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Embracing Your Flaws as a Marketing Strategy

Embrace your flaws as a marketing strategy? Yes, that’s what I said.
If you feel confused by social media, or get overwhelmed by your business tasks, or maybe yearn for the good ‘ol days when people wrote letters and didn’t know what a crackberry was, then here’s a thought - you aren’t the only one. [...]

Using Your “Inside Voice” in Marketing Your Business

As children, we were told to use our “inside voice”.
The request was usually triggered by us running around, yelling at the top of our lungs, wrecking havoc in our pathway. Often, we were just having fun, but we might have been fighting for stuff, or maybe angry, or maybe trying to get attention. Safe to [...]

The Voice of the People - The New Business Paradigm

The voice of the people - the Tribe - is the new business paradigm. Never in the course of history has such engagement, interaction, and immediate connection been possible. With the ever increasing social acceptance of the Internet and all its opportunities - online purchasing, blogging, Skype, YouTube, citizen reporting, Twitter - the game changing [...]

Meet Kevin Leahy - Eyebrows Up!

Yesterday, I met Kevin Leahy, a body language and communication expert at Knowledge Advocate, LLC. He shared a great tip with me for changing your body language and mindset - put your eyebrows up! <==click there to go to his full blog post.
Maybe not what you’d expect, the eybrow thing, but Kevin makes a lot [...]

Is It Time To Get A Job? For Me, Yes.

Is it time to get a job? It’s a question I am answering for myself. And, I’ve decided that yes is the answer. It’s time for me to take that leap!
When I examine employment vs. entrepreneurship, I actually have to admit some real advantages of corporate employment. I feel, especially in these economic times, that [...]

Davos 2010 - Send me!

I have entered a contest to be sent to the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos 2010. Here is my video submission - am anxiously awaiting the judges’ decision on finalists. Wish me luck - and, please add comments and ratings if you’re so inclined. I will let you know if I am a [...]

The Role of Verbal Abuse in Business

Verbal abuse is destructive. Verbal abuse in business, or life, or really anywhere, is hurtful. And, it’s debilitating. Allowing someone to degrade you, insult you, demean you (with and/or without physical contact) has long term, insidious impact. It’s certainly not something we’d want to teach our daughters, yet many of us remain in relationships that [...]

Gratitude is the New Black

It’s the color of the season, the color of an open heart, and the new black - gratitude.
Never before in my life have I felt such an outpouring of gratefulness, generosity, and caring as I have witnessed over the last several weeks. Don’t know if I was just wearing the right clothes, or smelled just [...]

Encouragement Camp

You’re invited to Encouragement Camp

Save the date - December 2nd!
Wednesday, 9 AM CT
World premier of SmartWoman TV with live streaming Encouragement Camp
Enjoy office hours with me as we discuss your challenges, your triumphs, and how the year ahead is looking for you. Nothing but good news and help coming your way (and probably some free [...]

Are you an elephant acting like an ant?

Energy seeks alignment. Much like water seeks its mark, your energy and how you use it affects your entire life, your entire Being. A misalignment of your unique Self and the energy you are taking in and projecting out can affect your prosperity, your business, your happiness. So, choose wisely.
What does this have to do [...]