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7 Signs of Job Burn-Out and How to Rekindle Your Passion

Just like any other relationship, your relationship with your job is going to have its’ ups and downs. In some cases it can be clear that the best solution is for the two of you to separate – meaning you will need to find a new job.

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In exploring data on women’s entrepreneurial success, and in my national research with executive and entrepreneurial women on the 12 hidden challenges working women face, I’ve observed 5 core behaviors that help differentiate successful entrepreneurial women from those who experience failure and hardship.  These key behaviors fall into five categories of professional achievement.  If entrepreneurial women (and men) ignore these behaviors, failure is far more likely.

You know the old adage “The customer is always right.”

Guess what?

Sometime they’re not.

Powerful brands – we experience them every day.  Whether picking up a latte at Starbucks or surfing the Internet via Google on your iPad, each of these corporate brands evokes images in our heads and generates feelings based on what they mean to us.  But few people understand the power of personal brands and how and why they drive career success.

How to Guides

Getting your email read

I get asked all the time by small business owners how to write a compelling email that will get noticed and read instead of deleted and ignored. Unfortunately it's not that simple but there are definite ways to get yourself and your business noticed.

How Moms are Making Money with Blogging

In the past few months, articles in the New York Times and the Globe & Mail have generated a lot of discussion about why professional blogging moms aren't treated with the same respect as other professionals. The truth is that professional blogging moms are creating dynamic, useful websites where they showcase their skills and earn a living.

How to Build your Brand

Every person and business has a "Brand". It's who you are and how you treat other people, it's the clothes that you wear or brands that you choose to buy. We are categorized in the minds of others by what we choose every day. You see a woman with Nike shoes, Adidas pants and matching jacket, what comes to mind?

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Using Social Media to Grow Your Business

I just spend three days at a New Comm 2010 listening to several sessions about social media from several angles.

The Hybrid Roundtable

My business is set up and I need to start marketing my product and getting it out to different stores and into the hands of people. I know there is a niche for my product as it has been popular locally. Any advise you would have I would truly appreciate. Thank you!

Ask the Expert: Finding Distributors

Nicole, I would love to get some insight into how you were able to get merchandise into stores and distribution channels. My company is moving from an internet e-commerce based company to selling products in the three dimensional world.

Should You Work with Your Spouse?

Five Traits of a Great Working Relationship!
Doug and Polly White

We are business partners and coauthors. We share the stage during speeches and the microphone during interviews.  We are also married.  We spend most of our days at each other’s side or sitting across from each other at our partner desk.  People often ask us how we work so well together.  This question is usually followed by the statement, “I could never work with my spouse.”

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