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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: My 5 favorite articles to start the new year.

Each week I hope to share with you 5 articles that I found helpful.  Of course this being the first week of the new year I read many articles on goals, resolutions and motivation.  Here is one of my favorite geared towards 2012 which can be found on Small Business Trends. 10 Social Media Resolutions [...]

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 [...]

Not a QuickBooks user?

I have a few clients who are in need of bookkeeping support but just do not want to use QuickBooks.  Now I am a QuickBooks user, have been for years, and there is a lot I like about it.  But I understand there are those who do not like the program or just do not [...]

Hey I Need a Vacation

Image by Kenzoka [Insearch for a new cam] via Flickr Being a small business owner, it is tough to completely break away. Even though I do vacation, I really do not stop working. Part of my luggage includes the laptop, the air card, the portable scanner, headphone and mic and some other little goodies. Can [...]

Creating a Facebook Page

I have been asked lately to present to some local groups on creating a Facebook fan page and why you would need one.  So instead of writing out all the step by step directions, I put together this handy 5 minute video that will walk you through the beginning steps of creating a fan page.  [...]