Review: University of Phoenix
No, you have not stumbled onto one of the countless ads for the University of Phoenix. I’m an actual graduate of their business program and want to take the time to be an advocate for the school. I found the program to be incredibly successful for me – I was able to get into law [...]
Review: What’s Your Personal Social Media Strategy?
I just read this Harvard Business Review article by Soumitra Dutta and was inspired to rethink my personal goals and how social media can help me reach those. I’m an entrepreneur through and through. To me, this means I am always looking for opportunities for growing my businesses. Whether this is my own business or [...]
Law School – 1st Semester almost done!
I have to say, I have not learned so much in such a short time as I have in law school. The first 6-8 weeks were definitely the toughest. They’re re-wiring your brain, teaching you a new language, showing you new formats for presentation…it’s just a lot to take in at first.
Probably the most difficult [...]
Oxford Dictionary Picks ‘Unfriend’
I find a certain amount of irony in events where old school meets new media. Take, for example, Oxford Dictionary’s choice for its word of the year for 2009: Unfriend – to remove someone from your list on a social network like Facebook or MySpace. Most modern websurfers understand just how important these social network sites [...]
How to Successfully Change Your Career
The current economic state causing layoffs, cut backs, and downsizing is forcing many to go back to the career drawing board and for many that means going back to school. Perhaps you are still employed but have never been satisfied with your career and aren’t quite sure what you want to do differently. Academic coaching [...]
Corporate Instant Messaging: Screen Sharing
I use screen sharing constantly to help support my clients and even family/friends. The truth is that technical language can be difficult to speak when you are not familiar with key terms. I’ve actually witnessed folks pointing at the screen, trying desperately to tell someone on the other end of the support phone line that [...]
Top 10 Guerrilla Marketing Tips for Freelancers
Alright. Here’s a silly question for you: Do you want more clients?
Of course you do! The only way to get more clients is to grow awareness of your services, which boils down to good old marketing.
Since you probably don’t have time to develop a full-scale integrated marketing communications strategy, here are a few ideas to [...]
Work at home tip: Multiple Income Streams
Want to know the real secret to working at home? It’s not having a work at home, salaried position – those are VERY hard to find. It’s not a massive client – also hard to find at first.
It’s making a little money here and a little money there. In the business community, this is [...]
Small Business Tips: Meet the SBA
Whether you have a small, home office or you have your own small business with several employees, you need to get to know your local small business administration staff. When you need local, professional, and free help, the SBA in your community can be a lifeline to your small business.
When I started my first business, [...]
Work from Home: Getting Started
When I got the opportunity to review Jim Kimmon’s eBook I jumped at the opportunity for a simple reason: his book is why I am able to work from home today. Hands down, it changed my life. No other book or resource gave me the tools I needed and connected the dots like Jim’s book. [...]