Money & Business
Passion, Purpose & the New Entrepreneur
By Sharon Hurley-Hall – This month’s article in Women’s Health covers a topic that we believe is critical to business success. It’s about the importance
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Blogging for Business
By Jeannine Clontz – Web logs (blogs) came into play in the late 1990s, but today they offer options beyond those of aspiring writers or
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YOUR Identity: How To Fast Track It To Passion And Profits: 1st In A Series Of 4
Having a clear, confident and consistent identity is all you need to move from famine to feasting in every area of your life. In other
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3 Do’s of Writing a Strong Executive Summary
By Lauren Bailey – You may have the most well written business plan known to man, but if you don’t manage to immediately grab an
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Top 5 Signs that You’re STUCK at Work
By Sandra Ford Walston – In tough economic times, it is easy to feel stuck—stuck in the wrong job, stuck in a failing company or
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April Is Financial Literacy Month: Do You Know Where Your Money Is Going?
By Patricia Stallworth – April is National Financial Literacy Month and a study released by the National Foundation for Credit Counseling and the Network Branded
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Can I Get a Second Chance at a First Impression?
By Jeannine Clontz – The short answer to that question is, ‘no’ – it is what it is. A first impression is what you project
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What Are You Waiting For? 5 Tips for Procrastinators
By Elizabeth Hagen – When I ask for a show of hands at my workshops for who feels they are a procrastinator – usually around
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Ready for a Career Boost? Become Fabulous Now! (A book review)
By Pam Lutrell – We live in a new world. Job security does not mean what it used to and retirement for many is no
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Busting the Myth about World-Changing Women
By Grace Fox – I used to think world-changing women were gals with household names. Women such as Margaret Thatcher, Golda Meir, Harriet Tubman, and
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Trickling Economics
By Carolyn Henderson – Well, gosh Beave. Since everyone else is talking about economics these days, it’s time for me to throw my (gorgeous, handknitted) hat in
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10 Sure Signs You’re Being Squeezed By Your Money-Excerpt
By Patricia Stallworth – How do you know if you’re being squeezed by your money? Sometimes we live with things one way for so long
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The Biz of Writing – Interview with Anne Wayman
By Sharon Hurley-Hall – “I don’t think I do business very well.” That’s the last thing you would expect to hear from Anne Wayman, who
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How to Kill a Relationship in One Touch of the “Send” Button
By Beverly Lewis – Email can kill a relationship. I learned an indelible lesson about written communication when I was in 7th grade Spanish class.
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The First Lady Caregivers
By Sherri Snelling – On President’s Day, we honor two great men who have led this country through its creation and one of its most
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Lessons from Financially Independent Women
Financial independence can sometimes be an abstract concept until you achieve it. So I think it’s always helpful to take a peek into the mindset
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Why Asking for Money Is So Hard
By Kathy Caprino – I’ve been watching my clients — and myself — these past two years around the experience of charging fees, asking for
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6 Cousins to Courage
By Sandra Ford Walston, The Courage Expert – Everyone can learn to practice courage regardless of career or position. It does not matter if you
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Women of All Ages Need to Be Fearless/DARE-ing at Work!
By Liz DiMarco Weinmann – Why is it so important for women of all ages to be fearless at work? First, let’s define what “daring”
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Five Online Business Optimization Strategies
By Jeannine Clontz – Running an online business gives entrepreneurs an incredible chance to expand and scale their operations. While offline business requires a physical
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Why Bother with Primary Marketing Research?
By Ellen Koronet – “Marketing Research” is a term that seems to be tossed about in today’s frenetic business communities. In micropreneurial arenas, research about
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Hiring a Skill Set? Think Again: It Comes Complete With a Person, No Assembly Required
By Andrea Feinberg – Are you a new employer? It can be hard to realize you’re not hiring a friend or even someone you’d just
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Twitter, Facebook & Your Next Business Expo Event
We all attend business expo events & conferences to network with other stall holders, to increase our clients and improve our brand awareness in the
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Are you frazzled?
By Deborah McCarragher – Did the start of the New Year bring anxiety or dread? Are you over-committed? Do you feel like you’re running faster
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Before Caregiving Puts a Crack in Your Nest Egg – Find a Financial Gerontologist
By Sherri Snelling – As I began to research this blog article for January’s Financial Wellness Month, I came across a fact that seems serendipitous
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“Affluenza”-An Affluent Disease or Temporary Condition?
By Penelope Lemov – They are a two-car family living in a comfortably affluent neighborhood. With her college-sophomore son home for the summer, a friend
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What Is Your Image Saying About Your Business & Career?
By Scarlett De Bease – Do you have a good presence? What does your image say about your career and personal success? There is more
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Providing Good Customer Service
By Leona Salazar – I would say my favorite job was back in 1968 when I worked for Macy’s on 34th Street while going to
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The Fine Line Between Success and Failure: Creating What You Want Most in 2012
By Kathy Caprino – We can gain great insight by reviewing our past behaviors and actions, examining what brought us the most success and fulfillment, and
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Doing What You Love to do After 50!
By Pam Lutrell – Maybe you are seeking more joy in your life after 50? One of the sure-fire ways to find it is to
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50+ Female Entrepreneurs are Thriving & Finding Their Place on the Net
By Carol Doyel – The subject of entrepreneurship seems to be a hot topic these days and one that is covered in almost every major
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4 Steps to Improve Your Financial Life in 2012
By Hollis Colquhoun – From Holiday Reverie to New Year’s Resolution The holiday sparkle is fading away and January has arrived. Financial reality is staring
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How to Make – and Fulfill – New Year’s Resolutions That Change Your Life
By Kathy Caprino – New Year’s Resolutions are commitments we make to ourselves about a future vision we wish to achieve that we believe will
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Busting the Myth That Women Aren’t As Ambitious as Men
By Kathy Caprino – I’ve heard over and over in the past several years reference to the idea that professional women aren’t as ambitious as
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A Smarter Way to Run Your Business in 2012
By Monique Y. Wells – Have you noticed that everyone is talking about “overwhelm” these days? Whether it’s due to not knowing how to use
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Retirement – Days of Joy or Woe is Me?
By Deborah McCarragher – The countdown has begun… “Only 183 more days to go!” my husband said to me the last year of his long
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Social Media Marketing: What Sites Are Most Effective?
By Lee Ussher- Most businesses create profile accounts on many social sites without actually thinking about the goal or structure of how they are going
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How to Create what you Want through the Power of Visualization
By Jane Morrison – Have you ever wondered how those Olympic athletes have such drive, willpower and tenacity to push their bodies to the limit
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More Americans over 50 are Starting their own Businesses
By Art Koff – Those between the ages of 55 and 64 had the highest rate of entrepreneurial activity of any age group between 1996
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The 7 Knightly Virtues: An Attorney’s “Code of Chivalry”
Guidelines for Choosing the Right Attorney By Beverly Lewis – The 7 essential elements you should always look for when you choose an attorney to
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8 Ways to Plan and Brand Your Small Business
By Liz DiMarco Weinmann – In the current economic climate, thousands of people are starting their own businesses. Some stride confidently into setting up a
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Working With and Managing Other’s Stress During The Holidays
By Pamela Cournoyer – Keyword: WORKPLACE STRESS Stress responses in others are predictable and can be managed without causing more stress for you. This is
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Getting over Overwhelm in Your Business: Time Out – Time In
By Dr. Monique Y. Wells – The term “work/life balance” has become an integral part of the conversations that we have regarding the stress associated
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Lois Landford Art
Another “ROCK” Your Own World Story By Sibyl White – Lois Langford Art http://www.loislangford-art.com Murals, art on furniture, custom art, color and fabric matching, portraits
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Holiday Gifting: Forget Global, Think Local
By Sharon O’Day – Good news! You can actually make a difference. At least you can if you enroll every one of your friends, and
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Facebook Marketing Kept Simple
By Lee Ussher – I had a very supportive fan ask me a valid question on my Facebook Business Page recently and wanted to share
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How to Increase Your Presence on the Net with Article Marketing
By Jeannine Clontz – Article marketing on the Internet harnesses the power of the Web and the hunger for written content. Article marketing allows writers
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Expect the Best, Key to Success!
By Maryann Ehmann – As a very accepting, adaptable and patient person, not wanting to be demanding, controlling, or ungrateful, I have often crossed over
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How To Avoid the Top 5 Public Speaking Mistakes
By Kathy Caprino – As a frequent speaker at live and online conferences and events, I’m in the company of hundreds of folks each year
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Holiday Shopping: Keeping Your Money Safe
By Sharon O’Day – Holiday shopping! Black Friday alerts are popping up all over my email these days, a sure sign that the peak holiday
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Letting Go of Prince Charming
By Sharon O’Day – “Read it to me one more time, Mommy.” And off we go again, hearing how the damsel in distress was swept
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Following Through: More Excuses
By Karen Jordan – Excuses, excuses, you’ll hear them every day. And the Devil he’ll supply them, if the church you stay away. When people
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Business in the Cloud: Is it Really Workable?
By Sharon Hurley Hall – The cloud, the cloud, the cloud – that’s all you seem to hear these days. But what exactly is the
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Work Options in the Golden Years
By Laurie Neumann – It used to be when you reached 50 plus years of age, you were nearing retirement, ready to golf and spend
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12 Days to Better Leadership
By Beverly Lewis – The calendar is flipping really fast and I admit to moments of nervousness when I see the inevitable countdown charts with
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On the Road to Success: Saving Time for Busy People
By Jane Heacock – We often hear people say they don’t have enough time? People generally start the week with expectations to complete a list
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Retirement – Days of Joy or Woe is Me?
By Deborah McCarragher – The countdown has begun… “Only 183 more days to go!” my husband said to me the last year of his long
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When Your Inner Child Becomes a “Material” Girl
By Tamara Elizabeth – This time of year with all the fliers and mail/internet order fliers and catalogues arrive at your doorstep, our inner child
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5 Factors that Could Threaten Your Financial Plan
By Jacqueline Darien – What could make your retirement plans go awry? And what strategies can help you keep your plan on track? The events
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The Richness of Respect
By Beverly Lewis – My home is situated in a unique area in North Florida called the Sand Hills. Located north of the beaches of
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Facebook Promotion Guidelines – The Dummies Guide!
By Lee Ussher – When Facebook changed the Promotion Guidelines without any prior warning I was in the middle of running a competition, and if
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Mannequin Madness
Another “ROCK” Your Own World Story By Sibyl White – Award-Winning Mannequin Liquidation Company—New & Used Mannequins/Dress Forms—For Sale & Rent One mannequin for an
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Necessity may be the mother of invention…
but DARE-ING are the mothers of reinvention By Liz Weinmann – Twenty years into my career as a marketing executive, I decided I’d had enough
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Job Interview Etiquette and Tips
By Marla Levie – Although unemployment rates in America have been slowly decreasing over the last few months, the competition in the job market is still at
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Where Does Sarcasm Fit In Your Workplace?
By Pamela Cournoyer – There are so many sweet opportunities to take a jab at others. It’s all in good fun, isn’t it? I hate
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Paying Yourself in a New Business – Key Issues
By Sharon Hurley Hall – To pay or not to pay, that is the question. I hope Shakespeare will forgive me for cannibalizing his words,
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The Importance of Sound Financial Planning
By Jacqueline Darien, CFP – Several years ago I played golf with an attorney for a large bank. As we walked along, we chatted about
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LinkedIn: The Real Scoop About What It Can- and Can’t- Do For Your Career
By Kathy Caprino – As a career and executive coach, speaker and recruitment consultant, I use LinkedIn (LI) extensively each day, and I enjoy it.
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What NOT to Do to Build a Profitable Business
By Tiffany Sylvia – I love that show “What Not to Wear” on TLC. I love how Stacy and Clinton ambush some unsuspecting, fashionably challenged
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Three Business Lessons from Shania Twain
By Sharon Hurley Hall – Shania Twain’s been in the headlines with her recently completed series Why Not?, which aired on the Oprah Winfrey Network.
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Don’t Break the Bank Before Reaching Your Goals
By Jeannine Clontz – Looking through magazines for gift ideas I stumbled upon something I hadn’t seen in years, a glass piggybank. I recall receiving
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3 Ways to Raise Your Writing Game
By Donna Kastner – With the growth in social media, if you’re an entrepreneur looking to connect with an audience, there are many routes to
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Does Being More Positive Really Improve Your Career and Life?
By Kathy Caprino – As a trained family therapist and career coach, I’ve researched for over eight years what makes some people highly successful in
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Charge More Because`You’re Worth It’
By Natalie Sisson – If there’s one thing all entrepreneurs’ have in common it’s learning to charge what you’re really worth. Especially women as we
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5 Surefire Ways to Ensure Business Longevity
By Jane Morrison – The certificate hanging my office wall says I’ve been in business 10 years, I wonder how that can be? Imagine 10
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Sharing the Wealth
Helping out our grown children now or leaving a legacy for later By Penelope Lemov – My husband and I have been incredibly lucky. We
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Health Care Cost Challenges for Older Americans
By Art Koff, Founder RetiredBrains.com – Facts and Figures You Should Know Seniors will pay a great deal for their health care in their retirement
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The Unique Strengths of Women Entrepreneurs
By Gazelle Simmons No matter how long I’ve been working with a particular woman entrepreneur, I will never cease to be amazed at how they
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Using technology to make life easier and business better – Part 1
By Dina Behrman – These days if you want to get ahead, you’ve got to get online. From growing your business, to improving your social
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The Trust Factor
By Beverly Lewis – When was the last time you heard the shattering of glass and the scraping of metal? I’m not talking about an
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The Three “F’s” That Block Your Success!
By Chris Makell – When I work with business owners and ask what’s getting in the way of their success, I hear a lot of
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Are You Guaranteed Success?
By Donna Amos – Three things every new business owner must identify to make their journey easier: They must first determine their target market and
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Go DARE: BRAND Your Own Self!
By Liz Weinmann – Most over-50 women were brought up to believe we had to be team players. We listened to everybody else, men more
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What’s Your Dream?
By Janet Daughtry – For some, this idea of pursuing a dream seems like a waste of time. After all, shouldn’t we be doing something
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Low-cost, no cost methods to market your business
By Robbi Hess – When you’re an entrepreneur, time is money and you need to keep track of every dime that comes in and goes
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What is coaching? What benefits can you gain from it? What you can expect from it?
By Anna Cook – For a start, it depends on what form of coaching and what area of activity… There are sports, music, voice, expat,
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