At this point, I have coached / mentored thousands of women entrepreneurs, in nearly every industry you can think of, in every corner of the US and a handful of “other” countries as well. And when money is coming in too slow, when scale can’t QUITE be realized, when they’re on the struggle bus for too
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Archives for August 2020
“TIMING” AND YOUR BUSINESS: CREATING YOUR OWN LUCK FOR WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS
Search for discussions on “Timing” in business and you’ll find tens of thousands of articles about timing the market, about how timing is critically important to a product or brand’s success. In certain cases, that’s true. Take Irene Blok’s fashionable facemarks, called Face Blok, which landed on Shark Tank. The sharks thought the masks “freaky”
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HELP!! NO ONE IS SEEING MY POSTS ANYMORE!
This is what I’m hearing, whether it’s Facebook, Linkedin, Pinterest or anything else…. the complaint I’m hearing is simple: “I FEEL LIKE I’M TALKING TO AN EMPTY ROOM,” This coming from people who are SHOWING UP consistently, but feeling un-heard, un-seen, un-acknowledged. (And going un-paid.) There IS a fix, and it’s not what you think.
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GOOD BONES: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN (NUTS & BOLTS) FRAMEWORK, FUN & FAITH
I was messaging back and forth this morning with a dear friend, discussing the beautiful mix of FRAMEWORK, FUN, and FAITH that success demands. She loves the FUN of it all.. as do I. The daily messaging, the authentic unleashing of the message, the delivering of the “cures.” I love it. I also love the
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STEPS THAT BUILD A BRAND & STEPS THAT BUILD YOUR “BANK”
Are you not a reader? Do you not ABSOLUTELY LOVE my long posts? I’m mortally offended, of course, but let me jump right to the point… just for you. The secret is to take the steps that go to the BANK first… and watch a funny thing happen: AS you make money, as you WIN
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STOP trying to be FANCY Enough to Earn Their Respect or Attention
In the words of Gretchen Wilson, “I don’t need no designer tags to make my man want me.” #same I get it if you’re not into Gretchen Wilson. But Frank Sinatra echoed the same sentiment when he said, “I’m just a singer.” He was referring to all he DIDN’T do on stage… All the fancy “extras.” He
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Success Requires Much More Than “Permission.”
“God help me accept the truth about myself, no matter how beautiful it is.” — late Benedictine monastic, Sister Macrina Wiederkehr I saw this quote posted by a Women Who WOW member, Dr. Amy Strong of The Solving Space. In her post, she was talking about the “self-hate spiral” and I LOVE her strong vulnerability in everything she
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WARNING TO SMALL BUSINESSES RE: **TRUE** COVID ECONOMIC DAMAGE
This new virus has not really impacted my daily life. I trust there IS a virus, that will keep ACTING like a virus (i.e. keep being contagious AND even deadly to some) and will NOT wave a white flag and “disappear.” My PERSONAL opinion is that we will have to learn how to LIVE with
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WHY SUCCESS SEEMS “HARD” (& HOW TO MAKE IT EASY)
I am often contacted by people who have so little faith in their business, but also — so little faith in business in general. They want little hacks for how to make a little money for some temporary or one time need. They mention goals of ONE DAY leaving their jobs, ONE DAY going all
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