Usually on round up Friday I give you an overview of my favorite reads from the week. This week is going to be different because I am going to give you my four favorite resources of where I get much of the information that I pass on. These are in no particular order since there is no top one or all-time favorite. HubSpot is on my list because of the diversity of their information. Although they are Internet marketing Hubspot provides insight into everything from branding to social media good practices. The best part of Hubspot is the eBooks that [...]
Round-up Friday: Random Tips for the Business Owner
This week it seems there was a mishmash of topics on articles that I found useful but all will help you with business and marketing development. So let’s get started. First up, is from Small Business Trends discussing event promotion. What I found interesting was what they defined as an event and how to use this to your advantage. “Let’s redefine what an event is and then we’ll see if this tool can help you grow your small business and marketing presence. ” Online Event Registration with Eventbrite Next up, is another article about promoting your business from Copyblogger, more [...]
Young Entrepreneurs Need Your Help To
Image by The Library of Congress via Flickr Recently I gave a presentation, Web Ready 101, two a group of women that are exploring entrepreneurship. Thank you to Alice Williams and the YWCA Enterprising Women in Pittsburgh for allowing me to spend some time with you. It was great to see all the ideas being bounced around the room as these budding entrepreneurs research, plan, and begin executing their new business ventures. One of the attendees asked the questions, “Why I was willing to share so much information with the group?”. My answer was simply because I wanted to give [...]
Effective Delegation Begins With Communication
Being a virtual professional I rely on good communication for great partnerships There are many ways to communicate and it differs with each client relationship. I have some clients who only communicate via email. Some will make a phone call in emergency situations or to explain a complicated project. While others prefer Skype so they can actually see me while having our strategy sessions. Whatever your method of communication, if you do not set some defines rules and procedures your message will be lost in translation. By not have a solid communication strategy you will loss the effectiveness of delegating [...]
