Tell me if this sounds familiar: You have a great idea for a project and you start creating it with the hopes of launching it in the next few months. When you’re almost finished, you start talking about it on social media to warm people up to what you are creating. Then you manage to… [Read More]
When I first started my spa business I had no hiring experience. I was a 22 year old massage therapist with a dream and plenty of drive, but not a lot else. I remember the early days of hiring: “Oh, Zoey is so sweet and cool, we will have so much fun together! She’s hired!”… [Read More]
It seems like right now, many of us are choosing to move closer to having businesses that we can take anywhere – a portable business that we can run from a cafe, rooftop, poolside or airplane. Deep down we all crave more freedom and flexibility, and running your business from your laptop seems like a… [Read More]
How can I use Pinterest to increase my SEO? I thought links from Pinned images are no-follow links? While it is true that links from the pinned image itself are “no-follow” links – meaning that they aren’t indexed by search engines, there are ways to boost your search engine rankings using Pinterest! Here are a… [Read More]
If you are a small business owner you can’t help but compare your business to all the others you bump up against each day. Twitter, Facebook, Google+, it’s endless. You are aware of each and every move your competition makes. Is it driving you crazy? It was for me. When I was first starting out,… [Read More]
One quality that most successful entrepreneurs have in common is drive. We’re driven to create, and driven to succeed. This can mean high demand on our bodies over time. And if we want our bodies to keep up with our busy schedules and long hours, we have to figure out how to balance out our… [Read More]
Have you ever walked into a retail shop and found yourself lingering, enjoying the atmosphere, buying great merchandise, and then running to tell all your friends about it? I certainly have. Shops that have lovely décor, beautifully enticing product displays, customer service with a smile, and perks like free coffee and wi-fi, tend to draw… [Read More]
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In our quest to become the go-to expert in our fields, we often wind up feeling overwhelmed by the information we encounter as we keep our fingers pressed firmly on the pulse of our industries. It seems as though as soon as we get our inboxes down to zero they fill up once again with… [Read More]
If you’re just getting started with blogging, chances are you’re interested in sharing your expertise with the world. But you’re probably not only interested in “one-way” communication with your readers. No, blogging is about building a community. And at some point, you’re going to realize that the people in your community may want to pay… [Read More]
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