Archive for Business

Round-up Friday: My favorite resources

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Book Review – “Cat got your Thumb? Communicating across distance, cultures, generations and even species.”

I recently met Jay Speyerer author of “Cat got your Thumb? Communicating across distance, cultures, generations and even species” at a networking event I attended. I knew Jay from Facebook as we connected through mutual friends and I look forward to his everyday whimsical tidbits of information.  So when I received a copy of his [...]

Virtual Events: Tips for Presenting, Moderating & Attending

I was fortunate to be interviewed to discuss my knowledge on Virtual Events.  Thanks to Darlene Victoria of  True Harmony Media for again having me on A Virtual Perception.  We tackled all subjects from what is a virtual event to best practices for presenters, moderators and attendees.  If you missed it, catch it here. In [...]