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 marketplace. But why not reach the larger audience than what you can physically speak to on the day? By using Facebook and Twitter to post

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Money
Deborah McCarragher

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 and faster to just keep up with everything? Well – you’re not alone! This year in particular I’m feeling a sense that God wants me

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Faith & Relationships
Penelope Lemov

“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 was sharing her car with him. Though he had been unable to get a regular job, he had cobbled together a coaching business with a

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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 to having the right image for personal and business success than just wearing a great fitting pair of pants or handing out an impressive business

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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 college. I worked two nights a week and all day Saturday and netted about $22. I loved the job. I took orders on the phone.

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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 men.   Disappointingly, I even heard Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook (whom I deeply admire) mention this reported “lack of ambition” in women on The Charlie

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Business
Monique Wells

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 social media or some new technology, not knowing how to find your niche market, or doing all the mundane, routine tasks for your business yourself,

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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 to effectively use it as a social media marketing strategy. A lot of time & money can be wasted without a plan or knowing what

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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 of physical capabilities? It’s because they have a vision, an end in sight. Without a vision, one cannot accomplish anything and the alternative is like

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Money & Business
Art Koff

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 and 2010. To this end I have prepared a list of Seven Reasons to Start Your Own Business 1. You’ll never get laid off again.

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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 represent you are best represented in the “code of chivalry.” Knights in the middle ages are thought to have a “code of chivalry” which has

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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 business that they’ve been thinking about for a while. Others are taking on freelance assignments while they continue to network and interview for their next

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Business
Pamela Cournoyer

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 especially true during a typically “over the top” time of year for those in the workplace who tend to extend themselves even more. I’m sure

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Business
Monique Wells

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 with work and the toll that it takes on our lives. Sometimes, this stress grows to the point of “overwhelm” – the feeling that one

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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 of pets,people on canvas, monograms, and borders   Lois Langford has over 25 years of experience as an artist. Her artwork includes: nursery and children’s

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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 maybe even a few enemies. How’s that? Well, our manufacturing jobs have skedaddled off to Malaysia, China and Vietnam. No need to rehash all the

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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 my response with all of you as I think it answers a question many Facebook Business users have. The question: “Hi, Lee! I have a

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