by Michelle Mazur, Ph.D. The blinking cursor on the blank page taunts you. You know you’ve got to create. A blog post needs to go out. A sales page needs to get written. A presentation needs to be crafted. But you just stare at that flashing cursor while your brain says to you “What […]
Category: She Owns It
Nobody is Photogenic Anymore
by Britney Gardner As a photographer of woman, I hear a fair amount of excuses as to why you’re not yet ready for a photo shoot. When out in public, I’m sure you hear variations of the same. “Oh, you’ll have your work cut out for you, I’m so unphotogenic!” “I’m going to […]
7 Unusual Ways Female Entrepreneurs Can Conquer Self-Doubt
by Jenn Aubert | Featured Contributor Self-doubt is rampant and you see it particularly in women when they’re launching a business. That’s what happened with several of my closest entrepreneurial friends when they first started their businesses. They were former engineers, CPAs and recruiters – all of them successful in these fields – and yet, […]
Let It Go Girls by @MelissciousT
by Melissa Traynor | Featured Contributor Madonna most certainly sang words that should resonate with us all; express yourself. It pains me to hear, see and even myself often live the injustice of sheltering yourself from who you really are. In fact, even figuring out who you really are is one helluva hard climb without […]
Having The Courage of Your Convictions by @LUCYrk78
by Lucy Rendler-Kaplan | Featured Contributor When I was 17, I started smoking. I was afraid that my parents would find out and be upset with me, so I hid my cigarette pack under the driver’s side seat in my car. Perhaps one of the most obvious hiding place, my mom found them. Her response […]
Turning Your Idea Into a Business by @cs_gems
by Carrie Andreas and Stacy Hayden | Featured Contributors We started our business in the summer of 2013 from an idea we had while on a playdate with our children. We knew that we wanted to combine social media and shopping – two of our favorite things. Neither of us have a background in marketing […]
10 Reasons Why Buying Twitter Followers Is a Bad Idea
by Diana Adams | Featured Contributor If you’ve been working hard to establish yourself as a leader on Twitter, and if your follower count is only inching up slowly, you might be considering some more time-effective alternatives. One of those alternatives might be to buy Twitter followers. I co-host a Twitter chat every Tuesday night […]
Selling from the stage? Please stop. by @companyofwomen
by Anne Day | Featured Contributor OK. I admit this is a pet peeve, but I have a feeling I am not alone. What is it that bugs me? Selling from the stage. Now I admit this is a strategy that is frequently taught by sales coaches and the like. But you know what? For […]
How To Use The Web To Get Into the Heads of Your Customers by @martinairing
by Martina Iring | Featured Contributor How many times have you asked yourself, “I wonder what my customers think about this?” or “How does my target market feel about that?” You probably have some of your own ideas about what the answers might be, but what you really want is the goods straight from the […]
I Have No Purpose In Life
by Rory Gardiner Do you ever get the feeling you are not doing what you’re supposed to be doing? You work a job you don’t love to pay the bills, but deep down there is something missing. Is there something you’ve been putting off for years to start, but never get around to it? […]
