wachovia Bank is a stereotype buster. She has been in the world of banking for over 20 years and has participated in helping change this mainly male dominated world over … [Read more...]
Perfecting Your “Gut”
No, this is not another fitness angle promising tight abs in 10 days. Good thing because I just ate what giants might refer to as a really big helping (or what the rest of us might call three average portions) of my favorite dessert and I’m in no mood to discuss my waistline. The part of the gut I want to discuss today is the part that just knows when something is wrong or … [Read more...]
An observation about sales staff
I had lunch one time at a popular eatery in a nearby town. It was a place where on weekends, families and couples would have brunch or dinner; but on a weekday at lunch time, it was usually business people meeting. On this particular day the restaurant was very crowded and I was quite lucky to get a table. My little table-for-two was positioned between two larger tables. … [Read more...]
Drupal, Joomla, WordPress, or Custom Content Management?
Having built over 250 websites in the last ten years, I have a good sense of what tools would be a good fit for a particular project. If you're thinking of building a website for your own business, you'll want to identify some key needs around the following: 1) your budget -- how much can you realistically spend 2) your timeline to get the website up -- when do you need a … [Read more...]
Interview with Greeting Card and Accessory Designer, Karen Justice, Part 1
Joining Womenonbusiness.com today is Karen Justice, writer, designer and painter -and an entrepreneur. Her company, Wild Jungle Chick, is becoming one of the largest greeting card retailers online and in Florida. Kristin: Karen, can you give us a little background on your entrepreneurial journey? Karen: I left home at seventeen. Being on my own so early was … [Read more...]
Yoga for the Working Woman
Yoga has been practiced for centuries and is now more utilized than ever across the globe. The benefits of yoga are many and when you consider how many hours in a week, in a month or in a year you spend working, it becomes quite clear just how valuable those benefits are in your work day itself. The function or objective in the practice of yoga is to bring about a unity of … [Read more...]
The Marketing Mix Made Easy to Understand and Use
While creating your annual marketing plan, using a combination of elements (4 from the marketing mix) is the key to success. The marketing mix contains four elements. The combination of the four elements is used to satisfy consumer needs and company goals, stimulate consumer interest, and generate sales. 1. Product/Service - what are you trying to sell? 2. Price - … [Read more...]
Taking on the Work of Others
Let’s face it. Women are often busy doing the grunt work while men spend more time building their careers. We have a problem with taking on too much responsibility and it limits us from doing what needs to be done to advance our own careers and take care of ourselves. No only do we do our own work, but we also take on the work of others. We have difficulty saying “no”. As a … [Read more...]
Be Smart About Jumping In
Post by Jand K. Stimmler, contributing Women On Business writer Recently I read an article entitled “On Court’s First Day, Sotomayor Jumps In” which referred to Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s first day on the Supreme Court. The article went on to say that the Justice “displayed no reticence on the first day of her first term on the court…(she) asked many questions and made as many … [Read more...]