Archive for the ‘business’ Category
That is a mantra I keep repeating to myself. What are my goals? What is important to me? What do I value? What do I believe in? Today, I have three separate projects to work on that require immense amounts of focus and attention – all while keeping in mind the looming need for family [...]
There were roadblocks… There was almost a crying fit (yes, I’ll admit it… Even in today’s “if you’re going to be an entrepreneur, you can’t be emotional” world, I will admit to almost crying today.) I yelled at myself, almost gave up, and didn’t meet one of my goals. But I met the other two. [...]
So, it has been over a year since I started this blog last April. Back then, I was pregnant, neurotic, creative, and needing an outlet. Today I am watching my daughter’s first birthday approaching with what could only be described as a mix of trepidation, excitement, and nausea. She can’t be one. No. She is [...]
It’s the first day of summer, and I’m sitting outside on my back porch researching wordpress themes for myself and a client. I’m trying to find the perfect design for Re-Think Recreation’s site, as well as a client of mine that I like to call “the un-accountant”. I can’t think of a better way to [...]
Because following your head makes more sense. Sometimes in life, you know what you’re supposed to do. In this case, it would be to panic. I mean, to come to the realization that everything you’ve dedicated your life to for the past 7 years – what you honestly and truly believed you were meant to [...]
Not all mom entrepreneurs are sole proprietors… No, many mom entrepreneurs are actually partners in a business with their significant other or other family members. Sometimes this makes a great solution for moms who need more flexibility with their work, but wish to work in a business that requires more time commitment than is possible [...]
Or “How to Sell Lots and Lots of Diapers!” In my digital travels, I’ve come into contact with many, many moms running cloth diaper businesses. Whether you sew your own, retail, or wholesale, a cloth diaper business faces a multitude of unique challenges. If you yourself are in the cloth diaper business (or any business [...]
As if we women faced enough issues in motherhood and life, one that often comes up is the issue of confidence and self esteem. The old stories always come up… “I don’t know how to run a business…” “I’ve never sold products before…” “What if my clients/customers find out that I’m new?” “What if this [...]
… and what you should do about it. When talking with soon-to-be, new, or even seasoned business owners about marketing and branding, the word “niche” invariably comes up in our conversations. After all, most popular literature on business today will tell you to niche yourself down – target a smaller segment of the market. “Niching [...]
Through a service called Networked Blogs, this blog post is about to appear on our Facebook Page and Twitter account – without me having to do a single thing. Every blog post does. It also comes with a handy header that, when a user clicks through to the blog post, appears across the top of [...]
In a post later this week, I’ll be covering why you should brand your business and what a brand is. Before we get to those topics, I wanted to give you some actual usable steps you could put into action today! So here you have 9 steps to branding your business: Figure out who you [...]
Nine short months ago, I was just an entrepreneur. I was one really, really pregnant entrepreneur – but still, not a mom. I had been in business for almost 6 years at that point – surely nothing could change my outlook on business so drastically that I would find myself doing something else entirely within [...]
