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Be Yourself in Your Business
Read more: Be Yourself in Your BusinessBeing yourself can be the secret to your success. But why? When I first started my business, I looked at other businesses similar to mine or ones that had stared similarly to mine. I studied what was successful and what was not. And I studied the journeys to that success. From all of that study,…
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Balancing It All As a Business Owner
Read more: Balancing It All As a Business OwnerFor a long time, I’ve been balancing so many facets of my life to keep myself a whole person. It hasn’t it been easy, especially at the beginning when I was convinced I had to work work work if I was going to own my own business. But it’s only gotten harder as I’ve tried…
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Setting Your Fees For Your Own Business
Read more: Setting Your Fees For Your Own BusinessThe most frequent question I get from new business owners is: How do you set your fees? My partner launched his own business this year and that was obviously where he started as well. It can be such a confusing process. I don’t have the right answer for everyone. But I have talked with MANY…
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How to Stay Curious as a Business Owner
Read more: How to Stay Curious as a Business OwnerIt’s so easy as a business owner to stick with the tried and trues. When your money is involved, you want to make sure you’re using it effectively and are guaranteed some kind of return on the investment. The problem is that big things only happen when you’re curious and coloring outside of the lines.…
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Finding Motivation as a Solo Business Owner
Read more: Finding Motivation as a Solo Business OwnerFinding motivation is one of the hardest parts of being a solo business owner. When you’re just depending on yourself, it can be hard to do all the things that you need to. Who is going to know anyway? This is the number one reason why solo business owners fail. They can’t motivate themselves, and…
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My Biggest Mistake as a Business Owner
Read more: My Biggest Mistake as a Business OwnerI know we’re supposed to brag about all of our accomplishments in places like this, but I’m a human who has been a business owner for over a decade. I’m not perfect, and I’ve made a lot of mistakes. All of this is completely normal. I would actually worry about working with someone who hasn’t…
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Building Business Development Without Trying
Read more: Building Business Development Without TryingI told one of my friends that I was once again taking work, something that I haven’t done in awhile because I knew I couldn’t balance a new client with the demands of my child. But things changed and it was possible again. Her response was, “Well that should be easy. Business development is a…
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Embracing Your Weird as a Social Media Business Owner
Read more: Embracing Your Weird as a Social Media Business OwnerRunning a social media business can be hard. You are constantly courting new clients in the hopes that you connect with the perfect ones for you. That constant business courtship can start making you question everything you knew about yourself if you are not strong in who you are going into all of this. And…
