Are you thinking about going into business, but don't know if you're ready? You may have the skills to become an excellent entrepreneur. Do you believe in your business and are you willing to make it work for you? Your passion determines your ability to commit to the work. Do you have a head for numbers? You'll need to make projections and identify price points, at … [Read more...]
How to Increase your Search Results through Social Media
Are you just "managing" your online social profile? Or are you taking a lead by collaborating and participating with others through comments, wall posts, Twitter feeds, blogging, and discussion threads? By adding a layer of proactivity onto our social media, we have the opportunity to use our social posting as a great way to increase the number of search results associated … [Read more...]
Walking your Talk: Establishing Core Values for your Business
In creating websites for clients over the last six years, I've met many different types of people, all within the context of a specific task at hand: developing a website. The process requires planning, thoroughness, and vision. It also requires the ability to idealize, on paper and in one's mind, prior to making the website a reality. Our process affects our customers in … [Read more...]
Your Non-Negotiables — Set Them and Abide by Them
What are your non-negotiables? What are the behaviors that you absolutely must-have and absolutely will not tolerate? Over the last five years, I've developed a "manifesto" of sorts that lists out the things that I am willing to work with and more importantly, the things that I will not work with --- at all. This list has helped me sort out "good" projects -- which are … [Read more...]
Working as Part of a Team
None of us can go it alone. We all work in an interconnected community of people. After reading a recent WSJ article on "How to Succeed in the Age of Going Solo" (link: http://on.wsj.com/d87Gv7), I was reminded once more of the power and importance of finding a network of people. Employment trends are showing more and more people taking on self-employment, with more and … [Read more...]
Visionboard for your Success
I invite you to take a look at my own visionboarding process: I've been working on some variation of this for the last 3 years now, and I've been keeping a "attainable goals" list since 2001, when I first started being more proactive, positive, and engaging with my chosen line of work and my personal and professional mission statement. My main purpose in being here on the … [Read more...]
People, Planet, and Profits
The "triple bottom line" is something you've been hearing about lately. It refers to thinking about your business in a way that measures your impact on people, planet and profits. Instead of solely reading a Profit and Loss statement and focusing on the "bottom line" (how much your company netted), the trend towards measuring a triple bottom line means you find measurable … [Read more...]
Website Trends for 2010: Top 5 Predictions
Here are my top five predictions in website trends. Believe me, there is so much information out there, but as someone who makes a living developing websites (and who has been doing so for the last 10 years), I highly recommend you configure your action plan for actively updating your website. 1) Go Mobile. Have you created a mobile version of your website yet? This … [Read more...]
FOCUS on the Future
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, everyone! The close of the year is an excellent time to do some reassessment and set a course for the new year. If I could have you remember just one thing from all your web browsings, I'd like you to remember this: FOCUS your efforts. By FOCUS, I mean: F – Follow your passions O – Overcome obstacles C – Continue your … [Read more...]
Getting Back to the Basics
On my blog at ASuccessfulWoman.com, I invite new members to post what their goals are. So far, most of the declarations have been about transforming energy in some way: such as financial ("double my income") or spiritual ("get back to the basics in my life"), or interpersonal ("increase my Twitter or Facebook followers") I have been thinking a lot about energy transfer … [Read more...]