July 2010

What Did You Learn This Week?

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As I wrote in an email to a friend this morning, “this week’s episode of ‘Nicole’s Life’ has been an interesting one. ”  How about yours?  Without getting too juicy (I really wish I could) I’ll say that this week was full of unexpected and exciting surprises at work and in my career beyond my day job.  [...]

July 30, 2010 8 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

A Remedy for “The Pleasing Disease”

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Many women are in the business of pleasing others. Sometimes this is a wonderful thing.  Other times, our “pleasing disease” is the reason we get ourselves into trouble. For example, have you ever mistakenly told two or more people you could meet with them on the same day knowing it was going to be a [...]

July 22, 2010 6 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Change Your Attitude, Be a Star in the Office

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There are many ways of being a star in your office, but one thing that I really struggled with is attitude. I don’t have a problem doing menial labor, even getting my boss lunch…in the very beginning. It got to a certain point, 3 years to be exact, when I just couldn’t deal anymore and [...]

July 21, 2010 5 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Five “To-Do List Managers” Everyone Should Know About

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If you make your to-do lists like most people, they probably consist of some low-tech, old-school items like lined paper and a pen.  Don’t be ashamed; many people still make all of their to-do lists this way even if they like to think they’ve fully embraced the computer age.  Speaking from personal experience?  No comment. [...]

July 20, 2010 4 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

What I Learned from Bethenny and Ramit this Week

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Happy Friday!  It has been a great week in my world, thanks in part to two people: Bethenny Frankel and Ramit Sethi.  No, I am not cool enough to be friends with either of these fabulous people in real life.  BUT, I am cool enough to read their blogs and take their advice seriously on two [...]

July 16, 2010 5 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Finding Your Career Path

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I’m a firm believer that you don’t just need to have one career. I graduated from college thinking that I wanted to be Editor in Chief of a teen magazine. Three years after I worked in the magazine world I decided to give marketing a go. Then I decided that I wanted to go back [...]

July 15, 2010 18 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

The Training and Education Value Proposition

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“Give a man a fish; and you have fed him for today.  Teach a man to fish; and you have fed him for a lifetime”. -Unknown We have all heard this proverb and have probably used it many times.  It is one of my favorites and I personally utilize it with my family when I [...]

July 12, 2010 32 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

10 Ways Restaurants can use Social Media to become a “Hometown Hero”

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Did you ever notice that the best local restaurants are the ones you never see advertised?  That’s because successful local restaurants wouldn’t see a high ROI on print advertisements.  They see a much higher ROI by focusing on their values.  Hometown Heroes have 3 things in common They know their customers. They care about their customers. [...]

July 8, 2010 11 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

3 SEO Tips for Beginners

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So you started your first blog and now you need some Search Engine Optimization (SEO) tips.  SEO sounds intimidating and mysterious to most new bloggers.  Before I answer this, let’s start with the basics. Search engine optimization is a way of writing content and structuring your site in a way that makes Google happy. If [...]

July 7, 2010 24 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Are You in The Right Dip?

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I just finished Seth Godin’s book, “The Dip” and for those of you who read this blog often, you’ll be hearing a lot about it.  This book has single handedly changed my perspective of how valuable quitting can be.  Without going into too much detail, in “The Dip”, Seth Godin challenges the commonly believed mantra, “winners [...]

July 1, 2010 13 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →