Author Archive
Be Easy to Connect with or Miss Out
You know what I appreciate—being able to look at a website, see a phone number and call it. Remember years back when you could find the phone number for any business in the phone book? If you are like me, you have not picked up a phone book in a while, and you probably look [...]
Be a Booster for Your Team and Watch Your Team Carry You
In my early entrepreneurial life, I ran an Italian café and catering business. My biggest problem—besides staying away from the gelato we sold—was finding good help. Today, as someone who shows entrepreneurs how to build thriving businesses by raising their expert status and as a publisher of multi-author books, I can honestly say I no [...]
If You Want Something Done Right, Hire an Entrepreneur to Do It
Many business owners need help but are hesitant to hire employees. I understand this; in a past career, I hired and fired people. Hiring people is tough because it usually takes time to know if you made the right hire, and firing people—well, that ruins your whole day and maybe someone’s whole life. This is [...]
Strategies to More Easily Use Writing to Build Your Visibility, Credibility and Expert Status
The other day I held a teleclass on this topic and the call was info-packed! There were a lot of great ideas and tips shared for using writing to build your visibility, credibility and expert status. I would like to invite you to listen to the recording of the call if you missed it! You [...]
Free Teleclass Wednesday: Strategies to More Easily Use Writing to Build Your Visibility, Credibility and Expert Status
Join me for a FREE, one-time teleseminar on Wednesday, September 1st, at 5:00 p.m. PT (8:00 p.m. ET) Register here: http://www.powerdynamicspub.com/expertstatusteleclass.htm Are you frustrated that you can’t seem to find the time to write articles and blog posts – Let alone a book? Are you working harder than ever and you know something has to [...]
Are You a Waiter or a Chef?
I have been waiting seven months for an exciting training program to be approved for continuing education by an association. I have been waiting eight months for non-profit status to come through for a charity I started last year, A Good Deed Tea http://www.agooddeedtea.org. I am not waiting in the usual way. Metaphorically, I am [...]
Skinned Knees are Easy to Hide
Here is the thing about being self-employed. You never know—I never know—what the future holds. Maybe that is true for any situation in life. Still, I do know one thing: I will always be just fine. Here is why I can say that. I know I will always keep moving. “Fall down seven times, get [...]
Perfect VS. Good—You Decide
French philosopher, Voltaire, is known for saying: “Le mieux est l’ennemi du bien,” which translates to “The perfect is the enemy of the good.” I think of this today as I edit several chapters for one of our upcoming books, Mompreneur Extraordinaire. There are times when perfect is necessary like when publishing words on the [...]
Which is it? Pick One and Stick To It. Always Be Easy to Find
When I married for the first time a couple of years ago, I was asked many times if I was going to change my name. My answer was always no. Not because I have proudly identified myself as a feminist since I was fourteen or because I am proud to be Italian-American and have an [...]
To Friend or Not to Friend? That is the Question.
A lot of clients have been asking me lately about friending on Facebook. They want to know who to friend and who not to friend and what to do when people you do not know personally ask to be your friend. Let’s talk about it. Think of yourself as the admissions director to your own [...]
