What stands as the infrastructure of your business? If you are a solo-preneur, a home-based business owner or even just a small business with a partner, then the infrastructure isn't an organizational structure, rather it's how you do your business. Something holds your business together and keeps it going. I posit that one of the underlying structures for tiny businesses is … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2010
It’s a New Year…Start Breathing: Part 2
Last week I brought up the topic of breathing correctly and how it can be an easy tactic to relieve stress and protect against all the harmful affects that stress can have against one’s health. In your career, can you think of times when you should have taken a step back from the situation and given yourself a minute to breathe and you could have been able to think more … [Read more...]
What is your connector style (and what does it say about you)?
Today the ability to create effective business relationships and connect with others is becoming more important than ever for success. A businessperson’s ability to establish meaningful relationships fast is essential as our world becomes more connected technologically, but less so physically. Those that are able to create bonds, engage others, and develop impactful business … [Read more...]
Create Your Own Prosperity
Guest post by Allison Maslan (learn more about Allison at the end of this post) Money alone will not make you happy. It’s what the money can do for you that can bring joy. It can give you leverage to capture a life-long dream. It can go to a family in need. It has given me the ability to buy this computer, my writing tool in sharing my coaching, teaching concepts and to write … [Read more...]
Leadership and a Cup of Tea
The next six weeks of winter are the challenging ones with the flu, colds, and general challenges for all of us until those first green shoots of spring brighten the day. A vital question for all of us, and especially women in business who tend to be caretakers and pleasers is “What do you do to renew your spirit?” I’d love to hear responses that can give all of us some new … [Read more...]
You Have the Right to Remain Silent
Actually, you have an obligation to remain silent...the right is in the speech. On this day of celebration of our inalienable rights, I can't help but think about our freedoms. Unfortunately, speaking doesn't come with an owner's manual or license, so anyone, anywhere, anytime can say what's on their mind...therein lies the lesson. Just because we have the right, does not … [Read more...]
Being in Business is Risky Business
Having a business of your own is a bit like being a creative writer. A creative writer loves to ask and answer the question: what would happen if....? What would happen if: the title character were a woman instead of a man the title character were 75 years old and slightly deaf the title character had a side-kick who was independently wealthy all the action took … [Read more...]
20 Best Marketing and Social Media Blogs by Women from Forbes Includes WomenOnBusiness.com
Forbes.com published a list of the top 20 marketing and social media blogs by women today and WomenOnBusiness.com is included on the list along with some other amazing blogs! You can follow the link to see the complete list on Forbes.com. Thank you to all the incredible women who contribute content to WomenOnBusiness.com and thank you to everyone who joins the conversation … [Read more...]
Website Trends for 2010: Top 5 Predictions
Here are my top five predictions in website trends. Believe me, there is so much information out there, but as someone who makes a living developing websites (and who has been doing so for the last 10 years), I highly recommend you configure your action plan for actively updating your website. 1) Go Mobile. Have you created a mobile version of your website yet? This … [Read more...]
It’s a New Year…Start Breathing: Part 1
It can often go overlooked, that breathing is actually an incredible tool that can be utilized as a regulator and stimulator of health and wellness. Our bodies take on the task of breathing automatically. Due to this automated process, thanks to our nervous systems, we don’t even have to think about breathing, we just do it. Our careers, no matter what field or direction … [Read more...]