or HOW TO GET IN A CLOSED-DOOR GROUP WITH SOME OF THE MOST POWERFUL MEDIA CONTACTS FROM NATIONAL MEDIA OUTLETS…. Sam DeBianchi (of Million Dollar Listings Miami on HGTV) said it like this “Media helps your business exponentially. PR can REALLY take you to the next level.” I agree. In my PERSONAL opinion… that list
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Archives for May 2018
7 Ways Women Entrepreneurs Repair and Reinforce Glass Ceilings
Despite signing our own paychecks, and setting our own fees / hourly rates, and choosing the market and industry in which we serve, women-owned businesses earn approximately 60% lower revenues than male-owned companies. That’s a bigger pay gap than in corporate America. AND THIS, my fempreneur friend, is when WE are the boss…. when WE
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Screw Them.
One of the most, offensively boring games I ever played as a kid was “Mother, May I?” I wasn’t AS bold back then as I am now, but I’d stand there (maybe 5 or 6 years old) perplexed and INSTANTLY irritated by the entire concept… the whole premise… of the game. We collectively and knowingly
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Revealed: All The Weird Crap Women Entrepreneurs DO Instead of SELLING
Let me start with raw, uninhibited honesty. It BAFFLES me to see a woman who considers herself an entrepreneur (or even “just” a business owner) who will do all manner of things to “grow her empire,” but shies away from selling. (The exact thing REQUIRED to grow her empire.) Frankly, it feels a bit entitled.
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15 Things Motherhood Taught Me About Being A Successful Entrepreneur
What you do EVERY day is far more important and impactful that what you do ONE DAY. It is an “always” role. I don’t ever stop being a mom, and I don’t put on and take off my “business hat.” These identities are part of who I AM.. I don’t “play” mom or business owner.
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Patterns Are For Sewing – and A Lesson in Putting Your Big Girl Pants On
I hear a lot about patterns, and when they are discussed, it is NEARLY ALWAYS with a certain “powerlessness” that i — frankly — have little (read: no) patience for. as in, “This just KEEPS happening to me. WHOAH IS POOR PITIFUL ME.” This always happens TO me, they say. I ALWAYS do this… I
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The One Thing You Need To Do To Boost Your Traffic
I read an article this morning on boosting traffic. It was a detailed list of the “obvious” stuff, like use social media, have your own website domain, and use the YOAST SEO plug in. Check. Check. Check. And, you know… duh… But, REALLY, the ONE thing people RARELY tell you… Is that you’ve got to
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MUST. HAVE. MONEY. NOW.
Today I am doing a training for Women Who WOW members about ONLINE SELLING…. How the internet has made us sloppy and lazy sales people and what to do about it. But, in preparation, I was remembering… Those moments when money felt like oxygen. I HAD. TO. HAVE. IT. now. And not for some shopping
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Why to Take a Long Hard Look at Those Who “Reject” Your Offer
I remember when I dreaded someone telling me NO…. declining my proposal, rejecting my offer, deciding not to work with me. Today, not so much. I sell Women Who WOW membership. I see bad ass women on line… or those who I THINK are bad ass women entrepreneurs, and I invite them to SAY YES
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