business tips

  • Body Language Can Sabotage Success

    As I was going through various Facebook posts in my feed the other day, I stumbled upon one regarding body language. It gave five different poses that you should not use and why. I found this very informational, especially #1 since I do that when I have heels on. Please click this link to…

  • Four Rules for You

    I was glancing through the Glamour March 2011 Magazine that mysteriously started being delivered to my house. Really, I have no idea why, but apparently I started getting a subscription and didn’t know it. I’m surprised a bill hasn’t materialized as well. Well, thank you to who ever sent it to me. Anyways, I…

  • Square

    If you are a small business, you need to know about Square. Especially if you don’t have an actual store front or if you do lots of business in restaurants, coffee shops or at your client’s business. I’ve been using Square for a number of months for processing credit cards. At craft fairs, I…

  • Public Speaking? Here are some tips.

    I attended a social media workshop yesterday. There were a few different reasons why I went, one reason being the speaker was to talk about how to build your brand online, especially using social media. Unfortunately, I was disappointed. What I got was an intro to social media. Although I did glean from the…

  • Taming That Little Voice Inside Your Head

    Two days ago, Jessica Johnson, the Arizona Regional Developer of SalesPartners World Wide, gave an informative talk on how to tame the voice, or as some of us have, voices in our head. You know that tiny voice that is negative and tells you that you’re not worth it, you can’t do it, you’re…

  • Referrals! How to Ask and Get Them

    David Hepburn, Jr. is giving a workshop this Friday on referrals. Every business thrives on referrals. Mr. Hepburn has been a speaker for the HBBE in the past. I highly recommend checking out his workshop, especially since it is so affordable. Here is the link to his Facebook fan page: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/event.php?eid=132585196779697&ref=mf where you can…

  • Creating & Selling Your Total Value

    This is such a great workshop that I wanted to pass it along to you. See you there on June 1st from noon until 1:30pm at the City of Peoria,  Development and Community Services Building, 9875 N. 85th Ave., Peoria, AZ. Here are the details from the meetup site: Creating and Selling Your Total…

  • Tax Day – Who’s Excited?

    Yup – today is tax day. Some people will be up late and running to the post office before midnight so their tax return can be postmarked with today’s date on it. It was a yearly ritual in my house, I knew I’d be sleeping in the car. The main post office that stayed…

  • Success is Listening

    When I was on twitter this morning, I came across the link to a blog article “Success is Based on how well we Listen”. <Sorry I can’t remember who tweeted it.> This has a really nice outline with helpful suggestions. I really recommend checking it out, and start really listening to your customers. “The greatest…