4 Vacation Tips for Mompreneurs

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As a business owner, I know the feeling of being constantly swamped with work. Running a business isn’t easy, whether you’re in the early stages of a developing a new company or celebrating your 10 year anniversary. Reaching a point where you can reward yourself with a vacation is a great treat in itself and [...]

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Are You Using Facebook for Your Business?

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You may think of Facebook pages as being for large brands and businesses who sell products, but you could be missing out if you don’t have one. Remember, Facebook doesn’t want personal profile pages being used for business purposes – you need to use a page if you want to do business there. Using your [...]

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Maintaining Focus When It Seems Impossible

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The last couple of weeks have been a blur to me. One of my daughters finished elementary school. Another finished intermediate school. Every day there was some kind of recognition ceremony or Field Day or talent show. It was my birthday. Then the Indy 500. Then Memorial Day. We had company in from out of [...]

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4 Tips for Writing a Blog Post When You’re Out of Inspiration

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Some days the words flow like a river. Other days they’re stuck behind a dam. But if you’re running a blog, you don’t have the luxury of waiting until inspiration strikes. A successful blog depends on consistent, original content that keeps its audience engaged. That means even rainy days need to be answered with some [...]

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My Secret Mom Confession: I Don’t Like Soccer

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This is the first year that any of our kids have played soccer – both Lucas(14) and Noah(13) signed up and they were excited to try something new even though they’re on separate teams since the brackets break up right between age 13 and age 14. So here we are right in the middle of [...]

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Balancing Work and Family When You Work From Home

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I get asked all the time “do you have any tips for balancing your work and family when you work from home?”. My first thought is “Do I actually have balance?”. Usually I don’t feel very balanced either. I’m always juggling multiple tasks and there never seems to be a single top priority. You have [...]

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Look for New Opportunities in Unexpected Change

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Change is scary, especially when we are not the ones choosing it. As a small business owner, change can sometimes be so frightening that you worry whether your company will even survive it–or at what cost. But the reality is that change is necessary for growth and often we are so afraid to change that [...]

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Nothing Says “I Love You” Like Long Term Care Insurance

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As my anniversary approached last year, I considered many different gifts for my husband. But after facing a personal medical crisis, I knew the best way I could show my love and devotion was to offer him something more practical than romantic. So I purchased long term care insurance for our family. (I can see [...]

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Get More Publicity for Your Business, Service, or Event the Easy Way

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A Q&A Interview with Crissy Herron of IndieBizChicks.com The other day I mentioned Crissy’s newly released package to give your business a nice little boost with publicity tips, checklists, and fresh press release ideas. She really over-delivered with all the tools she packed into the program. Of course when it comes to publicity there are [...]

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Using Instagram to Promote Your Business

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I have fallen in love with Instagram. At first I thought it was just a photo sharing platform, however I’ve discovered it’s a fantastic way to share your view, your perspective and your business. There is no character limit. There are no lengthy conversations. There’s also no plastering of links and ads all over the [...]

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