Posted in Branding on October 29th, 2009 8 Comments »
Mike Brown over at Brainzooming wrote a short article earlier this year on an alternative to defining your business brand called Have You Tried a ‘Not’ Definition? Start by asking, “What doesn’t our brand stand for or represent?” By beginning with a “not” definition, you may subsequently be able to more readily express a succinct, [...]
Posted in The Savvy Snippet on October 23rd, 2009 7 Comments »
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. [...]
Normally, October is Anti-Procrastination Month here on The Savvy Entrepreneur blog. Since all my time is spent working on my new venture, Mompowerment, I decided not to post daily procrastination-beating tips, tricks, resources and suggestions this time ’round. However, Chris Lloyd was kind enough to submit an article for me to share with you here! [...]
Posted in The Savvy Snippet on October 16th, 2009 No Comments »
Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment. — Baltasar Gracián You won’t be successful by accepting to do tasks you don’t enjoy (no matter how good you are at them), and you certainly won’t be any happier. Keep growing your natural strengths and abilities by choosing to do only those things [...]
Posted in The Savvy Snippet on October 9th, 2009 No Comments »
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful that the risk it took to blossom. — Anaïs Nin This metaphor can be applied for so many different aspects of our lives. I use it as a powerful image for change in my business. Holding yourself back hurts [...]
Posted in The Savvy Snippet on October 2nd, 2009 No Comments »
Words I need to keep repeating to myself: The vitality of thought is in adventure. Ideas won’t keep. Something must be done about them. — Alfred North Whitehead
Posted in What's New on October 1st, 2009 14 Comments »
[Beware: Grab yourself a fresh cup of coffee or make yourself a green smoothie; This is a long (but important) one.] Today, I presented Secrets to Using the Know, Like and Trust Factor to Get Clients at the 4th annual Online International Virtual Assistants Convention (OIVAC). I think I loaded the audience with WAY too [...]