Going to work presents a dilemma. Obviously everyone is nervous on their first ever day in the office, but no one expects you to have qualms about going to work the rest of the time. Yet looking in your wardrobe, standing in front of the mirror, hopping on the bus in the morning, do you ever experience a flutter of apprehension? Wonder if you’re giving the right impression? … [Read more...]
Using your Website to Process 5 Basic Business Functions
As entrepreneurs, we're always thinking of the next Big Thing and what we may do in the meantime to create a system and process to handle the work generated in our businesses. For many of you, this will mean using your website to handle basic business functions. Here are some ideas for how to implement your process on your website and to use the site to do the work that … [Read more...]
Real Simple Magazine Wants to Know if Facebook can be Your Friend
A new article from Real Simple magazine asks, "Can Facebook be Your Friend?" As a marketing, branding and social media expert in my day job, I'm constantly writing about the social web, including Facebook, telling my clients they should be using it to build their brands, and citing it in my books and blogs. I constantly view Facebook as a business tool and forget sometimes … [Read more...]
Want a Guaranteed Return on Investment…Invest in Yourself
Post by Amy Blais, contributing Women On Business writer I recently attended a forum hosted by the New York Women’s Agenda, a partner of the WPEO, on a program at the NYU School of Continuing and Professional Studies. The program is focused around women’s leadership and business skill building. While I attended to support the program and learn more about it from an … [Read more...]
Don’t Work in a Goat’s Stomach
Post by Frances Cole Jones, contributing Women On Business writer When I was working in the nine-to-five world, there was a gentleman down the hall whose office inevitably looked like it had been stirred up with a stick: a desk loaded with piles of paper, dirty cups, takeout containers, a magic 8 ball, and a keyboard that looked like you’d be better off wearing a hazmat suit … [Read more...]
The ‘Boss Exam’ – will you pass?
Figuring out if you are a fantastic boss or not can be tricky. Here are some questions to ask yourself when getting real about whether or not you are. Answer them yourself AND give them to your staff – I dare you! You will learn a lot about yourself. … [Read more...]
Behind Every Great Idea Lurks Many Critics Waiting to Make It a Bad One
Post by Tanya Goodwin-Maslach, contributing Women On Business writer You remember when you just started something, and all the creative juices were flowing, your mind was abuzz constantly, and you thought “Who’s NOT going to love this?!” Well at the dawn of your first major success, that first big milestone, your critics will peep out from behind the corner and show you the … [Read more...]
Authenticity: “I’ll Buy That!”
We have all experienced them, the random personal questions that are asked as we try to access our personal finances online. The six figure code of letters and numbers we enter are required just to request a friend on Facebook. All around us are forms of authentication. Since the passing of the Patriot Act, most online transactions and information gathering platforms require … [Read more...]
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Unlike George Bush, who famously cited The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle as one of his favourite books from his childhood despite it having been published when he was 23, I was born after its publication and have very fond memories of reading it as a child. This year marks its 40th anniversary, and it is still a much-loved classic. Yesterday also marked the beginning … [Read more...]
Social Networking and Blogs are More Popular Than Email
Did you know that statistics show social networking and blogs are now more popular than email? Are you leveraging social networking and blogs to grow your business or further your career? Learn more in my guest post on the Womenkind.net (an ad agency based in New York City) blog, Social Networking and Blogs are More Popular Than Email. … [Read more...]