entrepreneurship

5 Tips to Improve Your Relationship with Your Business Partner

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Today’s post is by Maureen Page. Relationships with your business partner can be difficult. Or perhaps I should have started with “relationships with your spouse can be difficult.” Either relationship can prove to be challenging and when you combine them into one relationship the challenge can increase dramatically. Yet in many ways, the relationship you [...]

January 26, 2011 2 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

How to Start a Business While Remaining a Salaried Employee

Most books and articles about starting businesses assume that you can seamlessly jump from employee to entrepreneur. Unfortunately, this is rarely a realistic option. After all, your basic living expenses (food, rent/mortgage, etc.) still need to be paid. Unless you have substantial savings or an investor willing to pay these costs, you will probably need [...]

January 5, 2011 2 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Promoting Your Company by Keeping Your Feet on the Ground

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When looking to promote an online business, there is a tendency to always look towards the newest trends in everything that you do. It is a way to draw more people to your business through traffic building. It is also a great way to make sure that your business will be recognized by other websites [...]

January 3, 2011 0 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

7 Income Ideas for Work at Home Moms

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I received the following email from a “stay-at-home Mom” last week.  I hope you find my suggestions helpful! Nicole, Are there any legitimate work-from-home jobs or are they all scams?  I’m a stay-at-home mom who was laid off about a year and a half ago. I have a background in graphic design.  Thanks! Leah Leah, [...]

October 3, 2010 10 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Network Everywhere You Go!

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By, Ashley Bodi Every day millions of people around the world limit their networking efforts to online social networks.  Go against the crowd!  With all the online social networks we have at our fingertips, don’t underestimate the power of networking with others around you wherever you go. Network when you go out to eat, when [...]

September 6, 2010 5 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Are You Too Afraid to Start Your Own Business?

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Ever think of starting your own business? Are you too afraid that you won’t be able to do it? Worried about the cost of a start-up or about your ability to run a company? These are things all entrepreneurs think about.  Fear is a powerful tool, but not a good one.  It’s a setback and it [...]

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

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 →

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 31 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Online Marketing 101 for Entrepreneurs

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I bet you’re wondering why I decided to put an “Online Marketing 101” series on a career blog. Well, I believe that moving ahead in your career goes beyond perfect resumes, landing a job and dealing with corporate politics. I also know that many of you have your own side business, a hobby you’d like [...]

June 2, 2010 15 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →