Jodi Kantor Interview with Jon Stewart After hanging up from my coaching call with my coach, I attended a Ladies Who Launch event in New Canaan last night to hear Jodi Kantor speak about her recent book publication The Obamas-- the national bestseller she wrote...
My goal buddy, Sandy, and I re-connected this week after my July hiatus. It felt great to begin committing my plans to a like-minded woman entrepreneur. I'm so excited about my upcoming Mastermind Intensive being offered to the women I've worked with in the past. I...
Listening to Times Talks this morning over breakfast, I tuned into an excellent segment on the celebrity chef, Marcus Samuelsson. Two quick quotes from an interview with his branding manager John Parham put it on the line: "Branding is constant, high-energy work."...
While the Hillshire Farms booth at the BlogHer '12 trade show booth may have appealed to the "mommy bloggers" who outnumbered every other blogging genre in attendance, it was Martha Stewart's tasteful, organized office products set-up that won my attention. Her...
If you want to get a sense of the demographics of the BlogHer attendees, this wall of sticky notes is the perfect illustration. One of the vendors had a booth about aging. Each woman filled out a colored sticky note with a message reflecting her attitude and posted...
I'm baaaack! There were days during the month of July when I thought I may never utter those words. But time does its thing, and I couldn't be happier to be at my desk, working with clients, planning the upcoming year and reporting out to you. It's appropriate that...
Remember when the George Orwell classic entitled 1984 seemed far in the future? How about 2001, the sci-fi movie that seemed forever in the distance? Good, if you said "yes," then you're old enough to appreciate the lyrics I'm referring to as I approach 64. My...
You know me by now. I thrill to a hand-addressed envelope with a first-class stamp on it in my mailbox. That's what I received yesterday from Christa Forrest Fine Art. Christa is a recent graduate of my Soul Proprietor's Formula for Building Your Business Webinar....
Watch my segment: Take your business to the next level: wtnh.com Last week I gave a webinar on how to get outrageous publicity. Shortly after that evening session, I received a call from a TV producer whom I'd met at a networking event a month or so ago inviting me...
As I wind down this month and look forward to taking a July sabbatical, my assistant asked if I was going to have a set of pre-written blogs and newsletters scheduled to be posted while I'm on vacation thereby giving the illusion that I was still at my desk...
There's a line in the film The Hollywood Complex, a film that documents the annual migration of stage mothers and their offspring through movie-land's pilot season, that caught my attention. "You could die of encouragement," said one of the players in this movie...
I called Katie Settel today to ask her why she signed up for my fall Remarkable Women Mastermind Intensive. I knew she'd be an outstanding contributor to the group as she recently made a huge leap in her business. Katie took out a lease in an old factory in...
My schedule today included a fun destination to visit the studio sale of my good friend Jennifer Paganelli. I saved it for the end of my round of errands and appointments, knowing that it would be uplifting and fun. I was right. A few times a year Jennifer converts...
I'll be introducing Joanne McCall during my webinar next Monday night as The Media Polisher. She's making a guest appearance as a 'visibility strategist' and will offer her wisdom for how to maximize your air time once you get the attention of the press. She and I...
I heard a wonderful podcast last week--a story told by a woman who participated in a trial drug for her depression. She was given a month's worth of pills and a very serious warning that eating chocolate while taking these pills could cause temporary or permanent...
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