I had my first ever Soul Proprietor Book Club last week graciously hosted by Janice Weinstein in West Hartford, CT. Twenty women attended, many of whom were business owners, but also several who were there simply to soak up the energy of entrepreneurship. There was...
I work with creative, talented and successful women entrepreneurs. As a rule, the ideas come to them a mile a minute, but there's inevitably the frustration of implementation. What do you do with all those brainstorms and bright ideas? At my mastermind meeting last...
At lunch today Tommy Wyatt related to the audience of business owners advice his grandfather gave him: "Just kiss the girls who are leaning toward you." Sage advice not only in the romantic arena, but also when pursuing the wide world of prospects and clients out...
Let me count the ways. Yesterday was the WBDC (newly renamed Women's Business Development Council) AM Business Breakfast attended by over 350 men and women. I'm still basking in the glow of the positive energy and vibrancy I received from being there. First,...
I had the privilege of speaking at the Westport Library last week. One of the services the library provides is free podcasts recorded during presenter's talks. For those of you who missed it and/or would like to hear my message, follow the instructions below. BTW,...
341 Studios put on another informative and enlightening Fresh Intelligence Roundtable last Friday. This time the topic was Search Engine Marketing. David Hoffman did a great job of explaining the vast terrain of SEO and pay-per-click strategies. Like all the other...
I practically flew home from 341 Studios' Fresh Intelligence Roundtable Series this morning. Offered to clients and prospects of this energized and energizing marketing & design company, today's talk was on email marketing trends featuring Bradly Serlin. You'd...
No one I know is looking to take on additional homework assignments. When I created my Soul Proprietor Book Club, it was with the intention of bringing like-minded entrepreneurs together to talk about what's real in their businesses, what touches their souls. Not...
Jim Blasingame is the founder of Small Business Advocate whose mission is helping your small business. I've been a member of his Brain Trust for several years now on the generous referral of Barbara Weltman. This morning Jim and I talked on his blog radio program...
How shocking to receive the news of a dear friend's death on the screen of one's BlackBerry, but that's what happened this afternoon as I was retrieving messages after a haircut. I knew Pauline had been ill and had recently spoken to her sister Lucie. But I thought...
Just looking at the thorns in this picture made me believe my client's recent description of how she pruned the rose bushes in her yard. She said she got rid of all the discolored blossoms as well as the branches that had grown astray over the season. Even though...
Ronnie Ann Ryan, aka The Dating Coach, came to my Remarkable Women's Network event last Tuesday night well prepared. (Ronnie is in the light turquoise on the right end of row 2.) She has put together a 5-day virtual expo called Dating for Keeps which she...
In response to my blog post on Monday, the brilliant and creative Denise DiGrigoli, owner of Troy Fine Art Services, Inc., came rushing into my Remarkable Women's Network event Tuesday evening exclaiming, "I've got something to show you!" Denise had written me a...
You can learn a lot about self-marketing from watching the video Isn't She Great? a fictionalized version of the author's life starring Bette Midler and Nathan Lane. Jacqueline Susann was the master. When her first novel Valley of the Dolls was published, she and...
Check if this feels familiar: A company owed me a check for the books they had sold during a speaking engagement. I had anticipated receiving that money a few days after the event. Now it was closer to a few weeks and still no check. My resentment was rising. I had...