Archive for the ‘professional development’ Category
By Steve Harrison In the 20+ years I’ve spent working with entrepreneurs and authors, I’ve found that one of the best ways to grow your business is to be seen as an expert. People value experts’ opinions and advice. They want to buy from the man or woman who wrote a book on topics they’re [...]
Regular readers of this blog know that I’m a fan of LaShanda Henry, aka SistaSense. She’s the founder of Black Business Women Online, and for me, a work at home business woman to watch. Yesterday she created this video to share, ’5 Things Happening Right Now,’ so I wanted to share this video with my [...]
One thing that you will learn as you are growing your online business is that it is important to have mentors. I consider the best mentors to be those people who you admire who have achieved the goals that you are seeking to achieve. You watch what they do and model their success. One of [...]
No, I have not switched this to a fitness blog. What I mean by stretching yourself is reaching beyond your comfort zone just a bit to step up to your next level of greatness. We are entering a new month and nearing the end of the third quarter of the year. It’s time once again [...]
Here’s a copy of the review I posted about this book on Amazon.com: Creating Sales Velocity: Awaken Your Power to Attract Sales Effortlessly by Matthew Ferry, Spirit Publishing, LLC First, I will say that I don’t remember ever ordering this book, so when it arrived in the mail I was a bit puzzled. I was [...]
Remember the old Peanuts Cartoon? Snoopy, a lovable beagle, wanted to be a writer. There was a recurring story line featuring Snoopy atop his dog house with his old manual typewriter, beginning his book. Snoopy never got further than his opening line, “It was a dark and stormy night.” The first line is the most [...]
Regular readers of this blog know that I am a huge fan of LaSahanda Henry, mompreneur and developer of Black Business Women Online, and blogger at SistaSense.com. I’ve been a member of BBWO for years and I have watched LaShanda grow into a force to be reckoned with online. But what I love about her [...]
On this blog I write a lot about personal development as it relates to business development because as you grow and develop and hone your skills so will your business continue to grow and move forward. Today I want to take a look at some of the tangible ways that you can work towards developing [...]
Freelance writers who are looking for a side income stream to fill in when client work is low might consider providing blog services to local businesses in their city or town. I’m sure you must be aware of the popularity of providing online marketing services to your local mom and pop businesses. If you already [...]
I came across Michael Port’s book while I was on Amazon purchasing his previous boo, Book Yourself Solid: The Fastest, Easiest, and Most Reliable System for Getting More Clients Than You Can Handle Even if You Hate Marketing and Selling , for a book club that I had joined on the bizchicksblogs.com When I was [...]
