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Business Model Evolution
Today we’re taking a look at your business model, and whether it supports the lifestyle you want. Or not. If you’re anything like me, you started your business without much of a business plan… and no idea what business models you’d be putting in place. Maybe you looked around at other successful entrepreneurs and decided…
Entrepreneurial Pricing: Advice That Works
When you're first starting out online, it can be tough deciding on an entrepreneurial pricing strategy for your products and services. So today we’re talking about how to choose what price you should be charging, and whether you should be displaying your prices on your website or not. Entrepreneurial Pricing Advice What To Consider As…
When The Universe Speaks Through Joss Whedon Encounters
My life as a pre-teen was influenced by the prevailing message of the media at the time: stay within the acceptable girl parameters. The “be a good girl” stereotype was undermining my confidence and natural curiosities about what girls could and couldn’t do. Play with dolls, but not computers. Go outside but don’t get dirty.…
How to Build Business Philanthropy Into Your Business Model
Business philanthropy is something that I know many women who get into business want to get involved in. I'm the same. I've been dreaming about ways for my business to give back, and I had many ideas along the way. There are so many causes that I want to support, but it can be hard…
Business Priorities Practically Guarantee Results
Without business priorities, you're destined to face each day in reactive mode and go to bed wondering why you didn't get anything done. Sound familiar? That's because when you're first starting your business you might be trained more as an employee or student than as a business owner. This means that you might be used…
Comparing Yourself? How To Stop and Keep Going
Do you compare yourself to others, and wonder why you even should keep going? Been there, done that. And it's no fun! Comparing Yourself Can Bring You Down My Solutions For Comparing Yourself When you start feeling overwhelmed by jealousy or the comparison gremlins, you know it's time to change your environment. For me, that…
How to Keep Receipts Digitally
How to keep receipts without pulling your entrepreneurial hair out? That's exactly the subject of today's video post! When it comes to tracking expenses in your business, there's nothing more annoying than trying to organize all your paper receipts. Been there, done that. How To Keep Receipts Neat & Tidy Want the audio only version…
Online Persona: Is It The Real You?
How does your online persona match up to the “real” you? When you meet someone who you’ve watched from afar online… how likely is it that their online persona is really how they are in person? I’ve seen both cases: people who are exactly how they are online, offline… and people who seem to have…
Elevator Speech: Is It Working For You?
Do you have a good elevator speech? You know when you meet someone at a cocktail party, networking event, or in the elevator at the publishing house… and you don’t know how to answer the “what do you do” question? Yeah, that sucks. So let’s talk about how you can craft a compelling elevator speech…
Are you giving away too much free content?
In today’s episode, we’re taking at look at all the great free content you’re putting out on the web… and whether you’re giving away too much. It's a question I get all the time: am I going to go out of business if I keep giving away all my best ideas, strategies, and advice for…
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