Being a small business owner is tough, especially for women. We have to try harder to get the credit that we deserve. Lucky for us, it’s not as tough now as it would have been a few decades ago. When it comes to making exigent decisions, we have to deal with the second guessing of…
In America, 1 in 4 women will eventually die from heart disease. In fact, more women die of heart disease than men and that gap is just getting bigger. The major reason that women eventually get heart disease or have heart attacks is because of the blockage of coronary arteries. Those are the arteries that…
If you haven’t noticed the new ads on Facebook, it’s probably because you don’t have a Facebook account. These things are hard to miss. In addition to the ads, there have been a surge of small business Facebook storefronts lately. What (as business owners) can we learn from the way that they operate? How are…
Panicking is a natural reaction, especially when you know that all eyes are on you and when you are aware that people have high expectations of you. In my previous company, you couldn’t get promoted just because you had outstanding work performance. Aside from formally applying for the position, you also had to compete with…
You can feel it coming. You’re stuck in traffic, and you’re already ten minutes late. You know there is going to be a meeting today, and you’re not properly prepared. Did you turn off the coffee pot? Then it starts: shortness of breath you feel your heart beating in your ears you can’t focus your…
There’s much controversy these days over equality in the workplace, especially where pay is concerned. Although women have come leaps and bounds farther than they were decades ago, we still have a ways to go. One of the effects of this is the fact that women have taken charge of their own career paths by…
For a small business or online business of any kind, email marketing is extremely important. It is a great way to remind customers of your existence and to keep them coming back for more. Through email marketing, you can also keep your community informed about any changes that your business is going through, and offer…
There’s effective marketing, then there’s just flat-out annoying ads. Have you ever gotten blasted back to back with a ton of emails from a particular company? I have. It’s not so much that it’s trying to inform me about their latest sales, but it’s how it’s executed that gives me pause. If you own a…
We live in a digital world. If you want to earn money, you should definitely consider writing and selling eBooks. These items are becoming more and more common. People today want to read their news and get their information using their computers and their mobile phones. With so many eBooks available today, people can do everything from learning to sew to research the history of the United States. The following are some tips for how to write and sell eBooks for a living.
I have said it many times before, and I will continue to say it: Starting your own business, working for yourself, building an empire, whatever you want to call it ladies, being your own boss is how you will materialize your dreams. And I’m not just talking about getting gobs and gobs of money to…