‘Women in Business News’ Archives
Leveraging Resources Creatively
Leveraging Resources Creatively Improving your cash flow in a tight economy Many of my fellow business owner colleagues faced the challenges of the post-financial crisis in the fall of 2008. For some industries, it meant an immediate sharp drop in revenue. For others, it was delayed a bit. Nevertheless, many businesses are still facing tight [...]
7 mistakes to avoid in directing a small business marketing team
Digital marketing for small business 7 mistakes to avoid in directing a small business marketing team In 2006, I hired a strategic branding firm to help me with a branding slogan, consistent messaging, collateral materials, website, etc. And while it was a sizable expenditure, it was worth every dime. Why? Because their expertise [...]
How Soccer Relates to Business–Author Linda J Lord “The Pitch”–Virtual Book Tour May 2010
Join Author/Coach, Linda J. Lord on her Virtual Book Tour, Starting May 3, 2010 During the month of May, Linda will be discussing her recently published novel that reaches out to business owners, entrepreneurs, and working women who are looking for practical business strategies. Her book “The Pitch” explains how soccer has very similar [...]
The Social Credit Crisis Solution – Microfinancing
February 5, 2010 2010 Canadian Wide Winner Small Business Credit Challenge - Solution - Microfinancing Lana Larder of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada is inspired by the success of micro financing success stories around the world. Larder has developed a microfinancing plan for Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Larder is dedicated to [...]
Need a Marketing Director? Consider Consultants
In today’s economy, companies are looking to cut costs wherever they can while still maintaining, or even increasing, their presence in the market. Many are outsourcing their CFO functions (http://bit.ly/wmC4f). So why wouldn’t the same hold true for the role of marketing director? By no means am I suggesting that you should eliminate any [...]
Learn To Belly Dance-The “Green” Way
North Plainfield, New Jersey December , 2009-- Where can someone go to learn how to Belly Dance like the pros? How about from the comfort of their own home. It is the Earth friendly “green” way to learn; through online downloadable digital videos through a new one of a kind Belly Dancing website. Sakkara (Suzanne) teaches as she was [...]
30 Women Entrepreneurs to Follow On Twitter
I am humbly honored to have been included on the Forbes.com list of 30 Women Entrepreneurs to Follow on Twitter written by Natalie MacNeil of She Takes On the World. It was a fantastic Thanksgiving surprise! Each of the women listed provide quality content and contribute useful information on their Twitter stream. I’m sure you will find these [...]
To Retweet – What does it mean and how important is it?
A Retweet allows Twitter users to share their favourite tweets with their own followers. So if someone has 10,000 followers and they like one of your tweets and they retweet it, then it will go out to all of their followers, good eh! It is done by copying and pasting the original tweet and sending it out. It's usual to put “RT” plus the [...]
To Hatch Or Not To Hatch
Blog post by Cathy Curtis, Financial Advisor Blog: Of Independent Means http://blog.curtisfinancialplanning.com/to-hatch-or-not-to-hatch Last week I had the pleasure and satisfaction of watching six women entrepreneurs present their business stories to their peers and loved ones at the Slate Gallery in Oakland’s Temescal District. Each woman [...]
A world of Discovery
Looking back I wish that someone had taken the time to sit down with me and show me there was a world of discovery beyond the bottom corner of Belmont Avenue. A three dimensional chat involving the mind body and spirit which would inspire and uplift and take off the restrictions of what I perceived possible for my life and which career path i [...]
