What is keeping you from writing that blog post you’ve been putting off writing? Is it… Fear of judgment from others or writing something your audience won’t value? Feelings of insecurity in your writing skills? Feeling the need to have perfect writing out of the gate? Or the need to have everything worked out in […]
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Communicating With Digital Customers To Avoid Problems
My friend Nicole Dean is serious about the value of good customer service. I’ve always known this about her and today you’ll see how much thought she puts into it. I’m sharing a blog post from her site that I found thoughtful and actionable. Nicole and I are both digital product sellers. Our customers are […]
Guest Post: The Power of Hiring The Right Coach
This is a guest post from Melissa Brown at Coach Ready Content. “I don’t blow flowers up your rear. I tell it like it is and some folks don’t like that. If you want real help with your business, then I’m the coach for you. If you want someone to blow flowers up your butt, keep […]
Experienced Entrepreneurs Offer Advice For Young Entrepreneurs
We asked seasoned entrepreneurs what advice they would offer to budding young entrepreneurs. And, they came back with some amazing answers. Every one of them offered words of encouragement and inspiration. A few even offered some action steps to help these young business owners move forward in their journey to business ownership. Here are their […]
Collaborative Content Creation For Your Blog
Blog collaboration just may be one of the most underused content creation tools available to bloggers. Whether you are a new or experienced blogger you need content. Content that provides your audience with valuable information based on your blog niche and specific post topic. You don’t always need to create your content all by yourself. […]
Do You Have An Offer Funnel Or A Straw?
In the Stretch Yourself Challenge, we are focused on creating, publishing and promoting content. Whenever possible, we’re aiming at evergreen topics. Once an evergreen topic, something that’s useful at anytime during the year, is out there, it can work for us in a content marketing funnel for years to come. Evergreen content and related offers […]
Worry Hits Pause On Purpose
A question asked on the Mastermind Hub forum recently inspired this video for me. Worry is what human’s do and sometimes it serves us well, keeping us mindful of what’s important, sparking action and solving problems. On the other hand, constant worry does not serve us well at all. It keeps us wrapped up in […]
What Is It Like To Stretch In Community?
The 2020 Stretch Yourself Content Marketing Challenge is underway and I invited my participants to blog about their experience and tell you why they recommend the experience to others. It is pure joy for me to hear how the challenge has had an impact on lives and businesses. As you read the posts here and […]
Young Entrepreneurs Who Inspire
I wanted to do research on young entrepreneurs because I’ve always wanted to be one. It amazes me how so many people are able to become entrepreneurs at such young ages. Whether it be by creating their own inventions or providing entertainment to people, that’s really neat. I would love to make my own business someday so I’ve studied other young people to see how they have succeeded.
Feeling Afraid & Unworthy: Seven Brave Business Women Show Up Anyway
Recently I appeared as a guest on a podcast called “Your Shining Self” and I had a really great time chatting with the host Tish Lee. We were talking about visibility and something Tish said stuck with me . . . she said, and I’m paraphrasing a little here, that usually when people want to […]