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The Power of Play… by @dancinmoma

Many successful companies are now embracing this play in many forms, supported by open area workspaces, sports-related activities, brightly colored walls, mood lighting, and more. What creative activity can you do to improve productivity and generate new sales for your company and yourself? Start with a little balloon play and work up from there.
The power of play can enhance relationships. When it comes down to it, relationships in business and families are what LIFE is all about. Even the relationship within YOU may need some fun.

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How to Be Free

I remember my first taste of real-life personal freedom.

It was about a year after I quit my cubicle job. I was ruthlessly determined to live life on my own terms – so I had done some radical things to earn this delicious moment.

I had sold my car (the one with the monthly payment) and bought an old beat-up car for cash.

I had found the most perfect low-rent apartment on the outskirts of town, near the railroad tracks and fully equipped with both a bedroom AND a studio. (Ideal for the scrappy start-up mode I was in.)

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Female Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Business Success (Sponsored Post from Alibaba)

Being an entrepreneur is all about empowering yourself to create a business that’s right for you. It’s about facing up and rising to different challenges, overcoming the day-to-day demands, learning and planning for the future.

In a new campaign e-commerce specialists Alibaba are celebrating female entrepreneurs. They want to encourage women to realize their vision and head down the path of creating a thriving and successful business.

Starting your own company can be a daunting prospect, but listening to the stories of some of Alibaba’s successful customers can help show you how achievable it is. These stories show how, by overcoming the various challenges and with dedication, hard work, belief and ambition, you can reach your goals and realize any dream you want.

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Networking Success for Income Increase

Sponsored Post by Antoinette Sykes, MBA   Networking. Connecting. Schmoozing. All of those words lead to some level of building relationships. Unfortunately, it is also a tad intimidating for some business owners; although necessary. How well do you network? Consider networking your “social capital” for business increase. Networking is a part of your marketing plan […]

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A Moo-ving Story From Linda Kuzior of Udderly Smooth

by Linda Kuzior It was the summer of 1978. The Bee Gees were popular on the radio, women were dressing like Annie Hall, Grease opened in theaters, and Jimmy Buffet was singing about Cheeseburgers in Paradise.  This was also the summer that my parents decided to start our business. My father, a registered pharmacist, had […]

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4.5 Ways to Build a Rock-Solid Small Business Brand Online

Photo by Anna Nekrashevich on Pexels by Sonja Jobson Your brand is your message to the world. Your brand gives your target market a reason to care about your business. Your brand is very important. But business branding is an often misunderstood topic that leaves a lot of small business owners confused and stuck, with […]

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Why You May Never Make 6 Figures in Your Business

Today, as business owners we have access to so much to make building a business easier. But why aren’t more of us building businesses which thrive? According to the Kauffman Foundation, only 6% of all entrepreneurs ever achieve 6 figure business success, only 2% ever achieve 7 figure success and more than 50% of all business owners never exceed $25,000 each year. Why do you think that is?

Mindset, Market and Message. These are the top 3 challenges that stop service based business owners from ever achieving their goals of having a 6 figure or more business.

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The 5 Parts of Organizing That Will SUCK by @MelindaMassie

This is the part we gloss over, hoping you’ll continue to read our articles and buy our services. Truth is, however, that it isn’t always so easy-breezy.

Some parts just suck.

In my past life as an event planner, I worked for an organization that held 80+ events a year. The majority of these were outside, and weather could be as temperamental as a bride whose cake just fell. It could get intense, and I couldn’t have done it without my amazeballs staff. They rocked. How did I create my fabulous team?

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Three Steps for Virtual Success

Photo credit: Freepik by Sheri Andrunyk The reality is that most of us are working and communicating more “virtually” than ever before—over email, social media, and the many other means of connecting in this day and age. Here are the three steps that will help you realize the tools you have to make great connections […]

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