Are you planner? I am. At its best, planning is an incredible tool for gaining clarity on the next steps you need to take in your business. At its worst, it can lead to analysis paralysis, stunting your ability to take action.
On the other hand, you don't want to put something out into the world before it's ready to go. You need a minimum viable service (or product), and a plan to launch it to your ideal customers.
Read MoreAdvice and ideas come from so many people and places, with promises of great results. But the routes they want you to take can be so much longer and hurt your business by not working as expected.
In truth, strategic planning is a shortcut. It just doesn’t seem like one. It takes time and thinking and it can even be a difficult investment in your business.
Read MoreRobin Whitford is creative by nature. After selling her machine embroidery business she knew she wanted to have a creative business again. But it wasn’t until she saw a piece of rug hook art online that her business, Hooking Outside the Lines, came to fruition. Robin offers online rug hooking classes, sells supplies and teaches women all around the world how to be creative and express themselves through textile art. If you have ever thought about starting a business that focuses on expressing your creativity, you will want to tune in to hear Robin’s unique story.
Read MoreAre you the only person blogging on your website? What about having other people guest blog on your site?
There are multiple ways you can bring people on your blog, including interviews, allowing guest posts from subject matter experts relevant to your business, and talking about someone's work (with or without their knowledge).
And, similarly to guest blogging yourself, there are quite a few benefits to hosting guest blogs on your website.
Read MoreSimone Givney believes in life-long learning. Her businesses, Ingredior and Skill Fault, focus on business connections and partnerships, and knowledge and growth in business and in life. Through her work, Simone helps business owners raise their self-awareness through education and challenges them to think outside the box. In this episode, Simone and I chat about her fascinating journey into entrepreneurship, why she didn’t like the constraints of corporate life and shares how businesses can grow through connections and the right business opportunities.
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