December is a popular time for giving and volunteering. In our family we believe in both giving back and paying forward. We have been fortunate to be blessed in our lives by the generous hearts of people we’ve met (and sometimes people we haven’t). It isn’t always possible to return someone’s good will directly so… Continue Reading
Points to Ponder Before Choosing your Business Location
Once you have decided your business needs a new location, choosing that location is not a decision to be made lightly. Your business location can affect many aspects of your business including your overhead, employee morale, customer acquisition—and for existing businesses, customer retention. There are many factors to be considered before deciding where to locate… Continue Reading
Teach Teens to be Entrepreneurs
My first job was making macramé pot hangers for friends of my parents. It was a good job for a 13-year-old. I could make them in my free time around my school schedule and the pay was much better than the 75-cents-an-hour paid to teenage babysitters back in the day. After my stint as a… Continue Reading
Remember to Say Thank You
When was the last time you got a thank you note from someone? Can you remember? Not an e-mail, not a phone call, not a verbal thank you. Didn’t it make you feel great? Can you remember the last time YOU sent someone a thank you note? That probably made you feel great, too. Remembering… Continue Reading
Charity Cash may be King, but Goods are still Good
In the wake of Hurricane Sandy the news is full of stories and pleas for help for its victims. The media has made much of a food/goods drive presidential candidate Mitt Romney held just after the hurricane. His campaign was scorned for collecting these items when they weren’t what’s needed; charities need cash, they tell… Continue Reading
Getting Started with Public Speaking
So you’ve decided to add public speaking to your arsenal of tools to grow your business. This is a good choice as speaking can be a great way to grow your business. For more on that see my recent post Three Ways Speaking Can Grow Your Business. Learn the Art of Public Speaking But how… Continue Reading
The One Thing You Must Do to Get Organized
Organization is a hot topic these days. There are so many experts out there and every one has their own organizing system. There is no shortage of methods and every method is just right and so simple. But you’ve tried them all and all you have left to show for it is more mess and… Continue Reading
Use Social Media Plugins to Increase Blog Traffic
Readers are good. More readers are better. There are many ways to attract more readers to your blog. The best way to get consistent readers is to produce great, relevant content. But once you’ve created relevant content, how do you spread the word and get it out on the internet where potential new readers can… Continue Reading
Four Tips to Give You a Boost on LinkedIn
LinkedIn is one of the most effective tools on the web for business networking. Are you a LinkedIn user? Would you like to have more engagement and make more quality connections there? Like all social media platforms, there is more to using LinkedIn than just signing up and completing your profile. Assuming you have a… Continue Reading
Do You Have Online Integrity?
So much of business—and of life—is conducted via the internet. Unless you only connect with people you have already met “in real life,” as they say, it is necessary to take a little risk in building relationships online. I have met many people online over the years. Some have become my closest friends, business associates… Continue Reading